Oxford Economics recently published a report which credits the Meetings Industry in the US for creating 5.9 million jobs and 845 Billion USD in business sales in 2016.
At a ceremony last Friday, The Hague Convention Bureau was given a Silver Award by M&IT in London securing prestigious recognition as an excellent Overseas Convention Bureau.
There are lessons to be learned from one of the world's most influential drag queens, writes Enrique Velazquez, director general at Association for Consumer Credit Information Suppliers (ACCIS).
The strengths of executive leaders are key to associations’ successes, and the weaknesses of leaders, when these are significant, are reasons for failures and sometimes catastrophic ones. The ability of the CEO, and of his/her top managers, to help the Board define the right strategy and to federate the staff on the achievement of the goals and the plans to reach them, is of prime importance to the raison d’être of their organisation.
Associations play such a vital role in virtually every global issue that we need to get beyond the old-time thinking that associations are a separate part of our economies and our societies. In many cases, they are leading those societies and laying the foundations for those economies.
Associations play an essential role in today’s society, as they possess the collective power needed to tackle issues that matter to the communities with which they are involved. Organisations pay much attention to programmes and operations, but the importance of human capital cannot be underestimated. This is particularly true when it comes to leadership.
Ideas create communities, but they don’t necessarily create cohesion or engagement – while ideas are critical to membership organisations, it is conversations that create communities of change. Research at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) has found that individuals may be more connected to a cause or an idea than to an organisation and its leader. Yet, it is up to leaders to transform ideas into a conversation, if they want a community of inclusion, solidarity, and engagement.
Medellin, one of Colombia’s liveliest cities, has become one of the fastest-growing destinations on a global scale, going up 146 places since making its first appearance in the ICCA destination ranking reports in 2007.
Since its founding in 1992, Meeting Media Group, publisher of Headquarters Magazine (HQ), has been a trusted guide and voice for associations and the global MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions) industry.