ESAE (The European Society of Association Executives) is partnering with Cambre Associates to deliver a series of events on Digitisation for Associations. The first instalment in an educative series focused on digital advocacy, this event will focus on how to make online communications an essential part of your outreach efforts.
The European Society of Association Executives (ESAE) is excited to announce the renewal of its partnership with Interel Association Management. ESAE and Interel share the same principles and dedication to the Association community. We are planning together a wide range of activities that will help our members gain experience and share best practices and knowledge.
James Rees, Executive Director at ExCeL London, has been elected as the new ICCA president at the General Assembly of the 57th ICCA Congress, which is taking place from 11-14 November 2018 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Meetings & Events Australia’s newly re-named Future Leaders program has received a major boost with national AV company Scene Change re-committing as its National Sponsor.
Given the state of global politics in the past few years, the importance (and consequences) of voting (or not voting) should be clear as water by now. As the date draws closer for the ICCA elections to take place at the General Assembly of ICCA in Dubai (on 11 November 2018), members are encouraged to vote electronically even if they are not gracing the significant event.
The Center for Association Leadership, will host its fourth international conference, the Association Leadership Forum, Asia Pacific, from October 29-31 at the Grand Hyatt Singapore.
PCMA has announced the 20 in their Twenties class of 2019, as the next generation of business events leaders and twenty of the brightest and most talented young professionals.
Multi-award-winning millennial tech entrepreneur Charlotte Pearce has been revealed as the third keynote speaker for IBTM World 2018, which will take place in Barcelona from 27-29 November.
Young meetings industry professionals are invited to apply for the 12th ICCA Forum for Young Professionals, in partnership with ibtm world, a unique chance for free education and guidance from the meetings industry’s most influential trailblazers. Padraic Galligan, Managing Partner at SoolNua, is leading the faculty.
Jeannie Lim Takes Over as Chair to Lead Global Alliance
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Jeannie Lim, Executive Director of Conventions, Meetings and Incentive Travel at the Singapore Exhibition and Convention Bureau™ (SECB), has been elected to the role of board chair for the BestCities Global Alliance.
The countdown to the European Parliament elections in May 2019 is a good time for associations to take stock and audit their advocacy approach before a new wave of MEPs and Commissioners set the policy agenda for 2020 and beyond.
A chat with Michelle Crowley, PCMA’s senior director of global strategy
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Michelle Crowley, senior director of global strategy for Professional Convention Management Association (PCMA), shared her thoughts on the importance of education and words of advice for the youth in the industry during her participation as a panel member in Dubai Association Conference.
ICCA President, Nina Freysen-Pretorius, will be on the panel at 16.40, discussing with other female industry leaders whether women in the meetings industry are “on eye level with men”.
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.
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.