I will be in Taipei upon invitation of the Taiwan Convention and Exhibition Association (TCEA) to speak at its seminar-workshop on “Transformational Developments and Challenges of Associations in Taiwan.” The event, supported by the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), is expected to draw around 100 participants from TCEA members and association leaders in Taiwan.… Read More Association sustainability
I participated in the 2019 Professional Convention Management Association Asia-Pacific Annual Conference from November 6 to 8, 2019, at the Parisian Macao Hotel in Macao, China. As an association leader in the region, I was one of 20 fortunate PCMA scholars granted access to the learning event, which had three plenaries, nine concurrent sessions and 15… Read More Disrupt and deliver
As a practicing association executive, I am always on the lookout for new concepts in other professional fields that could be applicable to associations. “Drip marketing” is one of these. Drip marketing is a communication strategy that sends or “drips” a pre-written set of messages to customers or prospects over a set period of time. These… Read More Drip marketing for associations
In 1999, technology expert Kevin Ashton coined the phrase the “Internet of Things,” or IoT, to describe the network of objects and devices connected to the Internet. Twenty years later, the IoT network has expanded exponentially. From the GPS (global positioning system) in our watches to the thermostats in our homes, nearly everything we interact… Read More Associations and the ‘Internet of Things’
In my September 20, 2019, column, “Chengdu: Up the Pinnacle of MICE Success,” I talked about my experience as part of a small group of international guests to Chengdu, the capital of southwest China’s Sichuan province that, in a relatively short time, became one of the top 10 destinations in Asia and the Pacific for… Read More Building a MICE metropolis: The Chengdu way
If you are a baby boomer like me, you may have watched the 1985 top-grossing movie Back to the Future. It stars Michael J. Fox as teenager Marty McFly who accidentally drove a plutonium-powered time machine built from a modified DeLorean car to travel 30 years back in time to 1955 where he meets his future parents, and then… Read More Fast to the future
I recently keynoted a forum for association leaders organized by EventBank, a US-based technology solutions company serving the association community. The event themed, “Moving into the Future: Transformative Association Leadership Forum,” drew over 70 participants from professional societies, trade associations, chambers and other membership organizations. The forum also covered topics on volunteer management and board… Read More Transformative association leadership
