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Planning and management of meetings, conferences, and special events in Canada and Worldwide

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Spotlight on Conference, Event and Association Management

Sea to Sky Meeting and Association Management will be focusing the spotlight on upcoming events, news and issues in the association and event management industry in BC, across Canada and around the world. We welcome your comments and any ideas or issues you would like us to discuss. Just contact Sarah Lowis, Founder and Impact Officer, at sarah@seatoskymeetings.com.

Talking Garbage:  Six ways to reduce non-food waste at your events (Ignite article)
30-11-2023
Follow the guidance of Ian Holliday, Sea to Sky Meeting and Association President, on putting the Earth First by reading an article from the Ignite Magazine where he offers advice.
Using Consent Agendas for Highly Functioning Boards
30-08-2021
Assisting our clients to run effective and efficient meetings is a daily occurrence. Whether it is a meeting about an upcoming event, a Board of Directors meeting or a bi-annual Board Retreat, those attending want the meeting to be productive and worthwhile. We assist the meeting’s Chair by helping prepare for the meeting in a variety of ways.
How your association’s board can effectively fulfill its strategic role
24-03-2021
I am a member of the Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE). One benefit I really appreciate, along with the excellent library, is the webinar series. When I am thinking about a topic, I often find myself on the CSAE website to see what resources exist on that topic.
How to become a high performance association
24-03-2021
If you’re a leader of (or in) a professional association, you’ll be working with your peers to make it more financially secure, more effective in representing the interests of the membership, better at recruiting new members and better at retaining existing ones. That is what you want for your association, isn’t it? Good.
An interesting team meeting about hybrids – coffee, bikes and hotels
17-03-2021
At our last meeting, Sea to Sky’s team had an interesting discussion about balancing virtual and in-person meetings. In our emerging reality of hybrid meetings, how do we balance the experience and expectations of attendees physically located in a meeting room with remote attendees?
October 2020 – What have we learned in 6 months?
06-10-2020
Tagoras chose a very timely moment (April 2020) to ask meeting planners to “assess the role of virtual conferences, trade shows and other events, and provide insight into how these events may evolve.” Fair to assume that the results of that survey could only be amplified six months later, as in-person conferences and meetings are not yet scheduled on anyone’s calendar and we are getting used to virtual everything.