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, President, at sarah@seatoskymeetings.com.
The benefits of continuous improvement
August 28, 2017
The Canadian Society of Association Executives offers a designation called Certified Association Executive (CAE). It’s a course I’ve been taking and it’s helping me learn some valuable lessons about continuous improvement.
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The trends disrupting the meetings and events industry
July 6, 2017
Things change. New technologies emerge, people are constantly connected and bombarded and pretty soon they get overloaded with information.
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The key to success in work and life
November 24, 2016
Clichés can be tiresome – there’s no I in team, no man is an island, many hands make light work etc. But just because something is overused and therefore annoying, it doesn’t make it untrue.
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How to develop a strategic management model
April 14, 2016
When associations excel in meeting the needs of their members, you can be sure that it doesn’t happen by accident. Hard work, dedication and persistence are part of it for sure. But without a decent strategic management model, those things won’t get you very far.
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How to help people attend your conference
March 10, 2016
As an organizer of an international meeting or conference, you can consider yourself a provider of opportunities for acquiring knowledge. But putting on an event is one thing. Getting people to actually show up is quite another.
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How to maintain healthy staff-board relationships
February 18, 2016
Managing a not-for profit association sure isn’t easy. As we’ve seen, a good board helps. You’ll need an effective Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and a committed group of professional staff too. But even with those things in place, there are plenty of things that can go wrong that will prevent an organization from maximizing its potential.
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