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.
Seven steps to rock your board
January 19, 2016
So you’ve established your board and made sure they know their stuff – the legal and financial duties the work involves, the training they’ve had or will be getting, the code of conduct they’re expected to uphold etc. etc. (for more on this, see my last post). But what do effective boards actually do?
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How to build an effective board
January 4, 2016
Last time round we talked about how to build a high performance organization and concluded that it can’t be done without a good board. So how about that board? I hear you cry. Who should be on it? What training will they need? What specialist knowledge should they have?
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How to become a high performance association
November 25, 2015
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.
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Money and meetings – crunching the numbers
October 27, 2015
Money. They say it can’t buy you happiness. Fair enough, but it’s still nice to have, isn’t it? And for international organizations that want to empower their members and advance the interests of the professions they represent, a certain amount of it is absolutely essential.
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Three steps for a successful conference
September 15, 2015
In the last post we talked about all the good things that can come out of hosting an international conference and a little bit about how to do it. Well, now that you’ve decided that it’s a brilliant idea and you’re ready to get on with it, here’s a bit more about what’s actually involved.
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Hosting an international meeting – the why and the how
August 12, 2015
Ever been to a professional conference or meeting and been underwhelmed? Maybe there was just too much information and you felt like you were being forced to drink from a firehose, or the topics didn’t have much practical application, or there weren’t enough opportunities to network. Perhaps you’ve experienced all of these things.
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