When people working in associations say they “wear many hats”—as they often do—they usually say it sweetly, as a kind of in-joke. But they’re speaking in code: What they’re actually saying is, “I’m ...

If you were not among the association professionals who gathered in Indianapolis for the 2026 ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition, you missed a host city experience that extended far beyond the ...

In 2023, the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM) was invited by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to apply for a $2 million grant to develop guidance for clinicians to treat low-back pain.

For many meeting attendees, lunch is simply a break between sessions. At Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida, it can be the moment everyone remembers. A networking lunch becomes a social event. A ...

A new research report suggests that associations may be overinvested in generational differences when developing programs and products, at the expense of understanding behaviors that better drive ...

Members don’t travel just for content they could catch in a webinar; they travel for context, community, and energy. That’s where the Richmond Region brings something different to the table, with the ...

Over the summer, debates have intensified across the U.S. over the use of automated license plate readers (ALPR), specialized cameras that gather license-plate information to help law enforcement ...

AI is here to stay. Time to change everything you know about how your board operates? The question is a little facetious. But only a little. After all, AI has had a huge impact on most organizations’ ...

Time was, media relations at an association was a matter of writing press releases and media training meant some coaching of the CEO and board chair. But as the avenues for communication have ...

After attending the ASAE Annual Meeting & Expo a dozen or so times, I can say two things for certain. One, I always learn a lot. Two, I always leave a little bothered by how much I missed. I’m pretty ...

For many associations, the quickest way to provide on-demand education is to upload recorded Zoom meetings or webinars to a learning management system (LMS) and call them a course. However, a 2023 ...

Last year’s conference of the Annual Society of Anesthesiology was a big one: more than 12,000 attendees, with around 2,000 poster presentations delivered in three days. All that activity meant ...