Acronym: Digital Event Engagement Manager: A New Role for Association Pros

Acronym: Digital Event Engagement Manager: A New Role for Association Pros: At any rate, that's how I came to attend the Learning Lab "The Strategic Impact of Digital Events on Meetings," even though I'm not a meeting planner (currently; in past jobs I have done meeting management). As luck would have it, the session felt a lot like a social media session—a lot of talk about traditional versus new, with face-to-face meetings being the gold standard (like traditional communication media) and virtual or hybrid events the shiny new thing (like social media).

Not Your Father's ASAE | American Society of Association Executives 2010 Annual Meeting

Not Your Father's ASAE | American Society of Association Executives 2010 Annual Meeting: "Not Your Father’s ASAE
Aug 24, 2010 9:00 AM, By Betsy Bair
elissa Etheridge, Cyndi Lauper, Joy Behar … not exactly standard fare for the annual meetings of ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership, the association for associations. But with a totally transformed downtown Los Angeles as its backdrop, ASAE brought out three strong women—two rockers and a comedian—to entertain at its annual meeting for about 5,500 people, which began on Saturday and ends today."

Acronym: Association meetings and the economy

From ASAE Acronym Blog

Acronym: Association meetings and the economy: "Association meetings and the economy

No one doubts the economy is affecting association meetings, but if anybody doubted that we are just at the starting line of the meetings distress, all one needed to do was have a few conversations on the show floor."