At Annual in LA, I had the chance to attend the "industry power session"--a rapidfire discussion about the future of tradeshows facilitated by John Parke and building in part on the results of several focus groups of meeting planners and... Lisa Junker

Rene Shonerd, MEd, CAE, a consultant and a member of ASAE &The Center's Technology Section Council, kindly sent us the following blog post with good advice based on the sessions she attended at Annual: Because I'm currently planning for an... Lisa Junker

Happy Thursday! I had expected this edition of Quick Clicks to be primarily non-Annual-Meeting related, but people are still posting so much good commentary on the conference that I'm going to focus on Annual after all: - Mark Bledsoe at... Lisa Junker

I remember when March of Dimes kicked off its new branding several years ago, so it was interesting to read the terrific article in this month's Chronicle of Philanthropy that shows which media vehicles worked and which failed in terms... Kristin Clarke

Wow, we just finished tallying up the total Annual Meeting attendee participation and results from our Community Connections projects, and the numbers blasted previous "legacy project" metrics to smithereens! The projects--ranging from a 5K fun run to local tours to... Kristin Clarke

Like all of the ASAE Annual Meetings I've been to, the 2010 edition was packed with sights and experiences I won't soon forget. The five-year-old kid that plays air guitar during Journey at Dodger Stadium. A grilled macaroni-and-cheese sandwich. Certain... Joe Rominiecki

Discussion of Annual Meeting continues--and I continue to be floored by the quality and passion of the post-conference commentary. Thank you to all of the bloggers and commenters out there who have been and will be part of this conversation.... Lisa Junker

Our association runs a show just like most of you out there...and it has always irritated me the amount of transients who float between sessions, like vagabonds or railroad bums. 'How rude of them to leave a session!' scoffs my... Brian Birch

Responses to Annual Meeting continue to be written (and thanks again to everyone who's taken the time to share their honest and heartfelt input--we're privileged to have members and participants who post such detailed and thoughtful feedback). Here's a roundup... Lisa Junker

Committee meetings are challenging, sometimes painful. Even here, at the fountain of knowledge for experts in running committees, we struggle and toil together often. Committees have the extraordinary ability to take an idea that once seemed so clear, and confound... Brian Birch

As I promised yesterday, I'm continuing to gather reactions to this year's Annual Meeting. (If I've missed any that you know, please leave a comment or email me at ljunker@asaecenter.org, and I'll be happy to include a link in a... Lisa Junker

While many of us were consumed with the 2010 Annual Meeting & Expo (as evidenced by the last 30 or so posts here on Acronym, including the #asae10-related quick clicks entry that Lisa posted earlier today), I have been informed... Joe Rominiecki

Here are just a few images from the last day of Annual Meeting. Thanks again to our talented staff photographers, Amy Hissrich, Peter Hutchins, and Scott Briscoe, who took these shots; and of course the full pool of photos from... Lisa Junker

Annual Meeting summaries, reflections, and recaps are popping up all over--it's great to read all the different perspectives. Here are the posts I've found so far ... but I'm sure more are being written even as I post this. I'll... Lisa Junker

Another post from guest blogger Marc Mestdagh of 2Mpact from, well, from Belgium, obviously: 1. Associations (act) now! I came to L.A. with practically no expectations other than the hope to learn and see how far ahead association management in... Scott Briscoe

Presented at the Tuesday general session at the 2010 Annual Meeting & Expo, below are parts 7-9 of "Guilt By Association," a sitcom of sorts about a CAE study group. See parts 1-3 here and parts 4-6 here. Or, see... Joe Rominiecki

Marshall Goldsmith, author of Mojo, offered his advice to association professionals on how to find happiness and meaning in work and life in Tuesday's general session. Below are three (of many, many) tweets that came through on the #asae10 hashtag... Joe Rominiecki

I had the chance to attend a fantastic Learning Lab this morning with Jennifer Baker of the American Physical Therapy Association and Ray Saputelli of the New Jersey Academy of Family Physicians. The discussion focused around "mental models"--assumptions and generalizations... Lisa Junker

Cameron Herold, a Thought Leader at the Annual Meeting, is a straightforward, engaging speaker. As his overflow session filed out, I asked three people to give a single quick thought: 1."I was interested in his ideas about free software being... Scott Briscoe

Lots of great tips and ideas shared for creating fun, attractive, and useful videos in Tuesday's Learning Lab "It's a YouTube World: Using Video for Communication," presented by Jeff Lenard, VP of communications at National Association of Convenience Stores and... Joe Rominiecki