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.

The New York City Bar Association has launched a video series designed to engage both the public and its younger membership cohorts into current legal issues. The Law Is Ours, launched in August, uses ...

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’ ...

The most challenging thing about leadership is that doing it poorly often looks the same as doing it well. Confidence can rally the troops—unless it’s just covering up problems nobody has the nerve to ...

Meeting attendees are seeking more opportunities for learning outside the traditional session, according to a new report, and open to various learning formats if networking is included. The second ...

Boards and CEOs are having a hard time staying in sync, according to a new study. That’s dog-bites-man stuff, I know; after years of covering them, I would be shocked at this point to find a report ...

Inclusive events have come a long way over the past decade. The introduction of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 accelerated a paradigm shift that was already underway, moving ...

Such things are difficult to measure, but this is probably the most challenging time to be an association meetings professional in recent memory. Venues have fractured into in-person, virtual, and ...