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In a 2025 study, 62% of associations reported and increase in in-person event attendance, and members listed in-person events as one of the top five most important benefits of their membership. This highlights the sustained success and growing importance of in-person events, creating more volunteering opportunities for associationyour members. Volunteers can beare crucial to an…
Let’s Play: Gamification Ideas to Energize Your Audience at Any Budget According to the National Institute of Play, “being playful is the healthiest way to spend your time.” Research shows that play helps adults build resilience, retain new information, and create memorable experiences. In short, adults learn and engage more effectively when they are having…
Association gatherings often pursue many goals – to achieve attendance or revenue targets, deliver on learning objectives, or foster connection among attendees. The foundation beneath these goals, however, isn’t often on our radar – joy. Joy is often the key ingredient that enables members to achieve other goals, and to strengthen their engagement with and…
Helping Associations Change the World™ is more than just a slogan or tagline for the AMR Education and Events team. It’s what drives us and keeps us going through the long days (and nights), travel disruptions, and (seemingly) endless pages of Banquet Event Orders. Being an event manager is always on the list of most…
Your members go above and beyond every day, both in their loyalty to your association and the way they operate in their professional roles. In some cases, their work is just one small part of an accomplishment by the business they work for. And it isn’t just your staff who may notice this—other members and…