Legacy

Is your association all caught up with everything technology has to offer for your next meeting? Are you perhaps the kind of association that pays more attention in what a destination itself has to offer, even at times of the pandemic?

BestCities recently published a case study demonstrating how local hosts/associations can make international legacy even at the bidding stage and even if they don’t win the bid.

Australia’s Indigenous people have inhabited the island nation for at least 65,000 years, with some scientists believing their history goes back even further. A rich and variegated culture has developed over that time, and it’s one that ICC Sydney is keen to share with the world.

The positive, sought after impact of conferences is in harmony with Business Events Sarawak (BESarawak) mission to pave the way for successful, disruptive association conferences that leave their mark on the state, in particular, and the country, as a whole.

The Netherlands plays host to hundreds of world-class association conferences each year, but what lasting influences do these events leave behind?

In this special contribution by our partner ESAE, Stylianos Filopoulos argues that association leaders aren’t the sole drivers of an association’s legacy—they’re the caretakers who protect the vision that inspires and unites members and stakeholders.

ICC Sydney's Legacy Program boasts great focus on cultural diversity and immersion.

Geneviève Leclerc of #Meet4Impact served as curator of the conference, which was held under the theme of “The Societal […]

International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) is adding another brick to its Legacy Program as Australia’s premier venue introduces new culinary initiative. 

When we eavesdrop on conversations surrounding impact, it always seems that it’s about measurement. Yet to us, as Geneviève Leclerc, founder of the #Meet4impact project, writes, measurement should be perceived as a tool for understanding impact, not as the end goal.

Before planning a conference, there’s a few questions to consider: Who does this event affect? What will attendees find to be important

Aiming to take the subject matter outside of the conference walls into the public, the British Association for the Study of the Liver, which held its annual meeting in Glasgow in September, partnered with The British Liver Trust and Glasgow Convention Bureau to bring the Love Your Liver Roadshow to Glasgow city centre for two days.

What is the real power of association conferences? The hot topic has become part of the core of Business Events Sarawak or BESarawak (formerly Sarawak Convention Bureau) that is now looking beyond the narrow limits of business tourism financial benefits.

In this fourth installment of our #MEET4IMPACT series, Geneviève Leclerc explores the second – out of four – key step needed to achieve a successful impact practice. After defining your initial intention, how do you manage your social impact project?

New Zealand gave The Australasian Animal Studies Association (AASA) Conference 2019, ‘Decolonizing animals’, an original spin when it hosted the event in Christchurch, July 1-4, 2019.

In this third installment of our #MEET4IMPACT series, founder Geneviève Leclerc explores the first – out of four –  key step needed to achieve a successful impact practice.