Strategy

Cheryl Choy IAPCO winner

March 4, 2026IAPCO launches LATAM leadership scholarshipIAPCO and FIEXPO have launched the Jorge Castex Scholarship for emerging leaders in Latin America's meetings sector. Announced at IAPCO’s meeting in Athens, the initiative is part of a strategy to enhance intergenerational collaboration and sustainable talent development.Read More

Learning to grow: why now is the right time to experiment

October 22, 2020Learning to grow: why now is the right time to experimentAngela Guillemet explores how fostering a growth mindset, where ideas are never fixed, could help association leaders steer their organisations through difficult times...

After coronavirus: a new dawn for international associations

July 17, 2020After coronavirus: a new dawn for international associationsThe upheaval caused by COVID-19 presents international associations with a golden opportunity to influence policy and help shape a better future – but will they grasp it? By James Lancaster…

Associations will lead us out of lockdown says Jennifer Jenkins

May 5, 2020Associations will lead us out of lockdown says Jennifer JenkinsJennifer Jenkins, association champion, PCO lead and director at Worldspan shares her thoughts on why trade associations have an important role to play in helping the industry recover from the coronavirus crisis.

Lesley Williams Q&A: ‘Those not embracing youth may lag behind’

August 27, 2019Lesley Williams Q&A: ‘Those not embracing youth may lag behind’

Partnerships: “It’s not the similarities it’s the difference that count…”

May 3, 2019Partnerships: “It’s not the similarities it’s the difference that count…”Paul Vallee is managing director of the international destination marketing association BestCities Global Alliance and executive consultant with Gaining Edge, which consults to the convention and meetings market. Here we discuss the power of partnerships…

Climate change: why the meetings industry was slow to respond

April 3, 2019Climate change: why the meetings industry was slow to respondThe looming threat of climate change poses huge questions for the international meetings industry. But does it have the answers? By James Lancaster

Quick fix: turn your association around in 48 hours

October 9, 2018Quick fix: turn your association around in 48 hoursStuck in a rut? Association consultant Genevieve LeClerc reveals how you can design your way out of a problem in just two days…

Lasting impressions: understanding legacy

August 1, 2018Lasting impressions: understanding legacyInternational associations are abuzz with talk of legacy. But, as James Lancaster discovers, it means different things to different people…

Disrupted - how associations innovate

July 18, 2018Disrupted - how associations innovateIn the first of a two-part feature, association strategist Genevieve Leclerc explores how the traditionally risk-averse association sector is reinventing itself…

How to make friends with influencers

July 18, 2018How to make friends with influencersCorbin Ball explains how planners can use social media ‘influencers’ to create a buzz around their meetings….Show More