Hi Jeanette I'm very pleased to invite you to attend the annual Associations World Congress 2024 in the great city of Graz, Austria from 9-11 June. The congress is invitation-only, for senior association events Directors/HoDs and association leaders, and there would be no delegate fee for you to attend. It is the most valuable and exciting exchange of ideas, education and networking for International association leaders from all over the world. We had great feedback (with the highest recommender score ever) for the congress last year, with interesting testimonials that will inform your decision to attend. The programme comprises 16 high-level in-depth half-day sessions, providing solutions to the most difficult challenges faced by associations and societies as well as Executive Skills skills sessions. Each session is led by a trusted association expert, are interactive with contribution from delegates, case studies, lots of discussion and sharing. The four streams are: Association Strategy, Conference & Events Strategy, Membership Strategy and Executive Skills, addressing these issues: Learn how to address the most challenging issues facing you in your association Gain insights into how leading associations are developing their services and products Establish how to drive the most value from upgrading and adoption of CRMs and AMSs Learn how other associations are adopting AI reliably Examine your member engagement measurement and maximisation opportunities Hear how to transform your events portfolio to be commercially successful and support your strategic objectives Learn what it takes to launch and run successful online communities and forums Get insights into the best (non-board) volunteer development and their effective contribution to the association Ascertain how other associations establish member needs and how these are communicated to, and handled by executive boards Examine what makes for the best Digitial transformations Executive Skills We have some fun social events including the Welcome Reception, Hosted Dinners and the Congress Party on the second evening. There are good value hotels from EUR118 per night and we provide lots of information on flights into the airports at the website. For more information on the congress, please take a look at the website here, but drop me an email if you can't find the information you need. You can of course book on the congress now here, and I will approve your booking within a few minutes. If you could take a look over the the next week and let me know if you are interested, it would help, as I would like to invite another person if you can't attend. All the best, Damian Damian Hutt Executive Director Association of Association Executives www.associationexecutives.org Association of Association Executives www.associationexecutives.org Share, Learn & Grow _________________________________________________________________ The Association of Association Executives is an independent community of over 23,000 association employees and officials from membership organisations worldwide. The AAE organises the Associations Congress series, Association Leaders Symposium series, Association Awards series. It provides resources, best practice, training, information, news, directories and networking to help association executives improve their organisation, events, member value and services.