Contents
December 2018
3
Association Event Manager
ABPCO
5:
Editorial
Managing editor:
Paul Colston
Editor:
Martin Fullard
Business
Managing director:
Julian Agostini
Group publishing director:
Liz Agostini
Senior designer
Kateryna Smirnova
Production manager
Elizabeth Nixon
Subscriptions
Circulation manager:
Bret Weekes
ABPCO's Heather Lishman on giving something back.
ABPCO
6:
Kate Sargent, joint chair of ABPCO finishes a series of articles
looking at the association’s main pillars. This time: Belonging.
Roundtable discussion
8-9: Martin Fullard was a fly on the wall at
the ABPCO roundtable in Edinburgh on the
importance of collaboration.
Case study
10: The story of an initiative that helped the Institute of
Quarrying win Best Marketing, PR or Social Media Campaign at
the recent Association Excellence Awards at the KIA Oval.
Association World Congress
13: The Association of Association Executives (AAE), organisers of
the Associations World Congress, says it is shaking things up a bit by
creating a fresh structure for the conference.
Case study
15-17:
The Diabetes UK Professional Conference (DUKPC)
welcomed 3,300 attendees, one of its biggest ever events.
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18: Three hundred and fifty attendees were at the KIA Oval on 12
October for the 2018 Association Excellence Awards, and witnessed
recognition across 16 categories.
Recognising
quality
The Association Excellence Awards
2018 was a stunning event held recently
in stunning surrounds – the KIA Oval,
home of Surrey County Cricket Club.
All credit to the organisers, GCN
Events, for going in to bat to recognise
excellence in the sector and 16
categories were strongly contested, with
worthy winners and worthy runners-up.
As a face in the crowd of some
350 attendees, it was uplifting to see
recognition for associations dealing
with professional communities ranging
from rugby to quarrying and much in
between.
It is also an event I’ve been
privileged to see grow each year and
the networking, this time round on
The Corinthian Roof Terrace, is a real
opportunity for people from disparate
sectors to come together to compare
their experiences of running and making
a success of their associations and their
conferences. See p18 for more on the
AEAs.
Another champion, driving best
practice is ABPCO, which met in
Edinburgh in full collaborative mode
recently. There are further insights to
recommend from Joint Chair Kate
Sargent and from Heather Lishman in
this issue.
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