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Innovation

the key to

for

Conference Organisers

ROI

onference organisers

take note - innovation

can raise the profile of

your organisation and increase the Return on Investment. There’s a lot more to it than sales and

cost reduction as Association Congress speaker, Ben Hainsworth, pointed out at the International & European Associations Congress 2014 last April in Paris.

Louise Clarke

hether it’s Congress Reality TV or five

tier wedding cakes, today’s conferences

have to find a way to stand out and be different if they are to attract delegates.

Ben Hainsworth, Executive Director for Associations at K.I.T. Group, the Berlin based international Professional Conference Organiser and Association Management Company, shared his thoughts on how associations can be innovative, take on risk, face up to challenges and hold events that delegates will keep coming back to.

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