Meetings drive progress! Find case studies and resources on the beyond economic impact of meetings. Also make sure to check out www.the-iceberg.org.
Member-Supplier related resources:
- The JMIC Case Study Project: It’s Time to Get Involved!
- Apply for an Incredible Impacts Grant to communicate the value of your association meetings
- A Modern History of International Association Meetings - UPDATE: 1963-2017
Association related resources:
The Incredible Impacts Programme celebrates the “beyond tourism” value of international association meetings to create a powerful platform to advocate their positive societal impact.
The Incredible Impacts Programme celebrates the “beyond tourism” value of international association meetings to create a powerful platform to advocate their positive societal impact.
The Incredible Impacts Programme celebrates the “beyond tourism” value of international association meetings to create a powerful platform to advocate their positive societal impact.
In November 2017, the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) welcomed a record number of delegates to its 56th annual congress.
Destination marketers and associations need to work together to achieve their common goals while reaping long-term rewards for their destinations.
This article, brought to you by The Iceberg, dives into legacies of Medical Meetings and Alignment to the UNSDG`s from Fred Productions Ltd.
If a destination is to secure this event in the future it must weight its efforts towards engagement with the local radio oncology community, regional government, and long term impact on patient care if it is to secure 60% of the bid.
Speaking at the IBTM Policy and Practice Forum 2019 ESTRO’s head of innovation Sven Bossu explains why cities should forget logistics and think legacy. Video from our media partners The Iceberg.
In the first of a series of podcasts featuring significant meetings industry players, Iceberg founder James Latham catches up with Business Events Sydney’s quiet force of nature, Lyn Lewis-Smith.
The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) hosted a unique global forum striving to develop and advance the world’s knowledge and understanding of our ecosystems.
The Incredible Impacts Programme celebrates the “beyond tourism” value of international association meetings to create a powerful platform to advocate their positive societal impact.
After a successful three years of global advocacy, the fourth edition of Global Meetings Industry Day takes place on Thursday 4 April. Here's how to get involved in this amazing chance for global industry advocacy (and fun)!
In 2018, Down Syndrome International was awarded one of the Incredible Impacts grants for the incredible legacy they created through their efforts to put people with Down Syndrome at the heart of their Congress in Glasgow.
Jane Cunningham, Director of International Associations at BestCities, breaks down this year’s winning associations, trends, and the key to success for Incredible Impacts 2019.
Business Events Africa, in collaboration with the South Africa National Convention Bureau, continues to delve into ‘beyond tourism’ and its far-reaching impact, as they seek to measure beyond the short-term benefits of business events.
The monetary value of information presented at this year’s European Congress of Radiology, in Vienna, amounted to €813m, according to a groundbreaking new report.
Sometimes the best theories are just that: theories.
Legacy has been the talk of the industry for some time now...
International associations are abuzz with talk of legacy. But, as James Lancaster from AMI Magazine discovers, it means different things to different people…
A grant programme that celebrates international associations for making inspiring, lasting impacts to their meeting destinations is calling out for final submissions for 2018
In November last year, ICCA and BestCities Global Alliance announced the winners of their first Incredible Impacts Programme. Winning one of the three $7,500 grants was the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT).
Last year ICCA and BestCities Global Alliance announced the winners of their first Incredible Impacts Programme. The World Parkinson Coalition was one of the three winners which secured a grant of US $7,500.
On 14 November last year, ICCA and BestCities Global Alliance announced the winners of their first Incredible Impacts Programme. Securing one of the three $7,500 grants was The International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH).
After a successful two years of global advocacy, the third edition of Global Meetings Industry Day takes place on Thursday 12 April. Here's how to get involved in the fun!
In this fifth and final video of the 'Incredible Impacts' series, the International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH) discusses how it created legacy through the World Thrombosis Day Campaign.
‘People, the power of hope’ is an enchanting message, and one that was delivered with heart and passion as part of Bogotá’s bid to bring One Young World, the largest global gathering of youth leaders, to the city in 2017.
In this fourth video of the 'Incredible Impacts' series, the World Confederation for Physical Therapy (WCPT) discusses its grant-winning approach to creating legacy.
In the third video of the 'Incredible Impacts' series, the World Parkinson Coalition (WPC) discusses its grant-winning approach to creating legacy.
Last November, ICCA welcomed a record number of delegates to its 56th annual congress. Almost 1,300 members, including more than 40 association executives, travelled to Prague...
ICCA and BestCities Global Alliance launched the new ICCA Incredible Impacts Programme during an ICCA Member Plenary Session on 15 May, the Monday Before IMEX. The Programme celebrates the “beyond tourism” value of international association meetings
The 'Top 40 Women in MICE' is an initiative led by 'The Planner' and 'Meetings Magazine'; launched in 2014.
The International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA) and the Asia-Pacific Federation of Association Organizations (APFAO) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on June 29, 2017
'Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much' (Helen Keller)
International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney) is driving economic development and delivering societal health and environmental benefits, according to a study from University of Technology Sydney (UTS)
With yet another successful Global Meetings Industry Day behind us, I can’t help but to reflect about the ‘Power’ of our industry.
I strongly believe that ‘Meetings’ are where change happens, ideas are discussed, compromises are reached...
I strongly believe that ‘Meetings’ are where change happens, ideas are discussed, compromises are reached...
The 2nd edition of Global Meetings Industry Day takes place 6 April. We take this opportunity to highlight the true value of international association meetings and communicate the professional, business, academic and economic outcomes they deliver.
You might think Hawaii was one of the last places on earth to need more conservation...
Last month I wrote about the importance of “Candor” when building a long-lasting relationship between associations and suppliers. However, to thrive in today’s world partnerships are not only forged between associations and suppliers, but also betwe
Rod Cameron says meetings, conventions and exhibitions can be a force for recovery for destinations wrestling with the aftermath of terror threats
The business events segment of the tourism industry can help grow the Australian economy with the assistance of a series of targeted public policy measures, according to the Association of Australian Convention Bureaux (AACB).
It has long been thought that business organisations are hierarchies, islands in a vast sea of capital markets. This market hubbub over hierarchy has eclipsed the true value of a shadow organisation called the network.
The geo-political and economic landscape of international association meetings today is facing growing challenges and new models of disruption. This is a fact we all have to live with and the biggest question is how do you survive in such turbulent t
Borneo’s orangutans are among the beneficiaries of two corporate social responsibility programmes that were part of the recent ICCA Congress in Kuching, Sarawak. Now the wider outcomes the event delivered will be part of a new study measuring its imp
“What’s in it for me?” That’s a question Millennials are asking as they decide on upcoming conference opportunities. Meeting organizers, on the other hand, are more focused on their own goals
Over the years I have written numerous articles about designing and implementing meetings management programs, and in all those years I have been consistently perplexed as to why organizations do not mandate the need to follow the meetings policy.
The Future Convention Cities Initiative—a five-year-old association of the cities of Abu Dhabi, Durban, London, San Francisco, Seoul, Sydney, and Toronto
There are a few ways to think about revenue management. One is that it gives hoteliers a formula for maximizing revenue per available room.
Earlier this year, I wrote about the importance of advocacy and promoting the value of face-to-face events.
Suppliers in the Middle East were given a masterclass on bidding for international association meetings – described as the ‘most critical’ aspect of the meetings industry.
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