Event Garde

Join us in wishing Event Garde Consultant Trevor Mitchell a warm "Happy Birthday"! 🎁

Conferences are about creating immersive, memorable experiences that captivate attendees from start to finish. Let's explore creative ideas for enhancing your opening & closing parties, helping you elevate your next conference into an unforgettable event. https://ow.ly/w6ZM50TTHPm

Exciting news! November 15th, Aaron will be moderating TSAE's DEIA Peer Power Up, a transformative series of virtual roundtable discussions exclusively for TSAE members. These sessions explore the core pillars of association management, offering a unique opportunity for members to connect, problem-solve, and share ideas. In this session, Aaron will facilitate discussions with a small group of association professionals, focusing on actionable steps to advance Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility within their organizations. Interested in hosting a facilitated DEI dialogue for your team or members, or need an experienced DEI practitioner to speak, write, or facilitate for your organization? Email us at info@eventgarde.com or learn more here: Speaking & Writing Engagements | Event Garde and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging | Event Garde

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When embarking on the journey of creating a new association product, tapping into your organization's internal data can be a game-changer. You're not starting from scratch; you're building upon a foundation of knowledge specific to your own audience. https://ow.ly/qrSt50TOZal

Exploring the very same facilitation techniques the Event Garde team uses with clients, grow your facilitation knowledge, skills, and confidence through hands-on practice of the three proven methods introduced during the Technology of Participation (ToP) Facilitation Methods course: Focused Conversation Method, Consensus Workshop Method, and Action Planning Process. Complete your interest form here: https://ow.ly/ZY6J50TOZet

Aaron shares 11 meeting management tips, tricks, and strategies he presented recently at the TSAE New Ideas Conference. They are intended to help staff liaisons unlock committee potential and achieve meaningful results. https://ow.ly/i5Mi50TOZ8G

This webinar is ideal for event planners, coordinators, organizers, and anyone involved in the planning and implementation of events. Whether you are organizing conferences, workshops, community gatherings, or corporate events, this session will provide valuable insights to make your events more inclusive and accessible. Register here: https://ow.ly/9Nje50TOZcV

In Season 2, Episode 4 of Voices & Views, the panel discusses somatics, including a description of what somatics are, how they might show up in your facilitation practice (for both facilitators and participants), why somatics shouldn’t be dismissed as a “woo woo” concept, the importance of somatics to our everyday facilitation work, the relationship between somatics and trauma-informed facilitation, and plenty of key takeaways and resources to help you further study and practice somatic techniques. Watch it here: https://ow.ly/UtA350TOZ65

As an event manager, conference days are a whirlwind of logistics, troubleshooting, and managing the experience for attendees. Here are some practical strategies to help take care of yourself while onsite at events: https://ow.ly/hjoZ50TJ8Wi