Velvet Chainsaw
Velvet Chainsaw Consulting exclusively services companies and associations with their annual meetings, conferences, education and events. We also help technology, service and membership organizations establish and execute plans and processes that result in improved business results.
For new engagements, the company is targeting companies and associations who need help with their annual meeting improvement strategy. Consulting expertise includes – education program design, social media strategy, virtual or hybrid meeting strategy, competitive assessment and change initiatives. Basically, we help make your major meetings bigger and better.
For more information, contact Dave or Jeff.
How The Nonprofit Association Program Pie Is Sliced
Most nonprofit associations find it difficult to abandon anything. Everything is a cause or “God’s work.” Yet performance and results are extremely important and often difficult to measure and control. Moral Versus Economic Causes A moral cause is an absolute good. For example, some religious leaders have been preaching against sex outside of marriage for…
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Do Not Let Your Legacy AMS Kill Your Conference
Here’s a newsflash for your IT department: Technology that is built for purpose (registration, expo sales, speaker management, etc.) does not need to integrate with your legacy association management system (AMS) in order to be implemented. Read that again! It’s true and something you need to understand before your AMS kills your conference. Your Customer…
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Four Macro Trends That Will Affect Your Organization In 2012
What’s in store for your organization in 2012? Volatility, multiplicity, versatility and mobility. At least that’s what Gartner’s analysts say is coming in 2012. Volatility In chemistry, volatility is the measure of the tendency of a substance to vaporize. What a great analogy for today’s business culture. In society, it means all the variables that…
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Upcoming schedule for speaking events for Dave and Jeff.
March 24-27, 2012, ASAE's Great Ideas, Colorado Springs, CO. Both Dave and Jeff speaking.
March 28, 2012, PYM's Anatomy Of A Planner, Dallas, TX. Jeff speaking.
April 19, 2012, CSRM, Rockwall, TX. Jeff speaking.
April 25-27, 2012, Collaborate Marketplace, Las Vegas. Jeff speaking.
April 29-May 1, 2012, CoreNet North American Global Summit, San Diego, CA. Jeff speaking.
June 3-4, 2012, Leadership TSAE, Austin, TX. Jeff speaking.
June 10-13, 2012, PCMA Education Conference, San Antonio, TX. Jeff & Dave attending.
July 19-20, 2012, AALL, Boston, MA, Jeff speaking.
August 11-14, 2012, ASAE Annual Meeting & Expo, Dallas, TX. Jeff presenting & Dave attending.