Enable Meaningful Human Connections with Networking Events of the Future

When:  Mar 8, 2022 from 12:30 PM to 01:30 PM (CT)

What You Will Learn 

  • See how to improve the value of your virtual and in-person events by adding the right networking opportunities.
  • Get a behind-the-scenes peek at the process that produced the best networking experiences.
  • Learn how to tamp down your member's networking anxiety (and your own).
Summary 

Members say today's virtual conferences are missing one key element. Networking!

Matchbox Virtual Media and Amanda Kaiser teamed up with over 150 super-engaged, powerhouse association professionals to explore virtual networking. Over two and a half months, we empathized, experimented, ideated, and tested diverse platforms and methods, developing new networking strategies for virtual and in-person events.

Join us as Amanda shares what worked and what didn't in this program devoted to connection, collaboration, and co-creation.

Presenter
Amanda Kaiser, a member engagement specialist, predicts associations will radically and rapidly change how they help members connect, collaborate, and co-create in the virtual space. As the co-creator and host of the Virtual Networking Incubator, she is excited to share new insights that will change how you think about delivering networking opportunities in-person and online. Find research reports, resources, and articles about member engagement at www.SmoothThePath.net.

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Message from the 2024 Women's Forum Subcommittee Chair

Caley Mutrie, CAE, IOM

The WSAE Women’s Forum is excited to present its third annual conference: Leading Out Loud. This conference will unite women and allies in the association, nonprofit, and hospitality industries. 

Terry Pearce coined "Leading Out Loud" in his 1995 book Leading Out Loud: Inspiring Change Through Authentic Communications. When we lead out loud, we communicate authentically from the inside out. And that's what the 2024 WSAE Women's Forum is about - bringing our authentic selves together for a day of sharing, listening, learning from each other's wisdom and experience, and creating genuine connections. 

When we lead out loud, we use our voices to create opportunities and shift perspectives. When we speak up and take risks, we free ourselves of limiting societal norms and the roles we've absorbed throughout our lives and careers from gender stereotyping. As aspiring and seasoned leaders alike, it is our responsibility to ourselves and each other to stop downplaying our experiences and opinions and support and inspire each other to find and raise our voices. 

Building on the success and learnings of the 2022 and 2023 Women's Forums, this year's Forum will focus on leadership and career development, expanding our influence as leaders in our communities, becoming more assertive in our communications, leveraging the mentor/mentee relationship for personal and organizational benefit, learning from each other how to handle complex and challenging situations that confront us in our professional lives every day, and the importance of wellness, managing stress and caring for ourselves.

This year's Women's Forum will create space for consequential discussions, motivating us to tap into our unique inner voices and raise them for personal and collective benefit in the workplace, our homes, our communities, and our hearts and minds. This year's program is a day-long conversation between our presenters, facilitators, and you. So, ask your questions and share your experiences and successes as we inspire each other to raise our voices and lead out loud. 

Don't wait! Please register today and plan to join us for what will be an engaging and much-anticipated program!