Futures Facets
Lessons from 217 Years of Association
Lessons from 217 Years of Association Sid PeimerThe Cape Chamber of Commerce has been operating for 217 years, through two World Wars, 9/11, all the recessions, South Africa’s first democratic elections, and countless other historic milestones. For an organisation...
No Neuro-Nonsense
Dr. Lynda Shaw No Neuro-NonsenseDr. Lynda Shaw is a neuroscientist, psychologist, and change management expert. Just the sort of person we need to listen to when we are learning about the future. She is also the President-Elect of the Professional Speakers Association...
The Board Leadership Crisis
Elisa Pratt The Board Leadership CrisisIn an incredibly inspiring and challenging conversation with Elisa Pratt, self-proclaimed association nerd, and expert in strategic non-profit solutions, we discuss the board leadership crisis experienced by associations as they...
International Collaboration
Justin Hawes International Collaboration Justin Hawes is a very connected association executive, representing the Events Greening Forum on the SA Events Council, as well as being President Elect of the International Federation of Exhibition & Event Services. ...
Talking Positivity
Ellen Oosthuizen Talking Positivity Ellen Oosthuizen is the Chair of the PCO Alliance (Professional Conference Organisers) in South Africa as well as the representative of PCO Alliance to the SA Events Council. During South Africa’s lockdowns, PCOs have had a...
Creative Eventing
Wayne Steven-Jennings Creative Eventing in the Time of Covid Wayne Steven-Jennings of Event Organisers Network, South Africa, spoke to Charlotte Kemp, in the early months of COVID related lock downs in the country, about how members of the events network were coping...
SA Events Council is born!
Industry Wide Collaboration Tes Proos is the Chair of the newly formed South African Events Council. In this edition of The Associations Edition, Tes and Charlotte discuss the state of the events industry in South Africa as well as globally, and explore how...
AMC is Relevant
How relevant is your association to today's needs? Tom Abbott lives in Singapore but owns and runs an association management company based in Canada. Not only could we learn a great deal from Tom about how to manage staff and business across continents, time zones and...
Association Executives look at Strategy
The Association of Association Executives looks at StategyI met Damian Hutt when Association Executives, a UK based association education and support organisation, began hosting conferences in South Africa, to reach the associations in Africa. I've had the pleasure of...
