06/11/2020

ICCA Report: COVID-19 Could Shift Priorities for Associations

Partnerships have become more important than ever

Due to COVID-19’s impact, associations are more than ever ready to make a change for the sake of the future.

But no matter what happens due to coronavirus, they will always have their partners upon which they can lean.

This is a point underlined in a recent report from the International Congress and Convention Association (ICCA), produced in partnership with the African Society of Association Executives, the Asia Pacific Federation of Association Organizations, and the European Society of Association Executives. The Future of Global Association Meetings: The New Association Reality [ICCA membership required], a study of nearly 200 associations globally, notes that 70 percent of respondents have had to make changes to one or more of their meetings. But in many parts of the world, nearly 30 percent of respondents are seeing evidence that things are normalizing enough that travel might be possible for events.

Please select this link to read the complete article from Associations Now.