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Meet our Team: Stephane Dazet (Chief Operations Officer)
As you probably already read in our last press release, Stephane Dazet is the newest member of the Congrex management…

The Never Too Late Show
Digital event held on 21 April 2022 We were asked by our client BioSense Webster to help them deliver a…

Six Ways To Use Social Media To Grow Membership In Associations
Growing membership is a crucial focus for many associations after the decline seen over the last few years. One of…

How To Use Storytelling When Marketing Your Conference
Why use storytelling for marketing your conference? Research from Stanford University shows “stories are remembered up to 22 times more…

How Associations Can Implement Innovation
According to the 2021 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report, nearly half of all associations reported declining membership last year. This is…

How To Select The Best Venue For Your Upcoming Event
When planning a successful conference or event, you must make many decisions. But the one that will have the most…

How To Combat Declining Membership In Professional Associations
Declining membership is a problem facing many professional associations, with 68% of organisations struggling to grow their membership since 2020.…

Press Release: Congrex Switzerland Extends its Top Management Team
Basel, 4th April 2022| Congrex Switzerland today announced that its Board of Directors have appointed Silvano Schär as Chief Commercial Officer…

How To Collaborate With Other Professional Organisations at your Conferences (And Why You Should!)
Collaboration between brands can yield excellent results for everyone involved, whether you collaborate on a service, product or marketing activity.…

The importance of developing a community and the potential benefits it can bring: From three to three-hundred and sixty-five days of engagement
Associations are currently facing a fundamental challenge: the need to evolve and cater to participants in a post-pandemic world. Many…

Six Ways To Make Your Conference More Sustainable
Attendees at mid-sized conferences reportedly send an average of 1.16kg (each) of waste to landfills throughout the event. When combined…

Being an Intern at Congrex Switzerland
“Moinsen” to all the readers and colleagues out there. My name is Agnes Dallmer-Zerbe. I am twenty-two years of age,…

Why Do You Need Sponsors For Your Association Event?
Sponsorship opportunities: should sponsorship be viewed as a necessity or a commodity for association events? We argue that it should…

Nine Signs You Need A Professional Conference Organiser For Your Next Event
The role of a modern professional conference organiser (PCO) is to help conferences and events succeed by adapting to the…

Pros and cons of online events for medical conferences
For the last 18 months, online conferences have been widely adopted by the medical and healthcare community out of necessity…