For long time equity advocates, the fight to eliminate bias, discrimination, and exclusion is nothing new. My parents fought this fight, as did their parents and grandparents before them.

Inclusive leadership requires us to release old ways of thinking, act with humility, and open ourselves to new perspectives.

I recently attendeded ConferenceDirect's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference (D22) at the Hilton City Center in Denver, CO. This represented the organization’s first annual event bringing together a diverse group of meeting professionals, ConferenceDirect associates, and industry partners to explore a range of DEI topics and how they affect meetings and events.

Like many of you, TSAE has had a very strange and unusual past couple of years. We persevered through the pandemic, working to keep our community connected and being a leader for other associations learning how to operate on the fly during lockdown. Our leadership was nimble, resourceful, and took on the call to make TSAE a trustworthy and reliable place for the TSAE family to turn to in an uncertain and ever-changing time.

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Are you struggling with employee, member, or client engagement? Does it seem like everyone is? What does engagement have to do with DEI – Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?

Last year, TSAE published our Diversity + Inclusion Association Assessment Tool as a resource for our members to use in their own Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts. With this being our DEI Issue, we wanted to bring it back again for those of you who are new or may have missed it in the past.

Austin and the nearby cities of Round Rock, Bryan College Station and Georgetown offer many opportunities for entertainment and leisure outside of meetings and conventions.

Association executives use research all the time. We run surveys and focus groups to better understand our members’ most important goals and most pressing problems so we can make good decisions about the programs, products, and services we offer to meet those needs.

New Ideas Opening Session speakers Tiffany McGee, CAE, Philip Prasek, Kent Prickett, CAE, MB, and Gloria Aguilera Terry shared their personal experiences on a variety of subjects for a Pecha Kucha-style presentation.