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Alchemy Academy is designed for non-profit executives, management teams, and meeting and event planners seeking advanced level courses.
We are proud to launch a 3-part series that tackles non-dues revenue, meetings and events during this pandemic and beyond. These courses offer unconventional ideas and counterintuitive approaches to both problem-solving and opportunity finding. In other words, we don't see much value in teaching you what's common practice or common knowledge.
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The following courses consist of on-demand video lessons so you can study at your own pace. You can also earn both CAE and CMP credits for each course, a total of 7.0 CAE and CMP credits for the series. Purchase courses individually, or purchase the Alchemist Bundle to save and receive them all.
THINK DIFFERENT.
How did Parker – a company known for designing luxury pens – become successful by viewing itself as something other than a pen company?
How did a former management consultant replace years of training with empathy to create a billion-dollar logistics business?
We discuss these examples – and many more – to illustrate the principals in lateral thinking that will challenge your view of the standard event model. We examine the impacts of prioritizing low-quality revenue (such as ticket sales) over high-quality revenue (such as sponsorship), and explore untapped revenue opportunities that can elevate overall financial performance and stakeholder engagement.
Through case studies and examples, we discuss advanced tactics in value creation:
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Adding value through unconventional design philosophy;
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Exposing stakeholders to powerful activation ideas;
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Designing for optimal networking and engagement.
We will also address the often-overlooked importance of value capture:
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A slight restructuring of the event model can greatly improve profitability;
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Reduce the friction in lead generation activity, allowing stakeholders to reap more value;
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Leverage content opportunities and distribution channels.
This online course offers specific tools, highly creative strategies and interactive features that deliver an entrepreneurial slant to the standard event model. Addressing both in-person and virtual events, these core concepts can be applied during the pandemic and beyond.
This course is available on-demand and can be completed at your own pace.
2.5 CAE and CMP Credit Hours
SNEAK PREVIEW.
This course contains 23 chapters and 38 lessons - just over 2.5 hours of on-demand video. A certificate of completion is offered after all videos and short quizzes are completed. The following videos are examples of some of the lessons in the course.
Earns 2.5 CAE and CMP credits.
You can purchase this course individually for $179 USD.
However, check out our other courses below and consider purchasing the Alchemist Bundle.
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STRATEGY, NOT STRATEGY
Strategy is a word that has become synonymous with high-sounding verbiage, lofty ambitions, and motivational buzz speak.
But strategy, real strategy, is none of these things.
Real strategy is what a small Carthaginian army used to defeat a far superior Roman army, nearly double it’s size. Real strategy is what the NYPD used to combat a rising tide of crime while facing budget cuts and a shortage of police officers. Real strategy is what we need in today’s environment, faced with limited resources, restricted interaction, and mounting economic pressures.
In this course, we’ll look at examples of strategy from around the world and across time. From ancient Rome to the Napoleonic Wars; from behavioral economics to examples in modern day business. We’ll explore how a strategy first devised in 216 BC was used 2,000 years later by an association heading into negotiations with a much larger, more powerful party.
We’ll discuss how strategy can be implemented into your meetings and events to yield better returns, increase sustainable revenue, and mitigate risks. This course is available on-demand and can be completed at your own pace.
SNEAK PREVIEW.
This course contains 18 chapters and 20 lessons - just over 1.5 hours of on-demand video. A certificate of completion is offered after all videos and short quizzes are completed. The following videos are examples of some of the lessons in the course.
Earns 1.5 CAE and CMP credits.
You can purchase this course individually for $159 USD.
However, check out our other courses below and consider purchasing the Alchemist Bundle.
BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER
We now blend together the concepts from Part One (Rethinking the Event Model) and Part Two (Advanced Level Strategy) to form a foundation from which we construct a new event model. In this course, we examine how event design, the business model and strategy come together to produce sustainable financial margins, balanced engagement, and an optimal return on stakeholder investment.
By now, you’ll be acclimated to unconventional ideas and counterintuitive processes, so it won’t be a surprise to find more of that here in this course. We’ll look at the advantages of reversing some aspects of the event planning process; how we effectively leverage empathy in designing event flow and programs; and it wouldn’t be Alchemy Agency if we didn’t challenge the most common practices in conferences, trade shows and other events by poking holes in some misguided traditions.
This course is a frank and honest discussion. We empathize with the very unique challenges you’re facing as association executives, meeting and event planners. And we offer the same advice we would give our friends. The business equivalent of "Yes, those jeans do make you look fat. Please don’t buy them."
We highly recommend completing Part One (Rethinking the Event Model) and Part Two (Advanced Level Strategy) before enrolling in Part Three (Event Design + Strategy). This course is available on-demand and can be completed at your own pace.
SNEAK PREVIEW.
The course will include 3 hours of on-demand video. A certificate of completion is offered after all videos and short quizzes are completed.
Earns 3.0 CAE and CMP credits.
This course can be purchased for $249 USD.
However, check out the Alchemist Bundle below to get the full set of courses.
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GOTTA HAVE IT ALL!
The Alchemist Bundle equips you for uncertainty, bolsters confidence and leadership qualities by training you to think differently.
You'll be able to see opportunities where others see only problems. You'll develop a sense of what real strategy entails and harness its power and influence. You'll bring a unique skill to your organization or business by offering new ways of accomplishing key objectives and improving financial performance.
In other words, this bundle will make you something of a superhero. We recommend not wearing a cape to work, as this will only confuse your colleagues. Trust us. We've tried.
GET FULLY EQUIPPED.
Get the full 3-part series with the Alchemist Bundle and save over $60 USD. With over 7 hours of on-demand video content, downloads and bonus material, the Alchemist Bundle is your playbook to confidently tackle all that 2021 and 2022 can throw at you.
Earns 7.0 CAE and CMP credits.
The Alchemist Bundle includes Part 1, 2 and 3 (when released), and is priced at $525 USD.
Alchemy Agency is a CAE Approved Provider. The programs linked above meet the requirements for fulfilling the professional development requirements to earn or maintain the Certified Association Executive credential. Every program that we offer which qualifies for CAE credit will clearly identify the number of CAE credits granted for full participation, and we will maintain records of your participation in accord with CAE policies.
For more information about the CAE credential or Approved Provider program, please visit www.asaecenter.org/cae.
Alchemy Agency has been approved by the Events Industry Council (EIC) as a Preferred Provider of the below-listed continuing education courses, which qualify for CMP continuing education credit.
Determination of continuing education credit eligibility or Preferred Provider status does not imply EIC’s endorsement or assessment of education quality.
GOT A TEAM?
Need to register a team of three or more?
No problem. Contact us for details.
Email us: info(at)wealchemists.com
