Associations host events with VGM platform
By HME News Staff
Updated 9:50 AM CDT, Tue June 1, 2021
WATERLOO, Iowa – Nine state and regional associations have leveraged VGM Education’s virtual conference platform called SABA to host events during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thanks to support from a number of VGM divisions, plus vendor partners like GCE, Medline, SoClean, Brightree, Philips Respironics and NCART, the events were held with little cost to the state associations. “The only cost that the associations had to absorb was the cost of the CEUs, which was $10 per person,” VGM stated in a press release. “The average amount of revenue these conferences generated for the associations was $3,620.61. The average amount of participants for each conference was 130.” The following associations have leveraged VGM to host events: CAMES, TexMEP, ACMESA, HOMES, PAMES, NEMEP, PAMS, MAMES and Great Lakes. In addition to educations, the SABA platform included virtual exhibit booths for vendor partners. “The platform allowed us to connect with our membership and provide them with the best experience possible, next to being in person,” said Beth Bowen, executive director of ACMESA, FAHCS, ATHOMS and NEMEP. “We all know that meeting face-to-face proves to be the most productive, but when that isn’t an option, this platform provided the benefits we needed and allowed us to engage with our membership.”
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