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Chicago Showcase exceeds previous year's attendance

Held Dec. 13, the annual winter meeting for Association Forum featured sold out long-form boot camp sessions Attendance at the Association Forum of Chicagoland's 24th annual Holiday Showcase meeting exceeded 2,300, higher than last year's attendance of roughly 2,100 and 2010's attendance of 1,500, organizers said. "Lots of crowded rooms," Mallory Gott-Ortiz, senior manager for learning and career development, told CEO Update in a brief interview the day after the Dec. 13 event. This year's meeting included three "boot camp" education sessions lasting 105 minutes, aimed at those looking for an in-depth exploration into a topic. The long sessions proved popular. "They were… Read More