- TaleWind Digital Inc.
- The ASAE 2026 Debrief—What's Driving Associations Now
The TaleWind team came back from ASAE Annual in Indianapolis with full notebooks. In this episode, Dan Stevens sits down with Breanna Perrelli and Kristy Devantier to share what they heard at the show, in the sessions, and at the booth.
What’s inside:
- Why the AI conversation finally got practical this year, including a persona-bank use case from a session Breanna won’t stop talking about
- The numbers behind the eLearning surge: continuing education, certificates, and professional development ranked as the top three most valued member offerings
- What association leaders told Kristy at the booth about lean teams, shrinking conference attendance, and finding new revenue streams
- How to take a print magazine digital without losing readers or sponsors, straight from an audience question
- ASAE’s “Trust Associations” push, and what it means to show up as the trusted source for both humans and AI search
- Why “community building” disappeared from session titles this year, and what replaced it
Watch the full conversation, then reach out if any of it sounds like your association. We’d love to keep it going.
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