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  1. Programming and Events

    All leaders are responsible for understanding and abiding by the policies herein and ensuring that their committees understand and abide by them. Adherence to education and events policies is required to maintain chapter certification. Quar...
  2. Experience Design

    The HBA's education team suggests event leaders review the below Experience Design Guiding Principles report in the development of your events, which includes helpful insights and key takeaways from pro event planners around the globe and across i...
  3. Education & Speaker Management

  4. Suggested L&D Priorities Resource

    The HBA's education staff has helpfully provided the below resource suggesting the current 3 L&D Priorities to consider in developing your education strategy: L&D Priorities for 2026 from HBR.pdf ...
  5. HBA Annual Theme and Messaging

    The HBA's 2026 annual theme is "Future Focused. Impact Driven." Please see the resource below, which contains an overview and other information to assist with programming and content development to align with this theme. 2026 Annual Theme Resour...
  6. HBA Event Planning Checklist

    Planning an HBA event of any kind has a major impact on your membership! Events are one of the primary ways that HBA members and guests experience the HBA, so you directly impact the HBA's mission with every event, small or large!  To make planni...
  7. HBA Event Planning Checklists

    Planning an HBA event of any kind has a major impact on your membership! Events are one of the primary ways that HBA members and guests experience the HBA, so you directly impact the HBA's mission with every event, small or large!  To make planni...
  8. Virtual Educational Event/Webinar Planning Timeline

    Here is an at-a-glance timeline of the setup process for most virtual events. The full process can be found here .  Relevant links:  Global planning calendar - plans for every region, chapter, and component for the upcoming year V...
  9. Virtual Recruitment/Engagement Event Planning

    Recruitment events are managed primarily at the local level by chapter engagement teams (and occasionally by regional membership experience teams) and are available at no cost, open to members and non-members to learn more about the HBA, its value...
  10. Virtual event sponsorship guidance

    HBA is continuously looking for ways to engage with and provide value to companies virtually. To that end, we are happy to provide some guidance on virtual event sponsorship and benefits, as a way companies can remain engaged, gain brand visibilit...