2022 Volume 42 Pages 829-837
Many scientific associations hold annual meetings to which they invite the submission of abstracts. Most nursing associations require all co-presenters of an abstract to be association members. This study aimed to quantify the impact of waiving this requirement on the number of submissions, the number of new members, and the association’s revenue. We conducted a web-based questionnaire survey of first presenters of a meeting with the attenuation concerning their likely intention to submit if attenuation had not been implemented. The questionnaire was answered by 64 (86%) first presenters, who had 164 co-presenters. Nineteen abstracts (30%) would not have been submitted if not under attenuation. In contrast, 20 non-member co-presenters would have become members if not under attenuation. The estimated impact of attenuation was a decrease in the number of newly joining association members of 11 and an increase in meeting attendance of 40 attendees. Accordingly, the association’s revenue was estimated to have increased by 358,900 yen on a single-year basis. Attenuation was considered effective with regard to both the association’s finances and the meeting’s success. This paper describes this important experience and suggests the merit of evidence-based association administration.
