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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

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Kristine’s Story The goal of the Kitchen Cabinet was to talk about the great things restaurants do in Milwaukee. Pre-COVID, we had a program called the Milwaukee Kitchen Cabinet. Today, in Milwaukee, the group has gone on to consider public safety, another issue that’s critical for restaurants. But COVID reinforced that lesson.

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Association to Train Underserved Communities in Emerging Tech

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Other cities participating in DT-WIP are Milwaukee, Dallas, Nashville, and Peoria, Ill.) “The We looked at the region, looked at where the industry was in terms of development, and then brought those courses there.” In other cities, the training will be more foundational.

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I'm Not Building a Navy SEAL Team

Eric Lanke

I''m running a 10-staff person trade association headquartered in Milwaukee with a $3 million budget. No, of course I don''t. There are, of course, universal lessons of leadership that apply in nearly every situation, but aren''t those lessons better conveyed through a context that is more similar to the world I actually live in?

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Cracking the Culture Code: Professional Development

Jamie Notter

For this, we’re fortunate to be headquartered in Milwaukee, because that city is also home to the Milwaukee School of Engineering, which runs some of the best fluid power professional education courses in the country. These are the courses our members send their employees to.

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What Star Wars Can Teach You About Talent Management

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To find the answers, I spoke with Mark Peterson, a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee professor who teaches a course that explores Star Wars. But what are the keys to this approach that you can apply in your own association? He offered his take on the workplace journey, mentoring, and letting go. Meet Talent Where They Are.

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When It’s Time to Ask Members to Start Paying

Associations Now

Food-and-beverage trade group FaB Milwaukee tried a free-to-fee approach. One Milwaukee food-and-beverage group chose to do the former, but it recognized when the moment came to ask members to start paying their way. What comes first, the membership or the dues? For many new associations, this can be a challenging question.

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Airport Group Highlights Members with Fresh Deck of Trading Cards

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and Canada—including the highly trafficked Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and the smaller General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) in Milwaukee— are taking part in the campaign. A number of airports in the U.S. The airports are handing out the cards to visitors.