Thanks For Playing

JULY 27, 2012

That hasnt always been the case over the course of my career. The location: can you believe that, with 15 years in association management, this was my first position in Old Town Alexandria? Its called Spark Consulting, LLC: Explosive Growth for Associations. Association blogger and general troublemaker. 1 hour ago.

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Association Subculture

DECEMBER 5, 2011

In all seriousness folks, I needed a laugh today and of course, YouTube had one ready for me. Shelly kept up the fast pace by diving head-long into her career in the world of association management. She is determined to see associations continue to serve as a bulwark of adult education in the United States.

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Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

The Demise of REM and Association Management. We are surrounded by messages about "getting our heads in the game" and "staying the course," and "up with people, you can do it!" Will they change course and redirect resources when the opportunities present themselves? Life changes course. Life is messy.

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Observations on Association Management

MARCH 4, 2008

When the members and leaders of associations permit it to happen, association structures and processes can trample over the "right" thing to financially and/or politically enrich individuals and groups in ways that cause untold damage to others. About Challenge Management. Challenge Management, Inc. marketing. (1).

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Elipsis Partners

MARCH 22, 2009

On associations, technology, parenting, people, meditation, and America. Empathy and Associations. Well, of course. Empathy, that ability to recognize and respond to how others are feeling, is key to market research in associations. Washington, DC, United States. Sunday, March 22, 2009. June 2009 (1).

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Observations on Association Management

JULY 22, 2008

If just ten percent of the members of associations in the United States would send a message to their political leaders that they demand real solutions and that they are willing to be led by real leaders who have real answers, things would change, quickly and for the better. Challenge Management, Inc. marketing. (1).

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GlowGlobally

MARCH 1, 2011

global association strategy, regional planning and local infrastructure to grow your business. Market & Biz Plan. Just about anyone that has traveled outside the United States is aware of the Value Added Tax (VAT) imposed by other countries. B2B (Business to Business) = any company/association being VAT registered.

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Elipsis Partners

MARCH 16, 2009

On associations, technology, parenting, people, meditation, and America. I once took a great course titled The Five Day MBA (thanks, AMA ). The course started with accounting and finance, and moved on through topics such as strategy and leadership. Labels: association , motivators , people. Washington, DC, United States.

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Association Subculture

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

On any given day I am either the bombard- ED or the bombard- EE in terms of planning, executing, attending, presenting at, marketing, developing, celebrating and/or lamenting this thing we call “conference.” Of course, props must go to my brilliant friend Gina Sutherland, CMP for bringing it to my attention in the first place.

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Association Subculture

AUGUST 11, 2010

What is so compelling about Bogusky’s post, (aside from the fact that I am just nerdy enough to consider a marketing guy a rockstar), are the universal lessons that can be drawn from it and applied to nonprofit associations of all sizes and types. Of course not. Creativity in Association Management - Are You the Roadblock?

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GlowGlobally

JANUARY 31, 2014

To begin 2014, we are featuring a new MCI white paper authored by Nikki Walker, MCI’s Vice President for its global association management and consulting practice, based in Dubai, UAE. Have you ever wondered how your association’s brand is perceived specifically by the international community?

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Association Subculture

JANUARY 20, 2011

My goal is to conduct 300 interviews over the course of this year with current executives to see if we can draw some collective trends out of those interviews that seem possible and achievable. I can offer you some training in the AI methodology of interviewing and will, of course, share the results with you once they are complete.

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GlowGlobally

OCTOBER 12, 2012

In population and land area, it is comparable to the United States. MCI’s Tarnbir Kaur, CAE, Director Association Management & Consulting – MCI Dubai takes us on a tour of this important region. Clearly Dubai and Abu Dhabi lead the region with Egypt as a surprising #3.

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Association Subculture

JULY 9, 2010

Experience Versus Memory in Nonprofit Association Management. Of course, conducting surveys and gathering data is a valuable activity. Shelly kept up the fast pace by diving head-long into her career in the world of association management. Creativity in Association Management - Are You the Roadblock?

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Association Subculture

JANUARY 19, 2010

Is the executives perspective important when identifying future leaders of the association? I used to have the National Association of Parliamentarians on speed dial.) Of course they should and in fact, your bylaws should reflect their use. Of course not. Creativity in Association Management - Are You the Roadblock?

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GlowGlobally

JANUARY 30, 2009

global association strategy, regional planning and local infrastructure to grow your business. Market & Biz Plan. « Social Media and Viral Marketing for Global Fundraising Advocacy. Previously appearing in the December 2008 issue of Association Meetings magazine. GrowGlobally.org. Membership. Public Affairs.

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Association Subculture

MAY 27, 2010

The hope is you will deal more directly with the dynamics you are struggling with in your associations - especially if you dare to drape your membership in trappings of friendship, community and belonging and fail to deliver on that promise. She got her CAE (Certified Association Executive) just to prove she knows what she’s doing.

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Association Subculture

APRIL 6, 2010

Perhaps we have prudently managed ourselves into irrelevance and failed to notice innovations happening around us? Maybe our profession has run its course and we are no longer in a position to provide anything valuable to our members? She got her CAE (Certified Association Executive) just to prove she knows what she’s doing.

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Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

As you know from my last blog post, I recently experienced the Groundhog Day Effect when reading about different topics in association management published in books back in 1985 but which could have been written yesterday. Labels: association , boomers , change , Gen X , gen y , management , music , workplace.

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Association Subculture

JANUARY 6, 2011

Its marketing on steroids. Of course not. 2 comments: Kevin Whorton, Whorton Marketing & Research. Shelly kept up the fast pace by diving head-long into her career in the world of association management. She got her CAE (Certified Association Executive) just to prove she knows what she’s doing.

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Association Subculture

OCTOBER 7, 2009

So dear readers, lets agree to use the term "series" with a wink and a nod to the association management muse who may take me down other paths from time to time). Today, you can find the full syllabi, lecture notes, class exercises, tests, and some video and audio for every course MIT offers, from physics to art history.

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Association Subculture

APRIL 12, 2011

We arent charting a course to a "known" destination. Shelly kept up the fast pace by diving head-long into her career in the world of association management. She is determined to see associations continue to serve as a bulwark of adult education in the United States. management. (3). marketing. (2).

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Association Subculture

DECEMBER 22, 2009

Of course, if executives simply pay this idea lip service with titles and "amplified" job descriptions you will soon find an undermined Chief Innovation Officer curled up behind the recycling containers, picking arrows out of their back and slowly drinking themselves into oblivion.). The Waning Days of Leadership in Association Management.

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Association Adviser

JANUARY 17, 2018

We recently caught up with Jeffrey Shields, FASAE, CAE, chief executive officer of the National Business Officers Association , the only national association focused exclusively on supporting independent school business officers and business operations staff, and fostering financial and operational excellence among independent PK-12 schools.

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Association Subculture

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Star Trek has many more management lessons than a lot of books Ive read. Star Trek also has a lot more to say about ethics than any ethics course Ive ever been to. Ok, guess I need to give myself a Star Trek immersion course. Shelly kept up the fast pace by diving head-long into her career in the world of association management.

Leadership 100

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Association Adviser

JANUARY 17, 2018

We recently caught up with Jeffrey Shields, FASAE, CAE, chief executive officer of the National Business Officers Association , the only national association focused exclusively on supporting independent school business officers and business operations staff, and fostering financial and operational excellence among independent PK-12 schools.

Team 61

Team Resources Education Revenue 61

Association Adviser

JANUARY 17, 2018

We recently caught up with Jeffrey Shields, FASAE, CAE, chief executive officer of the National Business Officers Association , the only national association focused exclusively on supporting independent school business officers and business operations staff, and fostering financial and operational excellence among independent PK-12 schools.

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Team Resources Education Revenue 60

Association Subculture

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Rapid Chapter Expansion – Beware of excited yips around conference rooms that sound like, “Of COURSE we need a chapter in Yreka, population 7,368!” Shelly kept up the fast pace by diving head-long into her career in the world of association management. The Waning Days of Leadership in Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 6, 2011

The principal aim of medical residency in the United States is to prepare recent medical school graduates to practice medicine independently. Of course, today's leaders may have thought the same thing when they were young interns. Association Management. Management. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 4:14 PM.

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