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CMI's Association Management Blog: Dropping the Ball.on Your Foot

Observations on Association Management

And the writer is embarrassed to know that his failure to write has put a very big project in jeopardy. The moral of this little tale is this: regardless of your opinion on the matter, the project or task you were assigned is almost certainly important and meaningful to someone. About Challenge Management. Jan 27 (1).

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CMI's Association Management Blog: Get It in Writing

Observations on Association Management

The reason for the sale is to generate funds to purchase a new state-of-the-art membership management system for the Association.". Prepare a "to-do" list that includes items agreed and ask affected parties to review it : I want to make sure I know who is responsible for the XYZ project. About Challenge Management.

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CMI's Association Management Blog: Seizing Opportunities vs.

Observations on Association Management

My association management company is almost always actively seeking new clients, both associations seeking full-service management and organizations looking for help managing or executing programs. About Challenge Management. Challenge Management, Inc. Challenge Management, Inc. Jan 27 (1).

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Association Brain Food: 5.12.23

Reid All About it

Developer, Data Visualizations; and Greg Pollack, Vice President of Sales, Association Analytics Thu 5/18 at 7 a.m. Dangers and Dealing with False Information Online Nearly all associations manage online communities, either on common platforms (e.g., LinkedIn or Facebook) or private ones for members. More info/register.

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Association Subculture: So, Turd Blossom is Keynoting for ASAE

Association Subculture

I want to speak specifically about the opening general session speaker - Larry Smith of Smith Magazine and the Six Word Memoir project. One a group exercise to develop a six word memoir for association management where we got to chat, get to know each other and create together (our table came up with "Strategic plan done.

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CMI's Association Management Blog: Small Associations Can.

Observations on Association Management

Similarly, be careful about what you ask your staff to do, whether a full-time staff dedicated to your association (a "captive" staff) or an Association Management Company (AMC). A captive staff for a small association wears many, many, many hats and one more new project from the Board may send them over the edge!

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CMI's Association Management Blog: Anger: It's No Way Out

Observations on Association Management

When that happens, when rage floods in to overwhelm the rational mind, the easiest—perhaps the most natural—thing to do is to project it out and find someone else to blame. About Challenge Management. Challenge Management, Inc. Challenge Management, Inc. I get mad at mom, for depriving me of my rightful due.