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Coping strategies: Mental health support for community association managers

Ungrated

“People come to (community managers), and their expectation is that we have all the answers, that we’re the strong ones,” says Michael Dee, CMCA, AMS, a manager with FirstService Residential in Kansas City, Mo. “It View the complete education session lineup and event schedule at www.caionline.org/2021AnnualConference.

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A New Type of Conference Education

SCD Group

Too often, this describes conference education sessions. Each scheduled, 20-minute education session covered a brief, timely topic and provided attendees with information they could take home and immediately use in their business. SCD Group associations association meetings events STIAL MPI PCMA' Sound familiar? Louis, Missouri.

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How to Make Valuable Face Time With New Members

Associations Now

But a smaller fraction take the time to gain intentional face time with their members: 21 percent of associations said they hosted a new member reception or orientation event as part of the onboarding process. One way in which associations can build experience into the onboarding process is through a “micro-involvement” event, Aplebaum says.

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Your Conference Education Needs A New Narrative

Velvet Chainsaw

The future of conference education is not necessarily about the next shining technology advancement, even though technology does play a fundamental role. The true conference education revolution is about a much simpler idea—nothing more, or less, than a new definition of learning itself. A New Narrative Around Learning.

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Connecting Brands, Clearing Inboxes, and Cultivating Employee Engagement with an Intranet Community

Higher Logic

To encourage employees to engage , Nancy and Chelsea held promotions, educational webinars, and developed a strategy that balances critical information with culture-building content. “Changing human behavior is always the most difficult part of a project like this,” said Nancy. People rarely visited our old intranet.

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A One-on-One Growth Strategy

Associations Now

In NAFCU’s case, Berger heard about three common needs: advocacy, education and training, and assistance with regulatory compliance. That’s meant some retooling of NAFCU’s mix of meetings and educational events to make them speak more directly to the needs that members were raising. “We

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Match a City’s Perks with Your Attendees’ Interests

Associations Now

The National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) hosted its 100th annual meeting in Indianapolis June 28–July 2, 2019, knowing the sports-loving city would welcome the event and offer advantages over other cities. Meeting planners can partner with the IUPUI Sports Innovation Institute to scale up their event operations.