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Members Were My Mentors: Building Consensus Among the Folks Who Build

Association Adviser

After more than three decades at the helm of various AGC chapters, Michael Dunham, CEO of the Associated General Contractors of Georgia, Inc. Michael Dunham, AGC Georgia. Association Adviser: Mike, tell us a little about AGC Georgia. Michael Dunham: AGC Georgia was founded back in 1928. MD: Not really.

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Use Sponsored Grants to Strengthen Your Membership and Events

Association Adviser

You’ve probably heard of grants in the context of academia or community building: An organization offers a sum of money to any individual or group that promises to pursue a project, an idea or a program within certain parameters. The Georgia Society of Association Executives refocused its foundation grants program to fund paid internships.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 4.28.17

Reid All About it

Presenter: Tyra Hilliard, attorney, professor, College of Coastal Georgia. – Building a Stronger Organization through Better Project Management (Loudon County VA Idea Swap). Since so much of our work is managed through individual projects, explore how better project management can pay off for your organization.

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Turn Your Multitasking Struggle Into a Single-Tasking Juggle

Association Adviser

Jacob Wilder, CAE, BOMA Georgia. That quote from renowned British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is a great illustration of today’s busy association professional, as they tackle the multitude of projects, problems and people that demand attention and priority. There is a recurring theme to these solutions; they require planning.

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Test-Drive Your Next Member Recruitment Campaign

Associations Now

The “ United in Possibilities ” campaign, which won a 2019 ASAE Gold Circle Award in the membership recruitment campaign category, launched first in AOA’s Georgia and Minnesota chapters. The pilot yielded a conversion rate of 11 percent, exceeding the 8 percent goal set early in the project.

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Hurricane Dorian: Associations Get Into Response Mode

Associations Now

The storm is expected to cause problems through the end of the week, particularly in Georgia, South Carolina, and North Carolina, and affected regions are preparing for cleanup and recovery. And as storm efforts move from preparation to response, associations are ready to help. In an email, IEDC President and CEO Jeffrey A.

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Associations Work to Tackle Industry Workforce Shortages Head-On

Associations Now

It’s filled with inspiring photos, case studies on project types, and some of the other nuts and bolts of the field. Following the passage of a $1 billion transportation funding bill in 2015, Georgia was in need of highway construction workers. They hope to attract 100,000 millennials to the workforce by 2020.