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

Association Adviser

Long story short, AGC hired me at age 24 to run a chapter in Louisiana. I was pretty up to speed when I got back to the Louisiana chapter office for my first job. After eight years in Louisiana, I ran a chapter in Jacksonville, Florida for six years and then came up to Atlanta to run this chapter in 1995 where I’ve been ever since.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.17.20

Reid All About it

Guest: Amy Ledoux, Chief Learning & Meetings Officer at ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership. Presenter: Maxine Crump, CEO of Dialogue on Race Louisiana. Host: KiKi L’Italien, founder, Amplified Growth, and senior consultant, Tecker International, LLC. Tue 7/21 at 2 p.m. Tools to Enhance Your Speaker’s Engagement.

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Association Brain Food: 4.29.22

Reid All About it

This “mini-me chapter model” is causing volunteers to opt out, leadership pipelines to empty and chapters to close. Instead of hoarding a dozen oysters to myself last week, like I usually do, I made Emeril’s Louisiana oyster and sausage bake. Presenter: Heather Ranels, MA, MS, CHCP, Founder and President, CE Innovators.

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