Association Adviser

AUGUST 27, 2013

The 21st century [association] leader will have a skill set that is based on collaboration, listening and nurturing, rather than command and control. Debra McGuire , CEO of the Michigan Academy of Family Physicians , advised taking a cultural snapshot of your members, volunteer leadership, management and staff. Technology.

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Off Stage

MAY 23, 2010

In a blog post titled “ Managing Virtual Employees ”, Nipah Shah cites an example of an employee working as a financial analyst for a company in the United Kingdom—and she lives in Michigan. Technology. Financial Management. Managing Volunteers. Association Marketing. Personnel Management.

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Off Stage

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

The festival continued to grow, and the overnight campout for 30 people eventually exploded into a 4-day festival with 200 workshops, 50 vendors, 750 camping units, back-to-back stage shows, and the mournful sound of several hundred musical saws wafting over Michigan. Technology. Financial Management. Managing Volunteers.

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Off Stage

JUNE 16, 2010

She was a new Realtor association exec whose board of directors wanted her to get up to speed quickly on NAR policy and other unique challenges of our organization. It was a long way between Northern Michigan and the East Coast, and we settled on weekly phone sessions and reading assignments. 1: Any association can use these tools.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

I started my professional trade association management career in 1988 but preceeded that as a volunteer. Through the years I have progressed with responsibilities in membership development, member benefits, education, government affairs, international relations, chapter relations, database technologies and meetings/trade shows.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

I started my professional trade association management career in 1988 but preceeded that as a volunteer. Through the years I have progressed with responsibilities in membership development, member benefits, education, government affairs, international relations, chapter relations, database technologies and meetings/trade shows.

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Off Stage

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

14, 2011 - Making the Case for an Interim Association Executive. I have a friend, now retired, who served as AE of a Michigan Realtor association for over 40 years. Technology. Financial Management. Managing Volunteers. Association Marketing. General Association Management. Categories.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

MARCH 31, 2011

I started my professional trade association management career in 1988 but preceeded that as a volunteer. Through the years I have progressed with responsibilities in membership development, member benefits, education, government affairs, international relations, chapter relations, database technologies and meetings/trade shows.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

I started my professional trade association management career in 1988 but preceeded that as a volunteer. Through the years I have progressed with responsibilities in membership development, member benefits, education, government affairs, international relations, chapter relations, database technologies and meetings/trade shows.

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Off Stage

JUNE 22, 2011

Many websites were originally built because somebody told the association it needed a website to ‘be cool’ and appear conversant in technology. If your content is geographical, make sure your site contains the location reference (‘property for sale in Northwest Michigan’). Technology. Categories.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

AUGUST 31, 2010

I started my professional trade association management career in 1988 but preceeded that as a volunteer. Through the years I have progressed with responsibilities in membership development, member benefits, education, government affairs, international relations, chapter relations, database technologies and meetings/trade shows.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

MAY 8, 2011

I started my professional trade association management career in 1988 but preceeded that as a volunteer. Through the years I have progressed with responsibilities in membership development, member benefits, education, government affairs, international relations, chapter relations, database technologies and meetings/trade shows.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

JANUARY 5, 2011

I started my professional trade association management career in 1988 but preceeded that as a volunteer. Through the years I have progressed with responsibilities in membership development, member benefits, education, government affairs, international relations, chapter relations, database technologies and meetings/trade shows.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

APRIL 14, 2011

But if you want to see super-success you will most likely see it in trade associations where the staff CEO is a skilled and experienced association management professional and the volunteers believe and act as deeply about their association as they do about their business. Debbie Cook, Michigan Automotive Parts Assoc.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

I started my professional trade association management career in 1988 but preceeded that as a volunteer. Through the years I have progressed with responsibilities in membership development, member benefits, education, government affairs, international relations, chapter relations, database technologies and meetings/trade shows.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

JUNE 12, 2011

Tom McKee, an acknowledged management speaker for Volunteer Power, has several valuable suggestions on motivating volunteers, including feedback, recognition, rewards and training. In my experience managing volunteers it has always felt like I was pushing a string across the table while trying to keep it guided straight towards the goal.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2011

For the very same reason I tell my association members and prospects that networking is one of the most valuable of our member benefits, I practice what I preach and join as many professional association management groups as I can handle. Debbie Cook, Michigan Automotive Parts Assoc. C6 Support. View my complete profile.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

MAY 14, 2011

I started my professional trade association management career in 1988 but preceeded that as a volunteer. Through the years I have progressed with responsibilities in membership development, member benefits, education, government affairs, international relations, chapter relations, database technologies and meetings/trade shows.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

AUGUST 18, 2011

I started my professional trade association management career in 1988 but preceeded that as a volunteer. Through the years I have progressed with responsibilities in membership development, member benefits, education, government affairs, international relations, chapter relations, database technologies and meetings/trade shows.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2011

Frequently, however, there are associations at opposite ends of the balance scale: Some execs complain they cant get their volunteers out of day-to-day operations leaving them to do what they are best qualified to do; while others complain they cant get volunteers involved enough, even to update the strategic plan. C6 Support.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

JUNE 20, 2011

For more of my association management insights visit [link]. I started my professional trade association management career in 1988 but preceeded that as a volunteer. I thought I knew a lot after 24 years in association management but taking the role of CEO in 2004 opened my eyes to a wide new world of challenges.

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Off Stage

JUNE 15, 2008

As an example, I have a friend who is the CEO of a mid-sized Michigan association. Technology. Financial Management. Managing Volunteers. Association Marketing. General Association Management. Personnel Management. Learning from Amazon. Leadership Thoughts: Crafting the Job Description.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

MAY 27, 2011

I started my professional trade association management career in 1988 but preceeded that as a volunteer. Through the years I have progressed with responsibilities in membership development, member benefits, education, government affairs, international relations, chapter relations, database technologies and meetings/trade shows.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

I started my professional trade association management career in 1988 but preceeded that as a volunteer. Through the years I have progressed with responsibilities in membership development, member benefits, education, government affairs, international relations, chapter relations, database technologies and meetings/trade shows.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2011

I started my professional trade association management career in 1988 but preceeded that as a volunteer. Through the years I have progressed with responsibilities in membership development, member benefits, education, government affairs, international relations, chapter relations, database technologies and meetings/trade shows.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

JANUARY 24, 2012

Skip Potter is an independent contractor in association management and is the former executive director of the Chesapeake Automotive Business Association in Pasadena, Maryland. I started my professional trade association management career in 1988 but preceeded that as a volunteer. Email: potter.skip@gmail.com.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

I started my professional trade association management career in 1988 but preceeded that as a volunteer. Through the years I have progressed with responsibilities in membership development, member benefits, education, government affairs, international relations, chapter relations, database technologies and meetings/trade shows.

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Off Stage

MARCH 7, 2012

7, 2012 - Seven Snowy Lessons in Association Management. It might have been easy driving when people started home from work, but by the time they reached home they knew Northern Michigan was in for a long weekend. But the association manager in me never is quiet. By 10 PM the lights went off and the TV was silent.

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.orgCommunity

AUGUST 29, 2019

At Google X, a project qualifies as a moonshot if it tackles a huge problem, proposes a radical solution, and involves breakthrough science or technology. Can you think of a wicked problem in society that your association could solve? The Michigan Moonshot project is addressing the digital divide. Contrarianism. 10x thinking.

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NOVEMBER 29, 0002

At Google X, a project qualifies as a moonshot if it tackles a huge problem, proposes a radical solution, and involves breakthrough science or technology. Can you think of a wicked problem in society that your association could solve? The Michigan Moonshot project is addressing the digital divide. Contrarianism. 10x thinking.

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