The pandemic, albeit a difficult time, opened so many break throughs for innovation in the association space. This week’s guest Jacqualine Price Osafo, MBA, Executive Director at Society of American Archivists, talks to us about how the changes and opportunities in the midst of today’s business landscape opened more doors to shine light on diversity, inclusion, and accessibility.
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Join us this week as our guest, Dean West, President of Association Laboratory, talks to us about how the pandemic accelerated initiatives in the association industry—what could have taken five years is now only taking a couple of months to execute. With lots of pros and cons, Sherry and Dean discuss that while face to face meetings are still very much important, associations are currently still finding their feet in balancing and incorporating traditional and virtual strategies to extend substantial reach in audience. We know a lot of association executives have a lot to say about this topic so leave us a comment below!
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Change . . . love it or hate it — it’s here to stay. This week’s guest, Teri Carden, President of the Review Society and Founder of 100Reviews, talks to us how the recent agents of change have been breaking barriers to improve how things are running in the association industry.
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How are you using your data? Are you using it correctly in your association to make a difference? This week, John Challice, Senior Vice President of Business Development at Hum, talks to us about the value of data and its strategic components. Join the conversation as Sherry and John discuss the reasons why first party data is the key to moving to the next level of member value and why associations should learn how to use it to their advantage.
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Breaking down silos to get the right people who can perform the job is not an easy task. Apart from having the right technology, Eric O’Connor, Chief Growth Officer of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, talks about why identifying people in your organization that have the innate need to grow and make a difference and giving them the right opportunities is an important starting point of digital transformation.
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Digital transformation in the hotel industry started way before the pandemic, but the crisis gave it the push it needs down the hill. This week’s guest, Bill Elliot, President & CEO of the Wisconsin Hotel & Lodging Association (WHLA), shares some insights on the things WHLA did to keep their heads above water, while taking a step back to look at internal systems that will help increase productivity and efficiency.
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Join us this week with our guest, Stephen Peeler, Executive Director at Infectious Diseases Society of America Foundation. Sherry and Stephen talk about how the IDSA Foundation saw the pandemic as an opportunity to not only change its business model but also the way it thinks about its staff. The organization concentrated on what it was going to stop doing to effectively ramp up its pandemic preparedness and response.
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Join us this week as our guest Nancy MacRae, CEO of the Emergency Nurses Association, talks about leadership during and post-pandemic. Tune in as Sherry and Nancy discuss how the pandemic strengthened the value of associations and how they can continue to represent and grow impact by delivering value and being adaptable.
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Join us this week with our guest Geoffrey Brown, CEO of the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors, as we discuss how member engagement and experience, when done the right way, can deepen your association’s relationship with your audience and can make you an indispensable part of their lives.
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Hybrid events seem easy on paper, but execution is a totally different story. If you don’t have the right people and the right technology, it could be your biggest nightmare. Tune in as Sherry Budziak interviews Laird Crawford, owner and CEO of Ian Ryan Interactive, to discuss how the Innovation Summit was seamlessly blended into an in-person and online event, and all other media services that associations can utilize to economically meet their communication needs.
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