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Ep 42: Transformational Leadership: Bridging the Gap Between Vision and Reality

By association40 | March 12, 2022

We invite you to join in on the conversation as Sharon Kneebone, FASAE, CAE, Executive Director of the National Society for Histotechnology, talks to us about navigating forward as a leader in the association industry during this age of transformation. From shedding “sacred programs and services” that are no longer serving their purpose to developing foresight skills into an enterprise-wide competency, her insights are not to be missed!

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Ep 40: Providing True Value to Members and Beyond

By association40 | February 26, 2022

In an industry that thrives on in-person meetings, find out how Stefanie Reeves, Executive Director of the Maryland Psychological Association (MPA), anchored her association and provided true value when help is most needed. In the midst of the pandemic, MPA established itself as the go to for information, and the transition to telehealth was among the biggest issues they tackled.

Stefanie is an experienced association professional with a passion for advocacy. She is a Fellow of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), an honor bestowed upon less than 1% of the ASAE membership.

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Ep 39: Discovering the Quality of Life You Want

By association40 | February 23, 2022

Needing a place to sort our your goals, daily habits and rate your progress? Our guest for this week Tom Morrison, CEO of Metal Treating Institute Management, and Professional Speaker and Life Coach, talks about his personal development system – PersonalGDP.com – a 25-week challenge, which allows you to input your annual goals, note your hurdles and rate how you feel you are doing in 16 key areas that drive your quality of life. Don’t miss this episode!

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Ep 38: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – The Shift from Compliance to Systemic Change

By association40 | February 16, 2022

Today’s host, Sharon Rice, Managing Director of Business Strategy at .orgSource, talks to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Consultant Christine Saxman, CEO of Saxman Consulting, about the importance of DE&I in the workplace to advance as an organization and as a community. At one point or another, your organization might have asked – do we need DE&I goals? Christine walks us how our organization can get started and start the shift to showing that our organization values representation at a deeper level.

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Ep 36: Building Strategic Partnerships to Address Current and Emerging Needs

By association40 | January 22, 2022

This week’s guest, Dr. Thomas Dammrich, is a seasoned association executive with 42 years of experience in working with members to build consensus around an action agenda to improve their industry. Currently a Business Strategist at the National Association of Healthcare Quality, Thom talks to us about his leadership style throughout the years being at the helm of the different industries he has worked with. He also shares his thoughts on what association leaders need to do to connect the dots and address today’s needs as well as the emerging issues of tomorrow.

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Ep 35: Promoting Effective Partnering Through a Culture of Collaboration and Communication

By association40 | December 11, 2021

Open lines of communication go a long way in terms of building a great partnership. Our guests for this week, John Forbes, Executive Director of the American Venous Forum, and Sue O’Sullivan, President at Veritas Meeting Solutions, talk to us about how their organizations partnered to create a unique hybrid management model for associations, and how this relationship thrived through mutual trust and respect within the teams.

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Ep 33: Accelerating Initiatives in an Era of Disruption

By association40 | November 4, 2021

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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Ep 29: Ramping Up Digital Transformation in the Hotel Industry

By association40 | October 2, 2021

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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Ep 28: Shifting the Paradigm to Focus on Staff Well-Being

By association40 | September 25, 2021

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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Ep 27: Building the Framework for a Healthier Work Environment

By association40 | September 11, 2021

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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Ep 26: Reinforcing Relationships Through Member Engagement and Experience

By association40 | September 4, 2021

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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Ep 25: Utilizing Emerging Technologies to Solve Communication Problems

By association40 | August 14, 2021

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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Ep 24: Systemic Problem Solving Through Lens of Optimism

By association40 | August 7, 2021

The pandemic has forced associations to be as creative and innovative as possible to ride the tide and thrive in it. This week’s guest, Mike Moss, President of the Society for College and University Planning, talks about launching an Innovation Hub in his organization to speed up product development cycles and identify and refine experiments that were moving the discipline forward. Lots of takeaways that you don’t want to miss!

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Ep 23: Simplifying the Road to Excellence

By association40 | July 30, 2021

Perfection through simplification is never easy, but this is what our guest, Garth Jordan, CEO of American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA), is advocating for at his organization. For this episode, Sherry and Garth talk about simplifying the association business model through redirection of resources and elimination of visions that are not aligned with the association’s core purpose. Stay tuned!

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Ep 22: Driving Value to Increase Member Engagement

By association40 | July 24, 2021

This week, let’s dive into member engagement and what future membership will look like. Sherry Budziak, .orgSource Founder and CEO, interviews Tom Morrison, CEO of Metal Treating Institute Management, about membership challenges and opportunities, as well as insight on how they successfully managed their association’s first in-person event, while making sure attendees feel comfortable and reassured.

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