If you are an inhouse graphic designer like myself, the inHouse Design Association is a great resource: http://inhousedesignassociation.org
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March 18, 2010Beyond Relevance
February 23, 2010I am going to be part of a three-part webinar series with the title “Beyond Relevance.” It is being put on by TMA Resources, and it was partly inspired by a blog post I wrote on the Get Me Jamie Notter blog last September. In short, the association community often highlights the importance of being “relevant” to members, and I just don’t think that is enough any more. The first webcast will be this Thursday, February 25th, at 2pm. The other two will be on March 16th and 31st. You have to register in order to take part, but they are free!
Each webinar will be an open conversation among three panelists. This Thursday it will be me, Jeff De Cagna of Principled Innovation, and Ken Wolff from the consulting firm Achievance. But the conversation is not limited to the webinar itself. TMA has set up a blog just on this topic. I’ll be posting to it later today, as will many of the panelists, and there is also a twitter hashtag: #beyondrelevance.
Come join the conversation!
Social Media Workshop
January 22, 2010I will be attending the AMC Institute’s Annual Meeting in February for the first time ever (I am new to the AMC world, after all). I’m delivering a pre-meeting workshop on Social Media with Steve Drake, Brian Ruewee, and Jim Quick. We’re going to cover the basics of what social media is (and isn’t) as well as some of the building blocks of social media strategy. In the second half we’re going to work directly with participants on some of the nitty gritty of the tools. If you’re going to be at the meeting in San Antonio, consider joining us at the pre-meeting workshop!
Let’s introduce ourselves
September 28, 2009Beth Palys is President of MSP and as such will cover a variety of angles in her blogging, from the details of managing associations to the big picture of running an association management company.
Jamie Notter is Vice President of Organizational Effectiveness at MSP. He has been blogging about leadership and associations for several years, mostly on the Get Me Jamie Notter blog, previously on the Association Renewal blog, and also now on generational issues at the Hourglass blog. His writing here will cut across all these topics as well as covering some of the unique challenges of managing associations within an AMC context.
Jon Benjamin is Communications Manager at MSP and is our in-house graphic designer. He will be writing about the unique challenges of providing creative services to a wide range of clients at the same time. In addition he will be sharing graphic design and software tips for designers and non-designers alike.
Angela Pike is the Member Services Manager for the Association of Water Technologies and part of MSP’s Member Services team. As such, Angela is responsible for, inter alia, Membership Retention and Promotion, managing a Certification program, fundraising and convention/technical training seminar planning and facilitation. Angela has a particular interest in information and resources that will help in her quest to grow and retain her client’s membership base.
Heidi Zimmerman is an account exec at MSP and is the Executive Director for the Association of Water Technologies (AWT). She will be writing about her experiences working with Boards and volunteer leaders, as well as serving as the head of her client staff team.
…And more to come!
Where Success is the Common Thread
September 28, 2009
This is the blog from the staff of Management Solutions Plus. MSP has been managing associations for fifteen years, and with a staff of seventeen great association professionals, we figured it was time to start a blog, share what we’ve been learning, and learn a few new things from our readers. There are tons of great association blogs out there (just look at the blogroll on the right), and we aspire to be worthy of that list, but there aren’t as many Association Management Company (AMC) blogs, so we’re hoping to do our part in building that little piece of the blogging community. Thanks for reading. We invite you to subscribe to our feed and follow along!
Jamie Notter
Beth W. Palys, CAE
Heidi Zimmerman
Jon Benjamin
Angela Pike