Times Are Tight and There Are Ways to Help Your Members

I’ve been mulling over a post by Kristin Clarke that I read on the ASAE blog, Acronym.  The post is about some of the things financial-based associations are doing to help with the current economic crisis. In particular she talks about the American Staffing Association, the Financial Planning Association, and the American Bankers Association are [...]

Going to Miss the Members

It hit me today. I only have two weeks left in my current association and I am really going to miss the members. Sure, I will miss staff too, but since most of them are local, in the same field as me, etc… keeping in touch with my staff friends is pretty easy to do. [...]

Good News and Bad News

I have good news! An association hired me as their new communications manager!
Since I earned my CAE, I’ve been job hunting (looking for a position that could offer career growth). My current association is wonderful and I love the members and staff—but with the current structure there is limited growth potential. Not only is this [...]