Week One at My New Association
I haven’t been blogging as much because my new position at a new (for me) association has kept me pretty busy. I come home at night feeling mentally exhausted from all the new stuff I am learning. It will only be a matter of time before everything that I am learning now will be second nature to me though–so I am not worried about that.
It’s a change going from a professional association to a trade association. I find myself extra sensitive to antitrust issues. For example, when I was writing a short blurb on one of our member’s quarterly earnings (they are a publicly traded company so they send out press releases on their earnings) I relied heavily on my ASAE books and the Associapedia wiki for guidance.
Another thing I noticed is that the members don’t call or contact us as much as I am used to. The office is kind of quite. I guess that’s the difference between a 10,600 member organization and a 29 member organization (I met just about every member personally at the annual business meeting a few weeks ago).
In short, the members are great, the staff is wonderful, I am learning a whole set of new skills and a whole new industry (to me anyway), and I finally have an office with a window… who could ask for more.
Tags: Association Management, New Job
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November 3, 2008 at 11:15 am
I’m so happy to hear the new job is going so well, Caron! I hope you continue to enjoy it more and more as you get settled in …
November 7, 2008 at 9:41 pm
Isn’t having a window fabulous?
I feel your pain – the first six months is always the hardest for me in a new position. Sounds like you’re taking everything in stride, which is great.