What if GenX Leaves Your Association Workforce and Membership?

I got an e-mail this past week from an old friend of mine from high school (a fellow GenXer). She mentioned to me that she and her husband are thinking of leaving corporate America and starting a business of their own—they just aren’t getting anywhere at work and it’s taking a toll on them and [...]

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. [...]