by Mary Byers | Mar 31, 2021 | Podcasts
Paul and Shelly are co-founders of the Fridays@4 Society, a peer support, expertise-infused learning, and networking resource for professionals seeking to grow and enhance their careers in the association and nonprofit community.
by Mary Byers | Mar 26, 2021 | Blog, Conversation Starters, Strategies for Success
The headwinds against association innovation are strong. It’s clear that comfort, status quo, complacency and inertia represent business as usual. How do we move—collectively as staff and board—to discomfort, disruption, and industriousness? We plan for it. Business...
by Mary Byers | Mar 10, 2021 | Podcasts
Jeanne Dee, CPA, CGMA specializes in financial statement audits and we’re talking about the financial side of what’s happening for associations, funding opportunities and what leaders should be thinking about as we move forward in 2021 and beyond.
by Mary Byers | Nov 26, 2019 | Blog, Conversation Starters, Strategies for Success
By Amanda Kaiser Are the associations with the golden handcuff structure luckier than at-will associations? Some professionals have to become members to maintain their certification or license. Some professionals have to join to get the conference discount. Some...
by Mary Byers | Jul 25, 2018 | Blog, Strategies for Success
“We forgot what the customer expects from us and got a wake-up call,” said Stephen Joyce, CEO of Dine Equity, the company that owns Applebee’s and IHOP, both of which have had sales declines. Further, he notes, “We lost a little relevance with our customers.”...
