Associations Creating Community
Cutting edge discussions with association executives and professionals about how associations create community. Leaders in the association field provide insight into principles, concepts, and tactics for creating community in membership organizations.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 21
- Years Active
- 2020
Kris Williams from the International News Media Association (INMA) Discusses Creating Community Across the Globe
Kris Williams is Membership Director for the International News Media Association (INMA), which has over 11,000 individual members from 123 corporate members, from nearly 70 countries. The Board has …
Building Community Through Relationships
Kat Shamapande is the Director of Professional Development for the National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP), which has members from many countries and also has its own international podc…
The Virtual Conference Experience
Arianna Rehak, CEO of Matchbox Virtual Media, which produces virtual events and conferences for associations. Virtual events began as stand-alone events, but the covid pandemic thrust Matchbox Virtua…
Cultivating International Collaboration for Live Performing Arts Professionals, with Wan-Jung Wei, Executive Director, International Organisation of Scenographers Theatre Architects and Technicians (OISTAT)
Wan-Jung Wei is the Executive Director of the International Organisation of Scenographers Theatre Architects and Technicians (OISTAT). Established in 1948, OISTAT serves those who facilitate and crea…
Where In The World Is Jefferson Glassie?
Jefferson Glassie, FASAE, with the Whiteford Nonprofit Law Group, traveled to Delhi, India to participate in a a meeting of PangeaNet, a global network of law firms. It is a referral network for inte…
Providing International Content, Standards, Science, and Membership Engagement, with Mary Ward-Callan of IEEE
Mary Ward-Callan with IEEE talks about how to manage and provide content and networking opportunities for an association whose 420,000 members span over 160 countries. IEEE was initially a US based a…
Conducting Certification Programs Globally, With John Ganoe Of Community Association Managers International Certification Board
John Ganoe talks about how to administer a world-wide certification program for common interest community managers. CAMICB certificants are in about 15 countries. This necessitated an international e…
Global Professional Academic And Research Associations, With Eileen McCarthy, Of The Strategic Management Society
Eileen McCarthy is with the Strategic Management Society, which consists of over 3,000 members representing a kaleidoscope of backgrounds and perspectives from more than 80 different countries. Membe…
How To Have Amazing Exhibitions And Events Around The World, With David DuBois, CMP, CAE, FASAE, CTA, and CEO of IAEE
We sat down with David Dubois (virtually) with the International Association of Exhibitions and Events, which has members in 52 countries representing 1300 member organizations. IAEE has over 250 dif…
Who Saves People's Lives in Dangerous Locations? THE ASSOCIATION OF AIR MEDICAL SERVICES
Most of the world has aircraft based rescue, and most of us just assume it's safe. Cameron Curtis, CMM, CAE, the chief executive officer of the Association of Air Medical Services, leads the associat…
John Graham
John Graham is president and CEO of ASAE, and believes community is critical for associations. “Community is near and dear to my heart,” he says. In the past, associations did education programs and …
Holly Duckworth
Holly Duckworth, CAE, CMP, LSP, is with Leadership Solutions International and teaches mindfulness to CEOs and executives; she has written two books on leadership through mindfulness and how to lead …
Robert Nelson
Robert Nelson is a consultant for associations and provides strategic and governance advice to associations and CEOs. Robert says the association business is all about community; community is everyth…
Jeff DeCagna
Jeff DeCagna, FASAE, and Executive Adviser at Foresight First, has been in the association profession for 27 years, and recently rebranded and refocused his work in Foresight First to concentrate on …
Peter O’Neill
Peter O’Neill is CEO of ASIS International, whose members are security management practitioners, and a former chair of ASAE. One of the goals of ASIS is building global, regional, and local communiti…
Silvia Quevedo
Silvia Quevedo works at the Association for Profession Control and Epidemiology (APIC), which is a membership association with about 15,000 members and is primarily concerned with patient safety and …
Katherine Shamapande
Katherine Shamapande with National Association of Surety Bond Producers, with co-host Eileen Johnson of the Whiteford Nonprofit Law Group. NASBP members have a solid community as a niche industry an…
Nicole Araujo
Nicole Araujo has been in the association community for over twenty years in a support operations role to help associations. The way associations develop community, from a vendor’s perspective, reall…
Christina Lewellen
Christina Lewellen, at the time was with the Association of Proposal Management Professionals and is now with the Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools (ATLIS), and was also the fo…
Lowell Aplebaum
Lowell Aplebaum is principal of Vista Cova, which provides facilitation advice and services to associations. Lowell says it is essential for association members to feel like they belong and have the …