Category: Podcast

Ep 75: Elevating Member Communication and Engagement through AI Advancements

Ep 75: Elevating Member Communication and Engagement through AI Advancements

Our Featured Guest for this week is Jay Daughtry, the Chief Communications Officer and Owner of C-cubed. With an extensive career spanning over two decades, Jay has established a robust reputation in account management, business development, marketing, and communications. C-cubed specializes in supporting clients across marketing, communications, and business development domains, often assisting organizations in expanding their capabilities through novel initiatives like test cases and pilot projects. Drawing from a diverse array of client experiences, Jay provides a unique perspective on associations and their operations. In this episode, he shares his insights, as well as his vision for the future of marketing in relation to new trends such as the application of AI. Stay tuned!

Ep 73: Advancing Association Pricing Models for Financial Sustainability

Ep 73: Advancing Association Pricing Models for Financial Sustainability

Our guest this week is Dr. Michael Tatonetti, a Certified Association Executive and Certified Pricing Professional on a mission to advance associations in their pricing models for financial sustainability. As the Founder of Pricing for Associations, he and his team work with associations to harmonize pricing and value across membership, education, sponsorship, events, and marketing. Michael is also a proud Association Forum Forty Under 40 honoree for his dedication to the association field. For this episode, Michael talks about pricing strategies for boosting member engagement and some best practices that he thinks association professionals should be using. 

Ep 67: Achieving Growth with a Quality-First Approach

Ep 67: Achieving Growth with a Quality-First Approach

This week’s guest is Jennifer Pitts, Vice President of Products, Programs, and Certification at the National Association for Healthcare Quality. Jennifer is a strategy-focused leader with an extensive background in growing the business of education and certification, as well as, developing talent. In this episode, Jennifer talks to Sharon Rice, Managing Director of Business Strategy at .orgSource, about how NAHQ exemplifies the benefits of a quality-first approach to business. From managing change and transition in digital markets to supporting your team in adjusting to new or disruptive circumstances, this is a must-listen for all growth-driven leaders of organizations. 

Ep 65: How Marketing Strengthens an Organization’s Culture

Ep 65: How Marketing Strengthens an Organization’s Culture

This week, our guest is Jennifer Michalek, Assistant Executive Director for Marketing and Communications at the Radiological Society of North America. Trained in situational and servant leadership, Jennifer heads multiple departments, a staff team of 40, and has led numerous committees and initiatives throughout her career in association management. In this discussion, Jennifer talks to us about how she supports a positive culture in such a large association and the challenges her team encounters along the way. As marketing teams usually play an important role in helping departments across the organization be aware of the values and mission, she shares with us some of the strategies her group uses to put everyone on the same page. Don’t miss this great conversation!

Ep: 64: Building and Restoring Trust in Your Organization

Ep: 64: Building and Restoring Trust in Your Organization

How important is trust in your organization? How can it impact working relationships and the success of an organization as a whole? This week’s guest, Bill Bruce, CEO of the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, talks to us why he made building trust a cornerstone of the beginning of his career as an association CEO. He dives deeper on why it is absolutely essential to address trust issues from a very intentional perspective for an association to survive and advance collectively.

 

 

 

Ep 63: Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating a Thriving Member Community

Ep 63: Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating a Thriving Member Community

This week’s guest is member engagement specialist, Amanda Kaiser, who is also an author and sought-after speaker who has presented in many prominent association venues. In this episode, Amanda will talk to us about member engagement strategies that associations can implement in 2023. She also talks about her new book, “Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating a Thriving Member Community,” and how it will make a difference within the association space. The book will be available on Amazon on Valentine’s Day. Preorder a copy now! 

EP 62: Seek to create value with the social enterprise mindset

EP 62: Seek to create value with the social enterprise mindset

Social enterprise is growing in popularity, especially since the pandemic. This week’s guest, Dr. Catherine Lada, CAE, explains to us what social enterprise is and the benefits and opportunities for associations that adopt this mindset. She also goes on to explain why it’s important to align social enterprise activities to an organization’s mission and strategic goals. If your organization is new to social enterprise and doesn’t know where to start, listen up as Dr. Cathy has some great advice for you!

Ep 60: Increasing Demand of Immediacy in Communications

Ep 60: Increasing Demand of Immediacy in Communications

Our guest for this week is Dick Knapinski, Director of Communications at the Experimental Aircraft Association. EAA is the only association that offers the fun and camaraderie of participating in the flying, building, and restoring of recreational aircraft with the most passionate community of aviation enthusiasts. Dick talks to us about the EAA’s annual mega event and how it brings the biggest crowd of flying enthusiasts all over the nation and the world! He also delves into the organization’s biggest challenges and opportunities, the different strategies they employ in attracting the younger generation to become new members, and how they use technology to advance their communications goals. 

 

Ep 58: Promoting Positive Workplace Culture in Your Association

Ep 58: Promoting Positive Workplace Culture in Your Association

Do you know your team well? Do you know what they’re excited about? Do they feel supported by you? Our guest for this week, Kate Emshoff, Director of Business Operations at the American Medical Association (AMA), talks to us about the shifts in workplace culture that the AMA did as a result of the pandemic. In this episode, she also shared her thoughts on what leaders can do to make the office a place where employees enjoy coming to work, with emphasis on creating a women-friendly workplace, where female talent can maintain a healthy balance between work and family responsibilities. 

Ep 57: Cultivating Innovation in Your Association

Ep 57: Cultivating Innovation in Your Association

Our guest for this week is Elizabeth Lucas, Senior Consultant at .orgSource Liz was the Executive Director of the American Massage Therapy Association for 15 years and Executive Director and CEO of Soroptimist International of the Americas for 10 years. In this episode, Sherry and Liz discuss the importance of innovation for organizations and building a positive culture in a remote environment. They also tackled the results of the ASAE research foundation task force that Liz chaired, which studied associations as an innovation catalyst.