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An Association Leader’s Traits ‘To a T’ associationman.wordpress.com…

An Association Leader’s Traits ‘To a T’

The expression “to a T” means something exactly right or perfect. So when someone describes you “to a T,” it means it’s the best representation of yourself. I’ve been trying to make an account of w…

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Building your ‘kitchen cabinet’ associationman.wordpress.com…

Building your ‘kitchen cabinet’

The term “kitchen cabinet” originated in politics, referring to a group of unofficial or private advisers to a political leader. Nowadays, it’s used to describe a network of trusted friends and ass…

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Atty. Bert Reyno: Association Legal Eagle associationman.wordpress.com…

Atty. Bert Reyno: Association Legal Eagle

It was early Monday morning last week when I received the sad news that long-time friend and work associate, Atty. Alberto “Bert” Reyno, has passed away. Bert succumbed to lung cancer and its compl…

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Strategic Transformation: Playing to Win associationman.wordpress.com…

Strategic Transformation: Playing to Win

I was researching on strategic transformation and found this article from Emeritus, an organization that specializes in making accessible and affordable high-quality education by collaborating with…

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Getting the Board Onboard and Aligned associationman.wordpress.com…

Getting the Board Onboard and Aligned

In a recent webinar organized by BoardPro entitled “How to Get your Board On-board and Aligned,” I gained insights on building an effective working board from Lisa Cook, founder and managing direct…

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Associations and Japanese Life Philosophies associationman.wordpress.com…

Associations and Japanese Life Philosophies

I have always been fascinated by Japanese philosophies, culture and traditions since I first set foot in Japan in the early 1990s and took many more trips over the years. It always amazes me that p…

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A Three-pronged Approach to Making an Impact associationman.wordpress.com…

A Three-pronged Approach to Making an Impact

I was a guest recently of the Hotel Sales and Marketing Association in its in-person general membership meeting and induction of its new Board of Trustees 2023-2024. HSMA is the country’s premier o…

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Fundraising: A Board Member’s Responsibility associationman.wordpress.com…

Fundraising: A Board Member’s Responsibility

I was sorting by topic the publications on association management and governance that I have acquired over the years when I saw this ASAE booklet, “Fundraising without Fear: A Board Member’s Guide …

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Building resilience associationman.wordpress.com…

Building resilience

The pandemic has spawned a plethora of words, terms and phrases. Resilience is one that I have used a lot, signifying my desire to look beyond this crisis, rise up, and be more progressive. Accordi…

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Leadership associationman.wordpress.com…

Leadership

Two years of crisis navigation has impacted the governance of associations, both for the better and in challenging ways. For many of association board leaders, reflecting on how their association w…

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Decision-making Don’ts associationman.wordpress.com…

Decision-making Don’ts

I have always enjoyed reading Dean West’s blogs, which are insightful and laced with a bit of humor. Dean is founder and president of Association Laboratory Inc., a US firm that provides quality in…

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ROI and COI: A Tale of Two Metrics associationman.wordpress.com…

ROI and COI: A Tale of Two Metrics

Most of us are familiar with the term “return on investment,” or ROI, a metric that helps us understand the profitability of an investment. ROI is the ratio of net income (over a period) to investm…

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Making association leaders matter associationman.wordpress.com…

Making association leaders matter

January, named after the Roman god Janus, is the time for beginnings and transitions. It is the first month of the year when you start planning and set new goals. The pandemic, however, has added a…

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Of horses, eagles and other tales associationman.wordpress.com…

Of horses, eagles and other tales

Last Christmas, our good neighbor Bo Sanchez, a well-known author, podcaster, entrepreneur and missionary, gifted us with his latest inspirational book, “This and That: Tiny Choices to Uncomplicate…

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‘Same old same old’ in the New Year? associationman.wordpress.com…

‘Same old same old’ in the New Year?

The expression “same old same old” means the same thing has always happened, been done, or talked about but not acted upon, which implies that such thing tends to be monotonous, boring or unaccepta…

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Kick-Start 2023: Be a Future-Ready Leader associationman.wordpress.com…

Kick-Start 2023: Be a Future-Ready Leader

If you have a motorcycle, then you know that to make its engine run, you need to kick-start it by pushing a ratcheting lever with your foot. Figuratively, “to kick-start” is to kick off a project o…

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Associations and Social Enterprises: A Correlation associationman.wordpress.com…

Associations and Social Enterprises: A Correlation

A social enterprise is a business organization created to advance a social purpose in a financially sustainable way. If you take out the words “enterprise” and “business” from the first sentence, d…

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The Association CEO as a ‘VIP’ associationman.wordpress.com…

The Association CEO as a ‘VIP’

The Chief Executive Officer is the highest-ranking officer in charge of the overall management of an organization. In the association context, the CEO title varies (President, Executive Director or…

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Staying ahead with LEAD associationman.wordpress.com…

Staying ahead with LEAD

In my experience in over 30 years—and counting—as an association executive, I have come to the conclusion that leadership is about people, planning and passionate execution or what I call the “3 Ps…

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Starting a Sustainability Journey associationman.wordpress.com…

Starting a Sustainability Journey

Sustainability used to have different meanings at different times to different people but gained a more universally common and acceptable definition over time. The term “sustainability” is derived …

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