Jan 29, 2020
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 trade shows, and “the view was that community was a byproduct of those activities. I think now we are at a place...
Jan 23, 2020
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 in these chaotic times with a sense of calm. Holly says, “Mindfulness is the practice of being fully present in the...
Jan 23, 2020
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 everything we do, he says, bringing people together to accomplish their goals. Robert believes that the emphasis on and need...
Jan 23, 2020
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 nurturing a more generative integration of stewardship, governing, and foresight to build high performing boards through...
Jan 23, 2020
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 communities and the recent roll-out of its virtual communities was very successful. Peter says one of the common factors of all...