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Why I am Donating to @CokeScholars
In 1989, the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation selected me as a scholarship recipient, one of the inaugural class of scholars chosen for not only academic achievement, but also[....]
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Prepare Your Association for Its Futures
- By Greg Melia, CAE
- On 1/30/2015
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Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Last week, I had the honor of addressing the Florida Society of Association[....]
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Great Advice from the Fabulous Richard Millington
- By Greg Melia, CAE
- On 8/15/2014
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One thing I love is when marketing materials include fantastic content. Few people do that better than Richard Millington, an online community expert who runs Feverbee. In support of his upcoming FeverBee SPRINT program, Richard shared the advice below. Fantastic for anyone looking[....]
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Big Issues for Associations and AMCs
- By Greg Melia, CAE
- On 3/11/2013
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Last month I had the pleasure of participating in a panel of industry leaders at the Winter Conference for the Association Management Company trade association, AMC Institute. It was great to help celebrate their 50th Anniversary at the fabulous Loews Don CeSar Hotel in beautiful St. Pete's[....]
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How should associations be preparing for the future?
- By Greg Melia, CAE
- On 2/13/2013
- 2 comments
st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Let’s recap this series: First, I explored how the purpose of an association is to bring together contributions from members to accomplish something for those same individuals that would be more difficult to do on their own. Second, I explored how[....]
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The world, she is a changing: Trends associations should be watching
- By Greg Melia, CAE
- On 2/10/2013
- 2 comments
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What is the purpose of membership anyway?
- By Greg Melia, CAE
- On 2/07/2013
- 16 comments
The fabulous Shelly Alcorn, CAE is "SICK AND TIRED of the questions about ‘what is the value of membership.’" I loved her post, most of all her observation that you can find the roots of modern associations in the associating that happened in the symposiums of Ancient Greece, guilds in Medieval[....]
