Membership Marketing Blog: Professional Development

Today, I thought that I would share two web sites that I think you will find of help.

The first is a web site offered by Tom Peters. He has distilled down thousands of slides from over 2,500 presentations that he has done on organizational and personal excellence into 23 separate presentations that you can download. Peters say, “Use this material as you wish and please 'steal' all you want.”

I especially found his slides on Strategic Listening to be insightful.

The second web site is provided by an Australian membership marketer named Belinda Moore. Among a long list of resources, her site includes content on:

• Membership Statistics
• Models of Membership
• Lead Generation
• Prospect Relationship Management
• Membership Sales
• New Member Integration
• Member Relationship Management
• Renewals

I hope that you find the information on both sites useful.

Graduations are finishing up. That means it is now summer!

What are you doing for professional development this summer? There are some great events coming up that – based on your location and interests -- you may want to consider attending. I have listed them below in alphabetical order.

AAMSE - Advancing Professionalism in Medical Society Management. The AAMSE Annual Conference is in Minneapolis, MN, July 23-26, 2008.

ASAE & the Center for Association Leadership. The Annual Meeting and Exposition, San Diego, CA, August 16-19, 2008.

Association Forum of chicagoland. Association Week 2008, June 17-20, 2008.

CESSE - Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives. The CESSE 2008 Annual Conference, Detroit, MI, July 15-18, 2008.

DMAW - Direct Marketing Association of Washington. The 2008 Bridge Conference, Washington, DC, July 23-25, 2008.

The summer calendar did not yet appear to be on the web site for NYSAE. Use the link to check for updates from NYSAE - New York Society of Association Executives.

Either I or one of my colleagues will be speaking at or attending all of these events. Feel free to comment below on the meetings that you plan to attend and share your recommendations from past conferences.

Yes, that is my son -- pictured above -- speaking at his high school graduation and my daughter in the foreground signing for the deaf and hearing impaired.