Lessons sometimes come from really unusual places, and this week’s post is one example. I spent this week in Los Angeles at the Institute for Organization Management on the Loyola Marymount campus. In an effort to save a bit of money in our extensive travel budget, I thought I’d forego renting a car and chose […]
Last week we issued a challenge. The Membership180 team spent 11 days on the road working with the Loudoun County Chamber in VA, the Dekalb County Chamber in GA, the Jefferson Chamber in LA and wrapped the trip up with a membership campaign in Midland, TX. We KNEW that we’d be so busy we wouldn’t […]
The Membership180 team is in the Lone Star state all this week working on a membership campaign with the Midland Chamber of Commerce, and while we always try to bring something of value to the table for our readers, we thought THIS TIME we’d ask YOU to provide new ideas for Chamber and Association professionals […]
I feel a little dirty. It’s been quite some time since I worked in a corporate sales environment, and, in preparation for writing this post, I wanted to see what sort of sales tips were being promoted and discussed online these days. YIKES! While I did find some really relevant articles with up-to-date tips on […]
If our Chambers of Commerce are going to continue to be the “voice for business” in our communities, if they are going to continue to deliver valuable benefits to business-owners everywhere regardless of their membership status, and if they are going to continue to play a vital role in the economic development of our cities […]
I think Chamber professionals are by far the most inspired people on the planet! I’m wrapping up a full week in California, and I am simply overwhelmed with what I’ve seen and experienced in the past 7 days. It all started at the Western Association of Chamber Executives‘ annual conference in LA where I was invited to […]
There’s a famous quote by Henry Ford that reads “The only thing worse than training your employees and having them leave is NOT training them and having them STAY.” Think about that for a minute. No matter how big or how small your Chamber is, there’s always going to be a question about how to […]
Early on in my career I worked for a metropolitan Chamber and when I started the job, times were good — really good. Membership was way up, the staff was growing, and we were spending money like it grew on trees. Then, something happened in the early 2000s. Membership took a nosedive, 19 staff left, […]