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| Save the date - WSAE 2017 Summit! |
Monday, October 30 - Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Madison Marriott West in Middleton
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| WSAE Spring Outing - Nearing Record Registration Numbers |
Online registration closes Wednesday, May 17.
(That's tomorrow!)
Top 10 reasons to join us:
- Educational programs worth 4 hours of CAE credit.
- Diverse programs specifically tailored for CEOs, association professionals and industry partners.
- Multiple networking events including the Participants and Pairings Party and the Awards Reception.
- Your choice of golf, golf clinic or the outreach project with lunch included.
- Meet with your peers at Tuesday's Solutions Network Breakfast.
- Enjoy special offers including a 20% discount at The Ridge Spa & Salon and 20% discount at the Geneva National Pro Shop.
- Take advantage of complimentary shuttles to and from The Ridge and Geneva National.
- Want to lengthen your stay? Enjoy the discounted room rate up to three days prior and post outing, based on availability.
- Discounted group green fees will be extended one day prior and post outing, based on availability.
- Golfers, check your golf bag at The Ridge when you arrive and Geneva National staff will place on your cart for the golf tournament.
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Thank you to our Spring Outing sponsors!
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2017 Compensation & Benefits Survey results available
Every two years, WSAE participates in a compensation and benefits survey with a group of over 30 state societies of association executives. The report gives you access to survey results from information provided by over 1,300 association executives across the U.S.
The national and Wisconsin-based report analyzes such data as gender by position, average salary and salary increases by position and years of experience, leave and vacation policies, retirement and insurance benefits, and CEO contract conditions.
Your purchase includes both the 2017 Association Compensation & Benefits Executive Summary along with the National and Wisconsin reports.
Price: Members $100/Non-members $200
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| ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition |
The ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition is where association professionals all come together to give a little and get a lot more. Join WSAE August 12-15 in Toronto, Canada, for #ASAE17. Give a few days of time to get a year's worth of support from the association community. We look forward to seeing you there!
Wisconsin Reception at ASAE Annual Meeting
While you are at ASAE annual meeting, please plan to join us for the Wisconsin reception, a special event exclusively for Wisconsin association professionals!
August 14 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (CT)
Toronto, Canada
RSVP not necessary, just show up!
The Wisconsin Reception is sponsored by VISIT Milwaukee.
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| WSAE 2017 Membership Directory |
Don't be like this person!
Send us your photo for the WSAE directory
We will begin work on the 2017 WSAE membership directory
next month. If you have not already sent us a professional headshot, or would like to update the one we already have, please send a high-resolution .jpg file to
Kristin McGuine.
Advertise in the WSAE membership directory
Limited advertising in the WSAE membership directory is available. Contact
Jeanne Rosen for additional information, including rates. All WSAE members will receive a copy of the membership directory in July. It will mail poly-bagged with the Summer issue of
VantagePoint magazine.
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CEO Roundtables
CEO Roundtables are designed specifically for association CEOs only, as a venue for networking and sharing ideas. This is a perfect opportunity to meet with your peers in a casual setting and discuss topics of interest.
Milwaukee
June 27, 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM (CT)
Association for High Technology Distribution (AHTD)
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WSAE Solutions Network
Membership Spoke hosts brown bag breakfast
Milwaukee
July 12, 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM (CT)
National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA)
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Speaker on workforce development
I'm looking for a speaker on workforce development. Attracting, retaining and growing your team and employees for success. Open to any suggestions for a good speaker you have hired or seen in this area. Also have a preference with a speaker who can relate or address our members who are typically in the small business, blue collar worker trades such as exterior services/landscaping, construction, skilled trades, etc.. However, any speaker that can address small business owners and managers and key points and advice on workforce development would be appreciated.
Join the discussion.
Multi-State fundraising registration
Looking for solutions of how other national associations are managing the registration process for multiple states in order to conduct fundraising and professional fundraiser status as well.
Join the discussion.
Young professionals luncheon
I'm interested in learning more about how different associations manage local member units such as chapters or sections. Does anyone have a fresh new model they'd like to share? Or something that is tried and true but working really well? What isn't working that we can learn from?
Join the discussion.
Member365
Does anyone use Member365? If so, would you be willing to contact me? We are thinking of switching our platform.
Conflict resolution speaker
We are hosting a Leaders Day in August 2017 and I am looking for a speaker to talk on conflict resolution within our organization. We have multiple volunteers that help our league in each county throughout Wisconsin. There are some that are struggling with how to deal with the push back once they make a decision so we thought a speaker at our next event might be advantageous. If anyone comes to mind please share their contact information.
Join the discussion.
Microsoft Office
I'm looking for suggestions for presenters/trainers for Microsoft Office products - Excel, Word, Outlook, and Powerpoint - for an upcoming event in the Madison area.
Join the discussion.
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AMS Fest
Mett elbow-to-elbow with other association executives, AMS consultants and AMS vendors, all who want to engage in discussions around nothing but AMS. You'll hear talks related to the future of AMS, where AMS fits in our technology solar system, what's trending, what's not working and what is, what's innovative, should associations or technology vendors be the guiding force in development, what new systems are out there, CRM vs AMS, and the list goes on!
WSAE staff will be there, and we hope to see you there, too.
Check it out!
Special discounted rate for WSAE members: $150
Enter "$150" on the secure online payment form after you've completed your online registration.
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CAE Prep
WSAE is once again partnering with the Michigan Society of Association Executives (MSAE) to offer CAE preparation courses
that incorporate study guides, reading comprehension questions, flashcards and practice tests. With three different courses, there is an option to fit every level of
preparedness. Learn more about
earning your CAE
or download the
2017 course brochure
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Badger Group certified as woman-owned business
The Badger Group is excited to announce that they are now nationally certified as a woman-owned business by the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), placing them in the 1.7% of commercial printers throughout Wisconsin and Illinois that are also WBENC-certified. This certification means that clients can now add The Badger Group to their supplier diversity program.
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AMPED Association Management selected to manage two associations
AMPED Association Management, an accredited full-service association management company with offices in Madison, Wisconsin and Metro Washington, DC, has been selected to manage two new association clients.
- The Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) is the voice for over 57 million fantasy sports players in the United States and Canada, and for the companies that provide services, news, information and competition to support this growing, $11 billion industry.
- NIBA - The Belting Association is a trade association representing 145 distributor/fabricator companies and over 125 additional manufacturing-based companies, that produce belting and components and supply the conveyor belting industry.
AMPED will provide full management services, including leadership/best practices, strategic planning, governance, policy, membership development, meeting planning, financial management, and communications.
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Brag a little bit - Let us help spread your good news!
Did your property recently complete a renovation? Did you launch a new product or service for associations? Perhaps you received a promotion or industry recognition? Let us know! We love to help spread good news related to our industry partner members. Please send your brags to
Michelle Czosek.
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Welcome new members!
- Teri Carden, ReviewMyAMS.com
- Kathryn Henning, Manitowoc Area Visitor & Convention Bureau
- Holly Meyers, Omnipress
- Amy Overby, The Rees Group, Inc.
- Diane Welhouse, CKBR, Milwaukee NARI Home Improvement Council, Inc.
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Career Headquarters highlights
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Meetings Manager
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Executive Director, Inc.
Administrative Manager
Elm Grove, Wisconsin
Specialty Tools & Fasteners Distributors Association |
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Looking for a career change? Let us help.
Here's a pretty cool job search feature from WSAE. Follow us on Twitter (
WSAEtweets) and receive a notification every time a new career opportunity is posted to the WSAE Career Headquarters.
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| VantagePoint, WSAE's Quarterly Publication |
Did you see this in the Spring issue of VantagePoint?
Online education program success of Credit Union Executives Society (CUES)
"People tend to think of online learning as asynchronous courses for frontline staff, often taken to check compliance boxes. But we chose a platform that allows us to teach topics with softer edges than compliance, things like leadership and strategy that are best taught in a forum format that allows for discourse and discussion. Our platform allows participants to see and interact with the instructor, and includes tools to help facilitate and focus discussion. It also uses virtual breakout rooms with conference call capabilities, so attendees can talk with each other, not over texts or instant messenger, but with real conversations, like they would have in the classroom. Technology wasn't the goal; the goal was to reflect the live learning experience that CUES is well known for in the credit union system."
Read more about CUE's online education program in WSAE's VantagePoint archives.
Call for authors
Have you experienced an association success you would be willing to share with your WSAE colleagues by authoring an article for
VantagePoint
? Or perhaps a fail, that the rest of us could learn from? We would love to hear any article ideas that you have! Plus, you can earn CAE credits toward your certification renewal. Please contact Kristin McGuine for more information.
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