Happy New Year C.A.R.E.!
When we flip a digit in our year, we get a chance to renew old
resolutions (goals) or create new ones. Either way, the beginning of a new year is a fresh start with so many valuable opportunities ... personally and professionally! So let’s go and get after it
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As C.A.R.E. enters its 34
th
year as an association, your Board of Directors will be continuing to search for ways to gain new members, all while keeping our mantra of the last several years “quality over quantity”. While the association may not have grown by leaps and bounds, we have held to a minimum goal and have been financially solid in doing so. In the most recent year’s renewals our goal has been, at a minimum, to add enough new members to replenish our attrition. We have successfully met or exceeded that goal on all accounts.
I’ve just returned this past weekend from South Padre Island, Texas where your Board of Directors met for our First Quarter/Winter Board Meeting. Hosted by Alejandro Garza/Bahia Mar Tower (Solare Towers) your board was able to step away from life for a few days for two solid days of meetings. Here’s just a few things we worked on while there…2019 Strategic Plan to be published in March 2019, 2018 Financial Year in Review where you’ll be happy to know we can report a respectable average of 95% of projected revenue and expenses, 2019 Budget Review, 2019 Conference Planning, 2019 Pinnacle, Gallardo and Rookie Award Considerations, 2019 Membership Recruitment Opportunities and all the other minutiae of Committee Updates, Old Business/New Business, etc. Another successful meeting of your elected minds that volunteer their time to uphold, improve and sustain C.A.R.E.’s viable presence and integrity in the industry.
Happy New Year to you, your family and your business! And…Happy New Year to C.A.R.E.! I hope we do you proud! If you have any new ideas for 2019, don’t hesitate to let me know!
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The Three Primary Ways You Are Abusing Your E-mail Inbox
By: Randy Dean, MBA The “Totally Obsessed” Time Management Tech Guy
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As a time and productivity management speaker
and author, I see it all the time. People just don't use their inboxes properly. And these mistakes lead to significant distraction, lost time, and rework. Most people use their e-mail inbox in four specific ways, and only one of those ways is correct:
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(The Correct Use): To Receive and Process New Messages
. The key reason you have an inbox is to receive new items in that inbox. Your goal is to quickly and efficiently figure out what those items are, and then properly process them. If you've ever attended one of my courses, you know that you handle the quick ones immediately, and you put the longer items on either your task list or your calendar, thus allowing you to plan and prioritize. After you either get them “done” or “tasked”, you can either delete those messages or file them for later reference. And if you don't have a good place to file them, you make one and put it there. This is really the only way to use an inbox.
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As your de facto yet highly disorganized daily task list.
So many people use their e-mail inbox as their default task list. It isn't at all built for that. It is hard to prioritize individual items in an inbox, so you end up looking at the same items multiple times, trying to figure out which ones are important and/or urgent, and which ones aren't. Most tasking programs, including tools like MS Outlook, Toodledo, and Google Tasks, allow you to see your tasks in priority order by either date or by project (I teach courses on this!) Very quickly, you can figure out what is either most urgent or important. (Even a properly-designed paper task list can do this!) Thus, you can understand why I'm trying to get people out of the habit of “inbox tasking”, and into the habit of building a smart daily task list using an appropriate task tool each and every day.
READ MORE
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Past C.A.R.E. conference session speaker, Randy Dean, MBA, The E-mail Sanity Expert®, is leading a new set of webinars on Thursday, January 24
th
, 2019,
on his most popular program, Taming the E-mail Beast. If your inbox is “driving you crazy” and you’d like tips for better e-mail management and prioritization,
this program is for you.
For More information on Randy's new set of webinars AND a special offer for C.A.R.E. members,
click here
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C.A.R.E. member representatives receive many e-mails everyday from fellow C.A.R.E. members promoting inventory for wholesale or exchange, in addition to many e-mail requests for inventory for request fulfillment.
In the midst of the deluge of e-mails, it's sometimes easy to forget that not everyone sending those e-mails is a C.A.R.E. member and therefore, does not subscribe to C.A.R.E.'s Code of Standards and Ethics.
Companies may choose not to renew their C.A.R.E. memberships and employees may leave C.A.R.E. companies to work for themselves or other non-member companies and may depart with an e-blast list. C.A.R.E. publishes member non-renewals and verifies that non-member companies remove the C.A.R.E. logo from their websites and promotional materials. However, C.A.R.E. cannot control the usage of a e-blast list unless the non- company is representing itself as a member.
It is the responsibility of each member company to know with whom they are working. Membership verification is as easy as searching C.A.R.E.'s online directory or contacting the Administrator or a Board member. Taking a few moments to know who you are working with or working exclusively with the C.A.R.E. Supplier Search System can help to avoid problems that could arise by working with a non-member company.
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C.A.R.E. LAUNCHES
NEW WEBSITE
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C.A.R.E.'s new and improved
website
is here!
While some customization of sub-pages is ongoing, members can now enjoy a website that is easier to navigate and allows easier accessibility to important C.A.R.E. information.
C.A.R.E. members will see the biggest changes on the site's homepage.
Current C.A.R.E. photos are now displayed on the site's homepage slideshow and conference information is front and center.
Direct links to:
- Membership Information
- Sign in for the Online C.A.R.E. Directory
- Community Photo Gallery
- Connections Magazine
- C.A.R.E. Press Releases
... make it easy for C.A.R.E. members to access information quickly.
Additionally, C.A.R.E.'s Facebook and Twitter feeds are now featured on the homepage. The C.A.R.E. Blog, Event Calendar, and Featured Members section can now be viewed on each sub-page.
Contact
Bonnie Kosco
to schedule your website training sessions today!
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2019 Conference News-
Conference Attendees To
Tour RCI Call Center
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On, "RCI Monday", May 6, 2019, conference attendees will enjoy a guided tour of RCI's Call Center in Carmel, IN. This is a "once in a lifetime" opportunity to experience how RCI remains the leader in vacation exchange, offering the world’s largest vacation exchange network and providing unrivaled products and services to enhance vacation ownership.
The tour will be followed by the mini-Keynote Session:
Key Objectives to Bias in the Workplace: Working Together to Create an Inclusive Culture highlighted with some tips for women's empowerment presented by Adrian V. Garrett, Sr. Learning Specialist, RCI.
Adrian has been with RCI since 1993 and has worked in a number of different positions with a primary focus in the area of training and development.
Endless Vacation Rentals, an RCI affiliate, C.A.R.E. member and conference sponsor, will then host a dinner at a local offsite venue.
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CONFERENCE REGISTRATION OPENS JANUARY 28, 2019
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NEW C.A.R.E.
ASSOCIATE MEMBER
C.A.R.E. is excited to welcome CustomerCount as it's newest Associate Member.
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C.A.R.E. MEMBER
CLASS CHANGE
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C.A.R.E.'s Board of Directors has approved the change of Associate to General Membership for
Leisure Getaways, Inc.
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C.A.R.E.'s Board of Directors has approved the change of Associate to General Membership for
Gunn Marketing Group, Inc.
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For additional information regarding C.A.R.E. member companies, visit C.A.R.E.'s
Online Directory.
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GLOBAL CONNECTIONS CELEBRATES CUSTOMER APPRECIATION WEEK
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Grand Hyatt-Baha Mar
Nassau, Bahamas
February 24-27, 2019
Rates continue to rise as the event gets closer, and C.A.R.E. members will continue to receive an extra $200 discount per ticket from the currently published rate. However, booking NOW will enable C.A.R.E. members to get the best available rate.
C.A.R.E. Members - If you haven't attended
GNEX - What are you waiting for?
Use Promo Code
CARE200
to save today!
When
registering
,
Select the number of tickets and Click "ADD TO CART"to see current discounts applied. Then add
CARE200
in the Promo Code box to get another $200 off per ticket.
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The 2019 C.A.R.E. Pinnacle Award will be presented at C.A.R.E.'s 67th Conference at the Westin Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana from
May 4-7, 2019 so it's time for YOU to start thinking of a worthy nominee and recipient of this prestigious award.
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C.A.R.E.'s 2019 Membership Renewal notices were e-mailed on November 1, 2018 and were due by January 1, 2019. Late Fees will be added after January 31, 2019. For assistance contact
Bonnie Kosco.
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C.A.R.E. Wants to Feature You!
Contact us
now to find out how your logo, linked to your site, can be right here!
Special Member Only Introductory Rates for 2019!
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