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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

The Case for Permanent Virtual Participation in Leadership Meetings: Maintaining Diversity & Accessibility

By Erin Volland

Posted: April 27th, 2021

Priya Parker, author of The Art of Gathering, highlighted a tweet in her March newsletter that helped to further articulate one of the troubling reasons about the possible move back to in-person meetings. The tweet referenced how disabled people have been asking for years for remote conferences so they can participate and how they have been told no, it’s too difficult to do, at least until the pandemic made remote events a necessity for everyone.  In her newsletter, Priya challenges us to “build our gatherings around the needs and insights of the marginalized.”

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525,600 Minutes: Reflections on My First Year as CEO

By Steve Smith

Posted: April 14th, 2021

How do we take stock of the past 525,600 minutes or a year like the one we’ve just experienced?

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Balancing Optimism with 2020 Lessons Learned: Hybrid Event Planning for the APHON Conference

By Jennifer Schap

Posted: March 30th, 2021

In March 2021, the murky waters of COVID-19 and its crippling effect around the world began to clear. With levels of infection rates going down, indoor activities re-opening, and optimistic vaccination announcements, summer looks like it could return to some semblance of normalcy.

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4 Lessons Learned Through Co-Authoring

By Wendy-Jo Toyama

Posted: March 25th, 2021

In 2017, I approached Mark Engle, DM FASAE CAE, Association Management Center (AMC) principal to learn about the board selection process (BSP) research that he and Professor William Brown, PhD, Busch School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University had conducted. The research explored board competencies and processes that lead to exceptional and high-functioning board of directors.

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