Newsbytes

See How Your Association Stacks Up with TSAE’s Real-Time Compensation & Benchmarking Tool Understanding how your organization compares to similar organizations in the region and across the country is vital to ensuring you’re staying competitive, attracting and retaining top talent, and putting your valuable resources to the best use. Gain access to the only 24/7/365 online compensation benchmarking tool designed ...

TSAE has announced the keynote speakers for its upcoming New Ideas Conference: Opening Session: Next Level Leadership Simon T. Bailey, Speaker, Author, Life Coach and Entrepreneur Leaders face increasing pressures in the midst of uncertainty. Your organization depends on your ability to lead on all levels and create a culture where everyone matters. Simon T. Bailey’s Next Level Leadership provides ...

In 2019, your TSAE Board of Directors embarked on an important journey to discover, understand, and set a direction for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) within our organization. To begin, we made DEI one of our strategic initiatives. Throughout that year, we gathered information from you, the members, to get a sense of where we are as individuals, organizations, and ...

Congratulations to the six TSAE members who earned the Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential this spring. They were part of a group 189 professionals, including nine Texans, to pass the CAE exam administered in the winter of 2021. There are more than 4,700 CAEs worldwide. The CAE Program serves to elevate professional standards, enhance individual performance, and designate those who ...

July 12-13, 2021Marriott Champions CircleFort Worth, TX Don’t miss your chance to spend time face-to-face with your fellow association leaders sharing challenges, hearing solutions, and building connections over a full day of programming created by your peers. Includes evening welcome reception on July 12. Learn more and register at tsae.org/education-events/ceo-strategies. Sponsored by Visit Fort Worth.

Did you miss last fall’s virtual New Ideas Annual Conference? You can now access up to twenty (20) breakout sessions and two keynotes on-demand. Receive premier education and earn up to 20 CAE credit hours at your convenience. Program available though April 30, 2021. Learn more and register at www.tsae.org/education-events/new-ideas-on-demand. Attend New Ideas and looking to access sessions and earn ...

Former TSAE member Kelly Roche died on January 7, 2021 at age 65. Roche began his 32-year hospitality industry career in Irving as the director of catering at the Holiday Inn DFW Airport North. He worked at numerous hotels in the Dallas area before joining the Irving Convention and Visitors Bureau/Visit Irving in 2005, where he worked for the remainder ...

Kelly George, CAE, Director of Membership, Marketing & Communications, Wilderness Medical Society, earned her Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) award. The DTM represents the highest level of educational achievement in Toastmasters International, a nonprofit educational organization that teaches public speaking and leadership skills through a worldwide network of clubs. Less than 1% of all Toastmasters ever achieve their DTM. It requires nearly ...

Past TSAE Chair James “Jim” Eslie Shillingburg died on December 23, 2020 at age 83. He was a teacher and football coach who worked summers on oil rigs and drove tanker trucks before he began working in Austin for the Texas Motor Transportation Association lobbying at the Texas State Capitol and in Washington, D.C., on legislative matters concerning the truck ...

Tiffany Wehner McGee, CAE, Chief Executive Officer, Texas Trial Lawyers Association and Theresa Parsons, CAE, CMP, Executive Director, Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education, were honored with the 2020 Chairman’s Award by Immediate Past Chair Tracy Tomson, CAE, this December. The award is given each year by the outgoing TSAE Board Chair to a person or persons who have ...