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By Christopher L. Williston, VI, CAE At the beginning of 2019, I began my dream job. After almost 10 years at the Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT), I stepped into “the chair” as President and CEO of the organization. Of course, the work of transition began long before January 1. Given the fact that our previous CEO (who just ...

Every nonprofit has a business model, which we define as the system an organization creates to bring in resources and use them effectively to create and deliver value, achieve mission, and build the capacity to endure. But what happens when there is a disruption to that system.

I've always been passionate about education, and as much as I loved my team and the leadership role I was in my previous role at an online learning solution, I knew my long-term goal in earning the CAE certification was to run an association.

Bad bosses will become less and less acceptable with each new generation that enters the workplace, so companies need to know and address when conflict between supervisors and employees.

As we begin the new year, it might be a good time to consider new ideas about how you can make some changes around your personal self-care. The key thing is that you can’t be effective if you are stressed and overwhelmed, so let’s start there. Maintaining Sanity for You! As an Association or Hospitality professional, one of the most ...

Merriam-Webster defines transition as a passage from one state, subject, or place to another or – when in relation to an atomic nucleus or a molecule – an abrupt change in energy level usually accompanied by change in energy. In my experience over the past few months, the transition from a stand-alone association to an association management company (AMC) has ...

Most associations tell me that innovation is important to them, and I, of course, agree. But the overall track record on innovation in the association community is not that great. Twelve years ago, some fellow consultants and I wrote a short book titled, We Have Always Done It That Way: 101 Things About Associations We Must Change. Two years ago ...

Creativity is a muscle that you need to work out and strengthen into a tool that can build something unexpected. For artist and founder of the Frontier Project Noah Scalin, that meant taking a familiar object – a skull – and presenting it a new, creative way every day for a full year. Scalin spoke at the TSAE’s New Ideas ...

TSAE has announced the keynote speakers for its first Women’s Summit, which will take place October 25 at the AT&T Conference Center in Austin. MJ Hegar, a former US Air Force Combat Search and Rescue helicopter pilot, will kick off the day by revealing how to be a catalyst for change, be it in your career, at home or at ...

Theresa Parsons, CAE, CMP 2018-2019 TSAE Board Chair Executive Director Texas Council of Administrators of Special Education (TCASE) I was on a plane heading to Washington, D.C., to join a handful of board members on a lobbying trip. After working for another organization for a year, my association lured me back, and this particular morning was just my second since ...