Nevada Society of Association Executives

Nevada Society of Association Executives

Our Purpose: To promote the field of association management through professional growth, education and development of high standards.

Next Meeting: July 17

"Meet Mesquite"

Our July meeting will be Thursday, July 17 at the Atlantis Casino Resort, 3800 S. Virginia Street, Reno. This is a "Meet Mesquite" luncheon and NSAE membership drive for Northern Nevada just like the one held in Las Vegas in May. Hopefully you have been getting the awesome new Newsletter. Our thanks to Gina for compiling it and putting out a wonderful E-blast in full color. A new brochure was developed by Gina and Ann Sunstrum from the Casa Blanca in Mesquite. Ann printed them out and they look great! Our new Board member, Robert Oxley, printed out the last email in full color and we handed them out at the May meeting. Thanks to Oxley for his help on this and the work co-chairing the new Membership Committee. If you are not getting the great new newsletter, send me your email address.

Notes from our June 18 Webinar

"Why Membership in NSAE"

Robert Oxley, Executive Director of the International Association of Solid Surface Fabricators conducted our June 18 webinar (click here to save a copy of his power point presentation to your computer. For a recording of the webinar, please contact Robert Oxley at 1-877-GO-ISSFA or 702-567-8150.) We had members and prospective members in attendance and after Oxley presented his ideas, each attendee talked about why they belong or what they want out of membership in NSAE. As a result, CAE study groups will be formed and NSAE will sell the Study Guide to members and prospective members in the near future.

Oxley's list of 10 reason why he joined NSAE:

1. We are all association executives and we can talk about work!
2. Every meeting is a business incubation and ideation center!
3. CEO and #2 peer discussion & education groups on timely topics.
4. ASAE information central comes alive at NSAE because we are real.
5. NSAE is a continual symposium for association CEOs on best practices!
6. Basic Training - You're not alone -we can teach our staff, together!
7. Professional growth - you can't grow in a vacuum!
8. Giving back - if we don't support the profession in Nevada who will?
9. Your 2nd in command training - CAE preparation & timely topic training
10. Direct interest, support and discounts from industry partners & friendly vendors.

What the attendees said they got from or wanted from NSAE:

1. Immediate value: education; support; speakers; going to programs, can afford being part of it; transferring experiences "to me;" and learning in study groups. (Maury);
2. Involvement on the board = learning; CAE opens doors. (Bob Benedict)
3. Mentor recommended joining; looking for a study group and guidance toward CAE exam; gets a broader association perspective. (Cherie Williams)
4. Study group and mentoring - CAE. (Katherine Jacobi)
5. Asked to be a member (by Maury); joined when new. (Lori Benvin)
6. Is on a board and is also a vendor. (Denise Wilcox)
7. Needs to learn a lot of things - can do it at NSAE. (Dr. Bob Talley)
8. 2nd in command training; CAE career track. (Robert Oxley)
9. Do a quarterly lunch at our offices to learn while wandering around. Share what we do and why we do it. (Robert Oxley)

Welcome New Member

Bob Benedict CAE, Executive Director, Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors Association of Nevada.

What people are saying about NSAE:

"I got what I want from NSAE today (May 21 NSAE meeting); which is to meet other association execs and talk about what we do. I kept asking questions and they kept answering. So, I think we all won, today." -- Robert R. Oxley, Executive Director,
The International Solid Surface Fabricators Association

Contact Maury at 702-254-4263 or maury@cox.net if you have any questions.