I'm thrilled to be serving as your Chairman this year. PCMA is an incredible organization, adjusting to changes in the business landscape while constantly looking out for "what's next."
PCMA's new Strategic Plan takes effect this year. It is a plan that re-emphasizes the importance of PCMA members and stresses education and research. This will be our guidepost for all of our activities going forward.
There are three areas I'll be focusing on in the coming year:
- Continuing to promote the importance of face-to-face meetings and reinforcing that meetings are a critical part of our economy and a critical part of doing business.
- Getting more members active and involved. When I look back on my career, I am so grateful for how PCMA provided me with a more strategic vision, helped me develop my skills, and connected me with a lifetime of contacts. This year, take the opportunity to volunteer, get involved with your chapter, and get to know more of your fellow members. The stronger each of our members is, the stronger PCMA can be.
- Engaging young meeting professionals in their 20s and 30s or those just starting off in meetings careers. They are the future of PCMA. I’ve put together a task force to examine what hurdles stand between them joining or getting involved with PCMA, what and how they want to learn, and what they would like to gain from membership.
I'm so pleased to be able to give back to the organization that I'm so passionate about and I look forward to working with you - and getting to know you - in the coming year.
PCMA has a great history but I truly believe we have an even greater future.
Sincerely,
Susan Katz
2011 PCMA Chairman of the Board
Susan Katz, PCMA Chairman
PCMA.org
5 comments:
Susan, congratulations on your Chair role. All of us appreciate you representing us and the industry at large. Thank you in advance to your family for putting you on loan to the membership this year!
Re the area of focus to getting more members involved, I saw a very interesting feature on the ASAE website called Volunteer Town Center. In that area, committees and staff posted projects where help was needed...either a little or a lot...and a member could simply click (once they were signed in) and they were a volunteer for that project. It had good descriptions of the work needed and was very easy to use. Perhaps PCMA could identify a public way to post opportunities to "pitch in" and get involved.
Have a great year as chair, and please call on me if I may help in any way!
D. Bradley Kent
Freeman
brad.kent@freemanco.com
Susan,
Congratulations on your appointment.
Your objectives could not be more on point and perfectly timed. I was impressed this year at Convening Leaders at the number of younger people who are involved in their local chapter, PCMA's online initiative and social media. It will be important to engage this group accordingly for them to truly understand the importance of your objectives to continue to grow within our industry.
Please feel free to contact me if I can help in any way.
All the best,
J. Michael Tydings
Attendee Interactive
michael@attendeeinteractive.com
Thanks Michael and Brad for your support and great comments.
Brad, interesting idea. I'll look into it and see if we can easily get that up and running.
Michael, we are looking forward to hearing the task force report to see what would be the most meaningful changes for this group.
All and all it's going to be an interesting and inspiring year!
Thank you Susan
Always glad to see a focus on face to face meetings. Webinars and other online communities are great but they can never replace the face to face inspiration, comradre, networking an rapport that is created at live events
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