Facilitation The One Skill that Makes Everyone Better with Jeffrey Cufaude

11/24/20 • 57 min

So much more becomes possible when more people in an organization are capable, competent, and confident in facilitating or making facilitative contributions. After a long career in higher education, association management, and organizational development consulting, Jeffrey Cufaude has one purpose and passion as he begins his final career chapter: helping people facilitate better.

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Association Advocacy in the Time of COVID

What can association advocacy experts tell us about the overview of the short- and long- term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on associations and how the "association of associations" is engaging policy and advocacy to support the field at this critical time? We'll discuss the current political landscape on Capitol Hill, the status of recent and future Congressional COVID-19 relief packages, and the future for association advocacy efforts as a whole! (Yes, this could get very meta.) The success of policy and advocacy efforts is amplified by an informed and active community! Don't miss this Association Chat interview with Mary Kate Cunningham, CAE, and Chris Vest, CAE, of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE).

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10 Online Association Community Leaders Discuss the Role of Community in 2020

In a year with fewer in-person meetings and face-to-face interactions, online communities have played an important role in helping people feel more connected.

In this episode of the Chat, we find out how the online community leaders for some of your favorite online communities in the association industry stepped up to the challenge in the year of COVID-19, BLM protests, and all the rest!

We talk about why they created their groups, the stories they’ve heard, and the lessons they’ve learned.

We also discuss the role of community during a time such as the one we are in and what opportunities there still are for even more community members to become more involved or even create their own online groups!

Hear from some of your favorite online community leaders: Texts to Table (Shawn Boynes and Donté P. Shannon); Community by Association (Marjorie Anderson); Content Forum (Dina Lewis and Maggie McGary); Rogue Tulips (Cecilia Sepp); Blk+Brn Professionals (Rhonda Payne); Association Rockstars (Lowell Aplebaum and Amy Hager); and Association Morning Coffee (Nicole Araujo).