Many associations have gone through the transition from one database solution to another with the hopes of finding the answer to all their data management needs. The process can be time consuming and many times you don’t get the benefits you originally expected. As an association management company, CMA pulled together a team of experts from [...]
As an Association Management firm, CMA understands how important volunteers are to an association. Most associations survive thanks to the numerous hours of work from volunteer boards and committee members. April was National Volunteer Month, but there are many ways you can continuously show appreciation and recognition to those volunteers currently serving in the association [...]
On Wednesday, April 25, CMA opened its doors to welcome clients, friends, family and community leaders to celebrate a quarter century of success. From 5:30-7:30pm, guests enjoyed photo and video displays, refreshments and the opportunity to share this momentous occaision with CMA in person. Thank you to all who stopped by and to all who [...]
CMA Association Management has selected Association Manager, Gabrielle Copperwheat as the company’s Crew Star program winner for this quarter. Gabrielle is responsible for orchestrating association client annual conferences and other events, as well as leading Board and committee meetings and marketing initiatives. Introduced in 2011, the program recognizes a CMA employee every quarter for exemplifying [...]
On April 4th, CMA Association Management President and CEO, Jeffrey Barnhart lent his expertise to a panel discussion at an event called Meeting Metropolis hosted by the Philadelphia CVB. For convention, meeting and tradeshow leaders from across the country, Meet Metropolis was designed to bring together the top thought leaders in the industry for education, [...]
As of March 30, all Facebook organization pages have been automatically transitioned to the new “timeline” format. This format shows posts in a two-column chronological format that is largely driven by blown-up images to make a larger impact on screen. If you have not yet made alterations to optimize this new format for showcasing your [...]
There is possibly no other social media site that burst onto the scene quite like Pinterest. For those of you unfamiliar with it, Pinterest is a pinboard-styled social photo sharing website that allows users to create and manage theme-based image collections. Despite a strong launch in 2011, which included being named to the 50 Best [...]
Google’s informal corporate motto has been “Don’t be evil.” Meant to position the company as a good corporate citizen and as a subtle jab at other companies in their marketplace, many are starting to question this motto after the company announced its new privacy policies. Here’s a quick overview of what you need to know about this [...]
As a special contribution to CMA’s 25th anniversary, CMA staff members got together to showcase the fun side of the agency in a creative way. CMA employees joined together to develop and shoot a video on the many wonderful things CMA is: award winning, strategic, festive, buzzworthy and committed. Check out the full video here [...]
Members of the account team for Convention Sales Professionals International (CSPI) were thrilled with this surprise bundle of spring flowers sent from 2011 CSPI President, Yulita Osuba. Showing the Board’s gratitude for promoting and executing such a successful Annual Conference, Osuba’s flowers confirmed CMA Association Management’s hard work and dedication paid off! 2011 was an [...]
With Gabrielle Copperwheat, Association Manager The tireless efforts of the volunteers who make up a Board of Directors are often ongoing and behind the scenes. Members may not know just how much blood, sweat and tears go into planning a conference, creating a new benefits package, recruiting new sponsors and many more important tasks that [...]
CMA’s account management and event planning teams were busy this February with two clients holding their Annual Conferences this month. While both events where unique based on each association’s traditions and membership needs, the team at CMA used our over 25 years of experience in event planning to make each of the conferences a great success. [...]
