For almost two decades, I worked for a local chamber of commerce and then a statewide association. Recently, I transitioned back into the arena of higher education, specifically in a field known as “Outreach and Engagement.” In brief, the purpose of many outreach and engagement missions at colleges/universities has been partnering with communities, businesses, schools, […]
If you Google “IOM,” you will find that we can be certified in a lot of areas, or belong to a number of groups, not just chamber and association management. You could be with: 1. The Institute of Occupational Medicine, 2. The Institute for Objective Measurement (whose mission is to bring understanding to measurement), 3. […]
Christian Herter was the governor of Massachusetts in the 1950s. One day, after a busy morning chasing votes and going without lunch, he arrived at an evening barbecue. Herter was famished. As he moved down the serving line, he held out his plate to the woman serving the chicken. She put a piece of chicken […]