They will be your next _____________. Fill in the blank with boss, friend, customer, co-worker, donor, or in my case president. This was a statement that my dad said often. It was a gentle reminder that for us in the association management industry, we don’t know who will join our association next and ultimately become the president of the organization. There seems to be an association for EVERYTHING from lawyers to electrologists to roller skating. So I truly don’t know with whom we might work in the future. Or what that future member/president is doing now.
One time I was handling registration and one of the volunteers was standing behind the desk with me. An attendee who was a fundraiser was rude to us about something. I don’t recall what any longer. What I do remember is that the volunteer’s father in law was a major donor to that fundraiser’s non profit. And yes the father in law did learn of that incident.
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