American Society of Association Executives

So we're part of the association community.

You and I met at the annual conference for the American Society of Association Executives.

Now, ASAE has a credential called the Certified Association Executive.

Now, ASAE would not get accredited by IASET, but maybe the organizations that provide the training would be accredited?

If anything, we're like, come on, there's that, uh, bring it back a little bit, but So I thought about that and I felt like that was my dad's final message to me was, you know what, it is time to go back and brush up your skills.

And so I did this course through the American Society of Association Executives to earn my certified association executive accreditation.

And it was a year of a hundred hours of coursework and unbelievable amount of studying and I took the test December 1st or so.

And December 2nd, I received a call from a recruiter for an organization that I had applied to in the past but didn't get the job.

So whether that's a LinkedIn group, or sometimes I sign up for events that I may not even be able to attend, but it gets me on their listserv.

ASAE, which is the American Society of Association Executives, has a ton of free resources that anyone, whether you're a member or not, can access.

And so I do think having a wide breadth of sources, both in your niche, right? So if I'm in education, I should be getting all the groups in education, but you might also be looking at what's going on in healthcare.

You might also wanna be looking on what's going on in arts and culture, because oftentimes there's overlap.

[gentle music] Welcome to this episode of Associations Now Presents, Industry Partners Series, an original podcast series from the American Society of Association Executives.

I'm Sharon Paré, partnerships director at High Road Solutions, a HubSpot agency.

We're recording live here from Indianapolis today for ASAE's annual meeting and exposition, the Super Bowl of all association meetings.