If you're like a lot of members of AMWA -- or any membership organization, for that matter -- you have probably shied away from attending the annual business meeting. That's the time within a conference when an organization's leadership sums up the accomplishments of the past year, announces goals for the year ahead, and gives an accounting of group finances.
Sounds riveting, doesn't it?
But AMWA has a lot going on right now, and frankly, the annual business meeting is one of the best places to hear about that. You can hear snippets at other moments in the conference, but the information comes in its most concentrated form at the business meeting. At today's business meeting, for example, we heard that AMWA has been weathering the so-called Great Recession quite nicely (through a lot of effort by staff as well as foresight in the preceding years); that AMWA has ramped up its marketing efforts given both the economic challenges and the "ghostwriting" controversies discussed in the press; that AMWA's always-strong focus on ethics is growing stronger by the day; and that impressive efforts are under way to add new learning tools and new learning opportunities.
So the next time you see "annual business meeting" on a conference program, try to work it into your no-doubt busy schedule. It takes under an hour, and you may just like what you hear. And if you don't? Take the opportunity to influence the organization's direction.
--Victoria White
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