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President & CEO Jeff Morgan, FASAE, CAE, shares the state of the Association, where it has been, and what’s coming next in his vlog, recorded at the recent 2024 CMAA World Conference and Club Business Expo. Check out more in the 2023 Annual Report and look ahead with the recently released 2024-2028 CMAA Strategic Plan .
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President & CEO Jeff Morgan, FASAE, CAE, talks mental health first aid, supporting each other, and adhering to the updated code of conduct in his Pre-World Conference update.
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Being real, trustworthy, original… Why is authenticity so important? President & CEO Jeff Morgan, FASAE, CAE, talks about Merriam Webster’s word of the year, and shares a preview of the upcoming World Conference and Club Business Expo.
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Hello CMAA Leaders! The team and I are in the midst of drafting CMAA’s next Strategic Plan, and one of the areas of discussion has been education for club executives. As leadership competencies are changing at a pace that we need to continually “sharpen the saw” on our skills, should CMAA’s Certified Chief Executive (CCE) certification evolve? I think we all would say yes, as each of us goes about our own leadership journey. So, I started thinking about what are those new or evolving leadership competencies. Our world is characterized by rapid technological advancements, shifting demographics, and ever-changing global and local challenges, ...
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President and CEO Jeff Morgan, FASAE, CAE highlights the 2024 volunteer opportunities and expresses gratitude for CMAA members who shared their time and talents in 2023!
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President and CEO Jeff Morgan, FASAE, CAE, provides a progress report on the 2023 year and shares 2024 goals.
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Jeff Morgan, FASAE, CAE, talks about the diverse educational opportunities available this fall for CMAA members at all stages of their careers, including the Chef Summit, National Student Education Conference, and more.
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August 2023: Education

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In this month's Vlog, Jeff Morgan, FASAE, CAE, talks about education, the factors impacting hospitality educators today, and insights from his participation in the recent International Council on Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Education (ICHRIE) Conference. Watch now!
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Hello CMAA! I hope to see many of you at the World Conference and Club Business Expo later this month. We have excellent registration numbers that have exceeded our member and supplier expectations. To accommodate everyone, we added two additional hotels for attendees, and we will be running a daily shuttle to/from those satellite properties. I suspect this may be a post-COVID anomaly as last year some members and suppliers were still uncomfortable with travel and vaccine requirements. I am so glad those days are behind us. I am excited for the World Conference, and I look forward to sharing about CMAA during the Opening Business session. One area I will ...
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Hello CMAA and Happy New Year! As 2023 begins I want to share our CMAA goals for the new year. These goals are established by the Board of Directors and CMAA’s professional staff each fall and coincide with our fiscal year beginning November 1. These are listed in no priority order: Update CMAA’s Strategic Plan leveraging Board and Committee work as we look to adjust due to changes in clubs and society since the 2021 approval. Complete work with CMAA member group(s) on a verified club internship program for student members/others interested in pursuing a club management career. Continue to work with university faculty to encourage better ...
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Hello CMAA! As 2022 nears an end, I want to share some of our accomplishments from the past year. You will receive a more thorough update in CMAA’s Annual Report, released near the World Conference. I will also be sharing more in my State of the Association live at Conference. Next month, I will share our areas of focus for 2023. In the meantime, below are several of our 2022 operational highlights: The lifeblood of any member organization is its members, and we are pleased that over the past year, we welcomed 900-plus members and now have more than 7,300 CMAA members . These numbers are both significant and record highs. My thanks to CMAA Chapters ...
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Hello CMAA! One thing we all have in common is volunteers who shape our clubs and our Association. We all have volunteer committee members, and/or board members. A legal definition would share that a volunteer “is an individual who performs hours of service for a public agency for civic, charitable, or humanitarian reasons, without promise, expectation, or receipt of compensation for services rendered.” Many state statutes indicate “any volunteer shall be immune from civil liability in any action on the basis of any act or omission of a volunteer resulting in damage or injury if: 1) The volunteer was acting in good faith and within the scope of such volunteer's ...
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Hello CMAA! I grew up in a small town of a few thousand people in northeastern Pennsylvania (the Poconos). While I wouldn’t change the experience where I lived, my upbringing gave me so many biases. Let me explain; it was never said, but we believed those from rural areas like my town, were not quite as bright as those from the city. We weren’t quite as sophisticated either. We thought we had hit the big time when our first fast food restaurant, McDonald’s, came to town. Ok, I was a child and that was exciting! Maybe that example is cute, but there were many more learned biases too. It wasn’t that local townsfolk purposely wanted to skew our thinking growing ...
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Hello CMAA! A few weeks ago, I went to the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE)’s annual conference. I have belonged to ASAE for more than 30 years and rarely miss attending, except for other obligations--or more recently, COVID. It was the first time we have gathered in three years and a couple of things surprised me. First, there was a vaccine mandate for the event in addition to a requirement of a negative COVID test. As you know CMAA dropped policies like this in early spring, but it made me realize how some throughout America and beyond are still focused on this as a key measure for safety. I was also reminded once I saw the reduced attendance ...
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CMAA National Headquarters Alexandria, VA Hello CMAA Members! I want to share my thoughts on member dues, specifically CMAA National dues. I know your clubs have seen costs rise with the dramatic jump in inflation. I suspect the vast majority of you have already implemented or are contemplating member dues increases. Last month the CMAA Board of Directors met, and one important area of focus was the FY2023 budget, which begins November 1, 2022. CMAA 2023 membership renewals were mailed earlier this month and, as you likely noted, Professional membership dues increased by $25 or about 3 percent. There was a great deal of thought put into that decision ...
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