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5/23/2016
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The general consensus among the 28 attendees of the Spring Chapter Leadership Training at ACI headquarters on May 16-17, 2016 was that meeting ACI staff and networking with peers was invaluable. “It was great to be face to face with those who are doing the same things with the same goals,” said Rachele Fairley, secretary for the ACI Houston Chapter. “The speakers were informative and interesting.” The format for this year’s event was revamped to include more expert speakers including Jon Hockman, who spoke in 2015. Hockman, principal at D3 consulting, is a student of human dynamics and a specialist in the business of getting people to talk. His presentation on “value proposition” charged participants with investigating the needs of the chapter members as well as defining the chapter’s unique story. Jon Hockman speaks to attendees about value proposition. Patty Leeman, vice president at Association Laboratory Inc., a leading national research firm that specializes in the development of business strategy for associations and nonprofits, highlighted the importance of leading locally. Leeman talked about understanding the audience, developing a plan based on that audience, bridging communication gaps, and making volunteering a positive experience. Rounding out the list of speakers were Paul Collins, principal at Miller Canfield who discussed bylaws and antitrust; Bob Lema, marketing and communications consultant for the ACI Northern California & Western Nevada Chapter; Ryan Felps, co-founder and president of StarChapter, and Jim Donahue, a human resource consultant based in Metro Detroit. ACI currently has 97 domestic and international professional chapters and 109 student chapters. Chapters represented at the leadership training included Arizona, Carolinas, Central Florida, China, New York City, Florida Suncoast, Greater Michigan, Houston, Iraq, Kansas, Las Vegas, Maryland, Northern California & Western Nevada, New Jersey, Peru, Singapore, South Florida, West Michigan, Western New York, and Northwest Ohio. Cheng Yu and QuianQian Yu, both from universities in different regions of China, met for the first time during the trip to Michigan. “The organization [ACI] is awesome” said Cheng. “Having a chance to learn about successful experiences from different chapters was a great learning opportunity.” On Monday evening, chapter representatives were taken to the Village Workshop, a member based community work space in the city of Northville dedicated to creativity, learning, entrepreneurship, and prototype services. Participants were divided into five person teams and instructed to engage in a friendly, yet competitive challenge to construct a bridge using only toothpicks and marshmallows. The winners were selected based on the ability of the toothpick bridge to withstand the weight of a paperback book. Chapter leaders representing Iraq, Singapore and Peru attempt to build a bridge using toothpicks and marshmallows during the social event at the Village Workshop. The event afforded participants a chance to connect with ACI President Michael J. Schneider, Past President Bill Rushing, Executive Vice President, Ron Burg, and Dave Suchorski, Chair of the Chapter Activities Committee (CAC). In a recent memo, President Schneider stated, “My involvement in ACI started at the chapter level, and I believe that our chapter network is the backbone of the Institute. I hope to fortify the relationships between the chapters and the national organization.” The Fall Chapter Roundtable will be held on October 22, 2016 in Philadelphia, PA, during the ACI Concrete Convention and Exposition. To learn more about ACI Chapters visit www.concrete.org/chapters or www.facebook.com/ACIChapters.
The general consensus among the 28 attendees of the Spring Chapter Leadership Training at ACI headquarters on May 16-17, 2016 was that meeting ACI staff and networking with peers was invaluable.
“It was great to be face to face with those who are doing the same things with the same goals,” said Rachele Fairley, secretary for the ACI Houston Chapter. “The speakers were informative and interesting.”
The format for this year’s event was revamped to include more expert speakers including Jon Hockman, who spoke in 2015. Hockman, principal at D3 consulting, is a student of human dynamics and a specialist in the business of getting people to talk. His presentation on “value proposition” charged participants with investigating the needs of the chapter members as well as defining the chapter’s unique story.
Jon Hockman speaks to attendees about value proposition.
Patty Leeman, vice president at Association Laboratory Inc., a leading national research firm that specializes in the development of business strategy for associations and nonprofits, highlighted the importance of leading locally. Leeman talked about understanding the audience, developing a plan based on that audience, bridging communication gaps, and making volunteering a positive experience.
Rounding out the list of speakers were Paul Collins, principal at Miller Canfield who discussed bylaws and antitrust; Bob Lema, marketing and communications consultant for the ACI Northern California & Western Nevada Chapter; Ryan Felps, co-founder and president of StarChapter, and Jim Donahue, a human resource consultant based in Metro Detroit.
ACI currently has 97 domestic and international professional chapters and 109 student chapters. Chapters represented at the leadership training included Arizona, Carolinas, Central Florida, China, New York City, Florida Suncoast, Greater Michigan, Houston, Iraq, Kansas, Las Vegas, Maryland, Northern California & Western Nevada, New Jersey, Peru, Singapore, South Florida, West Michigan, Western New York, and Northwest Ohio.
Cheng Yu and QuianQian Yu, both from universities in different regions of China, met for the first time during the trip to Michigan. “The organization [ACI] is awesome” said Cheng. “Having a chance to learn about successful experiences from different chapters was a great learning opportunity.”
On Monday evening, chapter representatives were taken to the Village Workshop, a member based community work space in the city of Northville dedicated to creativity, learning, entrepreneurship, and prototype services. Participants were divided into five person teams and instructed to engage in a friendly, yet competitive challenge to construct a bridge using only toothpicks and marshmallows. The winners were selected based on the ability of the toothpick bridge to withstand the weight of a paperback book.
Chapter leaders representing Iraq, Singapore and Peru attempt to build a bridge using toothpicks and marshmallows during the social event at the Village Workshop.
The event afforded participants a chance to connect with ACI President Michael J. Schneider, Past President Bill Rushing, Executive Vice President, Ron Burg, and Dave Suchorski, Chair of the Chapter Activities Committee (CAC).
In a recent memo, President Schneider stated, “My involvement in ACI started at the chapter level, and I believe that our chapter network is the backbone of the Institute. I hope to fortify the relationships between the chapters and the national organization.”
The Fall Chapter Roundtable will be held on October 22, 2016 in Philadelphia, PA, during the ACI Concrete Convention and Exposition.
To learn more about ACI Chapters visit www.concrete.org/chapters or www.facebook.com/ACIChapters.
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