A recognition project for the association community
Every day, people across the association community are finding new ways to serve, support, educate, connect, and advocate for their members.
We Love Our Members celebrates the people behind that work.
The people
Meet association professionals doing thoughtful, creative, and meaningful work to make life better for the communities they serve.
Vice President of Member ExperienceNational Association of Community Health Professionals
Maya rebuilt her association’s first ninety days after she personally interviewed dozens of new members — and discovered almost none of them could name a single benefit they had used.
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Director of Digital StrategyAssociation of Independent Engineering Professionals
Daniel rebuilt his association’s digital experience around a single measurement almost nobody tracks: how long it takes a member to find the one thing they came for.
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Director of EducationNational Society for Behavioral Health Leaders
Sophia scrapped a flagship certificate program that everyone was proud of and almost nobody finished — then rebuilt learning around the fifteen minutes members actually have.
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Director of MembershipAmerican Outdoor Industry Professionals Association
Marcus put eight members and four staff in the same room every month, wrote down everything, and built the discipline that makes those conversations actually change what the association does.
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Senior Manager, Community EngagementAlliance of Clinical Research Professionals
Priya built a mentoring community out of a problem nobody had framed as an association issue: new coordinators were quitting the profession within eighteen months, alone.
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“Every member should feel like we know why they joined.”
“Technology matters when it helps a member get where they need to go faster.”
“Our members don’t need more content. They need the right help at the right moment.”
Discover association professionals creating better experiences for their members.
Learn what they're doing, why they're doing it, and what others can learn from their work.
Nominate a colleague whose work deserves recognition.
Nominate someone
The association community is full of people doing thoughtful, creative, and meaningful work for their members.
Help us find them.
If someone on your team is creating a better member experience, building stronger communities, solving a difficult problem, or simply going above and beyond for the people your organization serves, we want to hear their story.
It takes about five minutes. You can nominate a colleague, a peer at another organization, or your whole team.