Procurement Insights/PI Window on Business Poll: The Traditional Professional Association Model is Still Relevant? (http://polls.linkedin.com/p/28939/dvwkt)

On the April 9^th PI Window on Business Blog Talk Radio Show we ask the question, “Is the traditional association membership model dead?”

In conjunction with the Procurement Insights Blog, PI Window on Business has just released a new poll which relates directly to this upcoming broadcast. Please take a few moments to cast your vote via the following link; (http://polls.linkedin.com/p/28939/dvwkt).

Feel free to also offer any opinions you may have regarding the on-going relevancy of the professional association and related designation programs, and be sure to listen (or call) in to hear what our guest panel has to say on this interesting and timely topic.

Episode Link: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/Jon-Hansen/2009/04/09/Is-The-Traditional-Association-Model-Dead

Episode Overview:

The traditional membership model upon which many associations have been built and continues to operate as to many of its members become somewhat stagnate in that they are not effectively aligned with the emerging Web 2.0 world of dynamic engagement between stakeholders sharing the same interests and goals. This includes concerns with the ongoing viability of current professional designation programs in terms of real-world relevancy.

In this segment, PI Window on Business brings together a panel of professionals to discuss and perhaps even debate the structure of the new association model and its place in the emerging globalized business community.

Guests:

Tim McCarthy, Vice-Chair, International Association of Commercial and Contract Managers

David Clevenger, vice-president of Corporate United and recent honoree as a Supply & Demand Chain Executive 2009 “Pro to Know”

Cindy Allen-Murphy, co-founder, Buyers Meeting Point

Harco Bouwman, co-founder, Buyers Meeting Point

Charles Dominick SPSM, President and Chief Procurement Officer, Next Level Purchasing

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