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title: "Leveraging Local and Regional Component Relations During COVID-19: A CEO Dialogue"
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Creating connections with members has never been more important than it is now, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. With travel restrictions in place for many associations for the foreseeable future, chapters and local components can play a greater role in driving membership growth, nurturing existing relationships, and providing smaller-scale in-person meetings and events.

In this webcast, learn how the national-chapter dynamic has adapted to create unique ways for associations to leverage and build relationships during this unprecedented time.

Moderator:  
 Peggy Hoffman, FASAE, CAE, president, Mariner Management and Marketing LLC

Panelists:  
 Wesley Carr, director of stakeholder engagement, Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society

Alan Chewning, director of community engagement, Association for Women in Science

Nabil El-Ghoroury, CAE, executive director, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists

Karen Horting, CAE, executive director and CEO, Society of Women Engineers

Jessica Irizarry, associate, chapter program development, American Society of Interior Designers

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