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Debbie Willis is the VP of Global Marketing at Advanced Solutions International (ASI), the parent company of iMIS, TopClass, OpenWater, and Clowder. She has more than 20 years of marketing experience in the association and nonprofit technology space. Passionate about all things MarTech, Debbie has led countless website, SEO, content, email, paid ad, and social media marketing strategies and campaigns. Debbie loves creating meaningful content to engage and empower association and nonprofit audiences. Debbie received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing Information Systems from James Madison University and a Masters of Business Administration in Marketing from The George Washington University. Debbie is a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority and the American Society of Association Executives, and dabbles in photography. She also volunteers on the Marketing Committee for the Association Women Technology Champions.

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Debbie Willis6/20/22 12:00 AM

With Workplace Changes, Members & Employers Need Dual-Purpose Leadership Training

Employers are realizing that managing staff who work from home differs greatly from ...
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Debbie Willis6/13/22 12:00 AM

Association Strategies for Reversing the Decline in Conference Attendance

A few recent ASAE Collaborate discussions highlighted an alarming trend: a decline in ...
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Debbie Willis6/6/22 12:00 AM

How to Help Understaffed Member Companies Become More Competitive in the Talent Marketplace

Spend any time on LinkedIn and you’ll see a slew of “we’re hiring” posts from association ...
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Debbie Willis5/30/22 12:00 AM

SHRM Says: Employers Value Alternative Credentials—An Opportunity for Your Association

Associations are longtime issuers of ‘alternative’ credentials, but now everyone else is ...
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Debbie Willis5/16/22 12:00 AM

How Much Value Do Keynote Speakers Bring to Your Conference?

Now that you’ve dealt with upheavals, pivots (argh!), and unending change, you’re in ...
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Debbie Willis5/2/22 12:00 AM

Become the Most Interesting Person in the Room: Your Association’s In-House Futurist

No one can predict the future, not even the nice fortune-teller you visit on the way to ...
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Debbie Willis4/18/22 12:00 AM

Expand Your Market with Introductory Industry Education and Credentialing Programs

Most associations focus their education and credentialing programs on their primary ...
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Debbie Willis4/11/22 12:00 AM

What’s Working for the Top Fundraising Nonprofits in 2022

The ‘nonprofit’ descriptor bothers many in the association community because ‘profit’ is ...
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Debbie Willis3/28/22 12:00 AM

How to Welcome & Help Career Changers Entering Your Association’s Industry

Job-hopping is in the air right now. Career-hopping too. After two years of the pandemic, ...
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Debbie Willis3/21/22 12:00 AM

Do You Think the Corporate C-Suite Finally Understands the Value of Professional Development?

It took a pandemic, an acceleration of unceasing change, and a surprising Great ...
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Debbie Willis3/7/22 12:00 AM

Is Your Virtual Conference Engaging Enough to Prevent Multitasking?

After two years of living in pandemic mode, we look at time differently. Because many ...
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Debbie Willis2/21/22 12:00 AM

Compliance Training Programs Bring Triple Digit Revenue Growth to the Texas Restaurant Association

In the Great Reshuffle going on now, people are moving in and out of jobs and industries. ...
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