Finding Value in Professional Associations

By James N. Phillips Jr. CFCM

President Detroit Chapter

www.ncmadetroit.org

History

GuildsCraftsmenCollegesUnionsSocial Fraternal

1846 American Medical Association1857 National Education Association

1861-1865 War of Northern Aggression1863 Bureau of Internal Revenue Established1878 American Bar Association1895 National Association of Manufacturers

1898 Spanish-American War1899 Veterans of Foreign Wars1903 Teamsters1905 Rotary International

1906 The Jungle is published by Upton Sinclair1906 FDA is Established under the Wiley Act

1914-1918 WW I1915 Institute for Supply Management1919 American Legion1923 American Manufacturing Association1935 UAW

1939 Joint Auditing of Contracts by Navy and Army Air Corps1941-1945 WWII

1944 GI BILL Signed into Law1945 National Society of Accountants1946 American Society for Quality1949 American Business Women's Association

1950-1953 Korean War1953 SBA Established

1959 National Contract Management Association1959-1975 Vietnam War

1960 DoD uses EVM1969 American Purchasing Society 1969 Project Management Institute1981 Institute of Management Accountants1985 Association for Manufacturing Excellence1989 Association of Proposal Management Professionals1989 SANS Institute (IT)

2001 9/11 Terrorist Attack2001 ENRON Bankruptcy

2002 Sarbanes Oxley

Impact

ApprenticeshipsPassing down the craftProficiencyStandards of ConductEthicsLeadershipAdvocacyInfluencingLobbying

Marks of a Professional Association

Performance Standardization

Education and Training

Certifications

Professional Journal

Collegial Events

Higher Education - College Degree

Standards of Conduct/Ethics

Discipline

Relevance

Why does this matter now?

Why is this important to me now?

Why should I belong?

Standards and Conduct

Education and Training

Certification

Networking

Leadership Opportunities

Summary

Questions???

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