At annual meeting, ASAE aims to ‘connect’ members Tips for small talk SAN DIEGO—When 3,124 executives, 2,302 vendors and 840 other participants came together here August 16-19 at the ASAE and The Center for Association Leadership’s annual meeting, the theme was, appropriately enough, “Connecting.” To set the stage, in one of the first open sessions of the meeting, ASAE sought to allay the anxiety of business networking with a kickoff talk from Susan RoAne, sometimes called the mingling maven, on the Saturday before most convention events began. Overlooking San Diego Bay, the 75 or so people gathered at an outdoor amphitheater were surprised to learn that the two best… Read More