Meet Cynthia D'Amour, MBA
 Having served more than 55 total years on volunteer boards and recruited more than 250 members, Cynthia D’Amour knows first hand the key issues that association leaders face every day in dealing with Generation Me.
For the last twelve years, Cynthia D'Amour has worked with association leaders and staff get more members involved using a relationship-based approach.
Cynthia has a degree in marketing from Michigan State University and recently earned an MBA in leadership with a focus on association management from University of Phoenix. 
The joy of relationship building is in
Cynthia's genes.
- Her mother makes friends out of strangers everywhere she goes.
- Cynthia's dad has been president of practically every organization he ever joined.
Cynthia uses her experience as an 8th grade teacher and manager at Macy's to create a fun approach to developing leadership skills and facilitating strategic meetings.
As Vice President of Communications and Member Services for the Michigan Association of CPAs, Cynthia led her team to receive two honorable mentions in the American Society of Association Executives'(ASAE) Associations Advance America program.
Cynthia walks her talk about using relationship-building strategies
as a leader. She...
- Serves on ASAE's Strategic Research Committee with work focused on the
future of associations
- Is a Past Chair of ASAE's Components Relations Section Council
- Serves on the Membership Acquisition and Retention Committee for the National Speakers Association
- Serves on Nominating and Placement Committee for the Junior League of Ann Arbor
Cynthia has received several honors for her work including...
- Listing in Who's Who in Business and Professional Women
- Named one of the Notable American Women
- Named an Outstanding Young Michigander by the Michigan
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Cynthia is the author of six books including:
- Go Team Go! How to Lead Today's Volunteers to Victory
- How to Turn Generation Me into Active Members of Your Association
- How to Recruit Generation Me
- Members Tell All
- Networking: The Skill the Schools Forgot to Teach
- Are You ONE Relationships Away From Making Big Money?
 She's also a contributor to ASAE's best selling Component Relations Handbook.
Cynthia's upcoming book, The Lazy Leader's Guide to Outrageous Results, will be released January 2009.
Cynthia is a frequent speaker at leadership conferences adding lots of can-do, high-energy fun to the events.
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