Last year TMA Resources celebrated the tenth anniversary of TAUG. We weren’t the only ones marking the milestone. Quite a few of our customers were quick to comment that the 2009 conference marked their tenth TAUG and many customers bragged that they have attended a majority of the meetings. So we asked what keeps them coming back year after year. We received a variety of answers, most of which fall into one of these three themes.
Networking
"TAUG is a great way to connect with other customers and TMA Resources staff. Learning happens not only at sessions , but at breaks and meals as well. These connections don't stop at TAUG."
Who: Karen Angel
Organization: Association Management Center
Number of TAUG Conferences Attended: 5
"You can't afford not to be there. The one-on-one time spent with TMA Resource's staff, current clients and partners is invaluable."
Who: Marc Huchette
Organization: Civil Air Patrol
Number of TAUG Conferences Attended: 1
Training
"The peer networking opportunity is well worth the expense and the training is a definite value for line managers and stakeholders."
Who: Bill Bruce
Organization: American Psychiatric Association
Number of TAUG Conferences Attended: 7
"As a technical person, the training sessions make TAUG worthwhile. Also, talking to other companies about how they work with TIMSS/Personify can lead to new solutions."
Who: Bob Carpenter
Organization: Kiwanis
Number of TAUG Conferences Attended: 3
Education
"TAUG is the best place to get opinions on how TIMSS/Personify is working for other companies."
Who: Andrew Hornstein
Organization: Advertising Specialty Institute
Number of TAUG Conferences Attended: 4
"Come see how other associations are doing things; you'll get fresh ideas, learn cool stuff, meet nice people and have fun too."
Who: Linda Syrek
Organization: AMT - The Association For Manufacturing Technology
Number of TAUG Conferences Attended: 2
Photos from our 2009 conference on Flickr
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