On Saturday, May 18, a group of community members, entrepreneurs, and business leaders gathered in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood in Minneapolis, Minn. for the second annual Powderhorn Shark Tank competition. Management HQ (MHQ) CEO Dara Rudick was asked to judge the competition. “This was a great opportunity for small businesses to come together, pitch ideas,…
Here’s what our team has to say about their MHQ Experience:
MHQ is 6 years old! Recently, I shared with a colleague my original hopes when I launched MHQ in 2013. I hoped for at least one client to serve, and I hoped for some team members to share the great work to be done. In my wildest dreams, I could not have conjured the reality…
Did you know that 100% of the MHQ team volunteers as part of our commitment to our community? On Tues., Mar. 19, eight of the MHQ team members volunteered with AchieveMpls’ Step Up summer jobs program to help prepare Minneapolis youth for tomorrow’s careers. [ Each MHQ team member interviewed four students during these “Mock Interviews” to…
Earlier this month, the Management HQ (MHQ) team headed up north for a weekend away at the ARC Retreat Center in Stanchfield, Minnesota. The purpose of the retreat was to allow the MHQ team an opportunity to step outside their routines and have meaningful conversations about the future of the organization and how we can…
Mackenzie Kelley is an account and events coordinator for Management HQ, a Minneapolis-based association management company offering customizable management services to nonprofit associations. Nine years ago, Mackenzie, along with her brother and close friends, started the Memory Mixer: A Party to End Alzheimer’s to honor her mom, who passed away from Alzheimer’s in 2012 at…
Connections to Independence (C2i), an organization which seeks to provide unique programming and advocacy for foster care youth to promote a successful and healthy transition to living independently as they reach adulthood, recognized Management HQ (MHQ) CEO as a Star Partner in their Community of Service. “Dara Rudick, CEO of Management HQ, and her husband,…
Management HQ’s (MHQ) first client, the East Africa Medical Assistance Foundation (EAMAF), is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing radiology services at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center (KCMC) in Moshi, Tanzania. Founded in 1987 by retired University of Minnesota radiologist Dr. Helmut Diefenthal, the EAMAF helps support the Kilimanjaro School of Radiology, the first…
MHQ client, ReUSE Minnesota, which supports sustainable living and reducing waste by connecting individuals and the business community to local, thrifty, and eco-friendly goods and services, hosted their annual meeting on November 14. At the meeting, which drew one of the largest membership turnouts at the association’s event of this kind, ReUSE MN presented on…
Recently, the Management HQ (MHQ) team spent time volunteering with People Serving People in Minneapolis, a regional nonprofit that helps homeless and at-risk children and their families manage crisis situations and build a strong foundation for their long-term success. We were responsible for onsite “Building Beautification” and worked together to clean two rooms that had…