The Minnesota Occupational Therapy Association (MOTA) selected Management HQ to serve as its association management partner. As of July 1, 2016, Management HQ will provide full-service association management services to MOTA. “We are thrilled to be working with MOTA,” says Dara Rudick, Management HQ CEO. “We look forward to partnering with association to grow in…
The Presidents’ Round Table (PRT), a national association dedicated to bringing together African-American community college leaders for the purpose of ensuring community college leadership and educational opportunities or African Americans, has selected Management HQ to serve as its association management partner. As of July 1, 2016, Management HQ will provide full-service association management services to…
Management HQ is pleased to welcome N’dia Herndon as our 2016 Step-Up Achieve Summer Jobs Intern. N’dia’s role at MHQ is to gain entrepreneurial experience, and to work with other MHQ team members to support MHQ projects. “We are huge supporters of the AchieveMpls Step-Up summer jobs program,” said Dara Rudick, MHQ CEO and AchieveMpls…
Management HQ president Kevin Ward recently joined other entrepreneurs from local startups, and professionals in the technology field to serve as a coach for the STEP-UP Achieve program’s Vision & Venture Day. As a Vision & Venture Day coach, Kevin was charged with guiding a team of students through a learning process of designing a product…
In 2014, charged with developing an emerging network, I reached out to Management HQ. Networks vs. Organizations Networks focus on a shared, complex goal. It could be increasing awareness of and the market for a specific industry. In this case, the network worked to expand healthy, efficient housing for all by leveraging the relationships…
Racially Diverse Companies: Higher Financial Returns More Likely The research is clear, companies with racially diverse workforces tend to financially outperform their industry peers. For every 10 percent increase in racial and ethnic diversity on the senior executive team, earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) rise 0.8 percent according to McKinsey & Company’s Diversity Matters…
3 Keys to Engaging Association Volunteers A challenge unique to associations is the need to recruit, retain and ENGAGE volunteers. Once an association can do this, many other challenges seem to disappear. The question is: “How?” Kate Cole, Certified Association Executive (CAE), leads two client associations for Management HQ, an association management company based in…
Kevin Ward, Management HQ President, Recognized at Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Reception The evening of Thursday, May 5, Management HQ’s Kevin Ward was recognized amongst a group of new leaders in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The Saint Paul Area Chamber of Commerce held their 2016 Executive Reception to…
In the News: Gallup ranks Minnesota first in the nation in Job Creation Index Minnesota ranks first in the nation in job creation, according to the 2015 Job Creation Index report just released by the Gallup Inc. polling company. Minnesota received a score of 38 in the index, based on worker reports of hiring activity…
Management HQ CEO Dara Rudick joins Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges and Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton as speaker at STEP-UP Achieve Partners Breakfast Management HQ CEO, Dara Rudick, spoke as both an employer and the parent of a STEP-UP summer jobs intern at The annual STEP-UP Achieve Partners Breakfast. The breakfast honors companies who participate in…