Nonprofits & Associations

A Certified Association Executive, Mike has 28 years in the association industry, holding executive positions with responsibility for content development, publishing, product and service development, marketing and communications, membership, production, governance, component relations, and more. Mike has developed memberships, products, and services that have generated well more than $1 million in revenue. He is an active volunteer for ASAE and presents frequently on topics ranging from member engagement to non-dues revenue sources and content development.

Sample Presentations & Projects

• Navigating the Duty of Care for Traveling Staff and Volunteers, Panel Discussion, ASAE, Associations@Work, Washington, DC (October 21, 2019)

• Webinar - Innovation & Customer Focus: The Keys to Global Growth, MCI Group (July 16, 2019)

• Constructing Engagement Strategies to Improve Relationship Strength that Delivers ROI, ACCESSE18, Pasadena, CA (July 12, 2018)

• Benchmarking Member & Customer Relationship Strength -Keys to Sustaining Engagement ROI, ACCESSE17, Quebec City, Quebec (July 27, 2017)

• Webinar - Getting more ROI from engagement through stronger relationships here abroad (November 21, 2017)

• Global Engagement: A Resource for Association Executive Peer Groups From ASAE’s Executive Management Section Council (2017)

• The Social Media Maven’s Guide to Achieving Association Leadership Buy-In of the Media Group’s Role, Folio Association Media Summit,Washington, DC (May 3, 2016)

Select Interviews And Presentations

• Michael Gips Sets the CSO Roundtable at ASIS International

• Associations Growth: What It Takes to Be Globally Relevant

• Through the Noise Podcast (February 26, 2019)

You receive:

• Access to nonprofit thought leaders

• Advice on content development

• Custom content development, including articles, reports, books, webinars, presentations, certification review materials, draft standards and guidelines

• Advice on member engagement

• Advice and consulting on executive-level issues

• Incorporation, bylaws, policies and procedures

• Board governance

• Duty of care

• Special interest groups and memberships

• Non-dues income

Leadership Positions

• President, Global Life Safety Alliance, 2021-2023

• Secretary, Global Consortium of Law Enforcement Training Executives, 2022-Present

• Chair, ASAE Executive Management Section Council, 2019-2020

• Vice Chair, ASAE Executive Management Section Council, 2018-2019

• Member of Programming Committee for ASAE’s Association@Work, Great Ideas, and ASAE Annual events.