The art of being a solo staff person takes center stage this week as Heather Harris, Executive Director of the Ambulance Association of Pennsylvania, joins the Six Degrees of Associations Podcast, hosted by Lucas McCann and presented by Big Red M.Ensuring the next generation is fully bought into the importance of associations is one of Heather’s chief concerns, especially at the state and local level, where so much legislation directly affects the day-to-day operations of members and stakeholders. As she begins thinking about her own retirement and succession planning, the challenge grows more complicated, as she outlines, given the sheer volume of responsibilities she handles daily. In this masterclass interview, we discuss how a small association can stay lean while keeping its mission thriving at the state and local levels.More about the Ambulance Association of Pennsylvania (AAP): https://aa-pa.org/ About Big Red M: https://bigredm.com/

Author Brittany Hodak had a life-changing appearance on Shark Tank, and on this week’s episode of the Six Degrees of Associations Podcast (presented by Big Red M), she talks with us about it at length. We also dig into her entrepreneurial pursuits and what she’s learned about writing the book “Creating Superfans” and actually creating superfans at your own association.Brittany has spoken at hundreds of events, including plenty of association gatherings, so she’s picked up a lot about the association industry by osmosis. She’s also learned plenty from serving on the board of directors of her own professional association. She also shares the lessons she learned working with the G.O.A.T., Dolly Parton, too! More about Big Red M: https://bigredm.com/ Learn more about Brittany: https://brittanyhodak.com/

Kate Coffey-Bacon, SVP of Marketing and Strategy for U.S. Transactions Corporation and host of the podcast “Coffey Talk,” joins Six Degrees of Associations with host Lucas McCann this week, as presented by Big Red M.

If you think you’re going through a random twist or turn in your career, the best advice we learned from Kate is to keep going, because something you are struggling to make sense of in the present may just serve you next-level dividends in a later chapter in life. That’s what happened for Kate, whose career arc took her from entrepreneurial wedding photographer to SVP serving associations in the transaction space and beyond.

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Follow Kate on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kateecoffey/

Visit U.S. Transactions Corporation online: https://www.ustranscorp.com/