We’re all safe and sound back on the East Coast, and I’m still reflecting on some of the amazing things I learned at ASAE’s Annual Meeting and Exposition. It was a fantastic experience and, as a second year attendee, I can say that knowing what to expect made a big difference in enriching my time at the conference.

I did want to share some of the amazing photos our Director of Product Experience Kevin Patrick took during our time in Los Angeles. LA is a beautiful city, and I was thrilled with the venues chosen for many of the events — especially the California Plaza for the Closing Celebration!

Making our way from LAX to downtown Los Angeles

Opening Celebration

Ryan Seacreast introducing Melissa Etheridge at the Opening Celebration

Scenes from the red carpet

Hannae, Elyse and gadgets galore

The MemberClicks team: Hannae, Elyse, Duncan, Shannon, Kevin, Brandon, Thomas and Mark

The tradeshow team with their iPads — complete with hand straps!

Busy on the tradeshow floor

SSA: Small Staff Association.

The Small Staff Reception, which MemberClicks proudly hosted

Small Staffs Rule.

Closing Celebration

The beautiful venue at the closing celebration

Cyndi Lauper

See more photos from ASAE10 at Kevin’s Flickr stream.

We had a fantastic time in Los Angeles, and a big thank you to everyone who stopped by our booth or introduced themselves during other events. We hope everyone had a fulfilling conference experience, and remember — small staff associations rule!

Hello from the West Coast! The MemberClicks team has been basking in the excitement of ASAE’s Annual Conference and Expo here in Los Angeles, meeting some great people and learning a lot. I’m psyched for today’s afternoon sessions and Tuesday’s learning labs. I can’t wait to be inspired and learn tons of new information and relate it all back to our readers — through the small staff lens, of course.

Just for fun, here’s some photos of the conference so far. (All taken on my iPhone — I’ll be sharing better-quality photos in the next few days.)

Ryan Seacrest introducing Melissa Etheridge at the Opening Celebration

Melissa Etheridge performing at the Opening Celebration

The team — Duncan, Hannae, Mark and Elyse — ready to go with their iPads on day one of the expo hall

More Clickers — Elyse, Kevin, Thomas and Mark — prepping on day two

For those of you in Los Angeles at the conference, we’re honored to be hosting the Small Staff Reception this evening at 5 at the JW Marriott, right around the corner from the conference center. We would love for any small staff professionals to attend!

In other, non-ASAE-related news, the Splash blog is nominated for an #eventprofs award! We’re honored to be included in the “Best Corporate Blog” category, and would be thrilled for you all to vote for us (if you think we are indeed the best corporate blog) by taking the survey found here. Voting is open until Sept. 9, so spread the word!

Stay tuned for more updates from ASAE10, and definitely follow us on Twitter for the live scoop!

Wednesday night was the Second Annual Clickies, an employee awards and appreciation night for the MemberClicks team. We have a few methods of employee appreciation (one is our Clicker of the Month program), and we also wind down the workweek together at our Friday Gobble and Gabs, but it was fun to go out to a restaurant, laugh and reminisce about the past year. Thanks to Kevin Patrick, MemberClicks director of product experience, for the photos.

MemberClicks President Thomas Howard

Scott McLeod, Brandon Gilbreath, Jeff Wilson, Brandon Wycherly and Hannae Berhanu

Joel Walton, Ian Snead, Scott McLeod, Brandon Gilbreath and Jeff Wilson

Director of Sales Mark Sedgley high-fiving Sarah Bigorowski.

Yours truly

Thomas Howard awarding the Champion Award to Help Team Lead Jeff Wilson

Solution Advisor Hannae Berhanu showing off her award

Duncan McCreery, Matthew Wyckoff, Jon Lankopf and Alex Dimitropoulos

Mark Sedgley giving Ian Snead his award

Glenard Loy, Jade Parker, Sarah Bigorowski and Joel Walton

Mark Sedgley, Kevin Fay, Matt Boetger, Trey Smith, Shannon Otto, Zach Alexander and Glenard Loy

Kevin Patrick getting down

Thomas Howard accepting a canvas everyone inscribed for him

Check our Facebook page later today for more photos!

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We’re officially moved into our new office! Not everything is unpacked yet, but most people are pretty settled into their new homes. Take a look at our spectacular new digs!

Our resident cupcake queen Nicole Hanks made treats with our logo to celebrate our first official day.

Yum!

President Thomas Howard (in the foreground) in the sales room with Duncan McCreery and Hannae Berhanu.

Director of Sales and Business Development Mark Sedgley

Developers Ian Snead and Aaron Gunn – and check out all that equipment!

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The MemberClicks crew went to ASAE and The Center’s Annual Meeting and Expo last weekend. It was held in Toronto and was quite the whirlwind of a weekend.

Toronto pulled out all the stops for the Annual Meeting and Expo.

All the MemberClickers were rocking these buttons, and handing them out to anyone who works with a small-staff association.

Scenes from the opening reception.

The MemberClicks booth at the trade show

Reppin’ MemberClicks while walking the streets of Toronto

The Food & Wine Classic

The closing reception – beautiful views of Toronto

A pair of MemberClickers meetin’ and greetin’ at the closing celebration.

The amazing view of Toronto’s skyline from the closing celebration.

All photos were taking by MemberClicks’ Director of Product Experience Kevin Patrick.
See more at our Flickr stream.