Comparison · 15 material differences
The CMO Club vs Detroit Economic Club
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Verified September 2026
Networking organization
Verified September 2026 The CMO Club
Chief marketing officers and senior marketing leaders at established brands
Networking organization
Detroit Economic Club
Business, government, academic and civic figures in the Detroit region who want access to the club's speaker programme, plus a large cohort of under-40 professionals
What the records say
- Maximum age at joining: The CMO Club: No published maximum age at joining; Detroit Economic Club: Young Leader membership requires the member to be under 40.
- Role or title: The CMO Club: Chief marketing officer or equivalent senior marketing leader; Detroit Economic Club: No published role or title.
- Geographic restriction: The CMO Club: No published geographic restriction; Detroit Economic Club: Non-Resident membership: individuals who live and work more than 50 miles from downtown Detroit.
- Annual dues: The CMO Club: Not publicly disclosed at any stage of the organisation's history.; Detroit Economic Club: $150 a year.
Side by side
| The CMO Club | Detroit Economic Club | |
|---|---|---|
| Profile | ||
| Type | Networking organization | Networking organization |
| Founded | Not documented | 1934 (Founded in 1934; Wikipedia names Allen Crow as founder.) |
| Headquarters | United States | Detroit, United States |
| Geographic footprint | At acquisition in 2020, more than 30 global chapters. The successor InspireCMO runs member programmes at chapters across the United States; a current chapter list is not published on the public site. | Detroit and south-east Michigan, with a discounted non-resident category for people living and working more than 50 miles from downtown Detroit |
| Members | 650as of March 2020 | 3,500as of September 2026 |
| Chapters | 30 | A single-city club with no chapters. |
| Primary audience | Chief marketing officers and senior marketing leaders at established brands | Business, government, academic and civic figures in the Detroit region who want access to the club's speaker programme, plus a large cohort of under-40 professionals |
| Typical member | Members were CMOs and senior marketing leaders at large consumer and business brands. The club's defining rule was that vendors and press were excluded, so members could speak without being sold to or quoted. | Membership spans corporate executives and professionals in the Detroit region, with dedicated discounted categories for clergy, full-time faculty at accredited institutions, government officials, non-profit employees, retirees over 60, and people based more than 50 miles away. Over a third of the membership is reported to be in the under-40 Young Leader Program. |
| Qualification | ||
| Maximum age at joining | No published maximum age at joining | Young Leader membership requires the member to be under 40Includes all regular member benefits plus professional development programming.verified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Role or title | Chief marketing officer or equivalent senior marketing leaderThe historic club and its successor both position membership as CMO-level. No formal written eligibility test is published.verified September 2026 · source ↗ | No published role or title |
| Geographic restriction | No published geographic restriction | Non-Resident membership: individuals who live and work more than 50 miles from downtown Detroitverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Invitation required | Not documented | No |
| Sponsor required | No | No |
| Application process | For the successor InspireCMO: complete an online interest form, speak with the chapter's executive director, then begin attending member programmes. No public application process survives for the original CMO Club. | Membership is bought online through the club's membership pages by selecting a category. No sponsorship, interview or committee review is described in the published process. |
| Selectivity | Not publicly disclosed. | Not publicly disclosed; the published route is open paid enrolment. |
| Cost | ||
| Annual dues | Not publicly disclosed at any stage of the organisation's history.verified September 2026 | $150 a yearRegular membershipverified September 2026 · source ↗ |
| Initiation fee | Not publicly disclosedverified September 2026 | Not publicly disclosed; no joining fee appears alongside the published dues.verified September 2026 |
| Event costs | Not publicly disclosed. | Not publicly disclosed on the membership page. Meeting attendance charges, if any, are handled at the event level.verified September 2026 |
| Membership term | Not documented | Annual |
| Structure | ||
| Meeting frequency | Chapter programmes through the year plus regular virtual strategy calls and peer-led sessions, per the successor organisation | About 35 meetings a season, typically breakfast or lunch events with a 20 to 30 minute speaker address followed by questions and networking |
| Peer forums | Member-led chapter circles rather than facilitated closed forums; each community has an assigned executive director | Speaker meetings and the Young Leader Program; no confidential facilitated peer forum is published |
| Confidentiality | The original club's premise was a room without vendors or press. The successor publishes a code of conduct but no forum confidentiality rule | Not publicly disclosed; meetings are on-the-record events, many of which are covered by press |
| Time commitment | Not documented | Not documented |
| Organized as | Chapter-based, Event-focused, Virtual | Event-focused |
| Confidential peer forums | Partial | No |
| Local chapters | Yes | No |
| Virtual membership | Partial | Not documented |
| Online community | Yes | Not documented |
| Member directory | Yes | Not documented |
| Events | Yes | Yes |
| Programming | ||
| Educational programming | Yes | Partial |
| Leadership development | Yes | Partial |
| Retreats | No | No |
| Travel | No | No |
| Family programming | No | No |
| Spouse and partner programming | No | Not documented |
| Next-generation programming | Partial | Yes |
| Investment discussions | No | No |
| Investment opportunities | No | No |
| Philanthropic component | No | No |
| Networking emphasis | High | High |
| Social emphasis | Medium | Medium |
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