Recognizing the Value of Board Members as Volunteers

By |2023-07-06T09:56:07-05:00June 22nd, 2023|

"Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they have the heart." – Elizabeth Andrew.  Recently I saw a post on an association's member forum with a negative comment about the Board of Directors and the perks they receive. It shocked me that association members may not see or understand [...]

Understanding the Structure of a Board & Your Role

By |2023-04-06T09:56:44-05:00April 6th, 2023|

As an association leader, understanding your volunteer role on a not-for-profit Board is being aware of your job description. Not only will this clarify your unique role and responsibilities, but it will also allow you to better support other members of the team and their tasks. Boards are designed [...]

Hiring Interns: How it Benefits an Association

By |2023-02-13T12:47:27-06:00October 20th, 2022|

As an association, it’s important to stay relevant, innovative, and invested in the future of our industry. Hiring interns can help an association do just that by helping to bring in a fresh new perspective, provide additional staffing resources, and increase productivity. It also enables the intern to get [...]

Understanding Your Association’s Budgets and Cashflow

By |2023-02-13T12:39:37-06:00October 13th, 2022|

Budgets and cashflow analysis are important management tools to allow an association to properly manage their performance, allowing them to plan and make informed decisions relating to planning, resource allocations and funding requirements. Preparing budgets and cashflow forecasts can give you a more realistic measure of where your association [...]

What Associations Can Learn from Regret

By |2023-02-13T12:33:25-06:00October 4th, 2022|

Your association board has been approached to make a statement about Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI/DEI). In feeling the pressure to do something, members of the board create a statement and post it on the association’s website. A group sees this post and starts posting negative comments on social [...]

Learning Management Systems for Associations

By |2022-09-22T09:02:42-05:00September 21st, 2022|

A learning management system is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting, automation, and delivery of educational courses, training programs, or learning and development programs – Wikipedia. An association’s learning management system, also called LMS, can be an important part of your member recruitment and retention. The [...]

A Practical Guide on How to Structure Your Remote Workday as an Association Leader or Volunteer

By |2022-09-15T11:24:30-05:00September 15th, 2022|

For association board members or directors, it becomes essential to have proper communication and productivity in a virtual or remote setting with your association leaders or volunteers. If you are an association leader or a volunteer who is not used to working remotely, here are some helpful tips to [...]

Is it Time to Introduce a New Program or Service to Your Association?

By |2022-09-08T11:12:25-05:00September 8th, 2022|

Members of associations across all professions are finding it increasingly difficult to rationalize membership and return on investment in belonging to an organization. They want new services offered by associations to help provide them with the tools they need as a professional. Association leaders, such as boards of directors, [...]

Transforming Your Association Marketing Through Compelling Storytelling

By |2022-08-25T11:53:34-05:00August 25th, 2022|

Marketers are storytellers, and gone are the days when it was a straight-up sales pitch, and customers would flock and buy. The narratives have changed from a long, tedious, lengthy detail list of features to quick, catchy, and compelling short messages that spark curiosity and enhance emotions. Apple did [...]

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