A Closer Look at Three Association Super-trends
An environmental scan from ASAE & The Center
identified the supertrends shaping non-profits today
and in the future. How is the field reacting?…
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Are Card-Carrying Memberships Dead?
Associations are usually formed for noble purposes—but that vision can be lost over the years. If your day-to-day efforts do more to serve membership…
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Association Law & Policy Highlights—March 2008
A monthly summary of recent developments relating to association legal issues.
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Association Success as an Iterative Process
Capitalizing on Your Organization's Learning Potential - An introduction by Barbara Byrd Keenan
In their seminal work, Leaders: The…
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Building the Future on Member Value: Codevelopment as a Key to Customer Relationships in the 21st Century
Associations need a fundamental shift in their orientation
from programs, services, or advocacy positions
to delivering value to their members.…
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CEO to CEO: Standing Out, Daily Motivation
Association CEOs share their perspectives on standing out from the competition and what motivates them to go to work each day.
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CRP in the Spotlight: Beverly Black, CAE
Meet Beverly Black, CAE, who serves as liaison to 35 state affiliates in her role as senior manager, affiliate relations division, at the American…
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China: The Next Frontier for Associations?
For all its promise, China is not an easy market to
penetrate. Language and cultural barriers, government
control and corruption, financial and…
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Closing America's Largest Charity
An organization that was born to shut its doors shares the trials and triumphs of making a graceful exit.
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Latest From the Blogs: Are Associations Going Extinct?
Association bloggers have been discussing the new social dynamics that may threaten the association model, and some have even questioned the very…
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Legal Aspects of Mergers, Consolidations, and Transfers of Assets
It can be an appealing prospect to join forces and combine strengths with another organization, but such a move cannot be taken lightly. The procedural…
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Partner Corner: Creative Event Marketing
Leverage the right technology to gain attention for your next event.
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Powerful Partnerships: A Project in Progress
How do partnerships fit into your business model?
How can partnerships support achievement of your
organization’s goals? What are the characteristics…
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Smart Moves
A roundup of new hires and personnel announcements in the association industry.
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Smart Moves
A roundup of new hires and personnel announcements in the association industry.
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Smart Moves
A roundup of new hires and personnel announcements in the association industry.
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Successful Chapter-National Relationships
How to have influence at the national level when you are a small-staff chapter.
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Survivor: Keep your costs low and your profile high
The tough economic environment has forced many longtime associations to lay off staff, dip into financial reserves, and slash programming to ride…
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The Solitary CEO
Is one really the loneliest number? Even if it isn't, it's clearly a challenging number when it refers to association staff size. Find out what's…
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Time to Revise Officer Elections?
An executive director believes that her association
has outgrown the election process that served it so
well in the early days. But what process…
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What Makes Associations Remarkable?
Inspired by the work of business researchers Jim
Collins and Jerry Porras, a group of association
executives set out to discover what separates…
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When Should an Association Leave Its Association Management Company?
An association may feel it has outgrown its AMC. This article explores the difference between the AMC solution and direct staffing, and notes that…
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