"Facing Up to a Personnel Challenge"
What do you do with an employee who's a great person but cannot do the job? (Titled "More Than Muffins" in the print edition.)
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"My CEO is Driving Me Crazy!"
Real stories from the staffs of bad CEOs.
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'Bicycle Mechanics Don't Build Airplanes Anymore'
You need specialized staff to do the specialized work of a truly effective website. This overview of Web skills and disciplines will help you rethink…
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10 Steps to Becoming a Standout Association Leader
Implement these 10 tactics to sharpen your competitive edge and improve your company's performance.
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10 Steps to Find Your Competitive Edge (MP3; Digital Media)
Whether you are in business for yourself or working for someone else, it is important to maintain a balance in your life and to ensure you take daily…
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10 Tips for Less Dysfunction in Email Relationships
Email is a pain, but it doesn't have to be so bad. Make your electronic relationships more meaningful by following simple rules of digital etiquette.…
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34 Online Tools to Simplify Your Communications
Whether you want to share documents, offer live feedback on graphics, or just save money, check out this list of links to applications that cost
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4 Simple Rules for Writing Subject Lines
Fight inbox bedlam as you boost productivity by labeling your emails so they're specific, retrievable, and up to date. Plus, a sidebar on "subject…
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7 Low-Cost Tech Tools Every Small Business Will Love
Consultants have to wear many hats: accountant, marketer, project manager, subject matter expert, customer service, administrative assistant, plus…
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7 Ways to Build Staff Community
Whether your staff is small or large, creating a positive atmosphere and friendly, open community among staff members is vital. Consider these ways…
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8 Common Mistakes in Managing Global Virtual Teams
Leading a team of globally dispersed colleagues is no easy task. Find out what common mistakes to avoid and how to remedy them.
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A Coach for Your Career
Association executives can be motivated and highly skilled — and yet still stuck in a rut. Here's how two executives used coaches to get their careers…
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A Crash Course in Employment Testing
Employment testing takes some of the guesswork out of recruiting staff, by showing how candidates solve problems, perform specific tasks, and handle…
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A Day in the Life (of a One-Person IS Staff)
What would work be like if you were flying solo? Come along as a one-person information technology department takes you through a typical day on
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A Day in the Life: The Enlightened Telecommuter
Archana Verma of IABC shares what she's learned in four years of full-time telecommuting.
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A Structured Hiring Process: How It Enhances Your Chances of a Good Hire
Follow these steps to help ensure a successful job match: analyze the job position, develop the position posting, screen the candidates, use behavior…
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AMC Legal Risk Management: HR, Antitrust, and Social Media
The downturn may have triggered your AMC clients to review policies concerning human resources, antitrust, and social media. The risks and liabilities…
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ASHA Job Description for Chief Staff Officer for Multicultural Affairs Position
This position description, developed by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, outlines the major areas of responsibility for a position…
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ASHA Job Description for Director, Multicultural Education Position
This position description, developed by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, outlines the major areas of responsibility for a position…
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ASHA Job Description for Director, Multicultural Resources Position
This position description, developed by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, outlines the major areas of responsibility for a position…
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Accidental Executives
How several association executives found their professional niche--and where education fit in.
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Accountability Triggers Results
The blame game is an accountability trap — your never get out of it, and you never improve. Fortunately, by focusing organizational attention on
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Accounts Payable Outsourcing Helps AMCs Contain Costs
Find out how web-based accounts payable technology maximizes cash flow for multi-unit businesses.
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Administration Chief Compensation Table (PDF)
Position Description: Handles the internal administrative matters of the organization. Responsible for administration of the organization’s…
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Administrative Assistant Compensation Table (PDF)
Position Description: Provides clerical and secretarial support for one or more staff persons. Typical tasks may include: word processing;…
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Advice for a Successful Hiring Process
Even when working with a search firm, managers aren't automatically relieved of responsibility for or participation in the recruiting process. It…
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Agreement for a Joint Venture between Two Associations
Is your association looking to do a joint venture with another association? Here is something that can help. This sample confidentiality agreement,…
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Alternative Work Schedules: Overtime and Flextime
A primer for developing alternative work schedules that keep employees happy and healthy.
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An AMC Story: Is the Grass Greener on the AMC Side of the Street?
Former stand-alone association staffers say working as account executives at an AMC is a career booster.
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An AMC Story: Randy Lindner, CAE
"Success is meeting, and hopefully exceeding, the expectations of people who rely on you to get the job done." So says Randy Lindner, CAE, president…
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An AMC Story: Sue Pine
The vice president of AMC Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is retiring from Fernley & Fernley this year. Here, Sue Pine shares professional…
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An AMC Story: Transitioning a Client When an Executive Leaves
You arrive in the office one morning to find a letter of resignation from an employee. He's given two weeks' notice; not nearly enough time for a…
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Annual and Sustainability Report
The Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific published its first Annual & Sustainability Report in 2008, and hopes…
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Are Productive Employees Allowed to Behave Badly?
New research shows that many organizations give productive employees more leeway for bad behavior.
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Are You Aligned With Tomorrow's Members?
Associations that address the unique and varied needs of students can tap into a large pool of potential new or future members. Working with universities…
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Are You That Guy? (Lapses in Judgment in the Workplace)
You can find yourself in situations all the time in the workplace—good or bad. But what can you do to handle what many would deem an unpleasant spot…
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Are You a Pleasure to Work With?
A meeting planner turned image consultant offers her perspective on the professionalism required by the various planners, vendors, and facilities…
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Association Compensation and Benefits Study, 2010--2011 Edition
It's the most trusted industry measure of competitive association and nonprofit compensation and benefits available.
Complete with data…
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Association Destruction 101
If your working environment reflects any or all of the “top 10 signs of Association Destruction” described in this article, it may be time for a
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Association Idea Experiments
When it comes to great ideas, anyone can have them. When it comes to taking action, only some ideas stand out from the crowd. Four organizations
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Association Law & Policy Highlights: April 2010
A monthly summary of recent developments relating to association law.
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Association Law & Policy Highlights—November 2008
A monthly summary of recent developments relating to association legal issues.
- Grassley Comments on College…
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Associations in 2020
Are you ready for a time when association members vote for their leadership? That’s just one of the changes two workplace experts predict in the
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Attract, Retain, Repel: The New Approach to Employment Branding
Some organizations have a healthy culture, and some don't. The ones that truly excel, however, are the ones that know themselves well. In hiring
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Attraction
In the battle to find and keep the best staff, it’s necessary to develop an employment branding strategy. Here’s how to adopt one in your association,…
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Avoiding CEO Burnout
Hey, CEOs: Are you feeling tired, drained, overwhelmed? You may be harming your organization as well as yourself. (Titled "Hold Out Against Burnout"…
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Become an Employer of Choice
One association executive explains how his organization, the Heart Rhythm Society, created an employer-of-choice culture in its workplace. The association,…
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Being Open is the New Way to Lead
With social technologies that spread knowledge and collaboration with ease, today's new leaders are embracing a strategy of openness. But letting…
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Best Strategies for Employee Motivation
Beyond tactics such as casual dress day and exercise club memberships, the notions of good leadership and careful listening to employee needs remain…
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Beyond Barriers: Serving Members With Disabilities
Associations that cater to disabled members overcome special challenges.
(Titled "Beyond Barriers" in the print edition.)
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Book Nuggets: Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time
While some suggestions may be over the top, the tips and guidance for successful networking in this book—like quality over quantity—can help any…
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Book Nuggets: The Trophy Kids Grow Up
Ron Alsop of the Wall Street Journal says the millennial generation is set to take the workplace by storm faster than boomers can cash in
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Book Review: The No Asshole Rule, by Robert I. Sutton
Despite its tactless title, this book contains seven short, constructive chapters with hiring, team-building, and operational implications vital
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Break Out of the Silo Mentality
Organizational silos don't just appear spontaneously. They're created by a mix of mindset, culture, and process factors that many associations share.…
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Bringing Communication Styles Down to Earth
A leading expert on interpersonal communication offers practical advice on how effective listening skills and recognizing communication styles can…
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Build a Mission-Friendly IT Department
If your association's vision of IT is a staff in the basement working on a host of dull-but-necessary tasks, you're selling your employees short
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Building Your Personal Brand in Bits and Bytes
When was the last time you googled a colleague or vice versa? It's becoming commonplace for people to research one another online before they ever…
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Building a Total Compensation Package, Part I
Before you take that CEO position, be sure you're getting compensated for the experience and knowledge you bring to the association--and not just…
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Building a Total Compensation Package, Part II
Determining the competitiveness of the compensation package offered to you requires due diligence. Understanding the compensation philosophy of associations,…
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Building a Total Compensation Package, Part III
Your best chance for getting the compensation package you deserve is formulating a plan for achieving it. The final article in this series presents…
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CEO Compensation Table (PDF)
Position Description:
Extracted from the Association Compensation & Benefits Study,2010-2011 Edition, this file provides…
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CEO Employment Agreement
Once you found a CEO for your organization, the next step is to create an employment contract. This contract covers terms, review, compensation,
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CEO Only: CEO Contracts & Executive Compensation (MP3; Digital Media)
Do you know what to ask for when obtaining a new CEO contract or negotiating changes in your existing contract? Do you know what determines executive…
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CEO to CEO: Decision Changes and Healthcare Costs
Changing your mind at work and managing employee healthcare costs.
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CEO to CEO: Delegating and Staff ROI
Your fellow CEOs discuss the hardest things about delegating and measuring staff ROI.
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CEO to CEO: Management and Core Values
CEOs discuss how they became association management professionals and their organizations' core values.
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CEO to CEO: Putting Members First and Required Reading
Helping staff put members first and assigning staff-required reading.
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CEO to CEO: Staff Turnover and Industry-Versus-Association Experience
Your colleagues discuss how they handle sudden staff departures and whether they prefer to hire association-management experts or industry experts.…
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CFO Hotline: Employee Benefit Plan Compliance Issues and the Need to Be Aware
This article reviews the various sections of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) website that can assist association financial officers with adhering…
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CFO Hotline: Employee Rewards Don't Have to be Taxable
By setting up an employee awards program that meets Internal Revenue Service guidelines, you can reward employees with nontaxable cash or merchandise.…
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CFO Hotline: Form 990's "Relationship" Questions
The new Form 990 requires specific info about "independent" board members, "family or business relationships," "interested persons," and "related…
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CFO Hotline: IRS Executive Compensation Compliance Project Findings Issued
This overview of the Internal Revenue Service’s recent report informs association leaders about changes to Form 990, designed to deter misrepresentation…
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CFO Hotline: The Top 10 Employee Benefit Plan Internal Control Challenges of the Summer of 2007
This review of timely issues—ranging from auditor-identified (rather than organization-identified) material misstatements in financial statements…
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CPCU Society - Educational Reimbursement Policy
The Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society submitted this educational reimbursement policy. The sample describes CPCU's reimbursement policy…
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CRP in the Spotlight: Erin Quinn
Meet Erin Quinn, membership and component relations manager for Association Management Group. Quinn works exclusively for one client, the Society…
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CRP in the Spotlight: Gwyn Jones
As director of chapter resources and administration at the U.S. Green Building Council, Gwyn Jones does her part to aid in the sustainability of
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CRP in the Spotlight: Jamie L. DeSimone, CAE
The Section Council's vice chair discusses how she juggles a variety of responsibilities--both inside and outside the profession.
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CRP in the Spotlight: Jennifer Lawrence
Learn how one CR professional manages component relations within a big organization.
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CRP in the Spotlight: Linn Wheeling, CAE
Meet Linn Wheeling, CAE, Western Region director for the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Though AAPA is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia,…
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Calling All Commuters
It may not be your favorite part of your day, but for better or worse, you have to get yourself to work. How do you best manage and survive your
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Catching Up Your Retirement Plan
Find out how the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 could impact your retirement nest egg.
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Caught in the Gears
In this month’s Associations Now case study, a new CEO grapples with a contentious organizational culture and interpersonal issues among his staff.…
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Centralized Training Plan Aligns PD With Strategy
Rebuilding your PD strategy doesn't have to be a nightmare. Read about how one organization turned it into a golden opportunity to provide better…
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Change is Coming to Healthcare
Our nation's politicians are once again looking for that magic bullet to solve an ever-increasing list of problems with our healthcare system. Whatever…
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Cherishing Uncommon Bonds
Everything in the universe—from molecules to organizations—is composed of “bundles of potentiality” that only achieve their potential in relationships.…
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Child Exploitation Protection Compliance Clause
A number of associations, nonprofits, and their business partners worldwide have signed EPCAT-USA’s “Code of Conduct for the Protection for Children…
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Chip and Dan Heath on How to Make a Switch
Plenty of organizations avoid addressing problems because they seem too big. Chip and Dan Heath, the authors of Switch, have little patience…
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Client, Consultant Chemistry Is Crucial
Harmonious relationships between clients and consultants start with the right chemistry and gain momentum with a foundation of trust, a solid contract,…
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Communicating Individual Job-Related Complaints
This policy for communicating individual job-related complaints was developed by a national, nonprofit advocacy organization with 20 employees and…
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Communicating Issues of Corporate Concern
This policy for communicating issues of corporate concern was developed by a national, nonprofit advocacy organization with 20 employees and a budget…
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Compensation Conundrum
When it's clear that your pay isn't on par with your colleagues, how do you tactfully ask for your fair share?
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Compensation Trends
For associations — particularly CEOs — compensation increases, despite an uncertain economy. Compensation for association executives continues to…
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Compensation and Expense Reimbursement for Association Executives
With greater government and public focus on nonprofit executive pay, associations must pay close attention to their compensation and reimbursement…
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Compensation in Changing Times
ASAE's 2001 Association Executive Compensation and Benefits Study examines whether the economy has affected paychecks and perks.
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Compensation/Benefits Specialist Compensation Table (PDF)
Position Description: Plans and executes the compensation and benefits strategy and manages employee compensation and benefits programs.
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Confidentiality & Nondisclosure Deal Venture Agreement
Does your association need a confidentiality & nondisclosure agreement? Here is something that can help. This sample confidentiality & nondisclosure…
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Confidentiality Agreement for the Sharing of Documents
Does your association need to make a contract on the sharing of documents between two parties? Here is something that can help. This sample confidentiality…
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Conflict or Consequences
Patrick Lencioni, management consultant and author, offers a model for a frontal attack on the failings of work teams, such as absence of trust,
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Considering an International Assignment
As more organizations go global, an increasing number of employees are being offered international assignments. Use this primer to align employee…
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Create an IT Succession Plan for Continuing Success
As with any department within an association, IT will benefit over the long run if a solid succession plan is developed for key staff. To create
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Database Training Is Key to Workforce Development
Offering proper database training to your staff is essential to retain the employees you want to keep, as well as to get the greatest return on your…
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Developing System Manuals That Really Are Useful
Follow these suggestions to ensure you create a user manual that is useful, easy to navigate, and interesting.
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Dialing for Dollars
To increase attendance at meetings, involve the whole staff in the process.
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Do This, Get That: Making Sense of Incentives
Steven Levitt, author of the bestseller Freakonomics, shows how the use of incentives can convince members and customers to do everything from call…
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Do You Trust Your Telecommuter?
Do you trust your telecommuting employees, even though you can't see them working? That's a difficult stretch for some managers—and sometimes the…
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Do Your Employees Feel Engaged?
Do your employees have a sense of the bigger picture? Because if they do, then they can contribute positively and productively to your AMC.…
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Does Your HR Management Match Your International Strategy?
Recruitment, language and cultural skills, the job interview—growing your international staff takes time, and requires an understanding of the local…
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Does Your Staff Structure Need an Overhaul?
If an employee isn't working out, the problem isn't necessarily the employee. There may be bigger flaws in the structure of your organization. (Titled…
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Domestic Partner Benefits
As employers embrace diversity and look for leverage to recruit and retain staff, offering domestic partner benefits has emerged as a trend. Consider…
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Downward & Onward
Sometimes, when you're already at the top, the next step on your career ladder should be down a rung or two.
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EEOC Voluntary Self Identification Form
This form, created by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission, is required from organizations with more than 100 employees, but it also can be a helpful…
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Education Assistance Program
Outline of the American Academy of Optometry's education assistance program.
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Employee Benefits
This employee benefits policy was developed by a national, nonprofit advocacy organization with 20 employees and a budget of $2.5-3 million.
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Employment Law Update
What you need to know about changes in employment law.
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Ensuring Success on Assignment Through the Manager-Expatriate Partnership
It's never easy to manage someone 5,000 thousand miles away who works in a culture unfamiliar to you and sleeping when you're awake. The expatriate…
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Escape From the Email Monster
For many of us, email is a waking nightmare. But by breaking a few bad habits and using alternative forms of communication wisely, we can put the…
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Ethical Challenges for the Association's In-House Counsel
Divided Loyalties and 'Biting the Hand That Feeds You'.
The unique responsibilities of an in-house counsel lead to unique challenges for…
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Executive Assistant/Senior Compensation Table (PDF)
Position Description: Provides secretarial and administrative support to the CEO or other senior
managers or executives. Performs a variety…
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Executive Depression: It's More Than Lonely at the Top
Mental illness among executives is more common than you
may think.
(Titled "More Than Lonely at the Top" in the print edition.)
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Executive Director Plus Bookkeeper
How one CEO benefitted from taking on some of his organization's accounting functions.
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Executive Employment Agreement
Sample executive employment agreement.
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Executive Employment Contracts -- Key Issues
This document includes selected points for discussion prior to contract negotiations, with examples of possible terms.
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Executive Selection: A Systematic, Team-Based Approach
What legacy of leadership talent will you leave for your organization? Lessons learned by corporate leaders in selecting key senior executives--and…
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Exit Interview Questionnaire
This Exit Interview form is filled out by departing staff to evaluate their time at the organization.
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Extraordinary CEO, The
Are you ready to be an Extraordinary CEO?
The "business" of being a CEO is what's left out of most texts on association management. Now in this…
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Fast Feedback for Managers
The best managers constantly seek out feedback. Here's some advice on how.
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Finding a True Performer
When it comes to finding the right employee, screening tests can help.
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Fine-Tuning the Executive Employment Contract
Before signing on the dotted line, make sure the employment contract covers your--and the association's--needs.
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Following the Fellows' Lead
The 2001 ASAE Fellows share their strategies for addressing today's leadership challenges.
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From Here to Consulting
Your background in component relations should allow you to reach out to more associations and build a new career.
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From Hill to Here
A look at how and why former legislators enter the world of associations when they decide to leave the Capitol.
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From the Blogosphere: Writer's Block, PR 2.0, How Not to Talk to Members
A potpourri of posts on writer's block, social media for PR, and how not to talk to your members.
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From the Listserver: Association-Based AMCs; Domestic Partner Benefits
Members of the Chapter Relations Section Council are reaching out to ASAE's other professional interest sections by providing them with feedback
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From the Listserver: Flexible Spending Accounts
Participants on the Finance & Administration Section's human resources e-mail list discuss how reimbursement from flexible spending accounts is affected…
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From the Listserver: When Consultants Manage Employees
Participants on the human resources e-mail list discuss the pros and cons of having an outside consultant supervise a full-time employee.
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GW Network Supplement: Improve Your Workplace by Learning From the Best
Want to be thought of as a great place to work? Follow the advice of these award-winning associations, charities, and nonprofits.
(Titled "Simply…
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General Office Clerk for Administration/Support Compensation Table (PDF)
Position Description: Performs routine clerical tasks that require minimal experience and training, such as photocopying, filing, faxing
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Get Fiscally Fit
Basic retirement planning wisdome is pervasive and relatively simple: Start early, take advantage of employer matches, and so on. But how does such…
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Get Out of a Career Rut
If you’re feeling stuck in your current job, these seven steps will help you move forward and find success.
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Getting Candid References
Organizations with tight budgets and small staffs can't afford to hire the wrong person. Although interviewing applicants will help you assess their…
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Getting a Seat at the Executive Management Table
As the impact of meetings and trade shows becomes increasingly important to an association's bottom line, the professionals who plan and manage those…
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Give 'Em a Break
As organizations move toward more family-friendly policies, the lives of working parents caring for children have become easier. But organizations…
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Give Your Ethics a Good Workout
Three exercises you can use to open a dialogue on ethics and organization integrity among your staff.
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Global Environment Increases the Need for Career Management
Flexibility has never been more necessary than in today's global job market. Here are some tips for taking control of your career.
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Go Virtual: How One Association Marches On Without an Office
Learn how one association is faring with its new virtual office. Everyone works from home, but operations are carrying on quite successfully.
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Good Advice About Bad Advice
Advice comes from every direction, and not all of it is sound. Several association professionals share the worst tips and guidance they've ever been…
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Government Relations Internships Benefit Associations
Interns provide associations with new ideas and fresh insights. Learn where to find interns, how to structure an internship program, and ways to
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Grants/Contracts Manager/Coordinator Compensation Table (PDF)
Position Description: Usually associated with the Finance Department. Administers contracts & grants, prepares bids, and organizes reports.…
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Green Offices Checklist
Use this checklist from the American Society of Travel Agents to guide your internal Corporate Social Responsibility efforts.
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Having a Remote Office Requires Planning and Effort
Find out how one association meeting professional successfully established a remote office and what she has found to be the most challenging and
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Healthcare Reform Legislation Becomes Law
After a long-awaited decision, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the separate Health Care & Education Affordability Reconciliation…
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Help Wanted
Your potential employers find out a lot about you during the interview process. But what do you know about them? Here’s how to turn your next interview…
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Here's Your Key to the Executive Suite
Working your way to a winning CEO interview.
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How Far Can You Flex?
Associations consider the pros and cons of flexible benefits for employees.
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How Will Gen-Xers Lead?
Now that Generation Xers are taking on management roles at associations, they’re building different relationships with their boomer and millennial…
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How to Become a Promotable Professional
It's a challenging time to grow your career, but with the right approach, you can get ahead in today's workplace. Consider this advice from association…
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How to Fight the Cholesterol of Careers
Practice healthy career habits that will improve the strength, endurance, and reach of your career.
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How to Make Email More Efficient and Effective in 2008
Did you know the average executive spends more than two hours a day on email? That adds up to an average of 12.5 weeks per year! Here's expert advice…
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How to Reduce Workplace Stress
Stress isn't something that happens to you. Rather, it's what you feel when you let other things happen. Consider these tips for decreasing your
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How to Speak Up Without Causing a Blow-Up
When it's time to disagree with your boss or colleagues, you need to learn how to say what you mean without being ignored or igniting a brawl. A
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How to Survive in the Association World: A Human Resources Perspective
Human resources professionals are the "people's people" of most organizations, thus expected to solve the myriad issues employees and employers face…
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How to Weather the Recession as a Membership Organization
A step-by-step approach of how an association can operate in a tough economic climate.
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How to Write Policies That Work
Plan and write the right policies for your association using these checklists.
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Human Resources Clerk/Assistant Compensation Table (PDF)
Position Description: Maintains confidential electronic and paper filing systems, and performs a variety of clerical tasks including maintaining…
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Human Resources Laws Every Manager Should Know
A basic understanding of federal employment laws, and how these laws can concern organizational management, enable association executives to comply…
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Human Resources, Chief Compensation Table (PDF)
Position Description: Manages and directs the human resources strategy of the organization. Has management oversight of recruitment, staff…
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IEEE Training Observation Evaluation Form
IEEE has developed this efficient form to evaluate its trainers. Evaluation criteria include administration, preparation, presentation and facilitatio…
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Identifying Potentially Disruptive Employees
A new research technique, the CareerEthic Inventory, helps you to identify potentially disruptive employees before you hire or reassign individuals…
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Impact of Health Care Costs
Twenty percent of member companies responding to a survey conducted by the Specialty Equipment Market Association, Washington, D.C., stopped providing…
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Improve Your Team's Swing
It's common for organizations to group diverse individuals into teams without evaluating how well they work together. With careful analysis, your…
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Improving Employee Performance Appraisals
Enhance across-the-board success by adopting an evaluation process that fosters open dialogue and continuous improvement and development.
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In Pursuit of the Perfect Health Plan
Mission Accomplished With Minimal Staff. Throughout the world, many associations with small staffs are accomplishing amazing things. Take, for example,…
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Individuality Rules
Author and global consultant Marcus Buckingham explains why CEOs need to let go of the idea that uniformity is good.
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Inside the CEO Job Hunt
CEO interviews are a delicate dance, and even experienced execs can find it difficult to know if they're a perfect match for a particular association.…
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Inside the Career-Coaching Experience
Todd Wurschmidt turned to a career coach after he lost his longtime job as an association leader last year. Could the same tactic get you back in…
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Inside: A Late-Game Substitution, Breaking New Ground
Associations Now editors share behind-the-scenes perspectives on the work that went into bringing you this month's issue.
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Internships That Matter
A summer spent alone at a desk doesn't benefit anyone. Today's interns are truly integrated into the staff team, and today's internships offer far…
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Invest in Tomorrow's Nonprofit Leaders Today
ASAE Career Headquarters' monthly column that highlights tips and techniques to help you move forward in your career.
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It's the People, of Course, Part II
The second article in a two-part series on employee retention issues.
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Job Descriptions and Employment Contracts for the Chief Staff Executive
Was $28.00, Now $19.95 Focuses on the role of the chief staff executive within the context of a job description, and how this description…
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Joseph and the Amazing Monochrome Clay Pot
While some workers might brag about how much vacation time they've saved up, they might be heading for a burn-out. Plus, they're missing the point…
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Juggling Allegiances Between AMC and Association Clients
Have you ever had an employee become so committed to an association client that she is putting in long hours off the clock? Read how to avoid this…
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Just What the Doctor Ordered: The Benefits of Wellness Programs
Healthcare reform and the expense of healthcare insurance are hot topics. With pundits weighing in on what's right and wrong about healthcare reform,…
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Knowledge Center FAQs: Hiring Practices
Better hiring practices mean better employees. Read more about hiring the right people.
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Knowledge Center FAQs: Staff Incentives
The budget is tight, but staff incentives don't have to suffer. Here are a few financially friendly alternatives to cash.
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Latest From The Listserver: Conflict of Interest and Whistleblower Policies
Your colleagues discuss issues concerning conflict of interest and whistleblower policies.
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Latest From the Listserver: Benefits for Part-Time Employees
Your colleagues discuss which benefits they do and do not provide for part-time employees.
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Latest From the Listserver: $4-Per-Gallon Gas = 4-Day Work Weeks?
With the increasing pressure that transportation costs are placing upon employees, is it time for associations to try alternate work arrangements?…
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Latest From the Listserver: AMC Client Reporting Practices
Your colleagues discuss performance evaluations that provide feedback to AMCs.
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Latest From the Listserver: Alternate Work Arrangements
What do you do when one of your employees wants to telecommute as an alternative to child care, and this challenges your organization's newly implemented…
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Latest From the Listserver: Authority to Access Investment Assets
Your colleagues discuss who should have access to your association's investment assets and online portfolio information.
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Latest From the Listserver: Can Team Building Be Both Fun and Educational?
Your colleagues share suggestions for team building exercises that are both fun and educational.
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Latest From the Listserver: Check Signing Policy
Your colleagues review their associations' guiding principles regarding who (treasurer, executive director, etc.) needs to sign what checks.
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Latest From the Listserver: Cost-of-Living Allowances
Your colleagues discuss whether or not their associations still award automatic COLA increases and/or performance-based merit increases to employees.…
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Latest From the Listserver: Dress Code Policies
Your colleagues discuss appropriate staff dress code policies.
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Latest From the Listserver: Electronic Communications Policies
Cell phones, Blackberries, instant messaging—is electronic communication among your staff helpful or distracting in the office? Your colleagues discuss…
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Latest From the Listserver: Facebook and Hiring
Your colleagues discuss where Facebook and other similar online social networking outlets have in the hiring process. Is a job applicant's Facebook…
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Latest From the Listserver: Full-Time Telecommuters and Cost Reimbursement
Your colleagues discuss whether or not full-time telecommuting staff should be reimbursed for their trips to the office.
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Latest From the Listserver: How to Get the Boss to Spring for a Conference When Money is Tight
Your colleagues discuss the best ways to make the case to your boss to send you to a conference or seminar.
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Latest From the Listserver: Int'l Registration Packages, Staffing Fellowship Programs
Your colleagues discuss how to attract more participation in your meetings from international groups and how fellowships can be used to benefit both…
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Latest From the Listserver: Job Titles
Your colleagues discuss the appropriate job titles for society leaders.
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Latest From the Listserver: Justify Chapter Involvement
Chapter leaders need your help explaining their commitment to their volunteer involvement. What can you tell your chapter leaders to help them justify…
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Latest From the Listserver: Negotiating Agreements
"Negotiating my contract has always been the most difficult part of association management for me," writes one of your colleagues, "as many of the…
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Latest From the Listserver: Revolving Door of Employees
Your colleagues discuss why recent college graduates tend to use association management companies as stepping stones in their careers, rather than…
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Latest From the Listserver: Rewards When Cash is Low
Your colleagues discuss rewarding high performers in a down economy.
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Latest From the Listserver: Severance Pay and Retention Packages
What about severance? Retention packages? AMC executives weigh in on various aspects of this issue.
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Latest From the Listserver: Smooth Transitions
Your colleagues discuss the best way to handle an overlap in transition between departing and new employees.
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Latest From the Listserver: Staff Recognition
A little goes a long way in making staff feel their work is valued. Your colleagues discuss the various ways they praise their staff and encourage…
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