Managing associations
Managing associations
- November 25, 2015 |
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CEO Update
Membership and growth
- More associations are hiring economists who juggle many roles
- Hybrid models on the rise as groups seek deeper reach
- Helping members survive—and even thrive—in a changing marketplace
- Wine wholesalers group plunges into online retail
- Air conditioning group streamlines by cutting chapters
- How some groups envision trends with research, focus on tech
- How better surveys of your members promote engagement, retention
- A growing industry doesn't guarantee a growing association
- Globe offers opportunities, threats, many ways to collaborate, compete
- Safeguard mission, name when engaging corporate partners
- Crisis management turns into selling point for bus group
- Collecting information helps drive loyalty, attract public interest
- Certification: Be alert for conflicts of interest
Boards and governance
- Why you need a legal audit
- Movie association drama raises governance questions
- Onboarding the board: How three groups do orientation
- Start with new-member orientation to build a more effective board
- Antitrust dangers lurk beneath ice in ethics codes
- Anticipation, standing ground critical for managing your board successfully
- Staffers play key role in smooth governance of associations
Revenue and financial strategies
- Groups generating nondues revenue, boosting value by producing business intelligence
- Grants and awards help to further association missions
- Flexibility in financial strategies bolstered by rebound in reserves
- CFO's networking group gathers managers together
- CEO steers group away from financial pothole
- Associations who mix mission and income by running other groups
- Groups race to turn their virtual content into real dollars
- Associations rely more on alternate funding sources
- Assess your assets: New benchmarking research on association reserves
- For-profit arms must give value, too
Real estate
- The value of association office space
- Tenants continue to hold upper hand in office space market
- How groups choose art for environment, mission; watch slideshow
- Map out a move to minimize impact on employee commutes
- Silver line could be golden for some Virginia associations
- Building an office ... and a brand
- Building boom: Multiple medical groups erect new HQs
Culture and the association workplace
- Decoding culture: What it is, how to change it, how to find the right fit
- Private health care exchanges gain traction at associations
- CEO turns professional development into retention tool
- Some groups adopt chief (fill-in-the-blank) officer titles
- Psychological Association uses field lessons on the job
- Medical society finds work flexibility key to productivity
- One group takes circular approach to workplace structure
- Cadillac tax a potential headache for many associations
- Who's afraid of the big bad AMC?
Lobbying and advocacy
- New caucuses assist association advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill
- How vending group laid groundwork for first industry fly-in
- Trade groups find road to influence goes through court
- Tell the story right to get on the same page with regulators
- Making change happen—or stopping it—one state at a time
- Getting smarter with mobile advocacy
- Focus is local on national day to advocate for transportation
- Pitfalls to avoid when calculating lobbying costs
- Association CEOs can wield D.C. sway in a variety of ways
- Frenemies: When associations are both friends and foes
- Associations are super fundraisers for political campaigns
- When is fundraising considered bundling?
- For associations, voter registration drives go high-tech
- Coalitions: 5 keys for building more effective partnerships
- More advocacy mash-ups blur the lines between PR and GR
- How to name names and boost PAC fundraising
Technology and social media
- Snapchat seeking associations and their advertising dollars
- 7 tips on using Pinterest for associations
- New websites: Associations race to adapt with evolving technology
- Associations bring badges into information age
- Associations make connections with vertical social networks
- Too much information slows down mobile generation
- Social media: Making a single tweet worth a million words
- Cybersecurity: Associations risk becoming Achilles' heel for members
- Associations must focus their message for mobile future
- Laying down ground rules for personal devices at work
Columns by Scott Klososky on associations and technology
- Five filters: Reaching investment decisions on technology
- Data explosion forces groups to rewrite the rules of privacy
- Seven steps for managing tighter association cybersecurity
- Create a journey map of a member's engagement stages
- Digital branding: Creating a 'tech halo' for your association
- Leaders must visualize data in new ways
- Wearable devices: investment dressing
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