I get a lot of questions about member fees and have begun to see some interesting changes in them. A tourism organization recently discontinued their fee structure and replaced the
This is a good article from Lou Figueroa of Association Management Executive Briefing. While its quite basic it gives some basics around strategic planning and may motivate some organizations who do
BY KRISTIN CLARKE / JUN 1, 2015(Glow RF/Thinkstock) BRINGING CONVERSATION BACK How to get board members to put their phones away for a little while. Board members who can’t put
This is a great article by Linda Fairburn with some important Canadian statistics Succession Planning: Four Steps to Succession Readiness By Linda Fairburn ED succession planning — who needs it?
There’s been a lot of effort of late in the association/non profit community to improve member engagement. As I wrote last year, I believe understanding and measuring member engagement is
The National Kitchen and Bath Association needed to change its governance structure without alienating its leadership. Mark Athitakis has written a very good article on this, which is below. BY
THE VALUE OF SHARING MISTAKES BY MARK ATHITAKIS / JUL 6, 2015(iStock/Thinkstock) Association leaders can learn plenty from a series of public talks about on-the-job failures. But some ways of
By: George Bryce, lawyer | Website: www.BryceLaw.ca On March 25th, the Hon. Michael de Jong, BC’s Minister of Finance, introduced Bill #24 (2015) to bring into law a new Societies
‘The staff manages today and the board manages tomorrow’ is a phrase that captures very well the respective key roles of the leadership of an association that has an effective
Taking a Structured Approach to Board Succession Planning A subject on which we have been asked to advise on increasingly in recent years is board succession planning. Given the performance
