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How Staff Agility and Resilience Is Tied to Organizational Success Through Pandemic
As the coronavirus upends economies and industries, organizations that want to survive must have an agile and resilient workforce. A new Aon survey looks at these crucial skills and how organizations are cultivating them.
Member Dues Installment Options Are a Win-Win
The pandemic has forced associations to reevaluate lots of processes, and that includes how they collect membership dues. With no one in offices to receive paper invoices, online installment payment options look like they are here to stay—which is a good thing.
How Leaders Can Handle Remote Work's Diversity Challenge
Employees from underrepresented groups may not be handling the Zoom environment as well as you think. One association executive shares his thoughts on how to address remote-work disconnects.
Venues Add New Amenities to Adapt to Future Meeting Needs
Convention centers, hotels, and other venues already know that when meetings return, many will feature a hybrid format. To prepare for this future, many venues have added new amenities, like broadcast studios, to help meeting planners deliver those experiences.
How to Support Working Parents As the School Year Begins
With many schools starting up with hybrid or virtual-only learning, working parents are facing childcare and scheduling issues. For associations looking to support parents on their staff, the only hard and fast rule is to be flexible in your approaches.
Membership Tips for Challenging Times: Keeping Connections
Members need their association when times are tough, but they may be facing hardships or other impediments to staying connected. Here are three ideas for keeping your members close and engaged with your community.
What Helps Retain Staff in a New-Normal Workplace
A new study shows an empathy disconnect between workers and executives. A stronger focus on skills development might close the gap.
Will Attendees Be Asked to Screen Themselves for Symptoms of COVID-19?
Once in-person meetings and conferences begin again, some associations may ask attendees to answer a daily health questionnaire or undergo some type of symptom screening for COVID-19.
Can an Open-Access Revenue Model Work for Your Journal?
While there has been a push for open-access journals, concern about lost revenue has left many associations reluctant to try it. The American Society for Cell Biology is testing the “subscribe to open” model to maintain revenue while still providing the benefits of open access.
Low-Cost Ideas to Engage and Retain Members
Associations are rallying and coming up with solutions they might not have thought of before the pandemic. Here's a look at what one small-staff association with a tight budget is doing to keep its community close in difficult times.
