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Editor’s Note: Getting to 100—and Beyond
Reflecting on a century of ASAE, while looking ahead to what’s next.
The Meetings Issue: The Innovators
The events space is always changing, as attendees expect more from the onsite experience, new conferences compete for meeting-goers, and technological advancements are introduced. It takes forward-thinking planners to keep up and create successful events.
The Meetings Issue: Get Greener
There are big ways and small ways to make your meeting more sustainable. Here’s how a few associations are planning meetings to be more environmentally friendly, along with some small steps any organization can take.
Sustainability Targets for Your Next Meeting
Common sustainability targets for cutting down on your waste at meetings.
The Meetings Issue: Exceptional Expos
Conference expos are major revenue generators, but the standard booth-maze model is past its prime. Today, both exhibitors and attendees expect associations to offer something better.
Fundraising Tactics: The Storytelling Touch
Does storytelling in fundraising really work? Associations that have used it successfully to solicit donations say it requires the right kinds of stories told in a way that inspires.
Built to Last: How Associations Have Made it Past the Century Mark
Associations don’t last 100 years by accident. Here’s what some associations have learned about what it takes to make it to a centennial—and set themselves up to thrive in their second century.
At Century Mark, ASAE Looks Forward
ASAE will turn 100 in 2020, and while the occasion naturally calls to mind where we’ve been, this celebration will look to the future too.
Executive Summary: Nycole Joiner
Nycole Joiner, the senior director of finance and operations at the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association in Fairfield, New Jersey, aims to pass the CAE in 2020.
Ask the CEO: Melissa Hockstad
Melissa Hockstad, president and CEO of the American Cleaning Institute, answers questions from ACI member Matt Vander Laan.
Comings and Goings: Fall 2019
A roundup of new hires and other personnel moves in the association industry.
Power of A: Doing Good on the Road
The Georgia Association of Convenience Stores wins a few battles in the fight against human trafficking.
Crowdsource: Water Works
How the Water Environment Federation reduces flooding in its conference cities.
Global Spotlight: What’s in a Name?
How you refer to your global members can have a big impact on your global strategy. the terms an association uses to describe its members can say a lot about what it thinks of them. If you describe your members as either “American” or “international,” you run the risk of marginalizing members around the world […]
Board Smarts: Discover DiSC
Understand behaviors to overcome conflict with the DiSC framework.
CEO to CEO: Human Connection
How do you maintain a human connection with the people you work with?
3 Lessons: Inspired by Innovation
Tom Madrecki, Vice President of Supply Chain and Logistics at the Grocery Manufacturers Association, isn’t afraid to take risks and test new ideas.
New Money: Big Dig
A construction festival unearths nondues revenue for the Building Industry Association of Northern Kentucky.
Idea Bank: Study Groove
An association playlist from the Ohio State Bar Association supplies background music for learning.
Startup Stories: National Industrial Hemp Council
New associations launch to fill a void in their sector. Here, newbies tell us what got them started, how they’re succeeding, and what they plan to do next.
Good Counsel: When Members Behave Badly
Before expelling members over their personal conduct, check your bylaws first.
The Fix: Dodging Disaster
Meetings are a major revenue source for associations, but what happens to that revenue if a meeting has to be canceled due to extreme weather or some other emergency? Seth Fleischer, business development professional at Aon Affinity, has some tips about event cancellation insurance.
Data Point: Foundation Donations Dip
It’s the first decline seen in foundation donations in a number of years, according to the Giving USA Foundation.
Tech Memo: Sum of the Parts
Keep websites and apps running smoothly using a microservices framework.
Talking Tech: Digital Badge Basics
Professionals want to showcase their achievements, and employers want to find workers with the knowledge and skills they need. Digital badges serve both goals, says Ashish Rangnekar, CEO of the online learning platform BenchPrep. He has some tips for how to get a digital badge program started.
I Can’t Live Without My … RingCentral
User-friendly phone, text, and videoconferencing services for organizations big and small.
Data Point: Look Who’s Tweeting
Not all Twitter users are the same.
Rules of Engagement: Build Better Surveys
Three tactics to help you boost your survey response rates.
Membership Memo: Find Your Connectors
Volunteers can help keep your online community strong.
Data Point: Recruitment Goes Digital
Associations are testing the waters of digital membership recruitment using social media channels, online advertising, and ad retargeting campaigns.
Smart Business: Show and Tell
The Association for Creative Industries’ crafty solution to declining conference attendance.
Meetings Memo: Goodbye Q&A
Say hello to conversations and input, or C&I, an improved form of Q&A.
Books: Raising the Alarm
Acknowledging and addressing rampant workplace harassment in The Shield of Silence.
Career Coach: Friends at Work
Nurture relationships at the office.
How I Got Here
Brad C. Shanklin, the executive director of DallasHR, has two decades of experience under his belt.
Association Agenda: Retirement Revamped
New rule lets employers offer retirement plans through associations.
Brought to You by … Ghosts
In sometimes surprising ways, associations play direct and indirect roles in bringing the products, services, and activities of daily life to people around the world. Including ghosts.
