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Start-up, Dissolution & Mergers
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 1 year old
Plastics Groups Announce Merger
The Plastics Industry Association and Society of Plastics Engineers have spent the past year developing a plan around…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 1 year old
Report: Nonprofits Eyeing Mergers
BDO’s report finds nonprofits investing in their future, but looking at partnerships and mergers to weather government policy…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
How Effective Communication Led to a Successful Merger Process
In 2019, the staff and boards of NACE International-The Corrosion Society and SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
How an AMC Helped Facilitate the Merger of Two Organizations
There have been numerous mergers of two or more associations or nonprofits. Some transitions are smooth and seamless…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Association Mergers in the Time of Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many changes to associations, most of them arriving abruptly. No one knows how…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Startup Story: Military Veterans in Journalism
Launch | April 2019 Leadership | Babee Garcia, director of digital strategy and content Website | mvj.network The Mission | “There wasn’t a lot of military…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Startup Stories: Influencer Marketing Association
Launch: September 2019 Leadership: Executive Director Kristy Sammis Website: influencermarketing association.org The Mission | “Influencer marketing is the practice of compensating,…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Association Mergers: Timing Is Everything
Association mergers have proliferated in recent years. The association press reports on one or another regularly. Ever wonder…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Is It Time for an Association Merger?
As both a consultant and a former association executive, Brian Costanzo, CAE, knows the telltale signs that the…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
The Benefits of Partnership or Acquisition in Leadership Succession
Many association executives are taking steps to groom the next generation of leaders as part of their organization’s…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
When Is It Time to Close a Chapter?
The decision to close a chapter is not one that should be taken lightly. After all, it will…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Beyond Mergers: Find the Right Structure for Your Combination
There are many ways in which associations and other nonprofits can combine, affiliate, or otherwise come together. Some…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
From AMC to Stand-Alone in Six Months or Less
In periods of exponential growth, leaders must make important decisions quickly. That describes the situation my organization, the…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
AG Bell Expands Internationally Through Acquisition
Back in the 1890s, Alexander Graham Bell—inventor of the telephone—founded the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Joining Forces? Avoid Merger Mayhem
On paper, the proposed merger appeared a shrewd strategy to maximize the efforts of two small organizations in…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Hospital Association: Mergers a Matter of Major Concern
The American Hospital Association says the mergers of Anthem and Cigna and of Aetna and Humana could greatly…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Association Startup Stories
Association executives who were around in an organization's early days might look back on those times fondly—long hours…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Association Mergers: And Then There Was One
How do you get one alliance of five national associations, six regional associations, and a research consortium to…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
The Mechanics of Association Mergers
In her 15-plus years as president and CEO of Consensus Management Group, Linda J. Shinn, FASAE, CAE, has…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Are Airline Mergers Secretly Good For Consumers?
It's a common belief that major airline mergers end up costing consumers more in the long run, yet…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
What American Airlines’ Merger With US Airways Means For You
While the deal is backed by airline-related unions and associations, the deal may hit frequent flyers hard—by leading…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Information Technology Industry Council, TechNet Merger Fails
The Information Technology Industry Council suspended its plans to merge with TechNet. However, the groups plan to still…
