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Develop Leaders

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Make Connections

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Navigating New Waters

Our mission is to foster excellence in association volunteerism, leadership and member communities.

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The volunteer of yesterday is different than the one of today who will be different in the future. To be successful in engaging members as volunteers, we have to match our volunteer programs to our volunteers’ aspirations and interests.

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Develop Leaders

Leaders are neither born nor made. More precisely the recipe includes a little of the right DNA, a choice made, and effective nurturing. Associations can have an impact on the latter two with great results.

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Build Chapters

Chapters appear to have a powerful impact on association membership levels. Developing chapters as partners requires a chapter strategy that focuses on key metrics and provides meaningful support.

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Grow Communities

Associations need not cede their place as home for professional community if we place member collaboration and engagement as a priority, seek new models and invest in developing volunteers to lead us.

Making Connections

We are an association management company supporting volunteer leaders. We are also a consulting resource for associations who want to explore deeper how to engage members, empower volunteers, and build member community.

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Training, Speaking & Workshops

Association Component Exchange (CEX)

Association Pro Meet Up (ANEX)

Sharing Knowledge

To all who sailed alongside us!

by Carol Blattau
Here’s just an inkling of what we’ve accomplished in 2022 … aka our 20th anniversary! Check out our last post for a more detailed list.
Thank you for a Bright ‘22

by Carol Blattau
We did it! We sailed through our 20th anniversary year with the wind at our back and open waters ahead. We decided to pause and reflect on what we’ve accomplished and it’s amazing!
Words of Wisdom

by Peggy Hoffman
From the minds and hearts of CRPs comes wisdom on being a superstar component professional. We asked association execs via LinkedIn, email and conversations for their advice, and here’s a sampling of what we heard.
The Power of 20

by Peggy Hoffman
Passing our 20th anniversary got us thinking about the meaning of 20. Along the way, we found examples of the power of 20. So here are a few to explore. Have fun!
11 ways to help chapters avoid (or handle) a crisis

by Carol Blattau
The way you approach crisis management in your chapters depends on your established relationships. With this mind –take time to examine your relationship by pausing and focusing on where chapters stumbled in the past and how you be there to help avoid these pitfalls going forward.
Top 20 Resources (some old, some new) for October

by Carol Blattau
Did you know that October is National Book Month? That may or may not have inspired this month’s 20th celebration list as we’ve been published in two ASAE books. To keep to our theme of 20, we scoured our archives and pulled another 18 resources we’ve had published.

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“We are, we hope, a mentor, a friend and connection for association professionals and volunteers.”

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Peggy Hoffman

President

Peter Houstle

CEO/COO

Carol Blattau

Team Manager

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