Chapters (by any name for your geographic components) create vital links for members. How can your association create vital links with these chapters/components? That’s a question association execs are asking so we’re inviting all interested to sit around...
Why should you volunteer? After all, who has the time in this busy world to take on one more responsibility? But before you think about volunteer as a time-draining activity with little benefit, check out these 20 reasons why volunteering for your professional...
Here’s our May “Top 20”! This time we’ve culled 20 top Micro & Ad hoc Volunteer Roles from our inventory of ideas. These are volunteer opportunities that are focused (with a specific purpose), short term (less than 6 months), and often quick (one and done). Check...
When you discover a new tech tool, do you sign right up? Sit back and wait? Shake your head? More than 130,000 new apps hit mobile platforms every month, and thousands of new startups target us with ads…all promising to be the best tech you’ve ever used. And the...
Ten years ago we started a journey with a national association seeking to modernize its chapters. Moving from chapters to regional coordinating bodies supported through HQ services, including accounting and finance, data/tech support, and communications, led to...
National Volunteer Week (April 17 – 23) is an opportunity to shine a light on the people who tirelessly serve our associations. Volunteers represent a large portion of our organizations and keep our chapters thriving, making them critical to our ability to meet...