In his latest Associations Now piece, Why Leaders Should Embrace Imperfection, Mark Athitakis points out that economic uncertainty and growing AI use are putting associations under pressure to streamline their processes. The catch? That pressure can stifle innovation...
Once again, here are quick links to articles, posts, and papers that we shared this year in our monthly Waypoint issues. Think of this as our annual beach-reading edition: a mix of association insights, leadership ideas, community-building resources, and a few...
We’re busy compiling data for our 2025 Chapter Benchmarking Study and looking forward to sharing the results with you in the coming months! In the meantime, be sure to check out these reports looking at the future of associations in a complicated and changing world. 📃...
Associations stand at a crossroads. We have more types and greater amounts of data readily available to us than ever before, and the cost of the tools needed to process all that data has declined dramatically. In fact, the combination of data and tools available in...
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...
We’re knee-deep in interviews with volunteers from a cross-section of associations as part of a number of volunteer strategy projects. There’s still lots of passion. There is also less time, less patience with volunteering that doesn’t move needles, and a sense of a...
