Setting Chapters Up for Change

Setting Chapters Up for Change

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For many the new year brings new resolutions most of which are about change. While we focus on the need to change, we sometimes skip over setting ourselves up for change. This can be doubly so when we look at change in our associations and in our chapters. This is...
Marking 18 years of supporting Associations

Marking 18 years of supporting Associations

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We opened Mariner at the start of 2002. It was a bold new year’s resolution. We set out to build a business that catered to association chapters and their volunteers. Offering management services and project help, we launched into a new business and new year. It’s...
Starting Chapters? In 2019?

Starting Chapters? In 2019?

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According to the 2019 Chapter Benchmarking Study, the trend looks more like it’s about closing chapters. But that’s not the story over at PEN America, a literary organization with nearly 100 years of history. They launched new chapters in six focus regions:...
Find a JOB through VOLUNTEERING

Find a JOB through VOLUNTEERING

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Incorporating volunteering into your job search strategy is a win-win for you and the organization you volunteer for. Remember to treat your volunteer work as seriously as you do your paying job. This according to HR guru Barbara Mitchell in Associations Now. Here...
A Call to End Best Practices for Chapters?

A Call to End Best Practices for Chapters?

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In an attempt to help our chapters and components improve we often do sessions and load up portals with best practices. Tools, templates and case studies that tell our chapters “here is the way to do it for success.” Here at Mariner, we are fond of replacing “best”...