An environmental scan from ASAE & The Center identified the supertrends shaping non-profits today and in the future. How is the field reacting?…

Questioning the value of your association's programs helps you determine whether members' needs are being met in the most effective way.

Assessing your associationÆs services can generate new product ideas as well as effective ways to market current offerings.

As an association educator, you have a big challenge. You must determine the training your members need and provide it in a way they can learn, regardless…

A little format tweaking and a new name can make your old event fresh and exciting.

Associations need a fundamental shift in their orientation from programs, services, or advocacy positions to delivering value to their members.…

Is your association weighing the pros and cons of self insurance? This type of health-plan funding can be an attractive option, but there are many…

Learn about a partnership between the YMCA and the Search Institute which helped to give a framework and an effective way to measure their programs…

For all its promise, China is not an easy market to penetrate. Language and cultural barriers, government control and corruption, financial and…

New to the ASAE & The Center library in 2010, The Decision to Learn was written with the PD professional in mind. See what we did to help…

How one association answers that question by tracking transference of learning via post-program evaluations.

Before your international association invests funds and energy into its new product, service, or program, consider if this offering will connect

Has your greatest ally become your greatest foe? Maybe not. A little competition may be just what you need to make your organization the hero of

Lose the same-old, same-old when it comes to presentations. Grab your audience's attention right away, engage them with you and with each other,

Your seminar is over, and it's time to provide feedback to your speakers. What (and how much) do you tell them? Your colleagues share their thoughts.…

How do you decide which speakers to invite back? Listserver participants debate this question and others related to effective conference evaluation.…

Meetings can easily fall prey to external factors. One association learned that by listening carefully to what its attendees said they wanted, it…

Ever wonder if you've evaluated your association's products and services from all angles? Here's a preview of the Executive Management Section Learning…

This valuable benchmarking tool contains over 65 tables of data on conventions, meeting logistics, education programs, certification, and accreditation.…

How do partnerships fit into your business model? How can partnerships support achievement of your organization’s goals? What are the characteristics…

Read this straight talk on how to prove your worth to your members--and your boss.

How to calculate members' return on investment for your professional development programs

More than outsourcing, strategic alliances provide like-minded organizations an opportunity to realize equal rewards and accomplish their objectives.…

An executive director believes that her association has outgrown the election process that served it so well in the early days. But what process…

Web-enabling your surveys can save you a lot of time and headache and increase the likelihood of getting the information you're researching for.

Inspired by the work of business researchers Jim Collins and Jerry Porras, a group of association executives set out to discover what separates…

Is your certification program running out of steam or beginning to decline? If so, you have two choices: resuscitation or euthanasia. Follow these…