Association Transformation

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, Andrew and Elisa "travel" (digitally, of course) all the way down to the southern hemisphere to Australia where they speak with Toni Brearley, Chief Executive Officer at the Australasian Society of Association Executives.  To date, Association Transformation has remained a transatlantic conversation and so we are so excited to go totally global i...

Send us Fan Mail Association governance is an integral part of running a successful organisation can often be perceived as a burden and is therefore overlooked as an opportunity. In today's episode Andrew and Elisa aim to start lifting the lid on governance and get people thinking of it in a much more positive and strategic light.  In conversation today are Monica Million, Immediate Past Pres...

Send us Fan Mail We all know starting a new position, no matter what it is, comes with its challenges. Becoming a c-suite executive for the first time is no different. Today, Andrew and Elisa chat to two first-time chief executives - Molly Georgakis, Executive Director at the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics and Mike Stark, Chief Executive at the Association of the Wall and C...

Send us Fan Mail Given the engagement challenges and revenue disruptions brought by the pandemic, everyone is looking to do more with less. Does today’s environment make partnerships even more appealing? Whether partnerships, coalitions, or collaborations, what are the pros and cons of these cross-organization relationships? What does each side bring to the table and expect in return? Are there ec...

Send us Fan Mail Remember that connecting is universal. Connecting is a human necessity even in a time of pandemic. It spans industries, age groups, levels of career, and its need is even greater in a post-COVID world especially with in-person meetings on hold. So what are associations to do to serve their members and deliver the expected networking value? Networking is no longer a reception at th...

Send us Fan Mail In contrast to purposeful abandonment, how can association leaders use COVID to trigger, fast forward, or fast track innovation and initiatives. What are those things you wanted to do anyway or that were in progress or stalled and how did the impact of COVID help or allow associations to finally act and act quickly. Is COVID that opportunity to prototype, to beta, to experiment an...

Send us Fan Mail As non-profits continue to cancel in-person meetings, virtual events are now a mainstay in the association space. Following the largest virtual conference yet (14K registrants, with nearly 8K attendees spending more than 10 hours on the platform over the course of 3 days), we discuss key takeaways, lessons learned, and “unmute” our very own event and digital production guru Andy C...

Send us Fan Mail For the first time in modern history, we have five generations working together but Baby Boomers are leaving, focusing on their retirement, taking years of experience with them. Generation X are replacing them, moving up the hierarchy but the majority of the workforce are Millennials or Generation Y, and by 2025 75% of the workforce will be Millennial.  By 2030, just 10 years from...

Send us Fan Mail Given the disruption to global travel and consequently to the convention, conference and business meeting experience, we want to better understand the impact of these events on the sponsors and vendors. From their perspectives, what has been the shift in focus and the impact on their ability to get in front of and serve their clients in the non-profit space. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We’ve all heard the quote “never let a good crisis go to waste.” Has the current crisis provided your association an opportunity to sunset an expensive, out of date, or burdensome product, program, or service? Have you been able to leverage these challenging circumstances to discontinue that pet project or stale committee? What have you been able to stop doing thanks to recent dis...