Nonprofit and public-sector boards are feeling increasing pressure to respond to more rapid changes, according to a new report, but few board members describe themselves as forward-looking. Governance ...

A bespoke meeting experience? In this economy? That’s the key challenge for associations meetings leaders in a nutshell. Personalization and the delivery of a special experience is essential to excite ...

Look at the revenue of any association and you’ll see a media business. There’s a flagship magazine and a newsletter. There’s a website with a steady audience of professionals. There’s an annual ...

Halloween means a lot of things: costumes, candy (I’ll save a few of those bite-size Whoppers for myself, thanks), scary movies. For leaders, it also means entering the home stretch of the calendar ...

Some of the most memorable moments at a meeting or convention happen when attendees connect through shared experiences outside the scheduled program. That might be over dinner with a new connection, ...

It can be difficult to tell at moments like this whether an association board is better off developing a five-year strategic plan, a five-month plan, or a 15-year plan. And for all that, we know that ...

The most valuable room at your next association meeting may not be a meeting room. Imagine a technical discussion that continues in the orbit of a leading research institution. An architectural ...

Picture your marketing team’s workday one day in the future. It probably looks like less time spent drafting emails and pulling reports, and more hours spent reviewing and fine-tuning the work a ...

“Young people these days just don’t want to lead.” Some variation of that mantra seems to get attached to every new generation; no doubt the elder cavemen leaders of Integrated Wheel and Fire ...

A new survey of association leaders found that many groups are lax about pursuing renewal and engagement strategies for current and lapsed members. The annual Association Report was released by AMS ...

Meeting attendees are seeking more opportunities for learning outside the traditional session, according to a new report, and open to various learning formats if networking is included. The second ...

What are the qualifications for a great board chair? Over the years, I’ve talked with plenty of associations that have developed matrices to thoughtfully answer the question. Fiduciary knowledge—check ...