Associations Now

JULY 27, 2015

So what can your organization do when its high-level execs decide to leave, especially if they’ve been a bedrock of your group for decades? Association consultant and SCD Group president Steve Drake was faced with that challenge in 2003 , when a CEO of 30 years decided to leave Ohio State University’s (OSU) Alumni Association.

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SCD Group

AUGUST 24, 2014

Name of Association: National professional society Description of the Organization: 2,500 member professional society of survey and research professionals Annual budget of $1.25 million The Problem: The board members defined their jobs as management, not leadership, and they didn’t see the distinction. So why change?

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Associations Now

JUNE 1, 2014

As technology becomes more affordable, organizations are harnessing “big data” to improve member engagement. John Dorman has worked at the Texas Medical Association for 29 years, and for most of that time, business decisions were made, more or less, from the gut. “We At the time, I thought that $6,000 was crazy money,” Dorman says.

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