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WJ Weiser and Associates Grows into the Largest AMC for U.S. Healthcare Associations

Association Adviser

Wendy Weiser with staff from the American Association of Clinical Urologists visiting her first office in 1993. From that group, my association management business grew through referrals. In our role as association managers, we must be very organized and responsive. Growing WJ Weiser has come with challenges.

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The Folly of Suppressing Overhead

Eric Lanke

I have seen a corollary in the way some association board members view the organizations over which they act as fiduciaries. Money is to be spent on member services, not "wasted" on staff salaries or "exorbitant" fees charged by association management companies. Of course, no organization should be throwing good money after bad.

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Let Your Member Data Show You the Way

Spark Consulting

This is the path that NICSA (formerly the National Investment Company Service Association) followed to a dramatically simpler membership structure last year. Prior to November 2013, NICSA asked its 170 member companies to join into one of 18 different member categories. This seems to often be the case in these sorts of overhauls.)

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Announcing New Educational Partnership with CalSAE - IDEAL

Association Subculture

Alcorn Associates Management Consulting has partnered with the California Society of Association Executives (CalSAE) to begin a new learner-centric educational program called IDEAL. IDEAL stands for In-Depth Education Association Laboratory. Well okay then, let''s stop talking about it and do it. Easy right?

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We’re All In Sales Now

Association Navigator

The article is a preview of his next book, expected in January 2013 and tentatively titled The Moving Business. Everyone on an association staff is responsible for effective communication and selling the association’s critical objectives. Drive examines the secret to high performance and satisfaction.

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Friday Buzz: Did Google Open Up the SEO Floodgates?

Associations Now

.” No matter your opinion on big, hairy SEO issues, we can all agree on one thing: This 2013 Onion brief is hilarious. Aptify’s post about keeping down costs when implementing an association management system is insightful in general, but particularly worth a read is the section about scope creep. " https://t.co/bjy2YG4gD5

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SCD Group: When Do You Tell Your Association Members What It.

SCD Group

Stronger by Association. When Do You Tell Your Association Members What It Really Costs? I just finished working with a group on the draft budget for its 2013 annual meeting. Labels: association conferences , association executives , association management , eventprofs , Jeff Hurt , SCD Group.

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