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Stay the Course Through Changing Weather—Strategic Advice From Association CEOs 

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During 2018 and 2019, my business partner, Kevin Ordonez and I, interviewed approximately 50 association executives. Their advice about strategy, leadership, and digital business is still ahead of its time. If your leadership style could use fine-tuning to meet the moment, consider this sampler of advice from our contributors.

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Daily Buzz: Struggling Chapter Leadership? Help Them Out

Associations Now

So when chapter leaders are having trouble handling the job, association leadership must step in and find a solution. Garrity suggests providing existing and emerging chapter leaders with training resources such as online courses, in-person leadership training sessions, and weekly or biweekly leadership newsletters.

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How to Reset Your Board Diversity Efforts

Associations Now

One reason for that may be that organizations’ efforts to diversify their boards have been more reactive than intentional, and more interested in optics than truly diverse leadership. A recent report from the Women’s Nonprofit Leadership Initiative suggests a few possible paths. Expertise matters, of course. How to do that?

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Are you a good leader? Then you have these 3 qualities

Association Success

That’s according to business consultant John Spence , who outlined those attributes in a TEDx talk called “The Leader of the Future ” in 2019. A good leader doesn’t have to be a genius, he or she just needs to be competent — both at their jobs and the leadership aspects of their role. . Read leadership books. Attend training.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 12.14.18

Reid All About it

Protech Associates published their definitive list of association blogs to follow in 2019. 14 best content marketing newsletters for 2019. Learn how to ensure your KPIs, KSAs, and strategic goals are all in alignment going into 2019. Influential Leadership: Is your Organization Leading the Pack? Slefo, Ad Age ).

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.21.19

Reid All About it

She’s perplexed (as am I) as to why associations are “ignoring the most obvious yet almost entirely dismissed path to a sustainable future for associations: community leadership and strategic, intentional online communities.”. 2019 eLearning Hype Curve Predictions: Midyear Update. But for 2019, we came armed with data.

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CELEBRATE SERVICE | National Volunteer Week: April 7-13, 2019

SOS Association

There are of course a number of commonalities across the different types of associations, and there is often overlap in terms of their missions, values, and key initiatives. One feature that is nearly universal across effective associations is the leadership and operational support provided by volunteers.