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Ungrated
OCTOBER 21, 2021
Committees are the backbone of many successful community associations. If the governing documents are silent about committees, then the board would need to create a charter—a document that states a committee’s purpose, member roles and responsibilities, and limits of authority.
Membersuite
JUNE 16, 2021
Every association is unique—that old saying is true and you can really see it in membership committees. Some associations can’t live without theirs, some got rid of theirs years ago, and some wonder what to do with their membership committee. 5 Ways to Revamp Your Membership Committee.
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Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 6, 2012
A new article in our Hub offers tips and strategies for effective committee development and management. association committees Volunteers
Thanks For Playing
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
The thing about standing committees is that they're standing. One of the problems with standing committees is that they can easily become zombies, continuing on with calls and meetings and reports to the board whether or not there's actually anything for them to DO. I know what you're about to say: "Our standing committees are set in our bylaws. And you do probably have to maintain a standing finance committee. Volunteerism is changing.
Virtual
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
Here is a handy checklist you should have before starting your first technical committee or [.]. Operations Standards Committees Working GroupsYou have just formed a new consortium and you’re anxious to begin work – real work – on meeting your goals and objectives. Your chances for success will be much higher if you first have a solid foundation in place.
Virtual
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
Here is a handy checklist you should have before starting your first technical committee or [.]. Operations Standards Committees Working GroupsYou have just formed a new consortium and you’re anxious to begin work – real work – on meeting your goals and objectives. Your chances for success will be much higher if you first have a solid foundation in place.
Association Leaders
MARCH 6, 2019
Boards of Directors Members and Committee Chairs are key leaders who determine whether an association is successful or not. It’s simple – associations whose directors and committee chairs are not focused on the organization’s strategic plan, are not consensus builders, and don’t know how to run effective meetings cause their association’s to fail – or at least stagnate. Committee Chair training.
Wild Apricot
JULY 27, 2020
Here's how political action committee software can help you Want to raise more money and save more time for the campaigns that matter?
ePly
JULY 29, 2020
committees. Committees are appointed for a specific function and can help your daunting task list become more segmented and task-specific. We’ve all heard the old phrase “two heads are better than one”! And it still rings true today.
Jamie Notter
NOVEMBER 18, 2011
The Problem with Committees. Here’s the problem with committees: They exist. He had written about an experience he had on a committee that wasn’t pleasant and was reflecting on how the Chair might have “lead” the committee differently. But as I read what he was writing, I was coming to the conclusion that the very existence of committees was the problem, and debating how best to lead them was futile. Bad committees should be.
Velvet Chainsaw
JUNE 24, 2019
Models vary, but most include a 15- to 20-person conference committee (slotters) and army of reviewers (graders). Progressive organizers are shifting to a blended model, where conference committees act more like content curators and advisors and less like graders and slotters. Shift in Committee Responsibilities. Conference program committee responsibilities are shifting. Committees are having fewer conference calls and preset meetings.
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Eric Lanke
NOVEMBER 14, 2011
Which Committee Are You On? You serve on two committees for this association--one of which you chair. Because this association has dozens of committees, you find the meetings for both of your committees scheduled at the same time at an association conference. Which committee meeting do you attend? What if that means you leave the committee you chair without a leader? You see, I was a member of the committee he chaired. Which Committee Are You On?
Eric Lanke
DECEMBER 11, 2017
We're looking ahead to another calendar year in our association, and as part of that look forward we are setting a year-long course for some of our working committees. Working Committee is the term my association uses for what others might call Program Committees. They are not committees of the Board, helping the Board fulfill its governance function. A few of these working committees have stagnated over the past year, and we felt it was time to re-invigorate them.
Velvet Chainsaw
MAY 10, 2018
Here’s your Who Wants to be A Millionaire million dollar question: What are the three states of association committee change? Their goal is to make the committee and ultimately the organization impervious to change. The post An Association Committee’s Three Responses To Change And Innovation appeared first on Velvet Chainsaw. Is that your final answer? I’m sorry but solid, liquid and gas are not the right responses.
Eric Lanke
NOVEMBER 9, 2015
One of the very first posts I wrote for this blog (back in September 2011) was titled, " Should Committees Report to the Board? " In the post, I argued that committees whose function was programmatic (i.e., It was intended as a provocative notion, informed mostly by the frustration I was feeling at this time with committee reports clouding up the agenda of a volunteer Board I was serving on. Our four types of committees are: 1. Working Committees.
Associations Now
SEPTEMBER 14, 2016
One association puts its volunteer membership committee to work in calling all new members to welcome them to the association—a rewarding effort for members, volunteers, and the association alike. At the committee level, though, there seems to be no hard and fast rule. Some association volunteer committees fill an advisory capacity, while others are charged with hands-on work. This is no different, of course, in the case of associations with volunteer membership committees.
Eric Lanke
NOVEMBER 16, 2015
Got into a friendly argument with a colleague about last week's post , where I revisited an idea that I've discussed before : that program committees should report to an association's Chief Staff Executive, or CEO, and not its Board of Directors. Committees must always been created by and report directly to the Board. Governance committees, yes, I replied. But committees that are needed to assist the association execute its programs?
Socious
JULY 11, 2016
The internet is filled with stories of organizations instituting radical changes to make employees more invested, happier, and thus more productive. There’s the company in Seattle that raised its minimum wage to $70,000, there’s WL Gore & Associates that eliminated a managerial hierarchy , and Whole Foods that publishes all of its employees’ salaries , which are based on work and abilities (the more able the employee, the higher the pay).
Mariner
AUGUST 28, 2013
Elizabeth Engel and I co-hosted the weekly Association Chat yesterday to talk about mission-driven volunteering based on our white paper of the same name (you can download a copy here ). There was quite a number of very interesting points made during the conversation (read the recap here thanks to Kait Solomon ) but two struck me a particularly relevant
Vanguard Tech
MARCH 9, 2016
What don't you do by committee? It's hard for associations to hear. That's what you're about. Getting people in the organization to get together and make decisions for the future good of the membership. association technology Websites associations
Velvet Chainsaw
OCTOBER 22, 2014
Beware Of Committee Opinion Echo-Chamber When we are designing a conference or planning the next steps of an organization, we need to be aware of the challenges of relying only on the opinions of a committee. Especially if everyone on that committee has the same belief. How can the opinions of a committee damage a conference planning process? The post When Opinion By Committee Can Lead You Astray appeared first on Velvet Chainsaw's Midcourse Corrections.
Association Success
SEPTEMBER 4, 2018
Having a dedicated and trusted committee in place helps us effectively bridge the gap between member expectations and the event offerings. Our communities are our experts – and we leverage that to ensure our events are successful. Virtual events are more than just a convenient and fun means for education and engagement.
Velvet Chainsaw
DECEMBER 7, 2015
Its committees serve as the central nervous system influencing all parts of the body. The conference planning committee is similar to our spinal cord, serving as the internal communication highway between the parts of the body and the brain. However, if our spinal cord—the conference planning committee—is damaged, the entire association suffers. Our structures including the traditional conference planning committee have limits.
Eric Lanke
SEPTEMBER 26, 2011
Should Committees Report to the Board? Should committees report to the board?" There are some committees whose jobs clearly relate to the governance of the association. The Finance Committee. The Nominating Committee. The Executive Committee. But there are other committees whose jobs relate to the management of the association. The Education Committee. The Membership Committee. The Marketing Committee. Eric Lanke.
AMG
APRIL 24, 2020
Architectural Committee and Approval Process.Follow the Rules AMG is pleased to share with you two blog posts from the Black, Slaughter & Black law firm. In particular, approvals or denials must follow the express language of the declaration, including a properly appointed committee.
Optimist Consulting
MARCH 26, 2014
I was recently asked by a client to look into what they would need to do to move to paperless committees for their board meetings. Have you moved to paperless committee or board meetings? They are currently trialling their new system following my research project. Here are 4 steps you need to take if you want to do this at your organisation: 1. Involve your members. Start by talking to your board members about potentially changing your processes.
Eric Lanke
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
As we were discussing her work with committees in her old position and her anticipated work with our committees in her new position, a difference in style and culture became readily apparent. Our working committees don't determine strategy," I told her. In the association she previously worked for, the working committees were the strategy-making bodies. The committee would decide what to do. We brought a new staff person into our organization this week.
Eric Lanke
JULY 7, 2014
It advocates for corporate boards to serve as a kind of innovation committee for the corporations they are put in place to safeguard. conducting its annual self-evaluation, the board found that a number of its directors had recommended that a board committee be created to work explicitly with the new CEO on technology and innovation — not to manage it, but to partner with management on it. image source I found this post of the Harvard Business Review blog thought-provoking.
Association Adviser
JULY 11, 2016
While that may not surprise you, did you know that 23 percent of associations tell us they are inviting younger members to join their event planning committees? The post Poll: Age-Appropriate Networking, Committee Involvement Key to Attracting Next Gen to Events by Association Adviser staff first appeared on AssociationAdviser.com.
InternetAssociation
JULY 29, 2021
Washington, DC – Today, Internet Association President and CEO K.
SCD Group
JUNE 11, 2012
15 Tips for Better Board/Committee Meetings: Ideas from NE-SAE Annual Conference and a whole lot more. Question: How do we enhance the time spent in board or committee meetings? Routine items (minutes, committee reports, metrics, financial reports) can be placed in consent and assumed approved unless a director wants it added to the discussion agenda. OTHER CONCEPTS FOR BOARDS/COMMITTEES: Take time in meetings to celebrate organizational victories or personal “kudos.”
All the Blogs
AUGUST 27, 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, CAI’s legislative action committees (LACs) volunteered hundreds of hours reviewing bills, drafting testimony, working with lobbyists, meeting with legislators and other decision-makers, and testifying for and against bills. Read the article…………………………… Legal & Legislative News Legislative Articles
Mizz Information
MARCH 13, 2012
If Your Members Organize Their Own Committee, Are You Failing Them? At any rate, one of the thousands of SXSW things that flowed through either my Twitter stream or Facebook news feed caught my association eye-- the announcement of a new Council on Ethical Blogging and Aggregation, a "committee aiming to establish standards for (content) aggregation." What does does it say about associations when members organize their own committees or councils independent of the association?
Ungrated
APRIL 13, 2022
Form volunteer committees. Having committees with specific focus areas brings residents together in a structured manner. They can range from social and holiday committees to financial, arbitration, screening, and architectural design committees.
WBT Systems
OCTOBER 4, 2021
In a time of accelerating change, everyone who cares about advancing their career (or holding onto their job) knows they have to keep increasing their knowledge and learning new skills. The future has never looked
Associations Now
SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
Transportation Department advisory committee this week recommended that airlines transparently disclose fees and seat sizes to consumers before they buy tickets—and that hotels include mandatory resort fees in the price of the room. That’s the message a federal advisory committee has for both the airline and hotel industries. The committee also highlighted safety issues involving mobile devices such as smartphones. Leocha is the consumer advocate on the committee.
SCD Group
AUGUST 19, 2012
12 Tips for association board/committee work. So, how do we enhance the time spent in board or committee meetings? · Routine items (minutes, committee reports, metrics, financial reports) can be placed in consent and assumed approved unless a director wants it added to the discussion agenda. · Ensure committees have clear assignments/roles and be sure they dont overstep. 12 Tips for association board/committee work. Pages. About. Contact. Causeaholic.
InternetAssociation
JULY 2, 2020
The post Statement On The EARN IT Act’s Passage In Senate Judiciary Committee appeared first on Internet Association.
AMR Management Services
DECEMBER 31, 2012
volunteer leaders Board Management committee leadership leadership Project Managementby Brian Reuwee. Project management requires structure. As a more free-form, creative person, I'm not always a big fan of structure, but I do love it when a plan comes together. So I make structure and organization a means to an end with the projects I'm leading.
Associations Now
AUGUST 22, 2016
Finding volunteers for long-term goals and short-term needs can be difficult, but it may help to consider whether you need to set up a committee or a task force. For many organizations, the level of engagement boils down to the decision between setting up a committee model or a task force model. Example Job Descriptions If you are looking to build a committee or a task force, start with something similar to this. Committee members serve two- to three-year terms.
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