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Guide to Running a Successful Membership Committee

MemberClicks

If you are looking to recharge, re-energize, and power up your membership-based organization, one of the best places to start is focusing on and revitalizing your membership committee. If your organization uses membership as a key funding source, every attempt to improve your membership committee and streamline its efforts will pay dividends.

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Task delegation: How committees benefit association operations

Ungrated

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. Perano, CMCA, AMS.

Committee 101
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Executive Committee Essentials: Roles, Structure, and Distinction from the Board of Directors  

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An executive committee can convene and act quickly and decisively when it counts. These committees are becoming more and more common in for-profit companies, nonprofit organizations, and member associations. They’ve become common in larger nonprofits, with executive committees present at 76% of nonprofit organizations.

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Minimizing Communication Tool Overload

Achurch

Remember when you only needed your phone, email, and sparkling personality to communicate at work? You need the support of management if you want to improve the state of communication and collaboration in your office. Establish Communication Guidelines. Every communication and collaboration tool must have a unique purpose.

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Balancing Traditional and Trending Member Communications

Association Adviser

This year’s Association Communications Benchmarking Study showed us that traditional forms of member communication – live events and print media – continue to be popular among associations and their members. The print magazine was the second most highly valued communication channel this year. Live events remain the No.

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Board Committee 101: How to Increase Their Impact in Your Organization

MemberClicks

Board committees are an important part of your nonprofit organization. We’ll cover how to decide whether board committees are right for your organization, the best structure to use, best practices and tips for success, and more. What is a board committee? What are the four most common types of board committees?

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Evaluating Committee Success (Before It’s Too Late)

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Does your association or chamber of commerce have committees in place? Perhaps you have an event planning committee, a fundraising committee and/or a diversity and inclusion committee. But let us ask you this: For whatever committees you have set up, how do you evaluate their success?