Association Management articles from August 1999

Association Management archives from August 1999

Getting wise to knowledge management.(includes related articles)
August 1, 1999... Knowing how to find valuable information and understanding how to turn it into knowledge may be your association's next big challenge - and its best accomplishment. What you don't know definitely can hurt you if it means missing important...

ASAE's new model of decision making.(includes related article on critical shifts in ASAE's strategic direction)(American Society of Association Executives)
August 1, 1999... Shifts in ASAE's strategic direction portend a greater accountability delegated to staff and a more defined focus for the board as integrator of the association's knowledge base. Based on research and evolving judgments about ASAE's...

Mission practically impossible.(includes related articles)(establishment of a self-regulatory association for accountants and auditors in a former communist country in the middle of a war zone)
August 1, 1999... Practically Ever try establishing a self-regulatory association in a former communist republic in the middle of a war zone? Motivating volunteers is tough enough without addressing decades of communist training and without a war to...

Redefining accessibility.(organizations should become inclusive entities that value diversity)
August 1, 1999... THE EFFORT TO BECOME FULLY INCLUSIVE MUST BE EXTENDED ACROSS ALL LINE FUNCTIONS OF THE ASSOCIATION. Being inclusive. Becoming accessible. Valuing intellectual capital. Celebrating diversity. These actions describe some organizational best...

Customizing to the max.(Dell Computer lets customers call the shots in the selection of products and services)
August 1, 1999... Dell Computer specializes in letting customers call the shots with the products and services they select. Associations have much in common with Round Rock, Texas - based Dell Computer. Like Dell, most associations possess coveted...

Reinventing governance.(includes related article on governance by policy)(techniques for CEOs of associations on how to manage their respective boards)
August 1, 1999... Governance as known and practiced today is often based on bad habits and misconceptions about what it is or ought to be. Here's one effective model that can help your board break free from inadequate thinking and behavior. For many...

Enhancing marketing through technology.(includes related article on software solutions)
August 1, 1999... Explore how technology can help significantly boost your marketing efforts. Whether large or small, associations compete for the time and attention of members. Across the years, association have marketed to members using traditional...

Embrace the future by scanning the present.(includes related articles)(the American Society of Association Executives Foundation helps associations meet the multiple possibilities of the future through its environmental scan)
August 1, 1999... The ASAE Foundation's environmental scan can help you open your association to a future of multiple possibilities. Liz Jackson, chair of the board of the ASAE Foundation, doesn't want to share information with you. She wants to share...

The lowdown on long-term care insurance.(includes related article)
August 1, 1999... If you think long-term care is something for the crowd - a matter of Medicare, Medicaid, or your top-of-the-line health plan - you may be betting the proverbial farm. You may think long-term care insurance is only for the elderly. It might...

Recalibrating for the customer.(includes related articles)(the use of 'webs of inclusion' provides flexibility to organizations)
August 1, 1999... How webs of inclusion can create an organization with the agility to face change imperatives head-on. Understanding what Sally Helgesen means when she refers to "the web of inclusion" and seeing it in operation gives you an effective tool...

When a small staff expands.
August 1, 1999... Increasing staff should be an upbeat problem. Those who've pulled it off suggest ways to avoid the downsides of staffing up. "No pain, no gain" might be the motto of staff at small associations that are experiencing rapid growth. "It's...

Advocacy, association style. (association executives protest proposed tax on investment income of 501.(6) associations)(c)
August 1, 1999... Association executives use American Associations Day to deliver an anti-investment-tax message to Congress. "America's associations serve the people. Don't tax that away." That's what more than 350 association executives told their members...

Cultural tourism : the hot ticket to cool meetings.
August 1, 1999... Incorporating cultural venues into your meetings can transform the typical into the transcendent. If you're a regular at ASAE's annual meeting, don't think there's a misprint in the ASAE San Diego 1999 program when it comes to the...