Want to keep your employees engaged? Invest in a healthy organizational culture
Employee engagement is a key part of building a healthy, successful organizational culture. A good test way to test your company’s culture is to look at how the employees approach each new work day and project. If your team walks in smiling and ready to dive in, you know you’ve built a good culture. But […]
Try this association president’s rule for guaranteeing inclusivity
As many organizations are taking steps to create dialogue on racism and inclusivity, they must ask themselves: Are we communicating in ways that actually allow others to feel comfortable and welcome enough to speak up? In a recent Q&A interview with Paul Osincup, president for the Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor, he shared his […]
3 things successful associations do to get their members to stick around
Loyal members do more than just stick around. They put your organization’s resources into practice, advocate for your mission, and persuade new members to join them. They’re the key to a long lasting, healthy membership program. By contrast, members who are present due to inertia are at best indifferent and disengaged. At worst, they’re actively […]
Association Success Corporation adds 2 to family of companies
AssociationSuccess.org’s parent company, Association Success Corporation, announced this week the acquisition of two new organizations: Human Workplaces and CIMATRI. The newest of the two acquisitions, Human Workplaces, should be recognizable for longtime readers of AssociationSuccess.org: Its founders, Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant, were early contributors to the site. Their organization helps others across the United […]
15 actionable steps for association success
The new quarter is finally here, and with it comes the need for actionable steps for successful organization management. Starting with creating an effective member strategy all the way to building a remote learning culture, this week’s Friday Five offers association professionals the tools to run a successful association. Every week, we pull five articles […]
How savvy content curation can position your association as a thought leader
When Rotten Tomatoes launched in 1998, movie-goers finally had a chance to see critical and audience reviews all in one place. The film-centric website scanned the internet for movie reviews, then rolled them all into one giant aggregation that provided an instant snapshot of how movies figured into the cultural imagination. Rotten Tomatoes’ genius wasn’t […]
How this survey revealed the racial inequities in the association industry
As the world reacted to and wrestled with the social inequities caused by systemic and institutionalized racism brought to the world’s attention by the recent murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, AssociationSuccess.org made a commitment to reflect and consider how we can be part of the solution to bring forth a better world for […]
The importance of shared definitions in conversations on race
As tensions continue to rise over police brutality and systemic racism, it’s important now more than ever to continue speaking about racism in the workplace. But with these discussions comes the need for understanding the issues at hand. Having what Dialogue on Race Louisiana President and CEO Maxine Crump calls “shared definitions” is the key […]
3 values employees want to see reflected in their company’s culture
Recent studies show the most common value different generations want to see reflected in their company’s culture is purpose. Millennials aren’t just focused on just making ends meet; they want to know that they are making an impact on the world. Gen Z, although it has not been studied as much given that those in […]
4 key strategies to build a learning culture remotely
Adopting remote-learning opportunities has reduced expenses, increased productivity and engagement, and decreased turnover and attrition since its inception. As organizations finish out the quarter having juggled a transition to remote work, they now face the unique issue of juggling continuing education and development from home. With the new quarter comes new goals, making this issue […]