Charting the Course: Strategies for Fostering Innovation in Your Organization
There are so many resources out there on the topic of innovation, I thought to myself, “what can I possibly add?” Probably nothing, but I reflected on my nearly twenty years of leading boards and staff and made a list
Emily Wrinkle, DES, Earns Recognition at the 2022 MPI Indiana IMPRESS Awards
INDIANAPOLIS (April 29, 2022) – Emily Wrinkle, DES, was recognized at the 2022 IMPRESS Awards hosted by the MPI Indiana Chapter. Wrinkle was awarded the One to Watch award as
Making Your Communications More Accessible
My client’s website recently went through a User Experience Evaluation, which helped us to better understand areas of our website that weren’t beneficial to our audience. One of the auditors
Volunteer Recruitment: Identifying Potential Volunteers
Most Associations do a big “call for volunteers” because not only do we want to recruit volunteers to fill all of our positions, we also want to make sure that
Raybourn Group International’s Emilie Perkins Named to CMP Fellow Inaugural Class
INDIANAPOLIS (April 7, 2022) - Emilie Perkins, CAE, CMP, CMM, PMP, CED, Director of Client and Conference Services at Raybourn Group International (RGI), was named to the inaugural CMP (Certified
How to have hard conversations around the board table
Every association is faced with tough conversations in the board room. Here are several strategies to help ensure discussions go smoothly and end in a positive result for the board
What do volunteers want to do? How does it align with our mission?
Volunteer recruitment seems to be a universal problem. We know it is a challenge to fill all of our committees but do we really understand why we are struggling? With
Event Planning in a Post-Pandemic World
Bring it back to basics. Throughout the pandemic, organizations have been challenged to evaluate and reimagine their programs and events. While the underlying reason was not positive, hopefully the outcome
Should my association start a podcast?
This question about podcasts is one I hear more and more frequently each year, and it’s a good one to ask. There are many benefits to launching a podcast, from
Staffing Benefits of an AMC
Staffing Benefits of Working with an Association Management Company One of the benefits of the association management company (AMC) model is shared resources across multiple associations under one roof. This
Quick SEO tips to increase your website’s organic search
A former marketing professor of mine once compared SEO to the stock market. When someone invests in the stock market, they expect their money to “work for them”, and not