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Stay the Course Through Changing Weather—Strategic Advice From Association CEOs 

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During 2018 and 2019, my business partner, Kevin Ordonez and I, interviewed approximately 50 association executives. Prioritize Value Stephanie Mercado, CAE, Executive Director, National Association for Healthcare Quality Make value the priority. Does your governance structure help or hinder your progress towards goals?

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Lessons Learned Living the Virtual Experiment

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Despite the novelty, we were interviewing some of the most forward-thinking leaders in our community. Our colleague Stuart Meyer,* who at the time was CEO of the National Barbeque and Grilling Association, a fully virtual organization, made this comment. More than a few of those executives were managing virtual teams.

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Forum One Honored With 11 Vega Awards

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The site’s design emphasizes three primary avenues for discovering content: watching the series, exploring additional materials like interviews and lesson plans, and engaging in real-world activities, such as building a native plant garden. Forum One built the site with the Department of Population Health at NYU Langone Health.

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Accelevents Is Officially a SOC 2 Type 1 Certified Compliant Organization

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We interviewed our CEO Jon Kazarian, Cloud Architect Julian Severino, and Director of Talent Carrie Matthews to learn more about the process and the goal behind it. . “At With the support of the information systems team, the talent team worked to document internal processes, procedures, and company structures in order to satisfy the audit.

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How Grantmakers Can Improve Collaboration Through Empathy and Experimentation

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Years ago, I worked on a project where I was hired to interview about 75 different foundations in one state. Somewhere in the interview, they said, “We are unique.”. We have an empathy deficit as a nation. These included all types of foundations, large to small, family-run, disease-related, corporate-operated.

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Guest Post: How to Build Capacity with Roles that Volunteers Enjoy: a process in 4 easy steps

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In a normal year, my core focus is on day-of-event volunteer recruitment for the National MS Society. Hike MS is the only event of its kind with the National MS Society. The interviews also allowed me to build stronger connections with the volunteers. It’s not easy! My first step was to identify staff needs.

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How to Start a Nonprofit: 12 Essential Steps for Success

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Host interviews After you’ve identified potential board members, invite these individuals to an in-person meeting or video conference interview to get to know them and see if they’d be a good fit for the role. This ensures that your board will take steps and recommend actions that benefit your entire community, not just a select few.