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Why Board Training?

Just read an interesting article published by CompassPoint and the Meyer Foundation called “The Board Pardaox“. The gist of the article is that lackluster board performance is a significant contributor...

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Are Your Members Having Trouble Getting Funding Approval to Attend Your Events?

Are your events suffering a drop in attendance because members can’t get funding approval to pay for the conference or the travel or both? In our discussions with membership organizations we’ve found...

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Do You Know the Life-Time Value of Your Members?

I am working with a membership organization and can’t figure out how they survive. Their membership fee is so low that it’s trivial and yet their service costs are high. At almost every touch point,...

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2012 Benchmark Survey Highlights

Is it really the end of membership as we know it? Sarah Sladek’s book “The End of Membership As We Know It” has generated a lot of attention. And with good reason. The chief executives of membership...

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Conquer the Kryptonite Necklace – How can a CEO find time for strategic...

Are you a chief executive who is finding it hard to make time for strategic work because the day-to-day activity sucks all the oxygen out of your tent? My friend Larry is the CEO of an investment firm...

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Zzeem Partner presents at CSAE Trillium Conference

The Canadian Society of Association Executives (CSAE) Trillium Chapter is holding their Summer Summit in Collingwood, Ontario this year July12-13, 2012 If you’d like to find out how one organization...

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Strategies for Stretching Dollars – Part 1: Leveraging existing resources...

Managed services are a new breed of resource-leveraging strategy for organizations with $1 to 3 million in revenue and typically fewer than 10 employees. The chief executive works long hours for a...

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“Do national membership organizations conduct board business in both official...

I was asked a great question the other day by the CEO of a national membership organization. “Do most national organizations conduct their board meetings in English? Do they provide translation at all?...

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Quantifying the Value of Membership

I was chatting with one of my favourite CEOs the other day and he asked me this question. “How do you quantify the value of membership? What fee should we be charging for membership?” Great question....

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Why do boards hold a vote to “accept the financial statements” at their AGM?

I was talking to one of my favourite clients the other day and he raised this question. It’s always puzzled me, too, but until he pointed it out I never thought to try and explain it. So I went back to...

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Get your head out of the fog

On those days when the “meniscus of whelm” is about to break and the more than filled glass of your life is about to breach the carefully structured tension that holds you together, stop, step back and...

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Frank Sinatra didn’t move pianos.

Frank Sinatra was one of the most important popular music figures of the 20th century, but he didn’t move his own piano. “The Chairman” knew the importance of delegating the more mundane aspects of his...

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3 Tips to Keep Your Professional Education Program Fresh

A friend of mine has a dog that needs to lose weight. The vet recommended a simple strategy that guarantees weight loss. Just feed your pet the same meal day in, day out, he said. It doesn’t matter how...

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