Strategy and Planning Retreats:

Governance Restructuring:

Visioning Sessions:

Identify factors driving the association’s future; consideration of alternative and preferred futures; and development of long-term vision and goals based on definition of core purpose. Services generally include consultation, advance research, customized process design, facilitation, documentation and evaluation.

Merger Negotiations:

A proven, three phase approach to association consolidation: feasibility, concept design and transition planning. Facilitated sessions designed to explore options and build consensus on organizational issues. Services generally included consultation, leadership surveys, process design, facilitation, documentation and evaluation.

Consensus Conferences:

Facilitated forums involving multiple associations, federations or affiliated organizations to achieve consensus on shared industry or professional issues or opportunities. Services generally include consultation, advance research, customized process design, facilitation, documentation and evaluation.

Scenario Writing Exercises:

Facilitated scenario planning exercises designed to explore alternative futures for the industry or profession. Consequences for the association are identified and structural, operational or policy implications defined. Services generally include consultation, advance research, customized process design, facilitation, documentation and evaluation.

Leadership Development Programs:

Presentations combined with facilitated discussion or interactive exercises that illuminate fundamental volunteer leadership and governance concepts. All programs are customized to meet the association’s objectives. Volunteers are equipped with practical methods and techniques including volunteer management, decision-making, consensus building, meeting management and conflict resolution. Appropriate roles and responsibilities of volunteer leadership and staff are defined.

Membership Research, Surveys and Focus Groups:

Membership satisfaction surveys, needs assessments and attitude and opinion surveys using online questionnaires. Facilitated focus groups to gather qualitative feedback, ideas and input from membership segments and centers of influence. Leadership surveys to identify issues and perspectives via telephone interviews and online questionnaires.

Leadership Presentations:

Briefings for Boards and involved volunteers on trends and issues affecting associations and best practice strategies organizations are using to address them.