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Old ways of doing things in associations have a way of hanging around, even though trends such as rapid advances in technology, higher member expectations, increased competition, and diverse member markets have rendered these ways obsolete. Race for Relevance presents the radical change that is required to maintain influence and thrive in the new environment and avoid challenges associated with old association models, such as loss of market share, increased competition for members time, and shrinking revenue sources. Authors Harrison Coerver and Mary Byers present five radical changes that will energize and position associations for better performance. Based on 40 years of combined experience with more than a thousand associations, they present new ideas in governance, management, and strategy that will enable associations to better capitalize on the new environment. The book includes case studies that show how some things are working and how some are not. It also includes a workable guide for implementing these changes without sacrificing influence or sanity. Finally, the authors provide worksheets and questions that both seasoned professionals and tomorrow's leaders can use to stay focused on the what, the why, and the how. The five radical changes that the authors propose are:
1. Overhauling the governance model and committee operations
2. Empowering the CEO and enhancing staff competence
3. Rigorously defining the member market
4. Rationalizing programs and services
5. Building a robust technology framework.
The results of these five changes include streamlined and nimbler governance; staff that is challenged and that works in true partnership with volunteers; a realistic, well-defined member market that's easier to find and market to; products and services that members feel are desirable and beneficial; and increased financial and resource capital in short, an association that can succeed in a brave new world.
1. Overhauling the governance model and committee operations
2. Empowering the CEO and enhancing staff competence
3. Rigorously defining the member market
4. Rationalizing programs and services
5. Building a robust technology framework.
The results of these five changes include streamlined and nimbler governance; staff that is challenged and that works in true partnership with volunteers; a realistic, well-defined member market that's easier to find and market to; products and services that members feel are desirable and beneficial; and increased financial and resource capital in short, an association that can succeed in a brave new world.
Use insights from Road to Relevance to help move your organization to greater discipline, focus, and value. Framed by five key strategies, Road to Relevance is a guide to competitive advantage. The five strategies and related disciplines are clearly defined, and their execution is explained and illustrated through examples.
Among other takeaways, you'll learn how to identify strengths that deserve a concentration of resources, the value of a coordinated product and service portfolio and how to achieve one, the negative effect that marginal or underperforming activities have on your organization, and ways to abandon them.
Road is the followup and complementary companion to the bestsellingRace for Relevance: 5 Radical Changes for Associations , which identified six challenges that forever changed the association environment and five needed changes. Picking up where Race left off, authors Harrison Coerver and Mary Byers, CAE, provide real insight into how to adapt the strategies of Road to your organization s circumstances so that you can execute them. Case studies, adaptable examples, and provocative questions are included throughout Road to Relevance to help you work through these strategies.
Association leaders must be disciplined strategists, focusing the organizations they serve on value they can deliver and structuring accordingly to compete in the new normal. Use insight from Road to Relevance to lead your organization to an ever-more-valued, sustainable, and relevant future.
Among other takeaways, you'll learn how to identify strengths that deserve a concentration of resources, the value of a coordinated product and service portfolio and how to achieve one, the negative effect that marginal or underperforming activities have on your organization, and ways to abandon them.
Road is the followup and complementary companion to the bestsellingRace for Relevance: 5 Radical Changes for Associations , which identified six challenges that forever changed the association environment and five needed changes. Picking up where Race left off, authors Harrison Coerver and Mary Byers, CAE, provide real insight into how to adapt the strategies of Road to your organization s circumstances so that you can execute them. Case studies, adaptable examples, and provocative questions are included throughout Road to Relevance to help you work through these strategies.
Association leaders must be disciplined strategists, focusing the organizations they serve on value they can deliver and structuring accordingly to compete in the new normal. Use insight from Road to Relevance to lead your organization to an ever-more-valued, sustainable, and relevant future.