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Association professionals from across the country will gather online April 28 for a virtual workshop on mission-driven sales hosted by Professionals for Association Revenue.
The free, interactive 90-minute event will take place during PAR’s first-ever Association Business Week, from April 27-May 1 online and in Washington, D.C. “Mission-Driven Sales for Every Association Professional” will run from 2-3:30 p.m. (EDT) April 28 on Zoom, and registration is still open.
Referrals from existing customers and members are often a key indicator of satisfaction, trust, and perceived value in an association’s offerings. To benchmark current performance and identify growth opportunities, please tell us how many customer or member referrals your sales team typically receives in an average month.
Trent Nole is an account executive for new business development at the Water Environment Federation, a technical and educational nonprofit based in Alexandria, Virginia, that represents water quality professionals around the world. He joined PAR in 2025 and is a member of PAR’s 2026 Accelerator Group for Sales Practitioners. Here, Nole shares his highly consultative, client-first approach to driving sustained revenue growth, including the key questions he asks that disrupt the status quo. Plus, get to know him better in our rapid-fire Q&A.
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Professionals for Association Revenue has a packed week of programming planned for its inaugural Association Business Week from April 27-May 1 online and in Washington, D.C. The pinnacle event is “From Mission to Market, Aligning Leadership and Revenue Engines,” a dynamic symposium from 8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m. April 30 at Convene Hamilton Square.
For years, associations have relied on a familiar tool to understand their members: the annual survey. It’s structured, expected, and often seen as a key listening mechanism. But according to CredSpark founder and CEO Lev Kaye, that approach is no longer enough — and it may even be holding associations back.
For associations navigating an increasingly competitive revenue landscape, social media can be a powerful tool to drive sponsorship and non-dues revenue.
At PAR’s March virtual workshop, “Become a Social Media Sales Warrior,” practical, field-tested social media success strategies were shared by Justin Goldstein, managing director of corporate and foundation relations at Truth Initiative.
It’s time for associations to move from transactional revenue models to ecosystem-based value creation. In fact, it’s the most important shift associations can make today, says Teri Carden, COO of Insight Guide, a technology company founded in 2022 to help associations generate new revenue through supplier and member engagement.
“I’m talking about shifting the mindset from ‘What can my association sell to my members?’ to ‘How can my association create value exchanges across the entire industry?’” Carden tells PAR.
Association sales teams are under pressure to grow sponsorship revenue with fewer resources. In her RevUP 2025 session, “AI-Powered Sponsorship Sales: Driving Revenue Through Intelligent Automation,” Amy Michalski shared how she transformed sponsorship sales at the Association of Intelligent Information Management by integrating artificial intelligence and automation into her daily workflow.