Leadership
Executive Take: Elevating In-Person Events
Virtual interactions are part of our everyday lives, but in-person events still hold great value for our associations as long as we think critically about their value. That is the topic of this month’s edition of Executive Take.
Ways to Win: Sharpening Negotiation Skills to Get Results
The professional negotiations that revenue producers undertake can determine the success of organizations. While negotiating is often viewed as a skill that a person either has or doesn’t, it can be practiced for optimal success. PAR workshop presenter Susan Borke tells us how.
What Business Development Teams Need to Know About Publishing
When content, marketing and sales teams work together a powerful association ecosystem takes shape. But often these three groups operate with a siloed and disparate approach instead of a strategic one. We interviewed Marlene Hendrickson, incoming AM&P Network president and the Senior Director of Publishing and Marketing for the American Staffing Association, for a publisher’s perspective on a content driven sales strategy.
Executive Take: Simplifying the Sales Process
The association sales process presents unique and complex challenges. How can association sales leaders help their teams navigate the nuances of their organization’s structure and focus instead on building and maintaining relationships? That is the topic of this month’s edition of “Executive Take.”
Top Priorities for Association Sales Leaders
Structuring, supporting and measuring the success of a sales team are top priorities of all association sales leaders. In this article, thee association sales leaders share their experiences building and maintaining successful sales teams.
Poll: Projected Budget Performance 2023
Association Business Performance: What statement below best describes your association’s projected budget performance for 2023?
Why More Sales Staff May Not Be the Answer to Revenue Woes
51% of respondents to PAR’s Association Landscape Survey said their business development practices would improve if they had more staff focused on the task. But as staffing challenges continue to disrupt the global workforce, adding more staff may not be an easy solution – or the right one.
OnPAR Video Short: A Strong Case for Strategy
Association executives Erin Pressley, Carrie Hartin and Sean Soth presented a 1-hour virtual workshop highlighting the key findings from PAR’s Association Business Development Landscape Survey. Take 90-seconds to watch as the panelists make a case for the importance of an organizational wide strategy.
5 Ways Your Sales Team Can Overcome the Biggest Prospecting Pitfall
60% of associations polled in a new Professionals for Association Revenue (PAR) survey reported their sales teams need to allocate more time each week to prospecting for clients, members and event attendees. But do associations need more prospecting time or do they simply need to prospect more efficiently?
Executive Take: Bridging the Gap Between Leadership and Business Development Teams
Association teams share the same mission but often prioritize different aspects of association advancement. While organizational structures are inherently complex, a gap develops between leadership and teams when they are not aligned under the same association strategy. In this month’s Executive Take, we asked four association executives: How can associations bridge the gap between leadership and business development teams?
Why Your Association Should Normalize Getting Back in Touch
Relationships are difficult to build but easy to lose. In sales it takes hours of prospecting and multiple outreaches to connect with a new customer, but just a few months of inactivity to lose touch. That’s okay according to Relationships to Infinity author Jason Levin.
Why an Affinity Program Could Be a Win-Win-Win for Your Association
Associations are looking for new sources of non-dues revenue, members want increased value and companies are searching for meaningful partnerships. It can be challenging to find initiatives that meet each criterion, but affinity programs could be the win-win-win solution for everyone involved. In this PARtners @ Work feature, CardConnect shares the partner’s perspective on affinity programs.
Executive Take: Customer Outreach Strategy
This monthly series shares revenue strategies, perspectives and experiences from association executives and subject matter experts on a revenue topic. In PAR’s March edition, we are focusing on customer outreach. Striking the right balance of keeping in touch involves a thoughtful and customized approach to the type and frequency of communication. Learn the approach this months experts take when it comes to keeping in touch.
Why a Business Development Strategy is Vital to Association Revenue Health
Associations aren’t effectively strategizing. That is one of the key findings from the Professionals for Association Revenue (PAR) Association Business Development Landscape Survey in which 86% of respondents said their organization’s business development strategy is underperforming or non-existent. See why that’s a problem for associations working to remain relevant in a changing economic landscape.
Evolve Your Event Into a Can’t Miss Experience
Our calendars are full of events, but our minds are full of experiences. Which one is your association providing to your event attendees? Learn how to build a better event experience by providing connection opportunities, unique session styles and taking a mission-driven approach to event design.
Executive Take: How Can Associations Enhance Corporate Partnership Value?
This monthly series shares revenue strategies, perspectives and experiences from association executives on a revenue topic. In PAR’s February edition, we are focusing on corporate partnerships. More and more associations understand the value of a strategic corporate partnership program but find it challenging to secure and retain partners in a competitive field. Providing valuable access to members while still keeping your member needs top-of-mind is one way to stand out. Learn what these association executives have to share about how associations can provide corporate partners with valuable access to their member communities.
6 Mindset Shifts to Improve Your Association in 2023 {Video}
Small shifts in mindset can spark impactful change within our associations. PAR’s six GOAT Award Finalists are association professionals who are impacting their organizations in transformative ways each year. They each shared one way association professionals can shift their mindset and improve their approach in 2023.
Association Spotlight: How One Association Took an ‘If You Build It, They Will Come’ Approach to Partnerships
Learn how one association created new educational opportunities for industry partners and increased event revenue by 169%.
Executive Take: How Can Associations Increase Revenue in 2023?
Business development strategies for associations are as varied as the industries they represent. And while there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ strategy for associations, teams can gain new insights by learning about the approach of other business development teams. That is why the Professionals for Association Revenue (PAR) is launching Executive Take, a new monthly series that shares revenue strategies, perspectives and experiences from association executives on a revenue topic.
Poll: Does Your Association Have a Plan to Reach 2023 Goals?
Goals can be a motivating ideal for professionals and the teams they serve. How you and your association interact with those goals can make a difference in the personal and professional growth ahead in 2023. Is your association setting goals for the year ahead? Take this one question poll.