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The Home for Association Business Development Champions
PAR helps association professionals build stronger, more sustainable businesses through
practical knowledge, proven resources, and a community that understands the work.
Built for the business of associations
PAR is a membership community for professionals with a vested interest in advancing association business. We connect people, ideas, strategies, and tools that help associations grow revenue, strengthen value, and make confident decisions.
Our mission: Inspiring revenue growth for association professionals through knowledge, resources, and community.
Revenue growth is a team sport
Association revenue responsibility does not live in one department. PAR supports professionals across the organization, including:
- Chief operating officers and executive leaders
- Business development and partnership professionals
- Membership and marketing leaders
- Education, events, and strategic growth teams
Different roles. Shared responsibility. Better association business.
The PAR community comes together at RevUP Summit.
Learn from peers. Build the relationships that move your work forward.
Leave with practical ideas you can put to use.
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Elevating Business Competencies is Key to Association Revenue Success
PAR announces agenda for the RevUP Summit, the leading association conference dedicated to improving association business.
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.
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