by Teresa Beck, ASG Financial Services Team Member Accountants have many essential tasks throughout the day to ensure the best customer service their company has to offer. One of those tasks is accounts receivable management. Simply put, accounts receivable is money owed to a company by its debtors. The phrase refers to accounts a business… Read more »
By Charles Hall, ASG CEO and Founder, Account Executive So you have just been elected to the governance board of your state, national or international association. For many years you admired those folks that were introduced as members of the Board at the annual meeting as leaders of the association. You wondered if you would… Read more »
By Kelley Atkinson, Director of Conference Services “Event planning….that sounds glamorous! What a fun job!” I’ve heard these comments from family and friends for years. While I love my job, event planning is fun and the end result can be glamorous….that’s not always the case behind the scenes leading up to the event….at least not… Read more »
By Caitlin Hyatt, Account Executive This past January was my son’s second birthday, which marked two years of navigating the scary world that is parenting. My goal for my son is to help him grow and reach his potential, to meet his needs and nurture him into a confident, self-sustaining, capable individual. Throughout this journey,… Read more »
Does Your Association Have a Social Media Game Plan? 74% of associations indicated that increasing member engagement is a top membership goal, according to Marketing General’s Membership Marketing Report. Yet, lack of engagement with the organization was cited as among the top three reasons for members not renewing. That’s where social media can be a major game… Read more »
Let’s Get It Done Secrets to Improved Productivity Sometimes feel like you have more than ever to do, but less time to do it in? Associations are tasked with accomplishing a wide range of tasks and activities often with limited budgets and resources. If you find yourself having to do more with less, take a… Read more »
Hotel Contracts 101 By Shanan Atkinson Executive Director, AACA, DGA When I first started at ASG in 2002, I had zero experience with hotel contracts. I was working for a single client whose annual event had 3,000 attendees and 6 hotels with 1,200 rooms sold. Charles had created a pattern so that hotel contracts were… Read more »
Managing a For-Profit Program Offered by a Non-Profit Organization Beth Oleson, Executive Director, GAA, Food Safety Director, GFVGA Most people have heard the old adage, “non-profit organizations can’t make a profit.” Not only is this wrong, but it is often the profit generated by association programs and activities that become essential to a non-profit organization’s… Read more »
Association Services Group recently begun an internship program with support from GSAE. After the first internship quarter (January-May) both intern and supervisor wrote an article for the GSAE newsletter outlining their learning experience and tips and tricks for other AMC’s going through the same process. The Supervisor- Samantha T. Kilgore, Director of Communications, ASG. (written… Read more »
By Emily Pualwan We hear so much about the power of social media, and many groups and organizations want to jump in and ride the wave of seemingly free publicity and awareness for their cause. But buyer beware! The internet is full of cautionary tales of campaigns gone rogue. That said, you CAN harness the… Read more »
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