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Strategic planning is vital for the long-term success of your association, providing a roadmap to achieve your goals and fulfill your mission.
A strategic plan guides associations, typically overseen by volunteer Board members with diverse perspectives and skills, towards shared goals. It helps prioritise, allocate resources, and provide direction to achieve desired outcomes for the association. This dynamic document, constantly reviewed and updated, enables the Board to assess the association's position, define future directions, and establish pathways to reach objectives. The plan typically includes the following:
Strategic Planning for the future is the cornerstone of success for your organisation. So why are so many plans forgotten about, and what can you do to deliver a successful plan? Nick shares his fail-safe tips in this video.
The AES Association Executives Tool Kit has been developed for use by leaders of not-for-profit associations within Australia. It covers all aspects of managing an association and is designed to be used by Boards, committees and staff as a resource to assist them in the growth and development of their association. It includes detailed information on the various aspects of strategic planning, including how to develop a mission statement, vision, goals, objectives and more.
Many association Presidents and CEOs complain that their organisation has stalled, membership is dropping, and not much has changed in the last twelve months. So, what are the key factors separating a high-performing association from one spinning at the wheel?
Are you ready to formulate and implement your strategic plan for 2023? While your association’s leadership team may be well versed in creating a plan for your future strategic direction, there could be emerging trends and considerations that you haven’t factored into your planning process. We take a look at the key trends that should be on your radar.
With the new year fast approaching, now is the time to ensure your key documents are ready to help you achieve success in 2023. Central to this is your association’s strategic plan, which provides an overview of your goals and direction. But if you feel that your strategic plan hasn’t been well utilised by your Board this year, you need to make changes to ensure that your plan is being regularly reviewed and is working as well as it could to help your association achieve its objectives.
Is your association operating at the best of its capabilities? For an association to be performing well, it needs to be involved and invested in a range of activities and programs that offer benefits to members and that contribute to the overall goals of the organisation. From creating a value-adding range of products and services, to hosting informative and engaging events, to working with strategic partners, there are many ways that an association can ensure it is achieving its objectives now and into the future.
Why is it crucial that Associations have – and stick to – a strategic plan? A comprehensive strategic plan is the key to your Association’s ability to thrive and grow in a competitive, complex landscape. A strategic plan needs to clearly articulate your Association’s strategic priorities and how you are going to achieve them.
After two years of cancellations, postponements, and numerous challenges when it comes to hosting and attending live events, many of us are keen to get back into “business as usual”. But although associations are planning to resume live member events in 2022, the general feeling amongst association leaders about planning events and conferences for next year is “steady as it goes.”
Associations can be very dynamic organisations. They can bring together like minded members to share information, ideas, and best practice processes within their industry or area of interest.
Associations (and their members) come together to represent a specific purpose and to forward the interests of a specific group of people. More and more, members’ expectations of the services, support, advice and benefits delivered by their association are on the rise. As such, association leaders must be able to demonstrate to their members that they are meeting industry best practice, and that the needs of members are being met.
Associations can be very dynamic organisations. They can bring together like minded members to share information, ideas, and best practice processes within their industry or area of interest.
Association Executive Services (AES) recently commenced work on a project for the South Gippsland Shire Council. The project includes the development of a Good Governance Toolkit. The Toolkit will be an online governance resource, designed to empower the business community in South Gippsland by helping local associations effectively and efficiently manage and grow their membership base.
We recently spoke with Genevieve Newton (Chief Executive Officer, Victorian Music Teachers’ Association) about her experience with the AES Best Practice Association and Not for Profit Benchmarking Self-Assessment.
How we help membership based, not-for-profit associations now and into the future.
