Association Transformation
Association Transformation is a podcast for association and nonprofit leaders who want a candid conversation about the work. Host Elisa Pratt, CAE, MA, CVF, CEO and Chief Strategist of Brewer Pratt Solutions, sits down with executives, board leaders and industry partners to dig into the issues facing mission-driven organizations right now.
We get into membership, governance and boards, strategic planning, events, advocacy and the member of the future, with real examples from the organizations doing the work. Elisa spent 25 years as a senior staff leader before she started consulting, so the conversations stay practical and staff-minded, and she'll push back when the conventional wisdom doesn't hold up.
Find every episode at https://associationtransformation.org.
Until next time, put your members and your mission first!
Association Transformation
Latest Episodes
Improv Lessons for Membership Pros: Listen, Jump In and Build on the Idea
Membership work is relationship work, and relationships are built in real time. Sara Bustard, MBA, CAE, Deputy Director of the Phoenixville Regional Chamber of Commerce, joins me to talk about a membership career that runs from explosives engin...
A Better Strategic Planning RFP: What Nearly 200 RFPs Teach Us
Mike Burns, Co-Founder and CEO of StratSimple, and I went through almost 200 strategic planning RFPs for a white paper we wrote together. As a fellow strategic planning nerd, he joins me to talk about what we found: RFPs that prescribe a five-y...
Building the 'Wow' Event Experience: Planning a 200,000 Attendee Event
Attendees are registering later, booking hotels last minute and still expecting to be wowed. John Bailey, CEM, Director, Shows & Exhibits at the National Rifle Association, joins me to talk about planning events at a scale most of us never ...
The Association Behind Team USA: How USA Fencing Grew by Listening to Its Members
Did you know Olympic sports are run by associations? When you watch Olympic fencing, you're seeing an association at work. National governing bodies like USA Fencing are 501(c)(3) membership organizations, and they deal with a lot of the same t...
'Tis the Enrollment Season: Insurance Options for Associations of All Sizes
Renewal letters are landing, and the numbers aren't pretty. Brian Haney, CAE, SVP and Association & Non-Profit Specialist at Relation Insurance Services, joins me to talk through health insurance for associations, especially small-staff sho...
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