Same Values, New Design: Why Association Events Don’t Need to Look the Way They Always Have
2026-03-31 11:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | zoom.us/j/96663774432
Course Description:
Associations are built on enduring values: advancing knowledge, serving members, fostering community, and creating meaningful impact. Those values haven’t changed, but the way we design events around them can.
In this highly interactive online session, participants will explore how association events can evolve beyond familiar formats without losing their purpose or credibility. Using a live, audience-driven “design wheel” format, the session will surface practical ideas for rethinking agendas, engagement, technology, sponsorship, and human connection, all while staying true to an association’s mission.
Rather than presenting a list of trends, this session invites participants to experience a different way of designing events in real time, demonstrating how small, intentional design choices can lead to more engaging, inclusive, and relevant meetings.

Learning Objectives:
Distinguish between core association values and inherited event formats, identifying where tradition supports the mission and where it may limit engagement.
Apply at least three alternative event design approaches that enhance participation, connection, and relevance without compromising professionalism or purpose.
Evaluate common event design choices (agenda structure, room setup, technology use, sponsorship integration) through a values-first lens.
Build confidence in experimenting with new formats, using small, low-risk design shifts rather than large-scale overhauls.

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People: Working in Perfect Harmony & Being Accountable
2026-03-31 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/92760373685
Course Description:
People decisions are designed to create a healthy culture of learning and accountability.
Are all stakeholders productive and engaged, and would you “rehire” all of them?
People decisions when scaling up involve strategically managing your workforce to support business growth, focusing on hiring/firing, retention, development, and culture. It is about making sure you have the right people in the right roles doing the right things right, fostering a high-performance culture, and aligning workforce with your overall strategic goals. This is about your Core Values and the behaviors that bring them to life. Straight-forward but far from simple. You are dealing with humans, after all.

Learning Objectives:
Build a culture rooted in Core Values and demonstrated behaviors.
Assess whether the organization has the right people in the right roles.
Plan for intentional talent scaling as the business grows.
Design people systems that drive high performance.
Align workforce and culture with strategic priorities.

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AI Licensing: Free-For-All or Pay-To-Play?
2026-04-01 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/93622931656
Course Description:
Join us for a ‘point-counterpoint’ style session about free and paid AI licensing. We will share our views on the positives, negatives, considerations, and impacts of the different options in AI licensing. We will be curious and debate our positions. Our format will create a stimulating environment for lively discussion, intellectual exchange, peer learning, and friendly banter.
Some questions we will consider: How applicable is the euphemism: “If the license is free, you are the commodity”? Is a freemium license the most expeditious way to bring the most staff up to speed? How can organizations encourage ‘informed experimentation’ with AI tools? Is my organization’s data at risk? Does my AI tool use my data and prompts to train its model?

Learning Objectives:
Analyze and evaluate the variables in the decision to use free and/or fee AI licenses.
Identify recommended guardrails if/when giving staff permission to use free AI licenses.
Evaluate inputs to measure ROI if/when giving staff paid AI licenses.
Discern key elements of Terms and Conditions in AI license models.
Facilitate a discussion at your organization when considering free and paid AI licenses.

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Execution: You Can't Scale Chaos
2026-04-07 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/93763454089
Course Description:
Without critical processes that scale with the business, growth fades, effectiveness erodes, and profits dwindle.
Are all your processes running without drama and driving industry-leading profitability?
Execution is about converting revenue efficiently into profit through processes, priorities, leveraging data and effective communication.

Learning Objectives:
Develop strategies to grow effectively and efficiently with discipline and intention.
Design processes that scale as the business grows.
Identify execution gaps that erode effectiveness and profit margins.
Apply communication techniques as a tool to enhance execution.

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Building an AI-Enabled Education Program: Practical Strategies for Associations
2026-04-15 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/92126251031
Course Description:
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping how education programs are designed, delivered, and scaled. For associations and mission-driven organizations, the question is no longer whether to explore AI, but how to do so thoughtfully and strategically.
This practical webinar provides a clear, non-technical look at how AI can support content creation, curation, learner engagement, and program operations. Using a real-world association case example, participants will explore lessons learned, governance considerations, and strategies for balancing innovation with risk management.
Attendees will leave with actionable ideas, a simple framework for AI adoption, and concrete steps they can begin implementing right away.

Learning Objectives:
Identify practical applications of AI across the education lifecycle, from content creation to delivery and operations.
Explain why AI is becoming strategically important for associations facing competitive and resource pressures.
Recognize key governance and risk considerations when implementing AI in education programs.
Apply a simple roadmap for AI adoption, including how to start with low-risk pilots.
Outline immediate next steps to explore AI responsibly within their organization.

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A Recruitment Campaign, an Onboarding Campaign, and a Renewal Campaign Walk Into an Association…
2026-04-22 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/92802698860
Course Description:
Most associations run recruitment, onboarding, and renewal campaigns like they have nothing to do with each other. And honestly? Members can likely tell.

They get a generic pitch before they join. A welcome email that could’ve gone to anyone. And a renewal notice that shows up out of nowhere because nothing meaningful happened in between.

In this session, we’re walking through all three. What good actually looks like at each stage, what results real associations are seeing, and what changes when these campaigns stop living in separate silos and start working as one connected story.

No fluff. Just practical examples, real numbers, and a few things you can take back to your team.

Learning Objectives:
Understand what’s stopping prospects from joining — and how to address it before they disappear

Recognize the moments in year one that determine whether a member renews

Identify why members lapse and what to do about it before the deadline hits

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Beyond Certifications: Core Principles of Professional and Corporate Recognition Programs
2026-04-23 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/98660477341
Course Description:
Unlock the untapped potential within your association. While many organizations prioritize traditional membership benefits, recognition programs offer a powerful tool that simultaneously drives revenue, enhances member engagement, and fosters long-term industry impact. This course outlines the common best practices used across recognition programs and provides association leaders with a framework for understanding program structure and hierarchy. You’ll gain practical knowledge in developing, implementing, and maintaining certificate, certification, and company recognition programs.

Learning Objectives:
Identify key principles for developing and implementing effective recognition programs
Align recognition initiatives with the association’s mission and strategic goals
Apply best practices for marketing recognition programs to members and stakeholders
Build and nurture relationships with partner organizations to enhance program value
Understand financial implications and expectations for program sustainability
Analyze case studies to identify successful recognition strategies and common pitfalls

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What's New in BC 2026 Wave 1
2026-04-23 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/94761713917
This event is eligible for CPE Credit only~

Course Description:
Here is an opportunity to learn what’s new in BC.
Business Central has two major updates each year. Today you will get the highlights of what’s new in the latest release. This will cover multiple areas of BC.

Learning Objectives:
Analyze what is new in BC
Evaluate the update rollouts
Understand how to manage your update schedule

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Brand Strategy That Works: How Organizations Can Evolve Without Losing Their Identity
2026-04-29 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/98439233828
Course Description:
As organizations grow, they may struggle to evolve their brand without losing clarity, trust, or alignment with their mission. This session explores how organizations can modernize their brand strategy in a thoughtful, strategic way—ensuring relevance while preserving organizational identity.

Participants will learn what brand strategy really means beyond logos and visual identity, and how to create a practical framework that supports consistency across touchpoints. Through real-world examples and applied guidance, this session will help attendees connect brand clarity to stronger member engagement and long-term sustainability.

Learning Objectives:
Define the core components of an effective brand strategy.

Evaluate their organization’s current brand for clarity, consistency, and relevance.

Apply practical brand guidelines to communicate consistently.

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Beyond Webinars: Building an Education Pathway Your Members Can Actually Use
2026-04-29 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/94525531313
Course Description:
Associations are under more pressure than ever to increase member engagement.

Members are asking harder questions about value. They want professional development, but more importantly, they want progress. They want to know what your association can do to help them move forward in their career, not just what content is available this month.

That is where many associations run into a gap.

Most organizations already offer some form of education, whether that is webinars, conferences, on-demand learning, or certificate content. Those offerings can be useful, but they often live as a collection of resources rather than a clear path.

For members, that can make the experience feel fragmented, especially when they are at different stages of their career and trying to figure out what comes next.

This session will explore why education remains one of the strongest ways to attract, engage, and retain members, and why the way it is organized matters just as much as the volume of content offered.

Attendees will look at the kinds of education benefits associations typically provide, where those models tend to fall short, and what a more structured member education pathway can look like.

We will cover how to better align offerings to a member’s career stage, how clearer guidance can increase the perceived value of your existing education portfolio, and how degree options can extend that pathway even further for members who need more than another webinar.

The goal is not to replace what your association already offers. It is to make it more useful, more relevant, and more connected to the real career decisions your members are trying to make.

If your association wants its education strategy to feel less like a catalog and more like a path forward, this session will give you a practical way to think about it.

Learning Objectives:
Understand why member education needs to feel like a pathway, not just a collection of webinars, courses, and content

Recognize where traditional professional development offerings fall short for members who are looking for real career advancement

Apply strategies to organize education offerings around career stage, member need, and next-step relevance

Evaluate how degree options can strengthen your association’s education strategy by giving members a more concrete path forward

Apply a practical framework for making your education benefits feel more useful, more visible, and more connected to member value

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Foundations of Effective Advocacy for Associations
2026-04-30 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/93860999738
Course Description:
This session provides association professionals with a practical foundation in public policy advocacy. Presenters will walk through the essential tools in the advocacy toolbox, from direct lobbying and grassroots member mobilization to grasstops engagement, coalition building, and fly-ins, offering actionable strategies for organizations of any size. The session also covers how to navigate Congress and federal agencies effectively, understand compliance and ethics requirements, and engage boards and members to build lasting organizational support for advocacy.

Learning Objectives:
Identify the core tools in an advocacy program, including direct lobbying, grassroots and grasstops strategies, coalitions, and fly-ins, and understand when and how to deploy each one effectively.

Understand how to navigate the legislative and regulatory landscape, including Congress’s committee structure, the federal rulemaking process, and compliance and ethics requirements for lobbying.

Learn practical strategies for mobilizing association members and leaders as effective advocates, from grassroots campaigns and social media engagement to cultivating grasstops relationships with policymakers.

Recognize the value of advocacy coalitions for amplifying your organization’s voice and stretching limited resources around shared policy priorities.

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Turn Your Association Into a Growth Platform for an Entire Profession
2026-05-05 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/93284644334
Course Description:
Association executives must rethink what business they are really in at a time when LinkedIn, AI, peer networks, and on-demand platforms like YouTube have become their members’ default teachers. This session makes the case that associations no longer compete on content or events, they compete on their ability to cultivate real-world capability, professional judgment, and trusted communities of practice. Participants will explore how learning is already happening in the flow of work, why traditional program models are losing gravity, and how forward-looking associations are redesigning themselves as living learning ecosystems that drive relevance, loyalty, and long-term impact. Executives will leave with a clear framework for identifying their association’s most critical practice gaps and a concrete experiment they can launch to begin shifting from episodic programming to continuous professional growth.

Learning Objectives:
Diagnose the real competitive threat to your association
Distinguish between a “program provider” and a “learning ecosystem”
Reframe member engagement as a learning-in-the-flow-of-work problem
Envision a next-generation role for your association

Cybersecurity in a Nutshell: A High-Level Guide for Executives
2026-05-07 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/91992885484
Course Description:
When you’re running an association, you don’t have time to get into the weeds of how every cyberattack works or why one detection tool is better than another.

All you need to know is what you’re susceptible to and how to know you’re as protected as you should be. Our session will cover:

* Your biggest threat: AI-powered financial fraud
* Outdated defenses: multi-factor authentication
* Signs you’re protected: pessimistic permissions
* Action items to delegate: 5-point framework

We’ll keep it high-level, plain-English, and practical.

Learning Objectives:
Identify AI-powered financial fraud as the primary cybersecurity threat facing associations.

Evaluate current security measures, including the limitations of multi-factor authentication.

Apply pessimistic permissions principles to assess organizational protection levels.

Implement a 5-point cybersecurity framework through appropriate delegation to staff.

Your YouTube Channel Is an AI Strategy: A New Playbook for Association Marketers
2026-05-12 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/93314135341
Course Description:
Search is changing faster than most marketing teams realize. With AI engines like Google’s AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity now answering questions directly, 60% of searches end without a single click — and traditional SEO is losing its grip. But there’s an opportunity hiding in plain sight: YouTube is now the #1 cited domain in AI-generated search results, referenced 200 times more than any other video platform across every major AI engine. In this session, Michael Hoffman, CEO of Gather Voices, reframes how membership organizations should think about YouTube — not as a social network where you need views, likes, and viral moments, but as the world’s largest context window for AI. You’ll learn why a library of modest, well-structured videos answering your audience’s real questions will outperform a single polished production every time, how to build that library without a dedicated video team, and how to measure success in a way your leadership will actually understand. You’ll leave with a concrete 30-day plan to start building AI visibility through video — starting this week.

Learning Objectives:

Understand how AI-powered search (Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity) is reducing clicks to traditional websites and what this means for your marketing and SEO strategy

Identify why YouTube has become the #1 cited source in AI-generated search results — and why it’s the most actionable channel your organization can control

Reframe YouTube success from views and followers to structured, question-answering content that builds AI visibility over time

Apply a practical content framework — the “Answer Library” model — to identify your organization’s top questions, organize them into topic pillars, and create AI-readable video content without a production team

Develop a 30-day quick-start plan to either launch or optimize your YouTube channel for AI search discovery

The Member Value Problem: Why Associations Work Harder but See Less Engagement
2026-05-13 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/97167289784
Course Description:
Associations are working harder than ever. Teams are stretched thin trying to keep up with communications, programs, and member expectations. Yet engagement stays flat, retention is unpredictable, and growth is harder to achieve.

Members are not always disengaged because they do not care. Often, they simply do not clearly see what is relevant or valuable to them. When your audience and value are not clearly defined, more activity creates more noise instead of stronger results.

In this session, Cheri Quinn and Emily Youngblood will share how associations can step out of the cycle of constant activity and focus on what actually drives engagement and growth.

Learning Objectives:
Understand why increased activity does not always translate into stronger engagement.

Identify where associations commonly lose clarity in how they communicate value.

Apply strategies to define member value in a way that resonates with the right audience.

Apply practical ways to align your messaging with what matters most to your members.

CFO Financial Communications and Interactions With Boards
2026-05-21 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/91665921432
Course Description:
The relationship between a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a nonprofit’s Board of Directors is critical to the organization’s success, stability, and mission achievement. This session is designed to equip CFOs and senior finance leaders with the essential communication skills and strategic insights needed to effectively partner with, educate, and influence the board. We will explore how to move beyond basic reporting to deliver financial information that is strategic, clear, and action-oriented, helping board members fulfill their fiduciary duties. Topics will include translating complex financial statements into key organizational narratives, managing the budget process with board oversight, communicating about risk and reserves, and handling challenging questions from diverse board member backgrounds

Learning Objectives:
Adapt financial reports and presentations to meet the distinct information needs of different board committees (e.g., Finance, Audit, Investment).

Translate complex financial data into clear, concise, and compelling narratives that directly connect financial performance to the organization’s mission and strategic goals.

Facilitate productive board discussions on the annual budget, presenting it not just as a spending plan, but as a roadmap for executing strategy.

Employ best practices for anticipating and responding to challenging or technical financial questions from board members with non-financial backgrounds.

Mastering Memory for Professional Success & Peak Performance
2026-05-27 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/91832911266
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
In this fun & interactive program, U.S. Memory Champion, Chester Santos – “The International Man of Memory” will help you to develop life changing memory skills that you can immediately apply to better retaining and recalling valuable information from conference sessions, training classes, and other professional development activities. You’ll also learn how to become a master at remembering names to get more out of the wonderful experience of networking at business events. In addition, you’ll find out how to leverage how human memory works to make your company’s messaging and event programming more memorable.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Master the fundamental principles for developing powerful memory skills to enhance productivity & increase ROI from training and development efforts
Learn to better remember names to get more out of networking at conferences/meetings and improve professional & personal relationships
Become a more effective and persuasive speaker by learning to give presentations without notes
Learn why neuroscientists insist that broadening your “knowledge base” is the key to creativity and innovation
Leverage how human memory works to make your company’s messaging and event programming more “memorable”

Mastering the Three Zones of Association Leadership
2026-05-27 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/92949527950
Course Description:
Association leaders operate in three essential zones—strategy, risk management, and culture—and long-term stability depends on keeping all three in balance. This session introduces a practical, easy to apply framework that helps leaders focus their attention where it drives the greatest impact. You’ll explore how these zones shape decision making, member value, and organizational resilience, especially in small staff environments. Participants will leave with simple, actionable ways to align staff, volunteers, and members to create sustained strength and momentum.

Learning Objectives:
Understand how strategy, risk management, and culture work together to strengthen or destabilize an association.

Apply communication tools that help staff, volunteers, and members become aligned.

Build long-term momentum by reinforcing habits that support clarity, resilience, and a healthy organizational culture.

The AI Power Hour: 30 Tools in One Webinar
2026-06-03 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/94050021104
Course Description:
Join us for a dynamic session that dives into how marketers can harness the latest wave of AI innovation to boost creativity, speed, and impact. You’ll get a rapid tour of 30 cutting-edge tools spanning; language, video, image, and audio generation. We’ll show how AI is streamlining content creation, automating analytics, and transforming everyday workflows. Whether you’re testing the waters or ready to scale your AI capabilities, you’ll walk away energized and ready to put these technologies to work right away.

Learning Objectives:
Get grounded in the current AI landscape: Explore where today’s generative AI tools fit within marketing and which emerging players are driving the next wave of innovation.
Uncover must-try tools: Discover 30 standout AI platforms designed to boost creativity, streamline production, and elevate campaign results.
Master AI-driven efficiency: Learn how to weave automation into your marketing stack to refine targeting, scale analytics, and personalize engagement.
Anticipate the next evolution: Gain forward-looking insights into how generative AI and real-time optimization will reshape marketing strategies moving forward.

Making Volunteer Selection Objective - Building Thoughtful Criteria
2026-06-10 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/97734637107
Course Description:
Volunteers are an associations most engaged members. They regularly find the most value in their membership. Yet many associations obfuscate the process to becoming a volunteer, either relying on who they know, or creating a process that is difficult to navigate. This session will focus on how associations can better outline their process for volunteer selection to help engage more members, providing more value to both members and the association.

Learning Objectives:
Understand the value of creating volunteer selection criteria
Create potential evaluation criteria for volunteers
Develop criteria outlining both skills and competencies for volunteer roles.
Identify opportunities to remove subjective steps from their own selection process

Communication Killers: Why Smart C-Suite Leaders Lose Their Jobs—And How Not to Be Next
2026-06-24 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/94675406323
Course Description:
You didn’t get to the top because you lack skills. But what takes down even the best association CEOs and C-suite leaders isn’t performance—it’s communication. Misread your board or misjudge your staff dynamics, and your credibility can erode fast, taking your reputation and role down with it.
This one-hour, high-intensity webinar pulls back the curtain on the silent career derailers that sideline association executives. You’ll get a candid look at how subtle missteps in messaging, tone, or alignment can turn collaboration into confrontation, and what you can do today to stop it.
Walk away with a clearer sense of how your leadership voice is heard, where it might be misfiring, and how mastering this one skill may be the reason you keep your job… or start planning your next move.

Learning Objectives:
Decode board and staff dynamics before they blow up your leadership credibility.
Adapt your communication style to defuse conflict and build trust.
Spot early warning signs that your leadership message isn’t landing—and fix it before it’s too late.

AI Is Changing the Inbox, Are Your Emails Ready?
2026-07-01 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/97651892924
Course Description:
AI is already reshaping how emails are delivered, summarized, and prioritized—especially in Gmail. That means your members may be seeing a version of your email before they even open it. In this session, we’ll break down how inboxes are changing, what it means for associations, and how to adjust your email strategy now. You’ll walk away with simple, practical ways to improve your email structure, content, and design so your emails stay visible, relevant, and effective.

Learning Objectives:
Understand how AI is changing the inbox—including how emails are being filtered, prioritized, and even summarized before members read them.

Identify the common email mistakes that hurt engagement today (and will be amplified by AI), based on real examples from association email audits.

Apply simple design and content best practices that make emails easier for both members and inbox algorithms to understand and act on.

Develop a practical checklist to future-proof your email strategy and keep your messages visible, relevant, and effective moving forward.

Goldilocks and the Three Community Events
2026-07-08 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/92674132065
Course Description:
Professionals are presented with a wealth of opportunities to engage through association and industry events — but how does one choose where to go, and how do you make the most of the experience? With 20 years of attending and planning events, I’ll share practical strategies for getting the most out of every event opportunity, regardless of your role: end-user, vendor, partner, consultant, staff, or volunteer leader.

Learning Objectives:

Apply strategies to maximize opportunities at local, regional, and national community events.

Apply strategies to optimize each event experience to make it “Just Right.”

Explain how personal and organizational branding enhances community event engagement.

The M&A Blind Spot: What Association Leaders Need to Know About Valuation Before It’s Too Late
2026-07-08 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/92937397585
Course Description:
Industry consolidation is reshaping the landscape for associations and nonprofits. Member organizations are merging, being acquired, or disappearing — and with them, the dues revenue, advertising base, and vendor ecosystems that associations depend on. Yet most association executives are watching this happen without the tools to understand, quantify, or respond to it strategically. This session draws on over a decade of strategic valuation and market intelligence work across Fortune 1000 companies, private equity portfolios, and nonprofit mergers to give association leaders a practical, thought-leadership grounded understanding of how M&A really works — from the wide range of valuation outcomes that make deals unpredictable, to the due diligence failures that sink them, to the fundamentally different rules that apply when nonprofits merge versus when for-profits transact. Whether your members are the ones consolidating or your association is considering its own strategic combination, this session will elevate your ability to lead through it.

Learning Objectives:
Understand why industry consolidation directly impacts association membership, revenue, and strategic positioning — and how to account for it before it becomes a crisis

Learn the difference between valuation as a financial exercise and valuation as a strategic decision-making tool for boards, mergers, and capital allocation

Identify the most common due diligence failures that cause mergers and acquisitions to underperform — and what responsible leadership looks like on both the buy and sell side

Recognize when your organization is “too late” in planning for sellability, merger readiness, or consolidation response — and the minimum viable steps to course-correct

Apply a practical framework for assessing whether to buy, build, merge, or find a niche — whether your organization is a for-profit, nonprofit, or trade association

The Strength of Associations: Volunteering Around the World
2026-07-22 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/94209519667
Course Description:
Volunteering is a powerful force behind the success of associations—but its impact looks different across regions, cultures, and communities. In this webinar, we’ll explore how associations can harness volunteering as a strategic asset to drive engagement, strengthen member value, and expand global impact.

You’ll gain insights into how volunteering practices vary around the world, what motivates individuals in different cultural contexts, and how expectations of volunteer roles can differ significantly across geographies. We’ll also share practical strategies to help you recruit, engage, and support volunteers effectively—no matter where they are.

Whether you’re building a global program or refining an existing one, this session will equip you with actionable ideas to create a more inclusive, scalable, and impactful volunteer ecosystem.

Learning Objectives:
Evaluate how associations can unlock the full potential of volunteering to drive impact and engagement

Understand how volunteering varies across cultures, regions, and expectations worldwide

Apply practical strategies to attract, motivate, and support volunteers in a global context

Revenue Unplugged: Ask Us Anything About Non-Dues Revenue
2026-07-29 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/98383897085
Course Description:
You’ve heard the presentations, read the case studies, and seen the slides—but when it comes to your association, the practical questions about non-dues revenue always remain. That’s why we’re opening the floor for a candid, fast-paced session with four of the association community’s go-to experts in sponsorship, strategy, business models, and partnerships.
This “Ask Us Anything” session brings together more than a century of combined experience helping associations design, diversify, and grow their revenue streams. Bring your toughest challenges and most curious “what ifs”—this is your chance to explore solutions that make sense for your members, mission, and market.

Learning Objectives:
Identify creative twists on traditional sponsorships and partnerships

Evaluate the value of aligning revenue goals with mission, member value, and sponsor value

Analyze current trends in pricing packaging, and corporate engagement

Apply strategies to move from one-off ideas or events to sustainable revenue programs

Building a Culture of Inclusion Through Budgets, Financial Reporting and Communication
2026-09-22 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/92190428486
Course Description:
In this presentation we will discuss actions and tactics you can use to better connect project managers and staff with budget planning and budget building processes including adding an annual budget process assessment, engaging staff with rolling projections and looking forward, budgeting for revenue and support, special tactics for budgeting for salaries, and how decentralizing the budget building process and documenting budget assumptions is key to success. We will also discuss how creating an inclusive culture about the budgeting process is critical to the above.

Learning Objectives:

Employ tactics to better connect project managers and staff with the budgeting process.

Create an inclusive culture to facilitate a better budgeting process

Develop and document more accurate budget projections.

What's New in BC 2026 Wave 2
2026-10-21 11:00 - 12:00 | zoom.us/j/91041321099
This event is eligible for CPE Credit only~

Course Description:
Here is an opportunity to learn what’s new in BC.
Business Central has two major updates each year. Today you will get the highlights of what’s new in the latest release. This will cover multiple areas of BC.

Learning Objectives:
Analyze what is new in BC
Evaluate the update rollouts
Understand how to manage your update schedule

Using Pipeline Reports to Navigate Funding and Improve Sustainability
2026-11-12 13:00 - 14:00 | zoom.us/j/95678306303
Course Description:
For nonprofit organizations, a robust and well-managed funding pipeline is the lifeblood of long-term sustainability. This session provides a deep dive into the creation, analysis, and strategic application of pipeline reports, which track and project incoming revenue from all sources, including grants, major gifts, individual donors, and contracts. Participants will learn how to transition from reactive fundraising to proactive financial forecasting by establishing clear pipeline stages, accurately estimating close rates, and identifying potential gaps in future funding. We will cover how to use this data not only to manage the development team but also to inform the annual budget, guide strategic decisions about program expansion, and communicate a reliable vision of financial health to the board. Mastering pipeline reporting is key to ensuring continuous operations and achieving mission impact.

Learning Objectives:

Design a Pipeline: Structure a comprehensive funding pipeline that incorporates various revenue streams (grants, individual giving, etc.) into a single, cohesive reporting system.

Forecast Revenue: Utilize pipeline metrics, such as close rates and average gift size, to generate accurate and reliable revenue forecasts for the current and subsequent fiscal years.

Identify Funding Gaps: Analyze pipeline reports to proactively identify potential shortfalls or high-risk areas in future funding and develop contingency plans.

Communicate Sustainability: Leverage pipeline reports to effectively communicate the organization’s current funding trajectory and long-term sustainability outlook to the board, staff, and external partners.
