Road to Relevance: Purposeful Abandonment
Recorded On: 03/24/2014
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Based on their book, Road to Relevance: 5 Strategies for Competitive Associations, and their work with over 1,400 organizations, best selling authors Harrison Coerver and Mary Byers, CAE provide information designed to help you take the conversation about relevance to the next level.
Strategy #5: Purposeful Abandonment
The average association creates value by adding things rather than creating valuable things. Has this been your operating philosophy in the past? If so, this session will teach you a methodical process of identifying what should stay—and what should be eliminated from your portfolio of services. You'll learn how to get buy-in from leadership, how to decide what to eliminate and how to create a compelling vision for staff and leaders in order to make the process easier.
Mary Byers, CAE
Author
Mary Byers, CAE, is co-author of "Race for Relevance: Five Radical Changes for Associations" and "Road to Relevance: 5 Strategies for Competitive Associations." She’s the former director of communications and member services for the Illinois State Dental Society and served in that capacity for nine years prior to starting her consulting business in 1998. Mary specializes in working with volunteer association leaders and chief staff executives to help define their roles and clarify their vision through leadership conference programming, facilitating strategic planning retreats and coaching. Mary is a certified association executive and a member of the National Speakers Association. She is also the author of seven books.
Harrison Coerver
Author
Harrison Coerver is President of Harrison Coerver & Associates, a management consulting firm specializing in trade associations, professional societies and other tax-exempt membership organizations. Since 1985 Coerver has consulted with over 1,000 associations in strategy, planning, marketing and management. He is known for his group facilitation skills, straightforward style and innovative approaches to association governance and management. He is also a frequent speaker and seminar leader on future trends for associations and professional societies and is a former member of the Board of Directors of the Association Forum of Chicagoland, a 4,000-member organization serving association professionals in the greater Chicago area.
