Planning key to adopting a learning management system
Software for managing, delivering educational content can be good investment if groups do their homework ahead of time.
CEO Update
New breed of CFOs sit at strategy table
No longer just ‘bookkeepers,’ today's association finance pros are modeling scenarios and spotting trends. “You have finances so (CEOs) think of you as transactional and they’ll go, ‘We want you to take over membership, because that’s transactional, we want you to handle the administrative services and HR,’ and you end up being the pseudo COO, but a true operations person, not a strategic person,” said David Keen, CFO of the American Psychiatric Association.
Strong meat industry relationships help Potts with challenges
As CEO of the North American Meat Institute, Julie Anna Potts tackles issues from food safety to animal welfare and consumer demands.
Veterinarian group forges ahead with insurance coverage
AVMA relaunches association health plan program six years after Affordable Care Act shut down previous effort, says new plans not affected by court ruling.
Cancer diagnosis sidelines longtime ASAE CEO Graham
Sixteen-year leader stepped back from day-to-day management June 27 to focus on health; EVP Susan Robertson named interim CEO.