Field Guide to Association Management Issues & Trends
(Updated February 2007)
At the opening of the 21st century, the United States boasts more than 23,000 national organizations. This Field Guide contains books, journal articles and websites on various aspects of association management, including board of directors basics, tips on developing leadership and managing volunteers, law and governance issues and professional practices. (V. Chawla, Information Specialist)
The Success of your Board of Directors begins with these strategies
Understanding of the Board's role
Shared vision with the CEO
Assessment of the association's critical issues
Well-developed action plan
Informed board members
Value diversity
Focussed agendas
Source: 6 strategies for better boards, (Association Management, May. 2000). Q
Board of Directors Issues 
How to Assess and Improve Your Board's Performance, (Association Management, June 2004). Q
Managing the board-staff relationship, (Association Management, June 2004). Q
Building organizational capacity, (Association Management, Jan. 2004). Q
Accountability: Learning from Sarbanes-Oxley, (Independent Sector, May 11, 2004).
Nonprofits feel the effects of accounting reform, (Nonprofit World, Mar./Apr. 2004). Q
Creating a board without borders, (Association Management, Jan. 2004). Q
Five FAQs about board self-assessment, (Association Management, Jan. 2004). Q
Getting on board, (Association Management, Jan. 2004). Q
The board balancing act, (Association Management, Jan. 2004). Q
Boards must change the ways they do business, (Nonprofit World, July/Aug. 2003). Q
Leadership Issues & Trends
What's Keeping Association Executives Up at Night, (Canadian Society of Association Executives, Nov. 2006).
List Issue: Leadership & Outreach, (REALTOR® Association Executive, Aug. 2006).
Collaboration and Leadership: Secrets of Success, (Nonprofit World, Jan./Feb. 2006). Q
Reinventing Associations, (Association Management, Sept. 2005). Q
Teamwork training: Leaders' bootcamp, (REALTOR® Association Executive, Winter 2004).
Making meetings count, (SuperVision, Aug. 2004). Q
Toward bias-free leadership, (Association Management, July 2004). Q
Motivating the troops: moving from the power of "me" to the power of "we", (SuperVision, Apr. 2004). Q
Ensuring continuity in leadership, (Association Management, Feb. 2004). Q
Best Practices for REALTOR® Association Executives, (Association Executives Best Practices Work Group, Dec. 2003).
Balanced leadership: Staff and volunteers lead together, (Association Executives Best Practices Work Group, Summer 2002).
Leadership liability: Responsibilities and protections for your association and its volunteers under the law, (Association Executives Best Practices Work Group, Summer 2002).
Leadership ethics, (Association Executives Best Practices Work Group, Summer 2002).
Management Tips
List Issue: Management and People Skills, (REALTOR® Association Executive, Aug. 2006).
Mentors Tell All, (REALTOR® Association Executive, Nov. 2006).
Bringing Association Teams Together -- One Game, (Canadian Society of Association Executives, Nov. 2006). Q
Managing in the new millenium, (SuperVision, Aug. 2004). Q
Using behavioral interviewing to help you hire the best of the best, (HR Focus, Aug. 2004). Q
How to do background checks properly, (HR Focus, Aug. 2004). Q
Understanding the culture of your workplace, (SuperVision, Aug. 2004). Q
Listen to what's really going on, (SuperVision, Aug. 2004). Q
How to boost workforce morale, (Association Management, June 2004). Q
Hire the best, (REALTOR® Association Executive, Winter 2004).
Why employees stay, (REALTOR® Association Executive, Winter 2004).
Outsourcing HR, (REALTOR® Association Executive, Winter 2004).
eBooks & Other Resources
eBooks.realtor.org
The following ebooks and digital audiobooks are available to NAR members:
Breakthrough Thinking for Nonprofit Organizations: Creative Strategies for Extraordinary Results (Adobe eReader)
Improving Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations (Adobe eReader)
Managing Risk in Nonprofit Organizations: A Comprehensive Guide (Adobe eReader)
Books, Videos, Research Reports & More
The resources below are available for loan through Information Central. Up to three books, tapes, CDs and/or DVDs can be borrowed for 30 days from the Library for a nominal fee of $10. Call Information Central at 800.874.6500 for assistance.
The Answer book: The source for REALTOR® association management leaders, (Chicago, IL, 2002). HF 296 N21a
Planning your career in association management, (Washington, D.C.: ASAE, 2002). HF 294 B41
Leadership, (New York, NY, Hyperion, 2002). HF 5500 G44
Skills for the first-time supervisor, (Paola, PA: South-Western 2002). HF 5500 G65s
REALTOR® leadership manual: An association management tool for volunteer REALTOR® leadership, ( Virginia Association of REALTORS®). HF 296 N21rm
Field Guides & More
These Field Guides and other resources in the Virtual Library may also be of interest:
Field Guide to Human Resources Essentials for Associations
Field Guide to Communications for Associations
Field Guide to Strategic Planning for Associations
Field Guide to Diversity for Associations
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