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Posted On April 10, 2019By NASO Association AdvantageIn Click Newsletter

How to Keep Your Association Meetings on Track

If leaders want members to attend association meetings, the key is to run them efficiently. Time is precious. With officiating, family and work commitments, association members can’t spend endless hours on association business and training. Keep the meetings on track and you’re more likely to fill the seats. Step 1 — Start on time. Instruct members to find their seats and begin to get them settled a few minutes before the scheduled start time. Regardless of who isn’t there, start the meeting on time. If you start a little bitRead More

Posted On April 10, 2019By NASO Association AdvantageIn Click Newsletter

The Right Evaluation System for Your Association

By Carl Smith First off, let’s get one thing straight … there is no evaluation system that is the magical answer to “make” officials better. Officials have to want to improve. It’s our job as association members or officers to be ready to help those officials improve, by offering our experience. We need to maintain dialogue and feedback with those officials to determine their personal goals — both short term and long range. Those officials should be assured that we’re committed to making them the best official they’re capable ofRead More

Posted On March 18, 2019By NASO Association AdvantageIn Click Newsletter

Train Newer Officials to Retain Them

By Jeffrey Stern Keep someone interested in officiating for five years, the saying goes, and they will be an official for life. Half the battle for local associations is getting fresh faces on the roster. The other half is getting them to stick around. When newer officials decide they’ve had enough, it may well be for good reasons: change in job or family responsibilities; harassment from coaches, players, parents and spectators; or they simply found that officiating wasn’t their cup of tea. If so, there is not much an associationRead More

Posted On March 18, 2019By NASO Association AdvantageIn Click Newsletter

13 Error Prevention Techniques for Your Members

Industry leaders have been studying error prevention for decades. Workers the world over have been trained in using certain tools to ensure safety and quality. Those proven methods are just as useful on the field or court as they are in factories and businesses. The actual words vary from business to business. They are sometimes called human performance tools or error prevention techniques. The key is to teach your association members the concepts, so they are part of their ritual to help prevent things from going wrong. Training and QualificationsRead More

Posted On February 7, 2019By NASO Association AdvantageIn Click Newsletter

How to Select Guest Speakers

One way to liven your association meeting is to invite a guest speaker. Having a guest ensures that the members don’t hear the same voice week after week, and it gives the regular program chair a welcome week off from putting together a program. Step 1 — Be budget-conscious. While a great many officials who have “made it” are more than willing to come to your meeting gratis, others specify or expect some kind of compensation. If you have extra money or if your budget includes a provision for aRead More

Posted On February 7, 2019By NASO Association AdvantageIn Click Newsletter

7 Tips for a Productive Board Meeting

Board of directors meetings for a typical officials association usually, in a nutshell, consist of an agenda, a review of the previous meeting’s minutes, a treasurer’s report, and any new and old business. Most officers within an association know the routine, it’s been used for years. But how can an association’s board of directors ensure that the meeting is efficient and productive? Here are seven basics, aside from using Robert’s Rules of Order, that will assist toward an above-average meeting. 1. Be sure that the agenda set for the meetingRead More

Posted On January 9, 2019By NASO Association AdvantageIn Click Newsletter

How to Market Your Clinic

Your association has decided to take on the task of running a clinic. The date is selected, the site secured, speakers are lined up and the program is now set. But the most important task remains: Getting the word out so you’ll get the maximum number of campers. Step 1 — Identify your target audience. Once you know the who’s, what’s and when’s of your event, you will have an idea of the type of camper you’re trying to attract. Is yours an advanced camp, designed for veterans looking toRead More

Posted On January 9, 2019By NASO Association AdvantageIn Click Newsletter

4 Best Practices Your Association Should Adopt

By Patrick Rosenow Successful officials always want to get better and look for ways to improve. They go to camps and clinics, read blogs and Referee, and engage in endless conversations about the best way to work a play or approach a situation. In management-speak, they are always on the lookout for best practices. The same principle of finding and using best practices applies to managing officials associations. Even though associations have different needs and resources and what works for one doesn’t always work for another, there are a numberRead More

Posted On December 18, 2018By NASO Association AdvantageIn Click Newsletter

6 Signs Your Board Is Dysfunctional

Some association boards seem to have it all. They work well together, get a lot accomplished for the association and motivate members to become active contributors. As a result, the association thrives. Other association boards … are, well, just the opposite. Here are six signs your board of directors is dysfunctional and your association likely won’t get too much done for the betterment of the group. 1. You don’t know what’s in your bylaws (or you don’t know if you have them). Leaders must have the necessary tools in placeRead More

Posted On December 17, 2018By NASO Association AdvantageIn Click Newsletter

How to Plan a Banquet

Some association boards seem to have it all. They work well together, get a lot accomplished for the association and motivate members to become active contributors. As a result, the association thrives. Other association boards … are, well, just the opposite. Here are six signs your board of directors is dysfunctional and your association likely won’t get too much done for the betterment of the group. 1. You don’t know what’s in your bylaws (or you don’t know if you have them). Leaders must have the necessary tools in placeRead More
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