ASAE’s Graham to Serve on IS Task Force


John H. Graham IV, CAE, president and CEO of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), has accepted an invitation to serve on an advisory group working on recommendations that might strengthen good governance and ethical conduct of charitable and philanthropic organizations.

The work group will advise a Panel on the Nonprofit Sector, convened by Independent Sector at the request of the Senate Finance Committee, which is currently considering a number of proposed legislative reforms related to governance, transparency, and financial accountability in the tax-exempt sector.

Graham will serve as a member of the Financial Accountability and Transparency Work Group, which will focus on three critical issue areas: 1) improving accuracy and accessibility of financial data including disclosure, revisions to Form 990, penalties for inaccurate/incomplete returns, and electronic filing; 2) enhanced disclosure of performance and financial data; and 3) financial audits and reviews. Other working groups created by the IS panel will focus on Governance and Fiduciary Responsibility; Oversight and Self-Regulation; Legal Framework; and Small Organizations.

The Finance Committee has asked that the panel provide a report of its initial findings and recommendations by February 2005 and a final report in the spring of 2005. The Finance Committee is considering a 19-page staff discussion draft of proposed legislative reforms, first released at a June hearing on charitable abuses at which a number of nonprofit leaders, including ASAE President and CEO John H. Graham IV, CAE, testified.

“I look forward to adding the perspective of the association community to the work group’s deliberations on this critical issue of nonprofit governance,” Graham said. “This is an issue potentially impacting all exempt organizations, despite the Senate Finance Committee’s focus on charitable and philanthropic groups. Obviously, we want to give our legislators as much insight as possible into our community and help shape any legislation that may be coming in the months ahead.”

EXECUTIVE UPDATE Takes Home Two Magazine Awards at Annual Folio:Show

Executive Update, the monthly magazine of The Center for Association Leadership, was honored with two magazine awards November 15th at the annual Folio:Show in New York City.

The Folio:Show is the preeminent educational conference for the $40 billion magazine publishing industry. The 2004 conference kicked off November 15th with a Celebration of Excellence Awards Gala at the New York Hilton. The awards gala included presentations of the 18th Annual Ozzie Awards and the 15th Annual Eddie Awards.

Executive Update won the Gold Ozzie Award for “Best Table of Contents – B-to-B,” and the Bronze Eddie Award for “Association Magazine, circulation six or more times per year.”

The Ozzie Awards are open to all magazines and are given in recognition of excellence in overall magazine design. A distinguished panel of judges from the magazine industry selects the winners based on design and entry statements.

The Eddie Awards are open to all magazines - consumer, b-to-b, associations and online. This is a unique competition in which magazines are evaluated against their own mission statement, rather than against the competition. Entrants are judged on how well they fulfill their mission statements, the quality of their content and how the overall design and production supports their mission.

“All of us at The Center for Association Leadership are very proud of the day-to-day work that goes into producing such a high-quality and eminently informative magazine as Executive Update,” said Susan Sarfati, CAE, president and CEO of The Center and executive vice president of ASAE. “We applaud the efforts of the Executive Update staff and I know they are very rightfully honored by the recognition from their peers in the magazine publishing field.”

Other recent awards for Executive Update include two Society of National Association Publications’ (SNAP) 2004 Excel Awards (Silver – General Excellence; Gold – Cover Photo Illustration); five 2004 APEX Awards for Publication Excellence, including an APEX Grand Award for Design & Illustration Cover; and three 2004 Tabbies, including the Tabbies Gold Award for Table of Contents.

The Center for Association Leadership is the premier provider of learning, future focused and strategic research, and knowledge resources for ASAE and the association community. The Center and its partner organization, the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), provide resources, education, ideas and advocacy to enhance the power and performance of the association community.

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Have You Registered for These Upcoming Events?

Emerging Leaders Forum: Leading from the Middle
December 14, 2004 10:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
The Center for Association Leadership's
Marriott Learning Complex, Washington, DC
ASAE Members $45 Nonmembers $55
Attend the next Emerging Leaders Forum to gain a new perspective on at least one aspect of your job along with tools and techniques for leading in your own organization. Walk away from this interactive session with answers to your questions.

This is your opportunity to assess yourself and determine how to focus your attention in order to achieve balance, satisfaction, and success.  Facilitated by an outstanding speaker, Jane Pettit, look forward to covering these three key items in relation to middle management:

• The middle leader’s job
• Five practices of crackerjack leaders with how-to sharing
  Managing assumptions: yours and your boss’s.  

Improving Delegation-When "Just Do It" Just Won't Do It
Wednesday, December 15, 2004
2:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m. Eastern Time
ASAE Members $189  Nonmembers $289
(Register by December 8th to receive $10 off)
In this virtual seminar you'll discover 12 classic mistakes in delegation and garner easy-to-implement tips for how to avoid or correct them. Learn how to quickly identify and neutralize problems caused by poor delegation, and improve your ability to clearly communicate your expectations concerning the work you delegate. Finally, explore the important role played by accountability.
 
Forum: The Success Principles
How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Friday, January 7, 2005
12:00 p.m.–2:00 p.m.
The Center for Association Leadership's
Marriott Learning Complex, Washington, DC
ASAE Members $55 Nonmembers $65
This is an exciting luncheon forum featuring Jack Canfield, originator of the New York Times #1 best-selling book series, Chicken Soup for the Soul and author of the new book, The Success Principles. You will leave excited about the potential you have for your career, your company, your personal life and your success goals. Whether you need to increase sales, boost income, increase output, expand creativity, enhance problem-solving, find more balance, or improve customer service these principles, when put into practice, will create massive and permanent change in your life and in the day-to-day operations of your organization. Books will be on sale following the program and Jack Canfield will be available to sign the books!

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Check Out The 2005 Hotel Operations Schedule and Reserve Your Spot Today
The 2005 Hotel Operations Program—Your Key to Excellence in Meetings Management

Join your colleagues for an up close and personal look at the business of hotel operations.  This hands-on training course takes you beyond “behind the scenes.”  During this three-day program, you’ll explore every facet of the business—from check-in, to BEO management, to housekeeping to billing, and more!  Made possible by the generosity of our hotel partners, this program is a MUST ATTEND for all meeting planners.  There is limited space, so register today!

Check out these operational areas that will be covered at EVERY program!

• How your RFP is evaluated; revenue projections
• The reservation process
• Contract negotiations, attrition, and other hot-button clauses
• Menu planning, liquor liability, and purchasing
• Security, housekeeping, and union policies
• Telecommunications and audiovisual
• Financial management

January 27-29, Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, VA
February 3-5, Swissotel Chicago, Chicago, IL
March 10-12, Mohegan Sun, Uncasville, CT
April 14-15, Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin, Orlando, FL
May 5-6, Hyatt Regency San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
June 9-11, Fairmont Hotel Dallas, Dallas, TX
July 28-30, Hilton New York, New York, NY
August 4-6, Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center, Kissimmee, FL
August 25-27, The Mayflower, Washington, DC
September 22-24, Hilton Americas-Houston, Houston, TX
October 27-29, Hilton Minneapolis, Minneapolis, MN
November 17-19, Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, Washington, DC
December 8-10, Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Philadelphia, PA (More information to follow)
December 15-17, Hyatt Regency Albuquerque, Albuquerque, NM  (More information to follow)

Blue Chip Executive Compensation and Benefits Study and Association Executive Compensation Study Have Arrived at the ASAE Bookstore!

2004 Blue Chip Association Executive Compensation & Benefits Study 
by ASAE Industry Research 
ASAE Members $143.95  Nonmembers $224.95 
Product #: 212255

Negotiating your compensation, benefits, and contract?

You've made it to the top... but are you being paid what you're worth? It's time you tapped into one of ASAE 's most valued resources, the Blue Chip Association Executive Compensation & Benefits Study. Year after year, this objective tool has successfully increased the compensation for countless highly paid association CEO's and other top executives. If you're a chief executive officer who earns at least $150,000 in total compensation, don't sit at the negotiating table without it.

Look forward to

• Reliable Trend Analysis
• Data you can't get anywhere else
• Benchmarking data on benefits and personnel practices
• Statistics for top management executives 

Purchase your copy today at http://www.asaenet.org/asae/cda/asae_bookstore/

Association Executive Compensation and Benefits Study, 15th edition 
by ASAE Industry Research 
ASAE Members $143.95  Nonmembers $224.95 
Product #: 213102

It's the most trusted industry measure of competitive compensation and benefits available.

Complete with data on salary levels and employee benefits for 34 executive-level positions in trade associations and individual membership organizations throughout the U.S., this best-selling publication provides more than 60 tables of valuable benchmarking information.

Countless individuals rely on this powerful resource to compare and contrast compensation, benefits, and perks of association executive positions based upon specific organizational characteristics, including:

• Membership type
• Budget and staff size
• Geographic location
• IRS tax status
• Industry sector...and more

The executive summary, offering an in-depth analysis of key data, helps you to accurately interpret trends and changes in compensation and benefits.

Find out if your organization is offering competitive compensation and see how your benefits package measures up to those of your counterparts.

Visit http://www.asaenet.org/asae/cda/asae_bookstore/ and get your copy today!

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Looking for Valuable New Benefits for Your Members?

Help your members cut operating costs with APPI’s Savings Solutions Program. APPI’s auditing service helps associations’ company members save and recover revenue on telecommunications, electricity and natural gas, waste management, shipping and freight services, trash removal, water, and recycling. APPI’s experts review associations’ invoices to detect overcharges and billing errors. There are no up-front charges or obligations, and APPI is compensated only when it delivers savings or refunds. For more information on sponsoring this program for your members, visit APPI, or call Kate Coughlin at 301-961-0022, ext. 311, or e-mail kcoughlin@mckinleymarketing.com.
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Question of the Week—Archives and Records Management
Do you have information on archives and records management?

"The paper chase," Component Relations, July 2004
http://www.asaenet.org/asae/cda/content_lvl2/1,1584,PID22122_PREmember,00.html

"Accessible archives," Association Management, July 2004
http://www.asaenet.org/asae/cda/ammag/1,3146,PID21545_PREmember,00.html

"From the listserver: developing a record management system," Executive Idealink, April 2002
http://www.asaenet.org/asae/cda/index/1,1584,PID16937_PREmember,00.html

"The Tao of digital records," Dollars & Cents, June 2002
http://www.asaenet.org/asae/cda/index/1,1584,PID17069_PREmember,00.html

"When can I throw these records out?" Dollars & Cents, July 2004
http://www.asaenet.org/asae/cda/content_lvl2/1,1584,PID22127_PREmember,00.html

"Maintaining e-mail records," Association Management, November 2000
http://www.asaenet.org/asae/cda/index/1,1584,PID16213_PREmember,00.html

"Reducing risks posed by electronic records," Association Management, May 1999
http://www.asaenet.org/asae/cda/index/1,1584,PID10519_PREmember,00.html

ASAE Career Headquarters—Make Your Next Professional Step Today
Realize your professional potential in association management through www.careerhq.org—the best source of association jobs and resumes. Advertise your resume free of charge to hundreds of association employers and search CareerHQ.org’s targeted job database for the position that’s right for you. CareerHQ.org offers career development services, including job coaching, resume writing, and a career knowledge database. Numerous services are free, including resume review, interviewing guidelines, and a behavioral style analysis. You’ll also find helpful tips and resources to assist in your job hunt.

Click on the newest positions available for a sample of what you’ll find at www.careerHQ.org:

Entry-Level Accountant
Langan Associates, PC–Arlington, VA

Membership Coordinator
Community Associations Institute (CAI)–Alexandria, VA

Manager of Marketing and Meetings
Maryland Trial Lawyers Association–Baltimore, MD

Membership Marketing Associate
International Reading Association–Newark, DE

V Pt, Professional Development/International RE
Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches–Lake Worth, FL

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Does your organization engage in e-marketing?
Find out how MagnetMail, the ASAE-sponsored e-Marketing Program that powers the ASAE Weekly, can help you achieve record-breaking results. Call MagnetMail at 877-488-2666, or visit us on the Web at www.realmagnet.com/commpartners. To request additional information complete our online form.