 |
|
Steven
Worth shares book excerpt in June 2010 issue
of Associations Now
In the June 2010 edition of Associations
Now, Plexus president Steven
Worth shares an excerpt from his new book
The Association Guide to Going Global
where he offers a look at four models of
expansion and organizational structure that
have proven successful when expanding an
organization internationally.
http://www.plexusconsulting.com/Articles/Worth_AssocNow_June2010.html
|
|
|
|
Steven
Worth addresses CFA Institute
On Friday, 2 October 2009 Plexus president
Steven Worth addressed 200 new members of
CFA Institute’s societies around the
world in a give-and-take discussion entitled
“Good Governance: What it is and how
to cultivate it.” The link below is
the PowerPoint presentation used for this
discussion.
http://www.plexusconsulting.com/Articles/GoodGovernance/Good_Governance.html
|
|
|
|
Rising
to the Challenge—a need for a new level
of nonprofit leadership
The world we live in is reeling from problems
that the traditional economic and political
order seem ill-equipped to handle.
It is in fact a situation tailor made to
those organizations dedicated to the public
good, but will they rise to the challenge
and how can individual volunteers make a
difference?
[Read
More] |
|
Associations Trends
June 2009 |
|
 Winning
Comparative Advantage
Remember this old joke? “We’re
from the government and we’re here
to help!” This assertion is usually
followed by incredulous guffaws. Similarly,
certain circles of association executives
are amused by any such assertion about the
helpfulness of consultants. Perhaps this
is due to a swaggering belief that any association
executive worth his or her salt should be
able to manage things on their own; or perhaps
they are like Mark Twain’s cat that
once landed on a hot stove and refused to
go near stoves ever since—hot or cold.
[Read
More]
|
|
Executive Management
April 2009 |
|
Swine
Flu Preparations
Regardless of whether people
believe their own community will be affected
(but if the swamped call boards of the Center
for Disease Control are any indication many
are concerned), from a management consultant's
point of view this potential health threat
can be turned into an organizational exercise
that is well worth a manager's time.
[Read
More]
|
|
Associations Trends
April 2009 |
|
Term
Limits
Those
familiar with Washington, DC know the very
notion of term limits strikes fear into
the hearts of all politicians here. No politician
worth his or her salt wants to give up their
hard-earned power without a fight. But,
the argument goes, once in power the status
quo tends to triumph over change—no matter
how badly needed change might be—and the
balance of power becomes a little too comfortable
for those who have it and uncomfortable
for those who don’t.
[Read
More]
|
|
Associations Now
February 2009
|
|
Do
Less - Then More
Use this economy as an
opportunity to reassess legacy programs,
products, and services, identifying which
ones effectively support the organizational
mission, provide essential capital for organizational
operations and reinvestment, or both.
Read
More
|
|
Horizon January 2009
|
|
Update
on the Treasury Bailout Plan
On January 6,2009 The Treasury
Department released a Congressional report
detailing the expenditures so far through
the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Read
More |
|
Associations Now
January 2009 |
|
Leader
of Leaders
If you’re chairing your organization’s
board, you already know what an awesome
honor and responsibility you have undertaken.
One of the most important of your many roles
as chair is that of “leader of leaders.”
You are the leader of the association’s
governance team.
Read
More |
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
