Upcoming Live Events
Wed 9:00 AM CDT
The Mighty Associations Marketing Conference
The Mighty Associations Marketing Conference is focused on association marketing and communications. This year, communicators are performing their roles through the...
Thu 9:00 AM CDT
The Mighty Associations Marketing Conference - Day 2
Thu 10:00 AM CDT
Creating a Culture of Empathy and Patient Centered Care in a Post COVID-19 World
With an ever-evolving landscape, made more complex by the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers face the need to transform their systems and operations to reflect...
Tue 10:00 AM CDT
Social Determinants of Health
Join Dr. Nabil Chehade of Cleveland’s MetroHealth System for a session on the Social Determinants of Health.Dr. Chehade will discuss the impact of a patient’s social...
Wed 9:00 AM CDT
Association Management Essentials: Governance Essentials
High performing organizations depend on good governance practices. These principles are rarely taught to association staff; most learning is accomplished “on the job.”...
Thu 9:00 AM CDT
Turn Up the Volume on Your Partnership Revenue with PPN's Corporate Partnership Accelerator Training Part 1
Fri 9:00 AM CDT
Turn Up the Volume on Your Partnership Revenue with PPN's Corporate Partnership Accelerator Training Part 2
This 9AM - 12PM(CST) workshop will address these key questions: Are you new to managing corporate sponsorships for your organization and in need of tips and...
Tue 3:00 PM CST
Young Professionals SIG - Showcasing Leadership in a Modern Workplace
Hear from prestigious panelists Christie Tarantino-Dean with IFT, Geoffrey Brown with NAPFA, and Donte Shannon with AEMP on how to be seen as a leader in today’s...
Wed 9:00 AM CST
Association Management Essentials: Finance for the Non-Finance Professional
During this course, you will enhance your financial acumen by learning how to examine and analyze financial statements, discuss how to prepare and monitor a program...
Fri 10:00 AM CST
Future of Medical Tourism as an Export Industry in the Post COVID Era
With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting millions across the world, the future of medical tourism and medicine as an export faces a change from the norm.Join Dr. Nizar...
Thu 2:00 PM CST
Realizing You Can Do Better - The First Step Toward Becoming a Welcoming Environment®
In part one of this Webinar series, we will explore the next step that is required once you realize your association can do better to address systemic racism, sexual...
Wed 2:00 PM CST
Internal Skeptics: Aligning Employees to a Welcoming Environment®
We will discuss what it really takes to persuade employees, a critical stakeholder group, to implement a Welcoming Environment® strategy. We will also explore why this...
Wed 2:00 PM CST
Making Privilege Visible to Those Who Have it – Removing our Blinders to Create a More Equitable Workplace
In this Webinar, we will shed light on a critical issue facing association leaders – how to remove the lens of privilege, so they can see what it is really needed to...
Wed 2:00 PM CST
Having the “Courageous Conversation” to Create a Welcoming Environment®
This next Webinar will feature insights for making the business case to stakeholders for creating an inclusive work culture and what it takes to sustain that type of...
Wed 2:00 PM CDT
Highlights from The Welcoming Environment® Research Study
Learn about the DE&I tactics and strategies over 5,000 members find to be most necessary for a membership organization to implement and where associations have been...
Past Live Events
Wed 9:00 AM CDT
Association Management Essentials: Your Leadership Potential
Do you know how to use informal and indirect authority to influence key stakeholders? Whether you are working with volunteers, colleagues or team members who aren’t...
Wed 4:45 PM CDT
Networking Discussion - Preparing for 2021 and Beyond
Wed 3:35 PM CDT
Closing Keynote: Data Literacy – The Human Aspect of Data
Wed 2:25 PM CDT
AI as a Tool to Improve Operations and Advance Association Missions
Wed 2:25 PM CDT
Nobody Puts Data in a Corner: Strategic Plans and Data Strategy Go Together
Wed 1:15 PM CDT
Creating a Long-Term Digital Hub
Wed 1:15 PM CDT
Improving Member Retention Through Machine Learning
Wed 12:40 PM CDT
Networking Discussion- Reskilling during a Pandemic
Wed 12:15 PM CDT
Product Demo - Fonteva
Wed 11:10 AM CDT
Will Humans Be Second?: Critical Ethical Choices for the Coming AI-First World
Wed 11:10 AM CDT
How Change Management Can Support Your Technology Adoption
Wed 10:00 AM CDT
Cybersecurity Fundamentals for Associations: How to Avoid Becoming a Cybercrime Statistic
Wed 10:00 AM CDT
Bridging the Gap Between CEO and Technology Executives to Achieve Digital Transformation (Pop-Up Edition)
Wed 9:30 AM CDT
Product Demo - OpenWater
Wed 8:30 AM CDT
SmartTech Conference® 2020
Opening Keynote: Technology isn't a Substitute for Strategy
Tue 9:00 AM CDT
Pre-Election What ifs?: The Impact of the Presidential Election on Healthcare Design and Economics
Join us for an interdisciplinary healthcare community conversation focused on the impact the election will have on healthcare design and economics for years to come....
Thu 8:30 AM CDT
Finance SIG - Leadership and Impact from the Finance Office - A Roundtable Discussion
Join the Association Forum’s Finance SIG for a virtual Roundtable Discussion where we will explore two topics to help association finance leaders drive success within...
Wed 5:00 PM CDT
Fall CAE Study Group
Increase your chances of passing the CAE exam by joining the study group. Held on Wednesday evenings from 5:00 - 7:30 p.m., the CAE study group provides in-depth...
Mon 9:00 AM CDT
Association Management Essentials: Membership 360
Retaining your members isn't just in what you do the last few months of each year; every element of your association plays a role in why your members join and remain...
Wed 9:00 AM CDT
Joint Marketing/Communications SIG: Rethinking Our Role in a COVID-19 World (A Peer-to-Peer Discussion)
Join fellow association marketing and communication professionals for a candid discussion of lessons learned and unexpected discoveries during the first half of 2020....
Thu 10:00 AM CDT
Component Relations SIG-Event Virtualization, Successes and Lessons Learned for Future Implementation
For most chapters/components, engaging members via local, in-person events is at the core of their mission. And when all of us were forced to turn our in-person events...
Thu 1:30 PM CDT
Conversation Circle: Generational Diversity
Join Association Forum to continue the conversation on inequality with generations keynote speaker and multigenerational leadership expert, Raven Solomon.
Thu 10:00 AM CDT
Preparing For Your Next Crisis When You're in the Middle of the Current One
Now that you've been dealing with the impacts of COVID-19 for several months, how will you plan for the next crisis? And, what could you have done better as this...
Wed 10:00 AM CDT
How to Effectively Sell Sponsorships in the COVID Era
Some associations wonder if there should be a “time out” on selling sponsorships due to the impact of COVID-19 on companies. However, some companies are interested in...
Thu 10:00 AM CDT
Steps Needed to Ensure Staff and Board Buy-in for an Adjusted Sponsorship Offering
This webinar will provide solutions and strategies to ensure that all association staff, staff leadership and volunteer leadership are rowing in the same direction to...
Tue 10:00 AM CDT
Help future CAE's - become a CAE Facilitator
Want to give back and share your CAE knowledge? Association Forum hosts a semiannual study group to help aspiring CAEs in our community prepare for the exam. We are...
Mon 9:00 AM CDT
Conversation Circle - Words Matter: Race and Rhetoric
Join Association Forum to continue the conversation on racial inequality. Dr. Cedric Burrows will examine how the words we use have racial and inequitable undertones...
Mon 9:00 AM CDT
Addressing the Triple Pandemic Threat: Racism, Economy and COVID-19
Date: July 27, 2020 Time: 9:00 AM– 11:00 AM (CT) Location: Virtual Event (Zoom login information will be sent prior to the session) Topic: The Impact of Racism on...
Tue 10:00 AM CDT
Executive Track: Associations as a Catalyst to Restart the Post-Pandemic Economy
One thing is certain. The future post-pandemic will look different. Planning for this new future outlook will take an innovative approach and some risk. The...
Mon 10:00 AM CDT
Ignite the Restart by Sparking Hope in Your Association
Your association has history to prove it can survive and thrive. It doesn’t happen by accident. Your organization must choose to let go of what is comfortable and...
Thu 2:00 PM CDT
Conversation Circle: The Impact of Race on Women’s Leadership Journeys
In this special conversation circle, female leaders from the association industry will discuss how the issue of race has impacted their professional journeys, their...
Thu 9:00 AM CDT
Membership SIG - Two Associations Modified Approach to Membership Renewals
In a time of uncertainty organizations, more than ever, will be challenged to drive value to retain their members. Learn how two associations have pivoted to meet...
Tue 10:00 AM CDT
Executive Track: Team Competence Needed to Restart the Post-Pandemic Association
Strong leadership is the key to help all other components to success fall into place and ensure organizations emerge stronger than ever before. In this webinar we’ll...
Thu 10:00 AM CDT
Virtual Governance Does Not Have to Be Virtual Chaos
We have known for some time that in associations effective governance is critical to strategic, financial and programmatic success. Now, in the time of COVID-19,...
Thu 10:00 AM CDT
Planning for the Return to Work
This presentation will highlight what occupiers are focusing on when it comes to re-occupancy of the office. Our discussion will detail the following: Overview...
Mon 10:00 AM CDT
Encore Webinar: Dealing with Lost Revenue Implications of the Coronavirus on Conference Sponsorships
Among the many impacts the coronavirus is having on association conferences, the effect on corporate sponsors should not be forgotten. Conference sponsors and...
Wed 2:00 PM CDT
Understanding The City of Chicago and SBA Loan Program Criteria
Association Forum invites CEOs and finance team members to join us for a brief but important overview of programs that the City of Chicago and the Small Business...
Tue 12:00 PM CST
The Stewardship Imperative
Thu 11:00 AM CST
Webinar: Is it Time to Recession Proof Your Association’s Investments?
This session will help association staff in all disciplines understand the potential impact of the next recession and ways management and volunteer leadership can...
Thu 11:00 AM CDT
Webinar: Taming Your Data: From Strategy to Tools
This webinar will discuss how to tame your data using a strategic approach and discuss the latest and greatest data analysis tools and the merit of using them in your...
Fri 12:00 PM CDT
Interrupt to Innovate: Culture, Leadership, Change Management