Strategy

Ellwood Atfield is specialised in recruiting association leaders and corporate affairs executives. In June 2018, they published a new report on ‘High-Performance Secretariats’, based on hundreds of face-to-face interviews and an online survey.

Our partner PCMA/Convene just published a very interesting article on the evolution of the association community, written by Ben Hainsworth, executive director for K.I.T. Group.

Recruitment company Ellwood Atfield has shared their report on what, according to a survey and some research, makes a high-performance secretariat for an association.

The 2018 AIPC Annual Conference achieved a balance between high level perspectives on global issues of potential significance for the meetings industry.

Christoph Raudonat, Director of Associations, International Conference Services Ltd, on behalf of IAPCO President, Mathias Posch, writes about how global trends offer associations unique opportunities to innovate and work to educate.

In our second instalment with the Global Association Hubs Partnership (GAHP), Thomas Reiser, ISTH Executive Director, explains why there couldn’t be a better place—or time—for the birth of the European Thrombosis and Haemostasis Alliance (ETHA).

As the first instalment of our special agreement with the Global Association Hubs Partnership (GAHP), Boardroom met with ESTRO’s CEO Alessandro Cortese and Managing Director of Innovation, Sven Bossu, to discuss the growth strategy of a European organisation in Asia.

The Africa Associations Congress will take place 29 - 31 October 2018 at the CSIR International Convention Centre (CSIR ICC) in Pretoria, South Africa.

Traditionally, hackathons are events that focus on entrepreneurship and engineering, culminating in the creation of inspiring prototypes and new ideas. Taking a note from the tech world, associations are realising the value in this dedicated type of group problem solving.