At the start of each year, the Association Management Company Institute (AMCI), a non-profit trade organization that provides expert support and resources for association management companies, hosts an annual meeting for their members. MHQ has not only been a long-time AMCI member, but we also hold the AMCI Accreditation, a standard for excellence in association management. …
In 2022, NABA Inc. (formerly the National Association of Black Accountants) selected MHQ to provide strategic guidance, support business development, and connect NABA Inc. with key partners in considering a greater presence in the Minneapolis, Minn. area. This work begun in November 2022, when Guylaine Saint Juste, NABA Inc. CEO; Herschel Frierson, Board Chairman; and Agai…
We welcome to the MHQ team of association management professionals, Steve Richter, Executive Director! With more than 15 years of non-profit leadership experience, Steve will serve as Executive Director for several MHQ client associations. His focus will be to work with the MHQ team to grow and strengthen client associations. “Steve is a stellar addition…
Management HQ (MHQ), an accredited, full-service association management company, announces that the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST) has selected MHQ to serve as its association management partner, beginning in December 2022. “NARST conducted a thorough search for an association management partner and we received significant interest,” said Dr. Gillian Roehrig, NARST President.…
Email and phone calls remain the top two ways associations are engaging new members, but an upcoming report reveals a different method is fast becoming popular, likely because it offers a different level of personalization and immediacy. New Member Engagement Survey by Kaiser Insights, LLC, and Dynamic Benchmarking, which first came out in 2018, is…
As we move from a pandemic world to an endemic world, self-care is more important than ever. How do you prioritize yourself when you’re constantly being pulled in multiple directions? As a leader, how do you lead by example and convey your values to your team? “It may seem counterintuitive when flight attendants ask passengers…
Raising dues is always a sensitive topic, but what if there were a way to avoid it altogether and still have significant increases in member recruitment and retention? A CEO shares strategies that worked well for her association. A question on many people’s minds, as evidenced by a popular thread on ASAE’s Collaborate network [ASAE…
As board chair of Meet Minneapolis, Dara Rudick was invited to join Meet Minneapolis as they hosted the 19th Annual ASAE LGBTQ+ event at the ASAE (American Society of Association Executives) Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. While Meet Minneapolis has hosted the event since it first started, for the first time this year, it was…
It’s no surprise that we live in a world running at breakneck speed. We feel it, we talk about it, and we struggle to keep up. At this speed, how do we decide what are our most important priorities? I wish I could share an easy answer. Heck, I wish I HAD an easy answer!…
As racial justice issues took center stage in 2020, many organizations reaffirmed commitments to board diversity. To make sure future boards are as diverse as the membership, associations can employ several forward-looking strategies. As social justice issues emerged in the wake of George Floyd’s death, a stronger spotlight was shone on the issue of diversity…