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Seeing a Chapter Slowdown? Are Your Leaders Skipping Meetings?

Updated: Apr. 5, 2026 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Board Productivity

When member engagement dips, it could be due to a lack of board presence at your events. Learn the impact board member absence can have on chapters, how to explain the importance of event attendance to your board, and get ways to make it easier for them t

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Winning The Season: How Your Chapter Board Can Learn From The Super Bowl

Updated: Feb. 2, 2026 | Categories: Membership, Board Productivity

Learn how the roles of a championship Super Bowl team can be applied to association chapters.

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Launch Your Chapter’s New Year With Purpose and Energy

Updated: Dec. 8, 2025 | Categories: Goal Setting, Board Productivity

Learn ways to use the break between the old and new chapter year to set the tone, energize boards, committees and membership and build positive momentum for the year ahead.

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Heading Into Summer? Time For A Chapter Membership ROI Checkup

Updated: Jul. 7, 2025 | Categories: Board Productivity, Decreasing Membership, Outdated Processes

Get the definition of an association chapter return on investment, or ROI exercise. Understand how using a chapter ROI exercise can show how much your members value your services.

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From Volunteer to Visionary: Leading a Thriving Chapter

Updated: May. 5, 2025 | Categories: Board Productivity, Board Overload, Chapter Leadership Turnover

Have volunteers who would make great leaders but who are nervous about taking a leadership role? Learn three ways to get them to see chapter leadership differently and set them and the chapter up for success.

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Is taking a summer chapter break right for your chapter?

Updated: May. 27, 2025 | Categories: Board Productivity, Low Engagement

Learn the pros and cons of taking the summer off from chapter activities. See how doing a few things over the summer could help keep your board and your members engaged and involved.

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What Not to Do During Your Next Summer Chapter Board Retreat

Updated: Apr. 7, 2025 | Categories: Goal Setting, Board Productivity

Learn five things to avoid at your next summer board retreat, to plan and execute a retreat that is valuable, actionable, and memorable.

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Is it Time to Hire a Chapter Administrator? 3 Signs Your Association Chapter Needs Some Paid Help

Updated: Mar. 11, 2025 | Categories: Board Productivity, Board Overload

When association chapter volunteers get overwhelmed, they get burned out. Work is left undone, and some stop showing up completely. Learn three signs your chapter could benefit from hiring a paid chapter administrator.

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When That Chapter Board Member Won’t Quit

Updated: Dec. 31, 2024 | Categories: Board Productivity, Chapter Leadership Turnover

Learn ways to terminate a trouble board member as well as ways to understand if there is something going on that is affecting their behavior.

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Back to the Board Basics, Getting Your Board Ready for Your Program Year

Updated: Jul. 25, 2024 | Categories: Goal Setting, Board Productivity

Learn three things your board can do to get them ready to serve your chapter and your members in the fall.

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How to get board members to take ownership for the overall success of the chapter, instead of just their position

Updated: Jun. 3, 2024 | Categories: Goal Setting, Board Productivity

Learn how to eliminate the “I’m not the right person.” mentality many association chapter organizations are faced with.

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Get rid of that junk drawer – 5 steps to organizing your chapter management systems

Updated: Jun. 4, 2024 | Categories: Board Productivity, Too Many Systems to Manage

Learn the five steps for an association chapter software clean out and see how cleaning out your software “junk drawer” gives you space for exactly what you need to make your chapter more efficient.

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A few productivity hacks to help your association chapter this programing season

Updated: Oct. 9, 2023 | Categories: Board Productivity, Board Overload

Learn five productivity hacks to make everything you’re involved in a little easier and less stressful. And share these ideas with your association chapter board as well as your members.

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Thinking of starting an association? Become a national affiliate chapter instead

Updated: Sep. 12, 2023 | Categories: Board Productivity, National Perspective

Starting a chapter of an existing association is a lot easier than starting a new organization. Learn why, some of the benefits and the first few things to do after you’ve decided to join that organization.

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Make It Easy For Your Association Chapter Members To Find Chapter Information

Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 | Categories: Membership, Board Productivity, Website

Members rely on your association chapter for education, advocacy, networking, etc. To keep them engaged and interested in your chapter and all it has to offer, make it easy as possible for them to find the information they need.

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Share Your Association Chapter’s Strategic Plan, And Make Members A More Considered Part Of That Plan

Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 | Categories: Member Communications, Board Productivity, Low Engagement

Including chapter membership in the review of your association chapter strategic plan will help ensure the decisions your board makes are the right ones, while getting your membership more committed to your vision.

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3 ways to manifest your association chapter visions and turn wishes into reality

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 | Categories: Board Productivity

Association chapter vision boards can help you deliver the chapter improvements you’ve been talking about. Here are three ideas for getting everyone focused on what’s important to your chapter.

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What an association chapter board transition should “REALLY” look like

Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 | Categories: Board Productivity

Here are a few things to help your association chapter board transition go smoothly, while keeping your momentum, successes, and the chapter going.

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3 signs it’s time for an association chapter board member reboot

Updated: Oct. 10, 2022 | Categories: Board Productivity, Chapter Leadership Turnover

Here are 3 signs your association board may need a board member reboot. Is it time for one of your members to step down or get some needed training?

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Transitioning to a new AMS doesn’t have to be Overwhelming

Updated: Aug. 5, 2022 | Categories: Board Productivity, Too Many Systems to Manage, Lack of Single Source Support

Learn how StarChapter works with customers to understand needs and prioritize our defined, organized process. We ensure success right from the start by correctly configuring the StarChapter AMS to support a chapter’s goals and processes.

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The Most Underappreciated Benefits of an AMS for Board Collaboration

Updated: Mar. 7, 2022 | Categories: Board Productivity, Board Overload

Here are five ways association management software can help your association chapter board volunteers improve how they work with each other.

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Strategy Sessions: Focus on What You’ve Been Through and What Lies Ahead

Updated: Jul. 15, 2021 | Categories: Board Productivity, Board Overload

Wondering what your board should focus on during the summer? Here are three ideas that can help your board be better prepared for chapter activities in the fall and whatever lies ahead.

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Building a Group of Sibling Organizations

Updated: May. 5, 2021 | Categories: Board Productivity

Sibling organizations find ways to partner, collaborate and do great things together. Learn how to develop organization relationships with other chapter associations.

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Board Dysfunction – Know How to Use It

Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 | Categories: Board Productivity, Chapter Leadership Turnover

Board personality differences can help you meet the mission of your chapter if you know the source of dysfunction and can figure out how to use it to your advantage.

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Fast Track Your Board’s Decision-Making With Affirmations

Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 | Categories: Board Productivity, Board Overload

Repeating a positive affirmation before important conversations can make decisions happen faster.

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Stagger Your Board Transitions to Improve Continuity and Decrease Stress

Updated: Dec. 29, 2025 | Categories: Board Productivity, Board Overload

Staggering your board transition makes the transition much easier to manage and less stressful for all of your board members, existing and new board, as well as your chapter at large.

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Keep Your Chapter Running Smoothly When Facing a Board Vacancy

Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 | Categories: Board Productivity, Board Overload

Down a board position? A vacancy can disrupt the balance of your board and lead to backlogs and frustrations as you try to get everything done. There are things you can do, to make things run smoothly while you’re recruiting.

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A Website Checklist Helps Your Members as Much as Your Volunteers

Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 | Categories: Board Productivity, Inconsistent Branding

A website checklist provides your volunteers with a structure and a process. Work on your website gets completed at the same level of quality, no matter who does it.

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Interviews Are a Must for Board (and Chapter) Success

Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 | Categories: Board Productivity, Chapter Leadership Turnover

An open board position doesn’t mean you hire the first person that raises their hand. Taking the time to interview the candidate(s) will help ensure you get the best person for the job.

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The 4A’s: Creating the Pink Goldfish to Influence Your Growth

Updated: Aug. 6, 2019 | Categories: Board Productivity

Stan Phelps discusses the four steps organizations should complete to determine the “weirdness” that can grow their organization.

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5 Ingredients for Chapter Success

Updated: Aug. 6, 2019 | Categories: Board Productivity

What’s your plan for keeping your chapter successful? Here are some ideas to add to your planning that can make your chapter stronger and more effective than it is currently.

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Use Your Summer to Plan Better Board Meetings

Updated: Jul. 9, 2019 | Categories: Board Productivity

Are your board meetings productive in reaching objectives, or are they frustrating? Having more effective board meetings doesn’t have to be a tough process.

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Board Job Descriptions: Why You Need Them

Updated: Mar. 29, 2024 | Categories: Board Productivity, Chapter Leadership Turnover

Without board job descriptions, members can’t easily decide if they want a board role. Chapters may also have stressed board members ill-prepared for their jobs. Or both. Written board job descriptions deliver tangible benefits.

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Who Knew You’d Need to Know How to Sell?

Updated: Feb. 24, 2026 | Categories: Board Productivity

Selling a change to your board, isn’t as hard as it sounds. By incorporating techniques used by effective sales people, you can get your point(s) across.

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Is your Admin Moving your Chapter Forward?

Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 | Categories: Board Productivity, Too Many Systems to Manage

If membership isn’t growing, meeting numbers are stagnating, and sponsors are leaving, is your admin the problem? They might just need tools that make their job easier, transparent, and effective.

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3 Steps to Making Chapter Changes Successful

Updated: Sep. 22, 2020 | Categories: Board Productivity, Outdated Processes

Change can be challenging. Following a clear change structure can help you and those you’re asking to change better prepare for, implement, and accept that change.

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The Do’s and the Don’ts of Bringing on New Board Members

Updated: Oct. 24, 2025 | Categories: Board Productivity

On-board new board members correctly and they’re engaged and excited. Do it wrong and you could lose them before they start. Here are some tips for ensuring new board members start off on the right foot.

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What’s your Plan for When a Key Team Member Leaves?

Updated: Sep. 17, 2019 | Categories: Board Productivity

To ensure your chapter’s continued survival, you need to know your SPoFs. You also need a plan to avoid single points of failure and to decrease the stress brought on by the departure of an individual critical team member.

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Increase your Chapter’s Reach with Association Management Software

Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 | Categories: Board Productivity, Too Many Systems to Manage

An Association Management System (AMS) allows you to update and streamline your chapter’s processes while decreasing the amount of manual work involved, the number of people required, and the time you spend.

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Strategy Sessions to Consider for Summer Review

Updated: Oct. 12, 2018 | Categories: Board Productivity

We’re continuing along our back to board basics series with a concentrated look at four key strategic areas to include in your summer review: board continuity, your membership structure, finances, and special programming.

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Summer Checklist to Prepare for Getting Back to the Board Basics

Updated: Oct. 12, 2018 | Categories: Board Productivity

Summer. A time known for fun in the sun and vacations. While we definitely encourage having some fun over the summer, we also recommend making time to prepare to get back to the board basics to set your chapter up for fall success.

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Chapter Leadership Succession for the Win

Updated: May. 14, 2026 | Categories: Board Productivity

3 considerations for the successful transition of your chapter’s next healthy board.

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Keys to Board Dynamics

Updated: Jan. 21, 2026 | Categories: Board Productivity

Team dynamics are key to the success of your board. We’ve outlined 3 things that could be causing disconnect and how to get your chapter back on track.

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Becoming Brand Advocates Should Start with the Board

Updated: Oct. 12, 2018 | Categories: Member Communications, Board Productivity

Six rules to maximize the success of your chapter’s brand advocacy efforts.

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How Your Chapter’s Board Can Win Big with Lessons from Corporate CEOs

Updated: Aug. 30, 2017 | Categories: Membership, Board Productivity

The 4 top-performing CEO behaviors that your board should emulate for success.

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Part 3: Becoming a Leader in Your Chapter

Updated: Jun. 6, 2018 | Categories: StarChapter Admin, Volunteers, Membership, Board Productivity

Part 3 of a 3-part series exploring the life cycle of a member. Part 3 provides a deeper look at active member’s transition into leadership and the corresponding engagement levels.

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Chapter Management Perfection is Overrated

Updated: Aug. 30, 2017 | Categories: StarChapter Admin, Membership, Board Productivity

Our 5 tips to achieve chapter success without the pressure of perfection

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3 Keys to Success Every Chapter President Should Know

Updated: Aug. 30, 2017 | Categories: StarChapter Admin, Volunteers, Board Productivity

Here is a 3-part model to shape the leadership style of incoming presidents aimed at realizing chapter success.

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Giving the Gift of Appreciation

Updated: Jun. 6, 2018 | Categories: Member Communications, Volunteers, Meetings/Events, Board Productivity, Website

Read these 9 tried and true ways to express gratitude to your members.

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The 6 Tools Every Chapter Should Use

Updated: Oct. 5, 2020 | Categories: Board Productivity, Lack of Single Source Support

Volunteer leaders can rely on these 6 tools for their quest for chapter growth in any industry or location

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Bringing you membership engagement best practices, membership marketing ideas, and insight into running an association chapter so you can increase member participation. See how association chapters in numerous industries provide great experiences and value to their association members.

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