Virtual Association Management is an
innovative and effective solution for non-staffed associations when the
work becomes too much for the volunteers. Fortunately, it doesn’t
require the significant resources normally associated with full-time
staff or an office.
After many years of doing everything themselves, association volunteers
often recognize that the logical next step in their organization’s
evolution is to hire a support person or a retired member, and set up a
small office. On the surface, it may seem like an affordable and
effective solution, but it is often neither.
A better alternative for many non-staffed organizations is to consider
virtual association management services. The association can then
establish enhanced and value-added access for members and others through
postal, courier, telephone, fax, web, and e-mail presence provided with
and covered
by
Essentient Association Management’s
Virtual Association Management services.
By taking this approach, associations have the flexibility of leaving
some tasks with volunteers, outsource tasks elsewhere, or contract them
through
Essentient Association Management.
Organizations also have the option of contracting for specific executive
director services from Essentient Association Management.
The trends are demonstrating that more and more associations are
outsourcing their association management and operations. It can be a
win-win situation: they lower their expenses, turn over the
administrative burdens to a qualified association professional, and, at
the same time, they get more broad-based association experience and
talent.
