The 2023 NE/SAE Annual Meeting will be held June 15-16 at the Mohegan Sun Resort in Uncasville, Connecticut.
NE/SAE’s Annual Meeting is the premier conference for New England association professionals and the hotels, CVBs, technology and other vendors that support them. Education sessions focus on association success stories, leadership development, marketing and communications, and networking with peers.
NE/SAE conferences are designed to engage all professional staff, not just the CEO/Executive Director. Be sure to bring your marketing, meetings, and finance staff. Sessions will provide interactive learning with colleagues who are facing the same challenges and obstacles. You'll walk away with strategies and ideas that you can implement right away.
This year's conference will be bigger and better than ever with more programming, new networking opportunities, and more! Registration is open so get signed up today!
Thank you to our 2023 Sponsors!
Are you an industry partner who would like to engage with nearly 200 association professionals? Take advantage of sponsorship and exhibit opportunities that will put your company front and center with potential clients. If you would like to learn more, email Karen Hill. We look forward to partnering with you in June!
NE/SAE began hosting the free NE/SAE in the Neighborhood series this month! Our first event is tomorrow (January 31) at the Massachusetts Assisted Living Association (Mass-ALA) in Waltham, Massachusetts. There's still time to join the conversation for the January event!
February's NE/SAE in the Neighborhood will be hosted by the Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel on February 15 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Let us know you'll be there by registering now!
NE/SAE in the Neighborhood are one- to three-hour events will take place at various locations throughout New England. These short get-togethers are a great opportunity for networking and open discussions of current association issues. Do you have a concern that is unique to your state? NE/SAE in the Neighborhood events will give you an opportunity to discuss local issues with other association professionals. Or, just come and meet fellow NE/SAE members in person!
NE/SAE in the Neighborhood events are open to NE/SAE members and nonmembers. Industry Partners or suppliers of goods/services to the association community are also welcome to attend. Bring your entire association staff to take a quick break for professional enrichment!
Have a question about the NE/SAE in the Neighborhood series, or interested in hosting a future date in your city? Please contact office@nesae.org.
|
An article from our partners at Mass Mutual Center.
 As we closed 2022, we are grateful to all of the associations, companies, and organizations that chose to host events at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. As we started 2022, our calendar, like many others in our industry, looks sparse but by the end of the year our calendar of events was one of the best we have seen. Thank you to all who put your faith in us to safely and successfully host your events. We were able to bring back the remainder of our furloughed staff and are at full operation again!
In 2022, the MassMutual Center hosted 205 events – 102 in the convention center and 103 in the area. For those planners who are still contemplating returning to full, in-person events, we suggest moving forward with your events. As a full service convention center, we can provide not only state of the art meeting and tradeshow facilities, but also so many of the ancillary services that many times need to be outsourced. Our in-house support departments include: A/V, Technology Services including hi-speed Wi-Fi for Broadcasting and Hybrid events, Production Services including Staging, Lighting, Sound, Special Effects and Digital Signage, Marketing Services, Ticketing Services, and of course our Full-Service Catering And Concessions Services.
For groups that require overnight accommodations, we partner with the Greater Springfield Convention & Visitors Bureau who will act as your liaison to the hotel community when sourcing room blocks. Additionally, the GSCVB can provide destination information including transportation, dining, and area attractions.
When you’re ready to plan your next convention, tradeshow, or event, whether short-term or long term, be sure to reach out to our Director of Sales, James Boucher, at 413-271-3259, via email at jboucher@mgmspringfield.com, or complete an on line RFP here.
Located at the crossroads of New England, MassMutual Center is the region's most diverse meeting and special event venue. The Center can accommodate nearly any size meeting or convention due to its flexible and unique space. Full IT and A/V capabilities, including complimentary Wi-Fi, are available throughout the building to fulfill all power, data, and audio input needs. And with expansive ceiling heights, the MMC can allow the most elaborate creative visions to come to life. All under one roof, the facility boasts over 100,000 square feet of meeting space, including a 40,000 square-foot dividable Exhibition Hall, elegant 15,000 square-foot ballroom, pre-function areas with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the city skyline, and spacious meeting rooms encompassing an additional 8,352 sq. ft. of breakout space that can be used separately or in a variety of combinations to fit the most complex meeting agenda.
|
 An article from our partners at Halmyre.
Associations have faced massive disruption in the last few years. The good news is that the trials and tribulations have led to significant learning that can be used to spark growth for your association.
Halmyre’s strategic team put together the top three management practices of leaders who are leaning into disruption and creating growth.
Click here to read:
Lessons Learned From Disruption: Top 3 Association Management Practices
There are also five questions to help you, and your team, look at your organization in a different way – from the member’s viewpoint.
Interested in sparking the growth of your organization? Could you benefit from strategic expertise? Contact Kris Knox at Halmyre to talk about your opportunities and challenges and recommend the best approach.
|
The New England Society of Association Executives is looking for YOUR news for our monthly e-newsletter, NE/SAE eNews. Please consider sharing any of the following:
- You or your organization in the news, including any awards or recognition you have received
- Your professional development news - promotions, job changes, retirements, etc.
- Articles you have written that would be of interest to NE/SAE members
- Other non-promotional items you think would be of interest to the membership
News submissions are accepted on a rolling basis and will be published in the next monthly e-newsletter. To submit your news, email office@nesae.org.
|
Join us in February as we discuss mentoring. We'll discuss the mentoring within your association, mentoring volunteers, and what your association is implementing when it comes to mentoring.
Click Here to Register!
Past Think Tanks
After each Think Tank, NE/SAE creates a resource based on the key takeaways from our group discussion. Access the resources from our recent Think Tanks.
|
by The NonProfit Times on Jan. 26, 2023
There are a million and one reasons why charities — 501(c)(3) organizations specifically — don’t lobby. They mostly have to do with nonprofit leaders being ignorant of the law, wrongly thinking that it’s expensive, and not knowing where to start. As a case in point, only 2.5% of charities report being actively engaged in lobbying activities, according to Internal Revenue Service data.
However, lobbying is one of the most important ways nonprofits can empower the communities and people they serve. It is arguably, one of the single most effective ways that nonprofits can advance their mission.
|
Mass Nonprofit News on Jan. 26, 2023
With a deep commitment to the nonprofit sector in the state, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts created a retirement plan specifically for small nonprofits with 20 or fewer employees (at the time of adoption).
The Massachusetts 401(k) CORE Plan was built for and is tailored to the Massachusetts nonprofit community. The Office of the State Treasurer sponsors the Plan and meets regularly with an advisory board made up of public benefit and nonprofit leaders across the state to stay apprised of the interests of the sector and to make sure the Plan continues to meet to the needs of the nonprofits it serves. The Commonwealth also acts as a Plan Fiduciary, so the organizations enrolled in the Plan don’t have to shoulder most of that role. This makes the CORE Plan an easy way for nonprofit leaders to offer their employees a quality, affordable benefit, without having to take on a lot of extra work. Employees are a nonprofit organization’s greatest asset. Offering a retirement plan is an effective way to attract, retain, and reward key talent.
|
ASE Blog on Jan. 24, 2023
Workplace culture is like a plant – it needs watering and nurturing to grow. It isn’t stagnant – it is ever changing. Many people talk and write about maintaining a healthy work culture, but in actuality we should be helping it to grow and change.
Over the past three years many workplace cultures have had to adapt to remote and hybrid work. A healthy culture is able to adapt to change. It maintains the core values of the organization but is able to change the way it upholds those values.
Through all of the changes to the work environment, five core elements of a healthy culture will always persist. The way we achieve them might change, but the core elements remain: recognition, values, employee voice, leadership, and belonging.
|
We're pleased to share our upcoming webinar schedule. NE/SAE is an approved CAE provider, and our live webinars meet the requirements for fulfilling the professional development requirements to earn or maintain the Certified Association Executive credential. Webinars are $45 for members and $75 for non-members.
Coming Up
How to Build an Intentional Employee Culture
Culture within our teams and organizations happens whether we are intentional about it or not. "Norms" emerge and people begin to recognize how things get done or what is expected in how we perform and treat each other. Today, the quest for employee retention is a critical one and often a difficult one due to so many compounding factors in our world today. We've developed a simple A.D.A.P.T. model to help you get into the right mindset, define your ideal culture, assess your current culture, and then prioritize one change that will make the most impact and start the momentum of culture change.
Register
Charting Your DEI Data Journey
How do you know if your DEI strategy and initiatives are having the intended impact without data to measure your progress? Data collection through a DEI lens can be tricky to navigate. This session will aid you to understand what your organization should consider, how to begin using the data, and pitfalls to avoid.
Register
|
J-PAL North America, a research center within the Economics department at MIT, seeks a Senior Events Associate to join its team and contribute to its mission to reduce poverty by ensuring that policy is informed by scientific evidence. J-PAL North America conducts randomized evaluations, builds partnerships for evidence-informed policymaking, and helps partners scale up effective programs. As a regional office of the global Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, J-PAL North America leverages research by affiliated professors from universities across the world to generate and disseminate rigorous evidence about which anti-poverty social policies work and why.
|
Join the fight for environmental public health and justice! Help secure equal access for all people to safe food and drinking water, healthy homes, and products that are toxic-free and climate-friendly. Help empower impacted communities, end racial disparities, prevent plastic pollution, and more.
Defend Our Health works nationally and at the state level to fix our broken chemical safety system and promote a just and sustainable materials economy. We use the best science and grassroots power to persuade decision-makers in government and industry to act on solutions.
We’re looking a seasoned nonprofit leader and program manager with experience in planning and running science-based advocacy campaigns aimed at influencing government and corporate policymaking. The successful candidate will be a persuasive communicator with the mind of an analyst, the heart of an organizer, and the chops of a campaigner. You must be a team builder with a demonstrated commitment to racial, economic, and environmental justice.
|
Explore St. Louis is seeking an energetic, highly motivated and goal driven self-starter with proven sales success to join our team as a National Convention Sales Manager. This position is responsible for aggressively researching and qualifying potential customers that bring city-wide and convention business to the America’s Center complex and hotels in St. Louis MO. This position may be based remotely. The assigned sales market territory will be based on experience. Travel is required. The National Convention Sales Manager will actively work to contact potential customers through sales leads, prospecting calls/emails, site visits, trade events, sales trips and appointments. This position will establish a client base from organizations, associations, and corporate businesses for the purpose of securing business for St. Louis to ensure the predetermined sales expectations are met or exceeded.
|
|
| |
|
.png){kind=logo}
