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Association Basics - March 2025
Tuesday, March 25, 2025, 12:00 PM to Wednesday, March 26, 2025, 2:00 PM EST
Category: Webinars
Boost Your Effectiveness as an Association Professional

Association Basics 2 Half-Day Training | March 2025 Session
Join us at our Association Basics event this March. Working for an association can be exciting, rewarding, yet challenging and frustrating at times. If you are looking to improve your effectiveness as an association employee or partner, investing time to deepen your understanding of the composition, legal status, governance structure, and core activities of an association is perhaps the fastest way to achieve your goal.
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SPACE IS LIMITED If you’re new to the association world, don’t miss this new CESSE training opportunity to learn the ins and outs of working for an association.
The Association Basics program will be delivered in two 4-hour sessions. Attendees will receive 8 CAE credits for participating in the workshop. Attendees will participate in breakout rooms and use a workbook to engage and discuss topics with other association professionals.
CESSE: Association Basics - Day 1 WHEN: March 25, 2025 12:00 PM EDT
CESSE: Association Basics - Day 2 WHEN: March 25, 2025 10:00 AM EDT
As a result of this virtual training, you will be able to:
- List the unique features of non-profits and associations compared to other types of companies.
- Describe the mission and purpose of your association.
- Describe and analyze an association's core programs, products, and services.
- Explain the need to find a balance between “margin” and “mission.”
- Explain the volunteer governance structure of an association board and its supporting committees.
- List the types of membership, benefits, and member engagement.
- Describe how local sections and chapters operate.
- Identify effective techniques for supporting and working with volunteers and their committees.
Meet Your Presenters

Rebekah Stacha
Chief Executive Officer, SAMPE
Rebekah Stacha brings over two decades of leadership expertise, innovative publishing solutions, operations management, and people development to her role as CEO of SAMPE. Read full bio.
Frank Frause, CAE
Executive Director & CEO, FASEB
Frank J. Krause, Jr., is the Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), where his focus is the fulfillment of the FASEB strategic plan and amplifying the collective voice of the Federation’s 30 member societies through joint advocacy and promotion. Read full bio.
Content developed and generously offered to CESSE members by AMPP.

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