Association Assessments
The day-to-day demands of association management can be extreme. Simply keeping existing programs operating successfully requires an extraordinary intensity of focus. That may make it impossible for the executive to devote as much time as he or she may like to assess whether there are better ways to get the job done...ways that will enhance his or her ability to serve the association and its members.

Association Assessments conducted by Challenge Management offer the unbiased assessment and perspective you need to more effectively and efficiently manage your association. We review your association's operations, programs, and policies to identify areas that may be enhanced by taking a different approach...or that may warrant abandonment altogether. We examine the association's rationale for programs and activities and determine whether the original rationale continues to have merit.

The dispassionate assessments we conduct provide a solid foundation upon which to base the association's future activities and infrastructure. We deliver detailed recommendations, along with solid implementation strategies.

If you are interested in learning how we can help you by conducting an Association Assessment, let us know. We are ready to work to make you and your association more dynamic, more effective, and more valuable to your members.

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Association Assessment Summary

Association Assessments cover all facets of your association's activities, so we give you a comprehensive report of areas in which enhancements may be in order. Alternatively, if you are interested in a review of only specific areas, we can accommodate your needs. Following is a summary of several of the areas we typically examine:

• Financial Operations
  Budgeting process
  Reserve policies
  Investment policies
  Frequency, types, and contents of financial reports
  Adequacy financial policies
  
• Member Communications
  Frequency of communications
  Relevance of communications to current issues in the industry/profession
  Modes of alternative communications, e.g., hard copy, e-mail, fax, Internet
• Programs and Services
  Relevance to current needs of members
  Recency of review of program operations
  Relevance to association's strategic or operating plan
  Ratios of program resource requirements to program priorities
  Degree to which programs and services correspond to expressed/measured member needs and expectations
• Organizational Planning
  Existence of strategic or operating plan
  Integration of formal plan into board operations
  Integration of formal plan into headquarters operations
  Degree to which plan guides board deliberations
  Extent to which budget serves as financial expression of plan
  
  We customize your Association Assessment to your organization's needs. Our assessments can be as broad or as focused as you need them to be...our aim is to meet your needs and to help redirect your association, as appropriate, to maximize its value to members.

The investment you make in an Association Assessment by Challenge Management, Inc. is quite modest in relation to the value you receive. If you would like us to develop, at no obligation to you, a proposal for your consideration, simply send us an e-mail message or give us a call. We will contact you to obtain the information we need to develop a proposal.

Challenge Management, Inc.
4230 LBJ Freeway, Suite 414
Dallas, Texas 75244
Telephone: 972/755-2560
Fax: 972/755-2561
e-mail: info@challenge-management.com