Association Resources

Our goal is to make your life a little easier. Here, you’ll find awesome resources created just for associations with components (chapters, sections, states, and affiliates).

Articles | Events | Webinars | Guides & Templates

By Guest Author

New Ideas for Online Learning Programs When You Don’t Have the Resources to Design a Course

You’re exploring new ideas for online learning programs, but how can you create content when you don’t have the time or money to design an online course?

By Guest Author

After a Year of Free, How to Reset Your Pricing For 2021

While the pandemic led many associations to offer free education and events as a way to best support members in 2020, now is the time for organizations to re-evaluate their pricing strategy to ensure sustainable revenue.

By Guest Author

Six Ways to Make 2021 the Year of the Volunteer

It’s the start of a new year, a great time to get motivated and reevaluate what works and what doesn’t. Here's 6 ideas to get the most out of volunteers, while also giving them a rewarding experience.

By Peggy Hoffman

Shifting From Deadline Driven to Guideline Driven

How many deadlines do your leaders miss? How many times do you get a request for the same document or checklist from multiple volunteers?

By Billhighway

Chapter Performance Reimagined: Taking Your Association’s Growth to the Next Level

We share ways you can mobilize your components to better serve members and create a win/win for your members, chapters, and association.

By Peggy Hoffman

Will Chapters Be Relevant in 2021?

For many of us working in component (chapter) relations, there are days when our answer is a resounding yes, and others where it’s more of a whispered maybe.

By Sarah Garrity

Chapter Performance Data Has the Power to Improve Your Association’s Relationship with Chapters

Would you believe me if I told you that chapter performance data could put you and your chapters on the path to a rewarding relationship?

By Sarah Garrity

How Chapter Financial Data Reduces the Volunteer Leadership Burden—and Financial Risk

Alleviate the financial burden and administrative stress so chapter leaders can focus on delivering value to members, not balancing spreadsheets.

By Sarah Garrity

Make a Case for a Bigger Chapter Budget with the Help of Chapter Member Engagement Data

With the help of chapter member engagement data, you can make the business case for more HQ attention and investment in chapters.

By Peggy Hoffman

We Talked Chapters at CEX: The Association Component Exchange

CEX 2020 may be over but the lessons learned are only now being absorbed. Here’s the list of recaps from our 2020 CEX Virtual Conference.

Upcoming Events

Check out our calendar and register for an event today! Whether you’re looking to attend chapter workshops, industry conference sessions or webinars, you’ll find what you need to develop your skills and your organization here.

No event found!

Guides & Templates

Searching for the next association guide, workbook, or template? Get access to a wealth of resources created exclusively for associations with chapters, sections, state, and affiliates.

Chapter Banking

By providing this transformative technology to chapters, your team can dedicate more time to listening, learning about chapter challenges and successes, and sharing those success stories with other chapters. You can fulfill your mission of building stronger leaders, stronger chapters, and best of all, a stronger chapter network.

DOWNLOAD WHITEPAPER

Show All Accounting & Finance Chapter Technology Component Operations Membership Billhighway

Date Name

Desc Asc

2019 Chapter Benchmarking Report

Mariner Management and Billhighway launched this second edition of the Chapter Benchmarking Report. The report was designed to gather industry data that helps associations benchmark their chapter programs against others.

The Complete Guide to Virtual Event Creation

Event Garde explains the phases of virtual event development and includes a complete event creation checklist to help ensure your success.

Chapter Banking

Discover the advantages of chapter banking in your association and see how this transformative technology can benefit your chapters.

Billhighway Association Solution

We solve inherent operational and data complexities that impact component-based associations by unifying data systems, simplifying administrative processes.

CEX Virtual eBook

The CEX Virtual eBook pinpoints crucial thoughts and ideas that bubbled up from chapter leaders and volunteers at CEX Virtual 2019.

Member Engagement and Loyalty Study

Your members turn to your association for many reasons. From professional development, training, and certification to industry information, advocacy, and networking – the list goes on.

Evaluating the Health of Your Association’s Chapter Program

A healthy chapter program delivers valuable benefits for an association. It drives member engagement, member satisfaction, and overall member growth.

COVID-19 Conference Guide

Interested in how to turn your physical conference to virtual? OpenWater has built a COVID-19 Conference Emergency Guide.



Receive awesome resources
in your inbox every month.

You receive a lot of emails…we get it. Subscribe to the content you want and we’ll do the rest! We send updates on new articles, guides, webinars, upcoming events, conferences and more!

Association Resources

Articles | Events | Webinars | Guides & Templates

Search by Topic

Upcoming Events

Guides & Templates

Chapter Banking

Receive awesome resources in your inbox every month.

Receive awesome resources
in your inbox every month.