This year, CSAE is marking 60 years of association excellence as we recognize our 60th year of incorporation. Join the celebration by nominating an outstanding colleague for a 2022 CSAE Award. Submissions are open until March 14, 2022.  Click here for all the details.

Tête-à-Tête is back in person this year – so let’s do it! Association professionals, reconnect with peers and explore a wide range of products and services that will support your success. Vendors have been waiting two years to see you again – and have some exciting prizes, experiences and giveaways for you! Free for association and not-for-profit leaders, meeting and event planners and government procurers. Register here.

CAE® Spring Term – Begins April 18

Invigorate your professional skills and knowledge by taking your next step toward your Certified Association Executive (CAE®) designation. Register here for the spring term to put yourself on a positive path forward!

Get ready to reunite in Halifax at CSAE's 2022 conference, Oct. 19-22,2022. Reconnect with colleagues, rejoice in celebration, refresh yourself with east coast favourites and rethink strategies to association leadership.We’re shaking up the format to deliver a blend of the familiar and the new. Register today.

Trillium Network Professional Development Bursary

Looking to give your professional development a boost? Check out the Trillium Professional Development Bursary program! This year, one $500 bursary will be awarded to a Trillium network member to pursue learning opportunities through CSAE. All Trillium network members in good standing are eligible.

Click here for more information and to apply.

Application deadline: June 1, 2022

Employers...

Leverage CSAE's relationship with over 15,000 association executives to fill your next position. Post your job to AssociationJobs.ca now! CSAE members save 40%.  

Job Seekers...

Interested in finding the latest career opportunities in the association sector? Click here to find the most recent postings, such as:  

Title: Vice President, Economic Affairs and Climate Change
Organization: Mining Association of Canada
Location: Ottawa, Ontario 
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Title: Executive Director
Organization: Canadian Association of MAiD Assessors & Providers
Location: Remote/Work from Home
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Title: Executive Director
Organization: AFP Greater Toronto Chapter
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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How to Drive Member Retention with Data Analytics
Webinar
March 31, 2:00 pm EST
Member retention is top of mind for every association professional, yet many face the same challenges.  During this free, informative discussion by data experts from Association Analytics, you will learn key questions to ask for calculating retention, how to understand retention in member segments based on demographics, characteristics and behaviours and more! Free and open to all. Register here 

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Minutes Solutions Contest

Enter to Win: Every month until the end of 2022, Minutes Solutions is offering one CSAE member a FREE minute-taking service! Enter here.

Ottawa Meet Week 
Planning is underway for Canada’s meetings and events industry to meet face-to-face in Ottawa.
Source: Ottawa Meet Week

Organizing Data for Improved Success: Association Member Software or Member Data Platform
At the core of an association are its members. Selecting the best system to manage membership data to help make powerful and accurate business decisions is critical to help your association reach its goals, but it can be challenging. 
Source: Association Adviser 

The 5 Rules of Association and Vendor Partnerships
Your association, along with many others, may have been riding the reactionary behaviour wave due to the pandemic. You may have been asking yourself questions such as, “What can we cut? What can we change?” and pivoted accordingly.  
Source: Association Adviser

 2021 CSAE Benefits & Compensation Report

Looking for essential salary and benefit information for all levels of staff within Canada’s association and not-for-profit communities? Find it here. Get insight on remuneration data, statistics and emerging trends relative to executives, directors, managers and frontline employees working in all types and sizes of organizations within the sector. This is a key reference for sector leaders and their boards, as well as executive search and consulting firms.  Visit the CSAE Bookstore for more information and to purchase.

Featured Corporate Partner: Pheedloop  

PheedLoop is a 360° event management software solution that helps associations manage smarter, larger and more profitable events.  We do everything from registration, ticketing, call for abstracts, mobile apps, websites, exhibitor/speaker/sponsor management, interactive floor plans and more!  Learn more about our end-to-end software and how it can take your events program to a new level – visit our website and request a demo.  CSAE members receive a promotional discount on their first event.