Tête-à-Tête 2025 Attendee Registration Now Open

Explore one of the largest industry events for association and not-for-profit leaders, meeting and event planners and government procurers from across the country. Gather on the Marketplace Floor full of products and services that support your work. 

Sign up for the CAE^® Winter Term – registrations still open

Take the next step in your association leadership career: earn your CAE designation. New this term, the third course in CSAE’s revamped learning pathway: Lead People.

Students in the original program, you have until August 2027 to complete the program and earn your designation. Resume your journey to make sure you complete the program on time!

Bring Your Board Together at the Governance Forum

Dr. David Weiss leads this specially designed workshop for board members to think about their role in building strategy and how they collaborate with senior management in this process. Identify specific areas where Board members can contribute greater value to the strategy and to the future direction to build organizational resilience and high performance.

Chris Nash, CAE | Pet Food Association of Canada

My name is Chris Nash, and I am currently the Executive Director of the Pet Food Association of Canada, which is a national industry trade association that represents pet food manufacturers. I have been working in the association world now for 14 years and love it so much that I also consult part-time, working for AMCES, on things related to regulatory affairs, advocacy, and managing small associations. I joined CSAE to continue to learn, earning my CAE, and getting involved when I can. This includes participating in events, on the Associations Connect Forum, and right now on the Mighty Ones virtual network. This group is great for leaders of smaller associations to engage with and learn from their peers, generating new ideas and solutions for common challenges. Connect with me on LinkedIn.

Don’t miss these curated perspectives on a variety of association-focused issues.

Explore content on the key competencies of governance, organizational direction, leading people, operations and value to membership:

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Title: Event Specialist
Organization: Digital Health Canada
Location: Remote with meetings in GTA
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Title: Vice President, Finance and Operations
Organization: Junior Achievement of British Columbia (JABC)
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
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Title: President and CEO / Président et directeur général ou présidente et directrice générale (PDG)
Organization: FETCO / ETCOF
Location: Toronto/Ottawa/Montreal Corridor
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Webinar: Guardians of Data – Defending your Non-Profit Organization Against Cyber Threats
Thursday, January 30, 2025
1:00 pm EST
Free Webinar

This session will dive deep into real-world cyberattacks that have shaken Canadian organizations, demystifying and exposing the tactics that hackers use to exploit vulnerabilities. You will leave this session armed with the strategies and tools you need to protect your organization from becoming the next headline.

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CSAE Insurance Services has meeting availability to review your General Insurance portfolio; it’s a great time to get the conversation started - make risk management a part of your strategic plan for 2025!

We invite you to book a meeting with one of our Non-Profit insurance experts at IPMGA:

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Canada is Building Bridges to Sociocultural Sustainability
Destination Canada presents a case study highlighting how Canada's innovative approach to promoting cultural appreciation and inclusive, meaningful collaboration leads to truly unique meeting experiences.
Associations Now

An 8-Step Guide to Zero-Waste Events
Setting up your event for zero waste is more than an admirable goal now, as sustainability moves from being a buzzword to a core business value.
MeetingsNet

What We Will Need in the Next Sixty Months
Jeff De Cagna, AIMP FRSA FASAE argues that it is imperative to clarify what we will need from associations, their decision-makers, and from each other to confront the profoundly challenging conditions ahead in the next five years.
Association Adviser

The 2024 CSAE Membership Trends Report is an invaluable source of information to allow you to understand membership trends and compare your practices with other associations across Canada. With responses from over 200 associations, this resource dives into member recruitment, engagement and retention statistics across different types of associations. It informs you on what practices lead to increased membership numbers. You will also get a sense of the challenges that associations have been facing with respect to their membership practices. Visit the CSAE Bookstore for more information and to purchase.

The 2024 Digital Maturity Report for Associations dives deep into technological adoption at Canadian associations. The report, produced in partnership with 108ideaspace, brings you data on different aspects of digital maturity at associations, namely technology strategy, governance and planning; technology tools and systems; training and adoption; data security and management; artificial intelligence; digital transformation and maturity; vendor selection and management; and future concerns and plans.

Save money and gain information! This bundle includes both the Membership Trends Report and the Digital Maturity Report bundled together at a reduced cost.

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