1. Fundamentals of Associations Association Orientation Program PASAE - 2005

2. Associations Advance America

3. You may have been asked? Who is your employer? Who do you work for? What do you do? What company do you work for?

4. What is the size of your organization?

5. If you have seen one – you have seen one

6. Multi-management Firms

7. Consortium

8. Alexis de Tocqueville Democracy of America 1835 “Americans of all ages, all conditions and all dispositions constantly form associations… if it is proposed to include some truth or to foster some feeling by the encouragement of a great example, they form a society. Wherever at the head of some new undertaking you see the head of France, or a man of rank in England, in the United States you are sure to find an Association.”

9. About Associations  23,000 National Associations and approximately 100,000 regional, state and local  7 out of 10 Americans belong to at least one association  Associations provide 500,000 full-time jobs and more people work for nonprofit organizations than the federal and the 50 state governments combined  Over 20 types of 501 (c) organizations  Associations engage in information exchange, standard setting, research and statistics, education and government relations

10. Association Profile  About Associations  Types of Associations  Professional Societies  Trade Associations  Philanthropic Associations

11. Professional Societies/Associations  American Medical Association  Pennsylvania Medical Society  American Optometric Association  Pennsylvania Optometric Association  American Nurses Association  Pennsylvania Nurses Association  American Dental Association  Pennsylvania Dental Association  ASAE  PASAE

12. Trade Associations  Pennsylvania Automotive Association  Hospital and Health Systems of Pennsylvania  Pennsylvania Bankers Association  Pennsylvania Realtors Association  Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce Executives

13. Philanthropic Associations  United Way  American Cancer Society  American Heart Association  American Diabetes Association  Easter Seals Society  March of Dimes  Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations

14. Association Organization  Section 501 (c) federal tax exemption  Nonprofit Corporation  Association Functions  Related activity  Unrelated activity  Membership

15. Association Governance Three levels of Contract  Articles of Incorporation  By-laws  Policies

16. Association Management To Implement:  Chief Staff Executive  Staff  Procedures

17. PASAE Governance Structure Members Board of Directors Executive Committee ConsortiumTask Forces PANOCommittees StaffVolunteers