The Future of Association Outsourcing
Association professionals, we need your insights!
Association Chat has partnered with industry experts Dana Freker Doody of Inktide Solutions and Shameka Jennings of EventsNoir on a groundbreaking research initiative exploring outsourcing practices in the association community.
Why This Matters:
- Associations face increasingly complex operational demands with limited resources
- The pandemic accelerated remote work and distributed team models
- Budget planning for 2026 requires data-driven outsourcing strategies
- Both association executives and service providers need benchmarking data
What We’re Exploring:
- Which functions associations are outsourcing now vs. keeping in-house
- How organizations evaluate outsourcing ROI
- Best practices for successful vendor partnerships
- Emerging trends in association service delivery models
Who Should Participate:
- Association executives making resource allocation decisions
- Staff members working with external partners
- Industry consultants and service providers with association clients
The survey takes just 7 minutes to complete. All participants will receive early access to the full research report before it’s released to the public.
We’ll be discussing preliminary findings on an upcoming Association Chat podcast episode. Take the survey and subscribe now so you don’t miss it!
