Association as Strategic Marketing Organization
Aug 19th, 2025 02:00 PM
Asia/Singapore (GMT+08:00)

Association as Strategic Marketing Organization

Description

Most associations have great dreams to lift their industry up, but are stuck with lacking funds, unengaged members, and low retention rate. How do associations solve this dilemma?

So we asked Lindsay McGrath who led one of the most successful associations in Australia & New Zealand: SPASA – The Swimming Pool & Spa Association to boost their annual revenue from $350k to $12 million in 8 years.

He highlighted 3 top challenges that associations face and must solve:

#1 Curiousity: The willingness to look beyond the obvious strategies & KPIs
#2 Courage: Have the authority or capacity to take on growth challenge
#3 Clarity: Big picture thinking still needs checks and balances

In this live podcast, we will dive deeper into each so you gain practical insights to apply to your associations.

The key is to transform associations into strategic marketing organizations with 365 events & contents for continuous engagement.

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Rundown Event

The following is a rundown plan for this event.

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:00 - 14:05

Opening & introduction

About the podcast & Lindsay

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:05 - 14:08

What is an association?

Association as Strategic Marketing Organization

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:08 - 14:10

The Role Associations Play

To make positive change to different stakeholders within a sector

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:10 - 14:13

Challenges faced when managing SPASA

Not expanding their offering as the industry grows

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:13 - 14:17

Overlapping associations

Unifying each state that has different associations that overlap

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:17 - 14:19

Stagnating associations

Lack of clarity and fear or change stagnate associations

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:19 - 14:25

How to ensure associations do not stagnate?

Three Cs: Curiousity, Courage, & Clarity

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:25 - 14:29

Long term assets

Creating assets which value compound overtime such as tradeshows

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:29 - 14:33

Two Key Areas

Importance of the right people & cashflow

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:33 - 14:38

Association Monetization

Valuable product with great team and partners

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:38 - 14:41

Training & Accreditation

How to convince members to invest in professional development?

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:41 - 14:43

Creating Training Programs

Association as Strategic Marketing Organization

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:41 - 14:45

Growth Mindset

Ready, fire, and aim, reiterate and improve

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:45 - 14:48

Interrelated Assets

Start small and gradually expand into a tradeshow

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:48 - 14:49

World Cup Analogy

Level up smaller events into a bigger ones, eventually a tradeshow

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:48 - 14:52

Repurposing Assets

From awards ceremony to tradeshows

  •   19/08/2025
  •   14:55 - 15:00

Closing

Summary of insights & Call-To-Action

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