client services

Administration

• Supervise all organizational activities.  Furnished facilities and equipment.  Provide record keeping and support services.

Allied Groups

• Maintain liaison with related associations and societies, trade and consumer groups, and trade and consumer media, and public information channels.

Communications & Public Relations

• Newsletters. Bulletins. Reports to members. Press releases. Feature stories. Develop and place advertising.

Financial

• Establish and control income/expense budgets. Maintain and build equity. Develop non-dues income sources. Full bookkeeping, accounting and governmental reporting.

Government Relations

• Develop positions and policies. Liaison with federal and state legislative bodies.

Management

• Identification of client needs. Creative development of programs to meet these needs. Implementation of programs, including full reporting to leadership.

Event & Meeting Planning

• Plan, organize and promote meetings and exhibits.  Work directly  with meeting and convention managers,  including pre-conference and on-site registrations, on-site supervision and coordination, investigate new trends, select speakers and negotiate favorable contracts to give our customers the maximum exposure for  investment, plus all necessary follow-up activities.

Membership

• Maintain current membership. Develop and implement member recruitment programs. Recommend new/additional membership services.

Programs

• Develop and implement special programs, including Marketing, Technical, Educational, and Government Relations.

Publications

• Magazines. Journals. Technical and training books. Directories. Brochures.

Websites

• Develop, Design and Maintain web sites for our association clients using the Affiniscape software platform.  GSS, as one of the original users of this software, is proficient in all of the modules. Provide single project to full on-going web site service.

Special Services

• Statistics and reporting programs. Certification programs. Surveys. Research grants. Tradeshow management.