In order to further discuss what is CAE?, we need to elaborate on what ASAE is. ASAE is the essential organization for association management, representing both organizations and individual association professionals. ASAE believes associations have the power to transform society for the better. ASAE’s passion is to help association professionals achieve previously unimaginable levels of performance. ASAE does this by nurturing a community of smart, creative, and interesting people: our members. In short, they are the Center for Association Leadership.
ASAE’s members are trade associations and individual membership societies that represent almost every sector of the economy and countless professions. ASAE has more than 21,000 individual members—association professionals and industry partners—lead, manage, and work in or partner with organizations in more than a dozen association management disciplines, from executive management to finance to technology. Together, they create a vibrant community that makes the world smarter, safer, and better every day.
With the support of the ASAE Foundation, a separate nonprofit entity, ASAE is the premier source of learning, knowledge, and future-oriented research for the association and nonprofit profession and provides resources, education, ideas, and advocacy to enhance the power and performance of the association and nonprofit community.
ASAE stands for the following:
Our cause. ASAE helps associations and association professionals transform society through the power of collaboration.
Our value proposition. ASAE connects great ideas and great people to inspire leadership and achievement within the association community.
Our promise. ASAE provides exceptional experiences, a vibrant community, and essential tools that make you and your organization more successful.
Our guarantee. Our goal is to provide truly exceptional offerings and service, and we won’t be happy until you are. If any programs, products, or services of ASAE do not fulfill our promise, we will make the situation right.
ASAE’s goals are the following:
Build knowledge. ASAE is the definitive source for ideas, tools, and resources for the association profession.
Enable learning. ASAE’s exceptional learning experiences enable the association community to consistently produce superior results.
Foster community. ASAE engages association professionals and industry partners in a diverse, global, welcoming community.
Engage in advocacy. ASAE’s advocacy and communications efforts enhance recognition for the profession and result in a positive legislative and regulatory climate for the association community.
ASAE tracks a wide range of legislative, regulatory, and legal issues, looking at policy matters in terms of their potential impact on associations. In addition to engaging in issue advocacy, ASAE helps shape public policy through grassroots activism, our political action committee, and the Power of A campaign.
ASAE and the ASAE Foundation, two separate but interdependent legal entities, are governed by two highly engaged boards who provide strategic direction and work in partnership with staff to carry out our mission. Along with the board of ASAE Business Services, Inc., ASAE’s for-profit subsidiary, they are guided by some of the best and the brightest leaders in the association community.
ASAE is committed to diverse and inclusive leadership that brings a wide variety of perspectives and experiences to inform their decision-making and ensure that they best serve their members.
Associations join ASAE to achieve new levels of success by leveraging ASAE resources across the organization. When you’re an organizational ASAE member, you will:
- Build your team’s association management competencies to maximize performance and advance your mission.
- Set your organization up for success by empowering every employee with access to practical, problem-solving resources and a strong community of professional peers.
- Show employees that you support their professional development and position yourself to attract and retain the best talent.
Regardless of position or tenure, individuals in the association management profession join ASAE to boost their job performance and contribute at a high level to their organization’s success. As an ASAE member, you will:
- Get immediate access to tools and resources that will help you do your job better and build your reputation as a skilled association professional.
- Expand your network of peers who face the same challenges you do and can help you find solutions.
- Advance your career by taking advantage of a wide range of professional development and networking opportunities.
The Certified Association Executive (CAE) program is designed to elevate professional standards, enhance individual performance, and designate association professionals who demonstrate the knowledge essential to manage an association in today’s challenging environment.
Earning the CAE credential brings significant benefits, both to the individuals who hold it and to the organizations that support their staff in pursuing and maintaining the CAE:
- The CAE drives professional performance and career advancement. Seven out of 10 CAE test takers report building knowledge, improving advancement opportunities, and elevating their status in their current position as their motivation for pursuing the credential.
- The CAE opens doors and creates connections. Those who earn the credential join a network of similarly committed association professionals and gain opportunities to connect with them through CAE-only events and increased volunteer leadership opportunities with ASAE and local, state, and regional association professional societies.
- The CAE brings widespread recognition in the association community. CAEs are highly valued and well recognized, particularly among board leaders, association members, and those involved in hiring nonprofit professionals, including executive recruiters and association HR directors.
- The CAE enhances organizational success. Associations that cultivate a “CAE culture” ensure that employees share a body of knowledge and common vocabulary about association management, improving efficiency and collaboration across the organization.
Association professionals who hold the CAE are required to fulfill ongoing learning requirements to keep their knowledge current. CAEs are required to renew their certification every three years.
Members document 1) ongoing adherence to professional conduct requirements and 2) completion of professional development activities, or a combination of professional development activities and contributions to the profession:
- Renewing certificants must have completed a minimum of 40 hours of association management related professional development, or a minimum of 30 hours of association management development plus 10 hours of qualifying leadership, authorship, and teaching activities contributing to the profession of association management. Qualifying leadership activities include volunteer service as a chairman, Chair-Elect or officer for committee service to a qualifying organization other than the applicant’s employer.
- When renewing for the first time, applicants may include qualifying CAE credit hours not previously submitted for CAE credit provided the credits have been completed less than three years prior to the certification cycle end date (December 31 of renewal year.) For example, those who passed the December 2013 exam have a certification start date of January 24, 2014. For their first renewal, these certificants may use credits earned between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2016. Those who passed the May 2014 exam have a certification start date of June 20, 2014. For their first renewal, these certificants may use credits earned between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2016.
- Renewal applicants must again agree in writing that they will adhere to the ASAE Standards of Conduct and they must re-attest that they have not been convicted of a felony related to the practice of association management.
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More About ASAE: As a profession, association management is distinguished by its variety. Associations bring together disciplines as diverse as accounting, event planning, fundraising, research, and political advocacy, and a thorough knowledge of association management requires some familiarity with them all. Here, you’ll find resources in 15 broad association management topics. Whether you’re looking to explore something new or dive deep into your area of expertise, this is your door to ASAE’s collection of association management knowledge resources, where you can find information and advice to help you meet the challenges you and your organization face every day.
Carole Murray, CAP-OM
Senior Director, Executive and Board Operations
cmurray@asaecenter.org
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