Benefits of TNSAE Membership
Professional Development & Networking
TNSAE offers opportunities throughout the year for you to participate in webinars, networking and continuing education sessions. These programs are a wonderful way to network, engage with your colleagues, share ideas and resources for your own professional growth as well as your association. We are continually looking to create opportunities for members to come together, network, and learn from each other.
Service Providers and Resources
TNSAE members are not only association professionals, many members are suppliers who care about the association community and want to be a resource for you. Members include CPAs, financial institutions, hotels, CVBs, insurance companies and much more. Once you are a member, you can find other members through your Member Compass and through the membership directory. You also won't want to miss the annual convention + trade show! This is a great annual event to all come together to network.
Industry Surveys and Resources
Association Laboratory: In partnership with Association Laboratory, you have access at a discounted rate to Looking Forward™ education products. Association Laboratory is America’s leading association research company to increase access to high-quality research at a discounted rate.
Compensation & Benefits Survey is back in early 2025! Contact TNSAE for more information and details on purchasing the 2024 report.
Publications and Resources
TNSAE This Week: Members receive a subscription to the weekly TNSAE newsletter. It contains industry articles, and informative advertising.
TNSAE’s Membership Directory: TNSAE’s Membership Directory is published annually and lists members by category. Information about members in each membership category is cross-referenced in a variety of ways designed to help you easily locate your colleagues. The Membership Directory is an excellent resource for keeping up with who is where and doing what, and for locating the professional services and products you need. The directory contains listings of TNSAE’s volunteer leadership and staff. It also contains TNSAE’s Bylaws.
TNSAECONNECT: This publication, published by Innovative Publishing, is distributed three times a year to TNSAE members.
Awards of Excellence Program
TNSAE’s annual awards program recognizes the leading association executive and association member each year, as well as honoring the best of the best in association programs and services. This annual event is a wonderful way to showcase all of the incredible work associations are doing across the state. Join us each January as we celebrate associations and association professionals from across our state!
Career Growth
Career Center: Are you looking to hire a new team member? Are you looking for a new position? Be sure to check out the TNSAE Career Center on the TNSAE website. On this site, you can post an open position just throughout our state or post it nationally, and you can also post your resume.
Certified Assocation Executive (CAE): Are you looking to sit for the CAE Exam? As a member of TNSAE, you can register for the MSAE study groups at a discount. They offer a couple different courses, and we highly recommend this incredible program created and hosted by our friends in Michigan! Reach out to TNSAE for more information.
Qualified Association Executive (QAS) Program: This program created and hosted by our friends at FSAE gathers seasoned experts from around the country to present a comprehensive overview of the many facets of working in, or with, an association. This program is perfect for young (or new) professionals in the association industry who want to better understand the many facets of their organization. TNSAE members receive the member rate for this program.
AE-MBA Program: Click here for more information on this Association Executive Master Business Academy brought to you in partnership with GoalMakers.
Reference Library
Located at the TNSAE Office, the reference library contains books and other materials on a wide variety of topics important to association executives. Want to start an association, better manage your association’s finances, explore legal issues related to associations or plan a membership campaign? That information and more is at your fingertips in our reference materials.
Government Affairs
TNSAE monitors state and federal legislation that affects the management and operations of associations in general.
Exhibit Opportunities for Associate (Supplier) Members
Meet meeting planners one-on-one at the annual TNSAE Tradeshow. As a TNSAE member, you have the opportunity to register as an exhibitor at the member rate. This one-day program connects meeting planners and association executives with suppliers from across the southeast. Exhibitors include hotels, convention centers, convention & visitors bureaus, marketing & printing companies, tech companies and more!
