Online benchmarking tool furthers organization strategic plan to increase diversity and inclusive participation within the field of association management
WINDHAM, NH – September 16, 2013 - Dynamic Benchmarking, a provider of dynamic online benchmarking and reporting solutions for associations, today announced that it has launched a first of its kind, cloud benchmarking and diagnostic tool for The Center for Association Leadership (ASAE). The Association Inclusion Index will gather data on the diversity and inclusion philosophies, policies and practices of member organizations in an effort to not only benchmark performance in these areas, but provide strategies and solutions for improvement as part of ASAE’s Diversity + Inclusion Strategic Plan.
ASAE returned to Dynamic Benchmarking to develop this online benchmarking tool as part of its continuing effort to provide support and resources to help human resources, membership, and volunteer teams attract, involve and retain diverse talent pools for their organizations. The Association Inclusion Index allows trade and professional associations to assess how their Diversity and Inclusion concepts, policies and practices measure up against community standards. Dynamic Benchmarking developed the organization’s compensation and benefits benchmarking study, Association Compensation Interactive, in 2012 and was re-engaged to develop this one-of-a-kind, diagnostic platform.
“Dynamic Benchmarking has continued to impress us with their professionalism and depth of engagement,” comments Sharon Moss, ASAE Chief Research Officer. “They fully immersed themselves in the unique subject matter of our Diversity + Inclusion Strategic Plan, partnering with us and our external research team to identify and address challenges and then applied the technology to create the best possible solution for achieving our plan objectives.”
The Association Inclusion Index is the first online, diagnostic tool of its kind to allow associations to assess their progress in implementing diversity and inclusion practices within their association. Focused on five, key diversity and inclusion performance domains – Mission and Focus, Roles and Leadership Accountability, Resources, Operations, and Communication and Culture – the user answers a series of questions and receives a score indicating their performance in each domain. Additionally, these scores are explained in depth, and strategies and solutions for improving performance in each area are provided.
“The Association Inclusion Index is an exciting and unique tool,” states Betsy Delfosse, Dynamic Benchmarking Founding Partner and Chief Operations & Technical Development Officer. “Not only does it allow for measurement and comparison of key performance indicators, it provides immediate access to tools and resources for improvement, allowing the organization to act quickly on knowledge gained to better their performance.”
Currently, the platform is in the data collection stage. ASAE anticipates having enough information to release comparison and trend results to its members in 2014. Index users will then be able to compare their scores and answers to other associations using a variety of filters to generate customized reports.
About Dynamic Benchmarking
Dynamic Benchmarking brings business benchmarking into the 21st century using the latest in web-based technology and reporting functionality. We partner with professional associations and other organizations to offer Stack-Up™ to their members as a way of enhancing association value, contributing to member success, collecting industry trend data and creating non-dues based revenue. Stack-Up integrates our clients’ industry expertise and information needs into a benchmarking platform allowing their members to easily compare financial and operational performance against their peers in a dynamic and interactive manner. It offers the features and capabilities of custom software in a format that is easy and quick to deploy. With our exclusive focus on benchmarking, Dynamic Benchmarking builds solutions that are flexible and scalable across a wide breadth of industries, organizations and users. For more information, please visit www.dynamicbenchmarking.com.
About ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership
ASAE is a membership organization of more than 21,000 association executives and industry partners representing 10,000 organizations. Its members manage leading trade associations, individual membership societies and voluntary organizations across the United States and in nearly 50 countries around the world. With 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. For more information about ASAE, visit www.aseacenter.org.
