Association management

Full-service association management is our core business

The Drake & Company team offers the experience and expertise demanded by leading associations and non-profit foundations.

If you are the board chairman or selection committee chair of an association seeking a new headquarters, Drake & Company can meet your needs.

Our association partners have access to a full menu of services. We have no pre-packaged ideas when entering a client partnership. We develop programs designed to meet your specific needs and goals. We accomplish this by creating teams or task forces to analyze your needs and to develop recommendations that will enable you to meet your strategic plan and objectives.

Our services include:

• Organizational management
• Meeting & convention management
• Public relations & marketing
• Publications (newsletters, magazines, promotional brochures)
• Internet / Web page development & hosting
• Membership Database Management
• Member development
• Accounting and financial management
• Research & promotion
• Financial management
• Headquarters & Staff
• Fundraising

Our responsibilities include:

• Managing budgets ranging from $35,000 to $3 million
• Managing $5.1 million weekly in cash, CDs and other investments.
• Recruiting and retaining association members.
• Supporting 19 board meetings and 56 committee meetings.
• Planning and coordinating 11 conventions with attendance ranging from 100 to 1,400.
• Supervising and directing government affairs and Washington representation.
• Developing and implimenting industry promotion, public relations and marketing campaigns.
• Managing and supervising development and content of five websites.
• Developing and delivering electronic newsletters.
• Managing electronic document submission systems.
• Producing full-color magazines and multiple member newsletters.
• Maintaning client membership databases.

Benefits of an Association Management Company

With an Association Management Company (AMC), you hire no personnel, you buy no equipment, you lease no office space. The AMC's office becomes your office. You benefit from economies of scale. You only pay for what you need in administration, facilities, computers, specialized association software. You have maximum resources available for your association needs.

Drake & Company is one of 200 association management companies worldwide who employ 5,000 association management professionals and serve over 2,000 associations. More than 100 of these companies (including Drake & Company) are members of the International Association of Association Management Companies. IAAMC members employ nearly 2,500 association management professionals and serve over 1,000 associations with annual budgets exceeding $362 million (U.S.) serving nearly 4.3 million members.

We actively pursue clients who fit our focus.

• National or international in scope
• Trade or individual membership
• Active leaders seeking partnership with staff
• Budgets ranging from $500,000 to $5 million
• Leaders interested in advancing their association
• Associations with a focus on promoting their profession or industry