Meetings Northwest’s mission is to help your association fulfill its mission!

No time, disinterested membership, lack of budget process, desire to have continuity between events and day-to-day operations…..all of these are reasons that clients have sought out Meetings Northwest’s association management services. Our board certified association management team (includes a Certified Government Meeting Planner) has over 20 years of experience in business management, government regulation and requirements, event planning, marketing and financial services. We offer a broad range of services to help associations stay mission focused. If you are unsure of your association’s needs, or what can be done to produce better results, let us help. Our experience in association development and membership management, as well as event planning and marketing, can help you determine how to move forward.

Our staff understands the demands of an association – we offer the longevity your association needs, as boards and volunteers shift. Meetings Northwest will help you grow and manage your member base, manage your budget, and let you stay focused on your mission.

Hiring an association management team is not only smart but economical. It is expensive to have in-house staff to manage an association. We manage multiple associations offering scalable services. Allowing you to choose exactly what is best for your association.

Improve Membership

Our clients have experienced a 25% increase in just one year with Meetings Northwest’s pro-active membership renewal process and online processing. In addition, they have seen their renewal period cut in half, making budgeting and planning much easier! We can assist your membership director in the annual membership drive and market your chapter. Meetings Northwest will also maintain the database and assist in keeping membership lists current.

Website Design

Websites should serve as an important recruitment tool, provide education to members, and can act as a forum for information exchange. Meetings Northwest can design your website to be used as a marketing tool while also being a central source for industry and chapter information. We will also maintain your website with regular updates on board meetings, conferences, and upcoming training seminars. We will post the latest newsletters or e-mail updates and assist members with any questions.

Financials & Administrative Support

Meetings Northwest can assist your association or organizations in filing your IRS Form 990. We can also help with state annual reports filing requirements as well as assist your association’s accounting. Let Meetings Northwest take care of all membership dues, meeting and training registrations and payments.

As an added advantage, Meetings Northwest can provide an office presence for your association; a place where your members or clients can phone if they have questions or need assistance.

Plan & Manage Annual Meetings

Let Meetings Northwest organize your webinars, workshops, or conferences (whether in-person or online). Our experience in event planning, will give you highly organized, educational, and entertaining meetings. Your members will not be left to scramble for a hotel or wonder which class meets their needs best. We provide informative websites and marketing materials to keep your attendees interested and knowledgeable of the event. Our team can help you put on a successful event by assisting in everything from venue selection and event marketing to technological interfacing and attendee entertainment.

Strategic Marketing & Graphic Design

Meetings Northwest can design, produce, and distribute your monthly newsletter and request feedback from your members to ensure the information they are interested in is provided. We can also design your brochures, presentations, announcements, and any other outreach pieces you need.

Social Media Marketing

Today, people are consumed by Social Media – they get their news, they learn about products, they learn about businesses and they have the power to promote you and your mission with a click of a mouse or a swipe of finger. You don’t want to miss out on this market and you know that, so you have probably started dabbling in Social Media for your business or organization, but unfortunately dabbling doesn’t create a return – consistency, research, storytelling and knowhow create returns. Let Meetings Northwest analyze your market and prepare a social media marketing plan that works for you and your mission. We can advise you on content, create a social media calendar and even help you with graphics.

Experts in our field

Traci Ulberg
Association Manager/
Meeting Planner

Genevieve Kulaski
Meeting Planner/
Association Manager

Kasey Wright
Marketing Manager

Meetings Northwest was asked to present at the Montana Non-Profit Association’s annual meeting on Association Management.

Presentation: The Three M’s: Mission, Membership, Money – Maximizing Your Organization’s Budget While Growing Your Participant Base, 2019 MNA Conference, Billings, MT

We were excited when the opportunity for Meetings Northwest to manage the social media accounts for ITS Texas was available. We didn’t even have social media accounts before MNW. It has been very easy for us to just to provide MNW with the content we want on our social media accounts and you guys take care of the rest. Thanks for being very responsive in posting what we need in a timely manner.

John Gianotti, ITS Texas Chapter - Treasurer

I have worked with Meetings Northwest for many years. It is very important for our organization; Rocky Mountain ITS, to identify and contract with a partner that meets our entire needs around support for our organization. Kind of a one stop shop approach for marketing, meeting support, web management and sitting with us as a team member to coach us to be our best. Meetings Northwest has certainly exceeded our expectations, they are a Trusted Advisor to the RMITS Chapter.

Rocky Mountain ITS Chapter

John Hansen, Rocky Mountain ITS Chapter - Vice President

MNW has done a tremendous job of increasing exposure for ITS Texas through Social Media. We were not using social media at all for ITS Texas. MNW has also done a tremendous job of updating and improving our website. They have been keeping it up to date and supplying it with industry information as well as current news and events of ITS Texas.

Lester Miyasaki, ITS Texas Chapter - President

Meetings Northwest has been instrumental to ITS Heartland’s success. By helping us modernize our website we can provide more benefit to our members. Their team helps us achieve our set goals every year. With this constant improvement, our organization has seen year over year growth in membership and meeting attendance. Without the help of Meetings Northwest we wouldn’t be able to continue to be a prosperous organization.

Kurt Rotering, P.E., PTOE, ITS Heartland Chapter President (2019-20)

Meetings Northwest is the answer to your associations needs!

What is an AMC?

AMCs (association management company) provide the professional staff, administrative support, office space, technology, and equipment an association needs to operate efficiently. An association management company typically manages several associations from one company location, providing a wide range of benefits, including shared technology systems, access to expert specialized staff, and shared purchasing power. – The Center for Association Management

Why hire a Certified Association Expert?

Certified Association Experts must have experience with nonprofit organization management, complete a minimum of 100 hours of specialized professional development, pass a stringent examination in association management, and pledge to uphold a code of ethics. To maintain the certification, individuals must undertake ongoing professional development and activities in association and nonprofit management. The CAE Program is accredited by the National Commission of Certifying Agencies (NCCA)