Customized Consulting & Facilitation

In today's ever-evolving landscape, your chamber's ability to adapt and thrive is paramount to achieving success and spurring economic growth and prosperity in your community.

ACCE provides customized consulting, research and strategic facilitation to member organizations. Through our staff expertise and unparalleled industry data, we capture the most innovative thinking to help you plan for a more impactful future.

We can help you build and achieve your goals through:

  • Strategic Planning
  • 501(c)(3) Foundation Planning 
  • Non-Dues Revenue Strategy
  • New Project and Initiative Planning
  • Support Through Mergers
  • Board of Directors Training
  • Customized Staff Training

For a reasonable fee, our team can conduct presentations, facilitate discussions and deliver customized research reports.

Virtual and In-Person Presentations

Our staff experts customize content to support your objectives. Presentations can be delivered to executive committees, boards, staff, chamber membership events, regional planning groups or other stakeholder gatherings. Popular topics include:

  • Horizon 2035: The Future of Chambers
    • Includes data, research insights and examples from chambers
  • What Public Opinion Polling Says About Chambers of Commerce
  • Innovative Non-Dues Revenue Strategies
  • What Makes for Successful Mergers and Partnerships
  • Reimagining Your Membership Model
  • How to Create (or Grow) Your 501(c)(3) Foundation
  • The Future of Business (for audiences of chamber members)
  • A Chamber Built for Impact: How to Cultivate a Sustainable and Innovative Organization
  • Building a World-Class Chamber Board of Directors

Facilitation 

Our experienced team can facilitate board and staff retreats, strategic planning sessions, stakeholder discussions around a project, community planning initiatives, plus merger and partnership dialogues between entities. Staff are paired up with your chamber based on the areas of expertise they bring to the table for your specific needs and goals.

Customized Benchmarking 

Through our member network, we elicit data and feedback from chambers on quantitative (and even qualitative) questions to benchmark how your peers manage operations, fundraising, employee engagement and more. ACCE can support your chamber with:

  • CEO executive compensation reports
  • Detailed, custom benchmarking to compare your chamber to your most relevant peers
  • Programmatic audits to benchmark your program of work against similar-sized chambers
  • Membership dues model comparisons
  • Staff engagement survey management and comparative analyses 

Contact Us to Learn More

To inquire about a speaker or learn more about ACCE’s customized consulting, training and facilitation for member organizations, boards of directors, staff and community groups, contact Karen Rose at [email protected] or (703) 998-3537.