AuSAE Digital Subscription Introductory Offer

For a limited time, you can access AuSAE's Digital Subscription for just $44 and join all five upcoming live AKP: In Practice webinars between now and the end of 2026, plus our library of on-demand webinars.

Each session is designed to give you practical ideas, honest lessons from association practitioners and approaches you can adapt within your own organisation.

Your $44 AuSAE Digital Subscription includes:

• Four (4) live AKP: In Practice webinars 
• Access to the webinar recordings if you can't attend live
• Practical insights from association leaders and experts
• Opportunities to ask questions and learn from your peers
• Access to the our library of on-demand webinars
• 1 CAE credit per webinar attended

CAE Exam between 1 - 14 December 2026 This course is for the December 2026 examination *Please note that the exam registration through ASAE is separate and is the delegates responsibility. AuSAE is here to help

Course cost - AuSAE Member $750 

Non member / Business partner  $950 includes  

• Course material ( Professional Practices in Association Management, 4th Edition)

• Cliff notes with practice exam questions for each domain

• Study group learnings and exam questions

• Practice exam exam

The Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential is an International marker of a committed association professional who has demonstrated the wide range of knowledge essential to manage an association in today’s challenging environment.

Have you got what it takes to go to the next level, AuSAE is here to help you!!
Applications close with ASAE 25 September  2026 for the exam

Program Starting Friday 25 September 2026

Week 1 - 25 September : CAE Orientation session and Systems thinking

Week’s 2 - 9: Covering the eight domains 1 hour each week (Friday)

• 2 October: Domain 1 Governance
• 9 October: Domain 2 Executive Leadership
• 16 October: Domain 3 Organisational Strategy
• 23 October: Domain 4 Operations
• 30 October: Domain 5 Business development
• 6 November: Domain 6 Member and Stakeholder Engagement and Management
• 13 November: Domain 7 Advocacy
• 20 November: Domain 8 Marketing and Communications

Week 10: Wednesday 25 November Practice exam in exam conditions (100 questions) 2 hours
Friday 27 November Open forum (1hour 30 mins)

• CAE Exam fee is separate and paid through ASAE when applying for the exam. Member cost $500 USD

Learning Management Systems:
See What's Possible for Your Association

Thinking about a new Learning Management System, upgrading your current platform, or simply wondering what today’s LMS technology can do for your association?

Join us for this complimentary online showcase and see five LMS platforms in action, with live demonstrations from TopClass, D2L, Pointsbuilt, Intuto and Tribal Habits and the opportunity to ask questions.

Whether you're responsible for professional development, member education, events, marketing, compliance or digital strategy, this is a chance to explore what’s possible and see how the right LMS could support both your team and your members.

Complimentary for association professionals. 

See the LMS platforms in action
              

Each provider will have a dedicated session to showcase their platform, highlight key features and demonstrate how it could support an association. 
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You’ll leave with a better understanding of:

• What’s available in the LMS market
• Which features could make a real difference to your team and members
• How different platforms approach learning, engagement and reporting
• Questions to consider when evaluating an LMS
• Ideas you can take back to your organisation

Whether you're starting your LMS search or looking to get more from the system you already have, this showcase is a practical way to see what’s out there without sitting through hours of product demos.

Complimentary for association professionals. 

Date: Thursday, 29 October 2026
Time: 10:00am - 1:00pm (AEDT) / 12:00pm - 3:00pm (NZDT)
Location: Online via Zoom
Cost: Complimentary

Event Program

10:00 am - Welcome - Toni Brearley, AuSAE
10:10 am - LMS Showcase Introduction
10:30 am - Topclass LMS
11:00 am - D2L Brightspace
11:30 am - Pointsbuild
12:00 pm - Intuto
12:30 pm - Tribal Habits

Add two hours for New Zealand time

Demo days are not open to suppliers of the sector in their respective fields

Don't miss this chance to discover the right solution for your needs.

How we approached strategic planning differently this year

Strategic planning in associations is often done out of obligation rather than genuine strategic intent, a board weekend away, a familiar SWOT analysis, and a document that gets filed until next year. But some associations are doing it very differently: shorter cycles, more member involvement, stronger links between strategy and operational decisions, and real accountability built into the process. In this session, a member CEO shares how they changed their approach to strategic planning and what difference it made, to the quality of the plan, to board engagement, and to execution.

What members can expect

• A brief walkthrough of the shift from a traditional strategic planning process to a redesigned approach
• Specific detail on process: who was involved, how long it took, what tools, frameworks, or methods were used
• An honest reflection on what the board found challenging and how competing priorities and tensions were worked through
• A 30 minute interactive Q&A to explore how this approach could be adapted to your own strategic planning cycle

Cost Centre or Growth Engine? Why communications is now an association’s strategic advantage

For many associations, communications is still seen as the team that “gets the newsletter out”, manages social media, updates the website or makes things look polished. But in a tougher, faster, noisier environment, communications is no longer a support function, it is one of the most powerful levers an association has to prove value, build trust, influence decision-makers, retain members and drive commercial outcomes.

Key learnings:

• How to help your board understand communications as a strategic asset, not an operational expense.
• How to connect communications directly to member value, advocacy, revenue and reputation.
• How to shift from “sending more stuff” to creating clarity, influence and action.

Meet Our Presenter 

Felicity Zadro
Founder & Managing Director, Zadro

Felicity Zadro is a strategic communications leader, and founder of multi-award-winning agency Zadro, now celebrating 19 years in business. Since launching the agency Felicity and team have helped more than 500 organisations — from ASX-listed companies to ambitious start-ups — sharpen their message, build their brand and communicate with impact across Australia, Southeast Asia and Europe.

With expertise in sociology and anthropology, training in change management and leadership, and a strong commercial lens, Felicity brings a broader perspective than most to communications strategy. Her work helps CEOs and leadership teams clarify their positioning, navigate complexity and connect meaningfully with the audiences that matter.

Zadro’s strategic communications planning tool COMM*BAT™ has supported more than 150 businesses and organisations to articulate their offering and put their communications on the road to success.

Felicity sits on Boards, supports CEOs in their leadership journeys, has written widely on communication and business, and is a keynote speaker at conferences in Australia and internationally. Felicity has authored two books: one with the Zadro team, A Brand is Not a Logo, and privately, a book about her grandfather’s life and philosophy.

For more information, visit zadroagency.com.au

Year in review: what the sector learned in 2026 

The final session of the year is both a celebration and a forward look. A panel of three to four members, drawn from across different association types, sizes, and career stages, reflects on the big themes that shaped the sector in 2026. What changed? What didn't change as much as expected? What's the one thing they'll carry into 2027? This session closes the year with a sense of community and shared experience, and plants the seeds for what's coming next.

What members can expect
This session brings together practical reflections from across the sector,  highlighting what’s shifted, what’s stuck, and what’s emerging for associations.

• Three to four association leaders share their biggest professional insight or shift from the year
• Reflections drawn on themes emerging across the AKP: In Practice program throughout the year
• A forward-looking close exploring what association professionals are watching as they move into 2027

Attendees receive 1 CAE credits. 

AuSAE is proud to be a CAE Approved Provider. As a CAE Approved Provider educational program related to the CAE exam content outline, this event may be applied for 1 credit toward your CAE application or renewal professional development requirements. For more information about the CAE credential or Approved Provider program, please visit www.asaecenter.org/cae.  

Register today!
The AKP: In Practice webinar series is exclusively available to AuSAE members and digital subscribers. 

Not a member? Join AuSAE or Become a Digital Subscriber today.