K&A, in addition to its lobbying team, can operate your association organizational and day-to-day activities. K&A’s Association Services Division is unique in this field and has been managing associations for over 34 years. Volunteer-supported associations have distinct advantages and opportunities, through a management service contract, due to flexibility in governing their own business affairs, while affording the opportunity to have at their disposal a full-time professional management staff to attend to the membership’s needs. To have both legislative and management "under one roof" assures that legislative involvement is interpreted into legislative action by the membership using every resource available to you.

K&A handles a multitude of tasks on behalf of our industry association clients. K&A manages the data bases, finances, board meetings, member meetings, education seminars and conventions of many of our clients. We offer experienced, highly professional staff for any and all of the normal functions and needs of organizations that conduct business on behalf of their industry, under the leadership of industry volunteers on the board and in the committees. K&A works with association members to fulfill the full range of selected programs to suit their industry needs.

K&A will serve as the management group responsible for all the association business affairs. One of K&A’s principals will serve as the Executive Director, and will hold full responsibility for all allocations of K&A human resources to handle your association’s daily activities.

K&A’s office, located at 1000 W St Joseph, Ste 200, Lansing, Michigan, will serve as the headquarters for the association. The unique 5000-square-foot building, owned by K&A, is two Victorian structures built in 1910. It offers convenient access to the State Capitol located three blocks away. The office building has its own parking lot to accommodate office personnel, as well as visiting association members. The building has two conference rooms with a capacity of up to ten people in the second floor conference with a view of the Capitol, and the first floor “Capitol” room can accommodate up to thirty for meetings and meal functions/receptions, serviced by a full kitchen and caterer.

The opportunity to have a permanent location near the Capitol gives a strong impression of success to association members and the Legislature.

K&A believes that the key to any volunteer organization is a strong, sound committee structure. K&A will offer advice to each committee as committees pursue their respective strategic goals. Successful committees lead to a thriving association; a thriving association is a growing association; and a growing association is an influential association.

A full-service association has many facets. K&A provides the following to have our association clients operate effectively:

• Reserves the use of the facilities, storage area, mail room, and file space.
• Furnishes complete receptionist and secretarial services, including the answering of a dedicated telephone line, use of K&A’s fax and e-mail address through the computer network and Internet system.
• Meeting space and conference rooms for meetings of up to thirty people, which includes meal capabilities.
• Staff support in preparing mailings; sending notices; taking minutes; arranging meetings, educational conferences and convention locations; and attend all association board, executive, and committee meetings.
• K&A will conduct the conversion of needed membership databases, financial records, billing statements, and other documentation, to be compatible with our systems.

Under the direction of the association Treasurer, K&A records all income and makes all necessary deposits in the association account. K&A also provides the following financial services:

• Preparation of all checks for expenses on a bimonthly schedule for the association Treasurer’s review and signature.
• Monthly presentation of balance sheet and Profit / Loss statements.
• Advise and provide research on potential investment opportunities of the association’s short-and long-term portfolio.
• Deposit association funds received and record in software control program.
• Bonds employees to protect your association from loss.
• Assist in annual budget planning.
• Process and record all credit card transactions.
• Prepare and file the annual State of Michigan nonprofit report with the Department of Labor and Economic Growth.

K&A takes its commitment to integrity very seriously. That is why K&A maintains a strict checks and balances system where check signing privileges rests in the organizations treasurers hands. Further, K&A recommends that designated members act as a committee on annual basis to perform a financial review to examine the association’s financial standing of the previous operational year. This provides added integrity to the financial process of the association’s business affairs.

Of all the tools at an association’s disposal, perhaps, none are as important as accurate membership tools. After all, the membership is what makes an association. K&A provides all the essential tools and services needed to maintain proper membership files and records. These include, but not limited to:

• Dues collections.
• Database maintenance.
• Preparing monthly membership report statements.
• Assisting in attracting new members through membership drives.
• Fostering the expansion of membership services and other programs that will enhance the membership of your association.
• Non-dues revenue generating membership benefit programs.

K&A publication department can design communication pieces to meet all of our clients’ needs. We do everything from membership brochures, to magazines, to newsletters and membership directories.

K&A coordinates the production of association publications knowing that association volunteers do not typically have the time or experience in working with print professionals. K&A works with only the best, and that is why we have assembled a team of award winning print professionals that offer the best quality at affordable pricing.

Because K&A is a full service provider, we do more than simply coordinate the design, layout and printing of your publications. K&A assists your association in preparation of full financial budget for the newsletter income and production costs. We also help your association collect advertising.

K&A professionals recognize that seminars, meetings, and conferences are just one specific area that should be a profit center for the association. To this end, K&A provides complete support services and a conference development approach to your association’s conference and educational programs. Our event planning services include the following functions:

• Management support staff for development and completion of all events, including preparation of a proposed budget, a final financial analysis, and a summary breakdown of every function of the conference to assist in all future planning and hotel negotiations.
• Office and on-site registration of attendees.
• Work with the Conference Committee on all the event planning stages.
• Arrangement of all programs and speakers, as well as food and entertainment functions.
• Development and coordination of production, printing and distribution of conference promotional brochures.
• Handling all training and educational programs, financial reports and attendance reports.
• Coordinating hotel negotiations and future conference planning.

K&A believes a professionally drafted strategic plan is the single most important tool an organization, its board, and management have at their disposal to properly manage the organization's future, and serve the needs of its members. A strategic plan establishes a road map for management to follow, prioritizes the numerous tasks that management is asked to perform, and provides the board of directors with a benchmark for use when evaluating the effectiveness of management.

K&A provides the coordination and facilitation of strategic planning for its numerous client companies and associations. It is important that your association has a plan. K&A can provide the tools and personnel to establish such a planning process and assist in the development and implementation of association goals and objectives for the long term.

In the pursuit of association growth, and in the legislative arena, numbers are the measurement in obtaining success. K&A has perfected the art of alliance building among its clients and with other organizations that will produce the positive outcome your association desires. Partnering and alliance building with similar organizations to facilitate an objective positively enhances the association's goals and legislative objectives. K&A can identify and facilitate coordination of industry alliances for your association.

K&A can assist in targeting and writing grants. K&A has extensive experience in not only identifying, but also attaining, grants to expand your organizations goals. There may be opportunities that exist through private or public funding for your association to promote industry-specific programs.

Presently K&A has obtained and manages over a dozen federal and state programs for its clients. To date, K&A has procured over $1 million in government funds for use in public education, research, and safety programs.

If you’re visiting this page, you already recognize the importance of a website as a tool for communication and information. K&A can assist in developing or maintaining your association’s website.

Presently K&A has developed and/or maintains the following websites:

• Michigan Propane Gas Association
• Michigan Land Title Association
• Burglar Fire Alarm Association of Michigan
• Michigan Podiatric Medical Association