Decision Support
Every Executive Director or senior association manager faces the prospect of making a presentation to Board of Directors to ask for funding or to justify a decision they've made. These presentations are nerve-wracking even for the most seasoned executive armed with the best data. But what if you are making a presentation with incomplete or imperfect information? Trillium offers Decision Support for senior association executives to give them the best information to justify funding requests or decisions.
Value Builder Business Case Construction
When an Executive Director faces their Board with a funding request, inevitably they will face tough questions like:
- "How much will this cost?"
- "Will this generate any revenue?"
- "Will we ever make our money back?"
- "How does this serve our mission?"
- "How do we know this is the right thing to do?"
Association executives need to be ready to answer these questions. Trillium provides Business Case Construction services to develop materials that will withstand scrutiny from an association's Board. Business cases developed with Trillium's help provide the following data:
- Market sizing
- Competitive Analysis
- Revenue & Expense Modeling
- Resource Capacity Considerations
A business case developed with Trillium's assistance will give an association executive the confidence to present a funding request or new initiative knowing that all critical Board questions have been anticipated and addressed.
Value Builder Vendor Selection
Executive Directors are often required to select outside vendors. When these decisions are the product of new acquisition, member retention or non-dues revenue initiatives, Trillium provides Vendor Selection services to develop and manage a vendor selection process. A typical Vendor Selection developed with Trillium's help will provide
- Association Requirements Capture & Documentation
- Vendor Research & Engagement
- RFP/RFI/RFQ Development
- Proposal Analysis (including Revenue & Expense Modeling)
- References Evaluation
- Vendor Recommendation and Justification
A Trillium Vendor Selection project will give an association executive the data to confidently present a vendor recommendation to their Board knowing the vendor has been fully vetted and will be able to meet the association's needs.
Success Stories
Online Education Business Case Construction
We helped our client present a business case to its Board to receive approval to begin developing an online education tool for physicians.
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Social Networking Vendor Selection
We managed the RFP process for a client looking for a social networking solution.
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Why Decision Support?
Our Value Builder Solutions for Decision Support is a proven roadmap to success for associations. Using our proven approach will:
- Improve the likelihood of success for new products and services;
- Reduce the cost of your decisions by ensuring you make the right decision the first time;
- Introduce critical new processes and skills to the organization;
- Provide methods and materials that can be reused for future projects;
- Provide access to critical expertise and build internal teamwork;
- Help your organization make smarter decisions and capture the most important reasons for making those decisions
Let Trillium Solutions Group be your partner in capturing the justification for critical association decisions that drive profitable growth for your association.
Contact us today at 847-272-2202 to see how we can deliver results for you.