Member-to-Member Benefits

ESSAE has established a member-to-member benefits page, where members can offer discounted programs and services specifically tailored to the needs of Associations and their members. Check this page often as we continue to build it and add to the benefits list.

How Well is Your Organization Really Communicating?

Find out for free with a no-strings assessment by Van Slyke Strategic Consulting

There are few things more valuable to an organization than the perspective of fresh eyes. As a benefit available only to ESSAE members, Van Slyke Strategic Consulting will provide a free, one-time communications assessment that will include a review of the following elements:

  • Overall messaging strategy (do you have one?)
  • Effective targeting of key audiences
  • Effective means of reaching target audiences (are you using the most effective and efficient channels?)
  • Website functionality/design
  • Social media presence/effectiveness
  • Value proposition(s) effectiveness (are your messages resonant and customized to your  targets audiences?)
  • Paid media performance (are you spending advertising dollars wisely)
  • Earned/free media performance (what is your relationship and performance history with the reporter corps)
  • Advocacy strategy (do you have the right messages, targets and tactics to drive your message with policy makers?)

Click here to learn more about Van Slyke Strategic Consulting

Web Scribble - Promote your career center and generate non-dues revenue! 

Is your association looking for another source of non-dues revenue? Hundreds of associations use Web Scribble's job board and career center solutions to consistently grow revenues and increase organic website traffic. 

With Web Scribble, your association will get a modern career center fully integrated for mobile and social media. The career center will serve as a major benefit to your members as a place to find jobs and career resources. 

You will be backed by Web Scribble's entire salesforce and marketing staff to promote your career center in order to generate significant non-dues revenue through paid job postings. In addition, you can look forward to attracting new site visitors effortlessly with Web Scribble’s network of job sites that can convert into new members for your association. 

Let us make your career center the most visited section of your association website. All set up costs are waived for ESSAE members. 

Ready to get started? Contact us or call 888-706-1394 to see a demo of the platform today.

Visit us at webscribble.com. 

Discounted Credit Card Processing and Equipment

The Retail Council of New York State is pleased to partner with ESSAE to give members access to discounted credit card processing and equipment. We have more than 30 years experience analyzing statements to help businesses decrease their processing costs.

The Council works with 23 associations across the country and processes more than $300 million in annual transaction volume through Global Payments Direct, Inc. on behalf of its collective membership. The size of this program gives us the negotiating power to get the lowest cost on processing for your association.

Members will work with processing experts Nicholl Lockwood, Carly Brentini and Certified Payments Professional Michele Coons who will provide step-by-step assistance to get your processing up and running. Michele, Nicholl and Carly will keep you updated on the latest processing trends and requirements.

Members who join ESSAE’s credit card processing program through the Retail Council get an EMV-capable, Contactless Pay-enabled credit card processing terminal for only $50 (valued at $500).*

Contact Nicholl Lockwood at [email protected] or (800) 442-3589 to explore the savings potential of these programs and take advantage of the terminal offer. You can also fax (518-465-7960) or email a recent processing statement or upload your statements online at rcscusa.com/save for your free, no-obligation savings analysis.

If you’re interested in adding the Council’s processing program to your association’s member benefits, visit rcnys.org for more information about the Retail Council. For more information about this offer please click here. *Terms and conditions apply. Please call for details.

University Club Corporate Membership

You know that your membership in ESSAE provides the information you need to help you manage your association and advance your career. But did you know that you can also get a big discount on membership at the historic University Club of Albany?
  • If you are a member in good standing of ESSAE, the University Club invites you to join as a Corporate Member. This significant discount on monthly dues usually requires 4 individuals from one business to join, but the University Club has agreed to offer this rate through ESSAE for as many members as wish to join! The Corporate monthly fee is $129 per person, a savings of 35% off the regular monthly dues.
  • For members of statewide organizations whose jobs require frequent travel, the University Club offers reciprocal benefits with several clubs in the Empire State, and more than a hundred across the country. These include the Binghamton Club; the Century Club in Syracuse; Club 101 and the Cornell Club in New York City; the Cortland Country Club; the Elmira City Club; the Fort Schuyler Club in Utica and the Town Club of Jamestown.
  • Not sure what else the University Club has to offer? Visit their website at www.universityclubalbany.com, or attend one of these upcoming programs at the National Register-listed clubhouse at 141 Washington Avenue (at Dove Street).
  • To receive a membership application or arrange a tour, call the University Club, weekdays, 518-463-1151.
SPECIAL MEMBERSHIP RATE AT UNIVERSITY CLUB ESSAE members enjoy special access to the University Club’s Corporate Membership Rate of $129/month, with no initiation fee.  You can host meetings and other events and enjoy reciprocity with other clubs around the Empire State.  To get the special rate, enter “ESSAE” in the “Sponsors” field in the membership.