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Great news from our Partner Provider, ShipTime! As you know, ShipTime is an international courier broker that allows you to ship packages and envelopes right from your web browser! Deal with Purolator, Canpar, DHL and more of the trusted names you already use.

 

Your ASSOCIUM GAIN Team works hard to be your advocate. We strive to bring our members best in class service with top national providers, while delivering preferred pricing directly benefiting their bottom line.  

 

As an introduction to this service, ShipTime is offering an additional 20% off your first shipment. Fast, reliable and easy to use - you can feel confident that your package or envelope is going to be delivered safely, securely, and on time. Contact us today, and we can assist you in logging in to start saving today. 

 

two The Optional Benefit Coverage Dilemma

All benefit plans have optional products that insurance companies make available for employees. While not aggressively sold, these products can provide a convenient, but at times expensive, way to supplement an employee's coverage.

 

All ASSOCIUM plans and most other plans as well, come with optional insurance products that are available. These products include optional life insurance, optional dependent life insurance, optional employee and/or dependent Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D), optional critical illness, and more.


The advantage for employees is that they can purchase additional coverage for themselves, their spouse and (depending upon the insurance carrier) their families, particularly if their benefits coverage does not fulfil their personal needs. 


Learn more about The Optional Benefit Coverage Dilemma >

three Objective Setting 201

  

As a follow up to the Webinar for Members on the subject of Performance Management on May 13th, this extract is presented as a primer on setting objectives.

 

It is very important that objective setting takes into account a complete view of one's desired goals and outcomes. In order to ensure that objectives provide clarity of expectations and impetus towards the achievement of overall goals they need to reflect multiple aspects of success relative to the purpose of the work of the organization involved.

 

To establish a full measure of success it is imperative that the three following types of standards are employed together.

 

Efficiency Standards

?     Efficiency is usually defined as the relationship between input and output; that is, between the amount of resources used and the amount of product or service produced. An organization is said to be efficient if it minimizes the resources it uses to achieve a specified level of output.

Effectiveness Standards

?     Effectiveness refers to the level of satisfaction with the services being delivered or the extent to which pre-determined outcomes have been reached. If a service or activity receives a high satisfaction rating from the audience to which it is targeted, it is likely to be considered effective.

Quality Standards

?     Quality can refer to the methods or techniques by which a task was undertaken and/or the achievement of an end result that meets specified quality parameters.Quality measures indicate whether the job was performed in a professional and competent way, using the best available expertise and most progressive concepts.

 

Objectives statements that utilize a combination of metrics from all three types of standards ensure a complete gauge of what it is one is attempting to accomplish and an accurate assessment of whether it has actually been done.

 

For more information on metrics and measurement, or to see samples of objective statements that apply the principles addressed here, email consulting@associum.com.

PillarPillars of the Community

If you would like to be recognized in this section of our newsletter or website, please forward a short article to admin@associum.com. Your content can include an introduction to your organization to help generate awareness; it can give a history; highlight your mandate; or even give details of an event. It's your space. We would love to help highlight your organization and its initiatives!

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Golf Tournament - Thursday August 6th 2015

 

ASSOCIUM will be hosting our annual charity golf tournament at Whitevale Golf Club. 

 

An amazing warm day of fun, camaraderie and golf to raise money for community charities.

 

Watch for registration and sponsorship details by email in the next week.  



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ASSOCIUM GAIN/Advantage
Our procurement services division launched in 1996 as an added source of assistance to the not-for-profit sector. Our goal is to help your organization by providing you access to competitively priced products and services as well as resolving any purchasing issues you may encounter.

ASSOCIUM Benefits 

Our employee group benefits division, being in business since 1997, gives us the experience to provide customized alternative plans and reduce administrative costs for our clients, while quoting sustainable rates at start up - and at renewal.  

For over 30 years, ASSOCIUM Consultants continues to lead the industry in specialized human resource services and organizational development.
Supporting the success of Canadian organizations for 30 years.