“When I want a communications project handled from start to finish, I turn to Al Rickard. He has the talent, creativity, and follow-through needed to achieve success. I strongly recommend Al and his company to any association looking for outside communication services.”

Susan Sarfati, CAE
Executive Vice President, The American Program Bureau
Principal, Beyond Excellent!

“Association Vision has raised the bar for public relations at AIHA. The company has helped us gain leadership consensus on core audiences and messages, created a strategic public relations plan, conducted media training for our key spokespersons, and consistently delivers our messages to the media.”

Peter O’Neil, CAE
Assistant Executive Director
American Industrial Hygiene Association

“Association Vision is a valuable partner for GCCA and serves as our outsourced communications department. Besides producing our member newsletter and handling public relations, Al Rickard has been an important strategic thinker in helping to evaluate our future. He conducted a full-day audit with our staff that was an extremely useful exercise, especially for an association serving so many audiences.”

Bill Hudson
President & CEO
Global Cold Chain Alliance

“Association Vision was a key player in helping ASAE and The Center for Association Leadership communicate with members and the media throughout our merger process. The hard work that Al Rickard and his team put in helped us succeed.”

John H. Graham IV, CAE
President & CEO
American Society of Association Executives

“When we needed short-term management of the BOMA magazine and our PR activities, Association Vision stepped in and handled it. It was a seamless process and the added value for us was how they improved the publication in the process.”

Henry H. Chamberlain, CAE, APR
Executive Vice President
Building Owners and Managers Association International

"The public relations audit Association Vision did was instrumental in helping ASPS restructure its PR operation. The recommendations helped us create a stronger link between PR and advocacy, and identified core messages and strategies that moved us forward. I highly recommend Association Vision for this type of analysis."

Paul Pomerantz, CAE
Executive Vice President
American Society of Plastic Surgeons

"Association Vision has been with us since the inception of ConventionPlanit.com, and has gained extensive media coverage about the site and developed new partnerships. The company has helped put us on the map in the meetings industry."

Katherine and David Markham
Co-Founders
ConventionPlanit.com

"Association Vision provided PCMA with a complete public relations plan and executed it throughout the year to really ramp up our media coverage in the meetings industry. The diligence and timely follow-up that Al Rickard provided helped us respond quickly to breaking news stories and deliver a steady stream of news to the trade press."

Sandy Eitel
Director of Communications and Marketing
Professional Convention Management Association

“We hired Association Vision to generate media coverage for our TS² trade show in Washington, DC, and they delivered! We landed a major feature in The Washington Times and several radio placements.”

Tamara Christian
President
National Trade Productions

“Association Vision conducted an in-depth communication audit for ABIH that provided an excellent analysis of our program and gave us specific, actionable ideas for to grow our communications in the future. We were extremely pleased with the results and will probably hire the company to implement some of these recommendations.”

Lynn O’Donnell, CIH
Executive Director
American Board of Industrial Hygiene

“When it came time for NACS to launch a magazine, Association Vision was there to make it happen. The company counseled us on our mission and marketing positioning, wrote the business plan, presented it to our Board of Directors, and won approval. Today it is our number-one communication vehicle and the leading magazine in our industry. Association Vision also conducts readership surveys every two years to ensure that the magazine continues to meet member needs.”

Gina Veazey
Editor-in-Chief
The NACS Magazine
National Association of Convenience Stores

“Association Vision has helped us leverage all the great things we do to benefit the community. We have a much stronger presence in both the local media and the trade press thanks to this company.”

Joel Sarfati
Vice President of Marketing
MCT Federal Credit Union

“Association Vision has done great things for the children of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington. They loved participating in the Party Animals community art project and had an outstanding learning experience at the Hospitality Olympics. Creative ideas like this are so important!”

Tim Sheahan
Executive Vice President
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington

“Our organization began operations in 2003 and we were confronted with major challenges to gain general recognition and to communicate our achievements to many stakeholders. Association Vision consulted with us to create and implement a new communication plan that made us successful on many fronts. Our visibility is much higher as a result.”

Timothy R. Rugh , CAE 
Executive Director
3-A Sanitary Standards, Inc.

"Wow! From the title of the seminar (Media Encounters of the Difficult Kind: Media Training You Can Use) I didn't think it would be relevant. Was I wrong. This was awesome in all respects of life, business, and organization. Thank you."

"Excellent session - lots of interchange with instructor and group. Very helpful."

"Exceeded my expectations. Excellent decision by the Board to retain this firm. Good role playing exercise."