Solutions for Associations, Inc. (SFA) offers associations many valuable and cost efficient services regarding research and policy development. Those services include:

	developing and analyzing surveys;
	conducting marketing, membership, and policy research;
	developing policy/position papers; and
	creating policy databases.

SFA staff has designed, distributed, and analyzed association surveys, resulting in documented needs analyses, evaluations of association activities, and program modifications leading to more effective membership and policy activities. Staff has developed computer programs in BASIC, SHAZAM, SAS, and PARADOX to evaluate both surveys SFA has developed and other surveys that clients have brought to the firm for evaluation.

Our staff has prepared and/or published many surveys and policy reports. These include, but are not limited to:
 

	"Report and Analysis of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Economic and General Welfare Survey," December of 1985;
	"AANA Membership Survey Results - Fiscal Year 1986" and an "Income Supplement," February of 1986;
	"Analysis of International Medical Graduates (IMG) Survey," American Medical Association (AMA), March of 1990;
	"Demographic Analyses of AMA Leadership," December of 1993;
	"American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) Membership Survey Results," March of 1995;
	"Society for Ambulatory Care Professionals (SACP) Annual Meeting Survey Results," June of 1996 and August of 1997;
	"SACP Compensation Survey Results," October of 1996;
	"A Profile of Hospital Home Care Delivery - Key Results from the 1994 SACP/American Hospital Association (AHA) Hospital Home Care Survey," January of 1997;
	"Production Engine Remanufacturer's Association (PERA) Member Needs Assessment," September of 1997;
	"SACP Member Needs Assessment Survey Results," November of 1997;
	"SACP Ambulatory Care/Home Health Care Management Compensation Survey Results," August of 1998;
	"American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) Compensation Survey," September of 1998;
	"American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH) Member Needs Assessment," October of 1999;
	"Association of Legal Administrators (ALA) Large Firm Key Staff Compensation Survey," October of 1999 and November of 2000;
	"International Plastics Fabricators Association Needs Assessment," January of 2000;
	"Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Healthcare (AAAHC) Marketing Survey," December of 2000;
	"Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM) Member Needs Assessment," January of 2001;
	"Binding Industries Association (BIA) Member Needs Assessment," February  of 2001;
	"American Society of Clinical Hypnosis (ASCH) Learners’ Needs Assessment," May of 2001; and
	"Interlocking Concrete Pavement Institute's (ICPI) Member Needs Assessment Survey Results," October of 1997 and August of 2001.

SFA staff was also involved in the development of the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Policy Compendium, a compilation of thousands of policies established by the AMA House of Delegates. Our staff consulted on the development of a computerized search mechanism for that policy database.

Call us today at 630-351-8669 or e-mail us at info@solutions-for-assoc.com for further information.