Member Benefits

ASSOCIATING WITH NAACO HAS ITS BENEFITS

NAACO has membership throughout Canada and the United States of over 300 educational institutions and more than 1,000 individuals from these member institutions.

NAACO members benefit from a myriad of commencement and convocation planning resources for professional development, knowledge exchange, peer networking and opportunities for gaining new insights and fresh perspectives.

• Networking and information resources
• Professional development opportunities
• NAACO online Discussion Forum
• Annual Conference
• North American membership directory
• Leadership opportunities
• NAACO online Member Community

Through NAACO, our members connect with colleagues who share the multi-faceted responsibility of orchestrating meaningful commencements, convocations and other institutional ceremonies to nurture powerful emotional bonds between our institutions and students, parents, alumni and donors.

An advanced degree of excellence

NAACO is your connection for continuing education, professional camaraderie and academic event trends and solutions to the challenges that all members share as we nurture the institutions, students and alumni we so proudly and passionately serve.

• New member education
• Crisis communications and planning
• Etiquette and protocol
• Special ceremonies
• Special needs of disabled students
• Volunteer management
• Celebrating with distance learners
• Graduation fairs
• Privacy issues
• Interactive digital event marketing

Managing the graduation experience

As the diviners of diverse academic ceremonies, our members leverage NAACO resources as assets to help them best manage the seemingly endless details of a well orchestrated graduation. This is particularly beneficial for commencement and convocation professionals who often single-handedly shoulder the monumental responsibilities of managing trouble-free and memorable ceremonies.

Among the many challenges of graduation planning is striking a delicate balance between ceremony and celebration, formality and festivity. NAACO members take advantage of opportunities to enrich their skills so that the ceremonies they create truly capture and reflect the cultural tenor and academic spirit of their institutions.

The difference between members and affiliates

Membership in NAACO is limited to colleges and universities. Individuals employed by institutions who are members of NAACO and have academic ceremony planning responsibilities can become affiliate members under their institution’s membership at no additional cost. Each institution can have an unlimited number of affiliate members. To learn more about affiliate membership contact NAACO at info@NAACO.org.