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An Old-School Method for New Member Engagement

Associations Now

.” Many associations seem to view involving a new generation of members as a new, mystifying 21st-century challenge, but it’s hard to miss the fact that committee involvement is a rather traditional solution. What sort of volunteer opportunities do you offer your younger members? And how to you try to get them involved?

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Is it Time to Recession-Proof Your Association?

Associations Now

Many leaders today have not really been tested in a downturn, whether the 2007 downturn, 9/11, the dotcom implosion, or many of the others that preceded those times,” tech executive F. But according to ASAE research during the last recession, member engagement in virtual-only meetings never cracked 10 percent. So, what to do?

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Strategic meeting audits: Leveraging data to improve ROI

Aaron Wolowiec

Has your organization’s meetings function experienced a year-over-year revenue decline – however slight – since the 2007 recession? financial performance, member engagement and alignment with the organization’s mission and strategic plan) and for your members (i.e., learning, networking and value).

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NAASF Crowdsources Customer Support and Advocacy with Online Community

Higher Logic

The website included rudimentary discussion boards, but the platform posed a challenge for categorizing topics, and members were frustrated by the interface, the delay in posting and the inability to upload documents. Some members dropped off of discussions entirely. of community members. Total unique logins : 23.5%

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How Can You Plan for Innovation?

Association Adviser

It took nearly seven years of research and development before Steve Jobs unveiled the original iPhone in January 2007. To keep innovation and your association’s work on behalf of members and your industry from stalling, an association should remain nimble in order to respond quickly to changes in the environment.

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From the Corner Office: John Graham, ASAE The Center for Association Leadership

Association Adviser

Mobile is a game changer in the sense that it alters the way a member engages with an association. Historically, the association controlled the member experience. Now with mobile, the member can control their experience with the association. I’d say mobile technology. Some associations are still having difficulty.

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Letting the Crowds Speak

Idea Architects

We need a mix of traditional approaches that are low risk and likely to yield a consistent, albeit not always the highest, potential return coupled with more progressive, less predictable forms of member engagement with a greater potential payoff. You can read the complete article here.