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The Impact of the Pandemic on Association Membership

Membership Marketing

Looking back at outcomes from previous economic disruptions like The Great Recession in 2008 and 2009, we see that membership made a remarkable recovery in subsequent years. Recruitment Despite these adverse conditions of the past year, about 1 in 4 associations still saw membership growth last year (26%).

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.13.16

Reid All About it

Presenters: Tom Jelen, Director of Digital Communications, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. To be successful, you need a solid marketing strategy to recruit the right sponsors and grow your attendance. More information/registration. Host: Gravitate Solutions. David Schlum, Director of IT, Gravitate Solutions.

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Snag Passive Job Seekers With a Dynamic Online Career Center

Association Adviser

Particularly with younger workers, it is important to note many of them entered the workforce during the economic recession between 2008 and 2010. Recent research from Naylor’s Association Communications Benchmarking Survey suggests that more than half (56 percent) of associations admit they have trouble engaging young professionals.

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The World of Opportunities for AMCs: A YM Perspective

YourMembership

It is an alarming trend we began to witness following the 2008 recession. In the report we highlighted how Ewald is able to effectively work with 43 associations, utilizing one integrated solution to handle member management, online communities, and non-dues revenue creation. They have enjoyed remarkable growth with this strategy.

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Disruptive Advocacy Strategies

Potomac Core

Through a 2008 Member Survey, GCCA Members sought help to identify the legislative and regulatory priorities of its membership. While GCCA’s new strategic plan was instrumental in pivoting the association to an external and strategic focus, the association was already moving in the direction of Disruptive Advocacy Strategies.

Strategy 100
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Best Benefit Ever: A Well-Designed Look at Compensation

Associations Now

The organization periodically partners with Readex Research and Communication Arts magazine to release the Survey of Design Salaries. AIGA also offers an archive of salary data stretching back to 2008. Luckily for designers, that knowledge is available courtesy of AIGA. And the survey isn’t limited to 2014.

Survey 40
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Discipline

Jamie Notter

But I have to be careful not to fall into the trap of viewing the military from a solely “Hollywood” lens, where drill sergeants make recruits do stupid or humiliating things to toughen them up. Decentralize without clearly communicated high standards for results is probably a waste of time! December 2008 (9).