Aaron Wolowiec

DECEMBER 18, 2013

Has your organization’s meetings function experienced a year-over-year revenue decline – however slight – since the 2007 recession? As a CMP (certified meeting professional) preparation course facilitator, I’ll borrow a page from our participant reading materials: Identify event goals and objectives. Next, let’s identify step one.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Barnes noted that Brand USA has “a course charted for every scenario moving past” this Friday, including a shutdown. since 2013, generating $17.7 billion in visitor spending and $5 billion in additional tax revenue, according to the coalition. million visitors to the U.S.

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Associations Now

JULY 21, 2016

It’s the latest of several dozens of courses that ACES and Poynter have developed since their partnership began in 2013. Teresa Schmedding, ACES president, said that the society had long been talking about developing some training courses for its members. So, that’s what the group did.

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Association Adviser

JULY 5, 2017

A 2013 Harvard Business Review blog post suggests that, “Execution is a minefield … Agendas compete. The resulting gap represents lost opportunities and revenue. Likewise, be sure to help your colleagues clearly prioritize actions and, of course, monitor the plan obsessively. Wolowiec, MSA, CAE, CMP, CTA, Event Garde.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

billion in revenue annually and counts 59.3 ” But a lot’s changed since the heady days of 2013 and 2014 , when the activity started to hit a peak in mainstream consciousness. . ” But a lot’s changed since the heady days of 2013 and 2014 , when the activity started to hit a peak in mainstream consciousness.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 9, 2013

How the Associated General Contractors of America’s annual expo went from the chopping block to exceeding revenue goals in a few years. While AGC’s goal was to sell $250,000 in sponsorships and exhibits, it sold $305,000 and netted $183,000 for the organization—$58,000 more than its net-revenue goal. So just how did they get there?

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Tom Morrison

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

All of the above are pieces to a new revenue model called, “Repurpose, Repackage, Reuse,” to selling knowledge to your members. Our association had a five module course that included a thick 3-ring bound Instructor’s Guide, five student handbooks and written tests. Let me give you an example of how this looks in the real world.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 29, 2013

by @sailthru ) [link] <assns: make personalization a priority> — Deirdre Reid (@deirdrereid) August 29, 2013. — John Ricco (@johnricco) August 29, 2013. That and more in today’s Social Media Roundup: Pondering Personalization. Bezos to save Washington Post w personalization? (by Needs More Nice.

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Associations Now

JUNE 25, 2014

Measuring the effectiveness of a membership-model change requires an apples-to-apples comparison on a metric whose definition doesn’t change in the course of a restructure. ” November 20, 2013. •[AAM] Revenue is somewhat cold, but dollars are dollars, and more revenue should mean more capacity for mission pursuit.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Hyde Bellagio, HAZE Nightclub at ARIA, 1 Oak Las Vegas at The Mirage and LAX Nightclub in Luxor were among the top 20 revenue-producing nightclubs in 2013, according to Nightclub & Bar magazine’s Top 100 list. <

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Associations Now

JANUARY 24, 2014

An article posted on TheUmlaut.com in March 2013 discussed how binge learning is online education’s “killer app.” It would be a win-win for all involved, keeping members engaged with the organization and potentially serving as a new source of nondues revenue. And if so, how could this change the online learning and education space?

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Associations Now

APRIL 4, 2014

Editor''s Note: Sam is always alert, but yes!] ) Of course, work did pop up time and time again, including brainstorming ideas for this blog. While the benefit of helping your attendees stay healthy during your conference is one reason to hold this type of challenge, it also presents a nondues revenue opportunity for associations.

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Associations Now

JULY 22, 2015

At the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers, a group-membership plan is attracting deeper engagement with the industry’s higher-ups and boosting SCTE’s membership and training revenue along the way. “What’s in it for me?” Schankel attributes 90 percent of that growth to the partnership program.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Of course, that’s more easily said than done. Most associations agree non-dues revenue is essential, but our research shows very few ask advertisers and sponsors for their input. What surprised us most in 2013? Plotke lamented that associations tell her non-dues revenue is more important than ever.

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Associations Now

APRIL 27, 2016

ASPB hired a digital strategist, consulted with another, and engaged an analytics firm in the course of building it. The traditional approach to that audience segment has been to sell them resources outside of membership (marked up, of course), or to get them to subscribe to publications, or to just sell them membership even harder.

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Associations Now

JUNE 20, 2016

and though the bar doesn’t have a certification, it does require completion of a paid course in order to maintain membership in good standing. The new headquarters is designed to save the DC Bar money in the long run—around $30 million over 30 years by way of saved lease costs and new revenue from building tenants.

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Associations Now

MAY 11, 2015

Good for Pandora, of course, but not so good for industry groups focused on collecting revenues from performance rights, such as the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP); Broadcast Music Inc. BMI); and the National Music Publishers Association (NMPA).

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Associations Now

JANUARY 20, 2015

Does the road to increased revenue run through technology offerings? Earlier this month, the association and nonprofit software provider Abila—a company that, notably, acquired Avectra in 2013 —put out a set of recommendations on what it saw as the next steps for the association space in the year to come.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 11, 2013

Often the majority of your attendees don’t have the buying influence to support the growth of the exhibit, sponsor, and/or grant components of your revenue machine. This can manifest in a variety of problems including declining exhibits and sponsors which results in declining revenue. Supplier Professionals.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 12, 2013

But, as association veteran Ann Oliveri points out on her blog, The Zen of Associations , sometimes the best course is to look back—to what’s worked in the past. Lutz and Kastner use an online slideshow to recap several strategies for winning conference sponsorships from ASAE’s 2013 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Atlanta this month.

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Associations Now

JULY 30, 2014

The math has to work, of course; revenue has to come from somewhere. The Northwest Food Processors Association had this in mind when it eliminated dues for its associate member category in 2013. ” Of course, NWFPA sells other products and services and hosts meetings that drive nondues revenue.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 7, 2013

The best and brightest in association thought leaders shared their bold ideas on association membership at ASAE’s 2013 Annual Meeting. Attendees at ASAE’s 2013 Annual Meeting & Expo are heading home today after three days of learning and knowledge exchange. Here are four standouts.

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Associations Now

JULY 26, 2013

That’s how long it is until I get on a plane and head to Atlanta for ASAE’s 2013 Annual Meeting & Expo. After all, these big meetings are often large revenue generators for associations. A quick refresher course never hurts both new and seasoned staff members. Here are some ways to make that happen. Seven days.

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Mizz Information

APRIL 8, 2013

In a session about monetizing digital publishing, execs from several huge associations detailed how they were generating revenue with pubs and events. Which is, of course, true--you don''t calculate ROI on a whole discipline, like marketing, you calculate it based on each individual spend under a discipline. rjbrowncpa No single ROI.

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Associations Now

APRIL 10, 2013

At the 2013 Digital Now conference , in multiple presentations—none of which were ostensibly related—the topic of education kept arising. In another session, participants discussed the rise of Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs). Then, eventually, I see the time and realize I’m running late, and my morning begins in a rush.

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Associations Now

MAY 30, 2014

Over the course of the day, I noticed speakers saying one word repeatedly: disruption. After all, he was a huge part of the launch and subsequent massive growth of New York Comic Con , which attracted more than 133,000 attendees in 2013. You can’t accept the way it’s always been and then expect it to stay the same.

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Associations Now

MARCH 25, 2015

Winning back those members was nice, of course, but the truth is that the offer was mostly an exit survey in disguise. ” Of course, that meant being ready to back up the PWYW offer when people actually took it. In the end, MANA got 15 to 20 members back, Cohon says, at prices ranging from $50 to $199. The numbers were scattered.”

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Association Adviser

MAY 14, 2013

Mobile apps are promising, but we’re still trying to figure out how much revenue you can generate from them, said Tino Mantella, president and CEO of the 19,000 member Technology Association of Georgia (TAG). “Our members use smartphones for app activities, social media and, of course, texting.” Conclusion.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

” NAADAC’s major symptom circa April 2013 was declining membership, Storie says. Better tracking on email opens and clicks helped Storie fill a high-revenue training course with a very niche appeal. And, here’s how we know we’ve done it. And the document that was created … was our roadmap.”

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Associations Now

JUNE 12, 2013

At ASAE’s 2013 Marketing, Membership & Communications Conference last week, I visited the expo hall to speak with the industry partners there who provide association management systems (AMSs) and online community platforms (or both). ” Data. Mobile and tablets.

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Association Adviser

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

For one, there’s a lot of money on the line, as the annual conference or convention is often an association’s biggest non-dues revenue generator. But, over the course of their jobs, “the fun meter starts to go down.” And associations aren’t taking advantage of that, he added. Why don’t they? Appointment-based events.

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Beth Kanter

AUGUST 12, 2015

Of course things have changed a lot. “No, Jeff Bauman , who lost both legs in the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013, has the second most successful fundraiser on the site with over $800,000 raised. Disrupting Fundraising Since: 2013. T-shirt giant CustomInk backed and launched Booster in 2013. Everything,” I replied.

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Off Stage

DECEMBER 29, 2011

” Of course we didn’t, and neither did he, but the threat was pretty much an annual event that had us quaking in our boots each year at dues renewal time. Now, of course, things have changed for MLS positioning: there are viable alternatives on the horizon. ” That’s not too much of a stretch, is it?

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