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2013 — The Year of Saying No

YourMembership

The post 2013 — The Year of Saying No appeared first on YourMembership.com. Recently, gamification came under some fire when Gartner Research released a study with the headline “Gartner predicts that [.] ( Read more. )

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My Top 5 Blog Posts of 2013

Eric Lanke

image source As we end another year, here''s a look back at the five posts on this blog that received the most page views in 2013. Member Engagement Solution #1: Don''t Forget the Fun Another newcomer to the list, originally posted in July 2012. My thanks to everyone who has been reading what I''ve been putting up here.

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Incrementalism for Our Associations

Smooth The Path

Did you notice that the rockets in 2013 were landing in the open ocean? New member engagement programs succeed in much the same way (bet you didn’t know your job was much the same as a rocket scientist’s; it is!) However, in year three we see exponential growth in new member retention rates.

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Eight Is Enough

Eric Lanke

I called it " Recipes for Innovation ," and in it, I talked about several things that were heavy on my mind at the time, including my then soon-to-be-ending first foray into blogging, The Hourglass Blog. It feels like I've already said everything I can in subjects like Innovation, Leadership, or Strategy and Execution.

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An Old-School Method for New Member Engagement

Associations Now

Associations know that the same principle is at play with new members: Get them more actively involved, and their membership experience will be more memorable. In 2013, ANA removed a strict, 140-year-old (!) The Decision to Volunteer found that young members are more likely to see the benefits of volunteering than older generations.

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Coming Soon from Spark

Spark Consulting

The first, co-authored with Anna Caraveli (The Demand Networks) is on member engagement. If you’ve missed the previous sessions Peggy Hoffman and I have given on our eponymous August 2013 whitepaper , you can catch us at ASAE later this month. Anna and I are targeting release of our member engagement whitepaper for May.

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Introducing the 2020 Community Movers + Shakers

Higher Logic

Our 2020 Community Movers + Shakers are champions of communities, who see the value in the community movement, and we wanted to highlight, honor, and share the work of their creative and innovative minds with the rest of the industry. She started working with community at PMI, a global organization for project management, in 2013.

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