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2014 is done. Bring on the New Year!

YourMembership

Goodbye 2014. So as a final toast to 2014, we look back at some of the ideas and strategies we shared with you the past 12 months. So as a final toast to 2014, we look back at some of the ideas and strategies we shared with you the past 12 months. Forget the Polar Vortex, Ignite Your 2014 with These Tips and Resources.

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Music City, Our Thought Leadership Team, and a Memorable 2014

YourMembership

In 2014 the emphasis turned to video and webinars. We covered topics ranging from online communities, the 2014 job market, gamification and Gen Y, and a try before you buy membership model, just to name a few. Looking Forward 2014: Critical Factors for Associations and their Members Today and Beyond with Dean West, FASAE.

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Three Reasons You Need a Dedicated Community Manager

Higher Logic

For example, if the membership manager already speaks to your members every day, doesn't it make sense for that person to take over the responsibility of the online community? Also, in their 2014 report , they noted that communities with dedicated community managers are almost twice as likely to be able to measure value.

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Monday Buzz: Big Questions From Small Membership Organizations

Associations Now

Wild Apricot , which provides membership-management software, is in the midst of finishing its annual “Small Membership Survey Report.” “How do you get grants that actually allow for a payroll—as we are ALL volunteers at our organization?” — Digitec Interactive (@digitec) June 9, 2014.

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I Wasn’t Kidding, LinkedIn is Moving Fast

YourMembership

At the start of 2014, much of the news about the changes on the horizon for the job market was promising, especially for associations with a job board strategy for their members and organization. Earlier in the year we profiled this in our webinar, Social Networking, Mission Creep, and the 2014 Job Market.

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Time to get in the game. There’s a game being played?

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Last week we hosted our monthly Thought Leadership Webinar , featuring a whitepaper published by Association Laboratory entitled Looking Forward 2014: An Environmental Scanning Whitepaper for the Association Industry. In a recent online poll, 83 percent admitted they would be actively looking for a new position in 2014.

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My Enemy Has Become My Friend

YourMembership

And from this technology was born a new breed of people – tech savvy, independent, not prone to join membership organizations, and always looking to get stuff free via the Internet. The hand ringing and angst rose as associations worried about how they would compete, let alone survive in this new world order.

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