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2014 is done. Bring on the New Year!

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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

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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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I Wasn’t Kidding, LinkedIn is Moving Fast

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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. Meier added that LinkedIn “has a very engaged group of users and they have recruiters coming to the site to find people for their job openings.

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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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New Member Engagement – Looking For Value Beyond the Welcome Kit

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We recently held a webinar called Flipping the Membership Equation: Thinking Different About Member Retention and Recruitment. In the webinar we highlighted the work being done at the Association of Otolaryngology Administrators (AOA) to recruit and retain new members. That’s where member engagement lives. See you in NashVegas!

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Refocusing on Jobs and Education in 2015

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At the beginning of 2014 we started a conversation on the importance of a career center strategy for associations, especially in light of social networking giant LinkedIn’s aggressive efforts to become the leading online job board aggregator.

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The Risk of Not Owning Your Online Brand

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This is where companies and recruiters pay to access LinkedIn’s tools for talent acquisition. Our recent webinar, Social Networking, Mission Creep and the 2014 Job Market , shared how LinkedIn was poised to be a disruptive force in the job board market. This represents approximately 25-30% of their total revenue.