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Best of the Web: April 2014

Association Adviser

We Can’t All Blame Ourselves: Why Millennials Need to Pull Their Own Weight. Regardless of change and differences in generation styles, there are areas where it’s still appropriate to expect Millennials to conform to traditional ethics and hard work. May 19-21, 2014. May 28-31, 2014. June 17-18, 2014.

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Members Hire Strategic Solutions

Potomac Core

Grew annual revenue from $300,000 to $12 million. Grew membership dues revenue from $100,000 to over $2 million. Negotiated efforts to form a for-profit trade show subsidiary with $19 million in revenue jointly owned by SEPA and the Solar Energy Industries Association ( SEIA ). Millennial’s as key to club workforce.

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Game Plan 2014: Seeing Around the Corners

Association Adviser

Most associations agree non-dues revenue is essential, but our research shows very few ask advertisers and sponsors for their input. “Associations also need to do a better job of reaching out to Millennials with an updated, more non-traditional membership experience,” she said. What surprised us most in 2013?

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The World of Opportunities for AMCs: A YM Perspective

YourMembership

This week YourMembership.com is “on the road” in Tempe, Arizona attending the 2014 AMC Institute Annual Meeting. The side effects of this change are: A loss of traditional revenue generated by membership dues. How to identify and implement non-dues revenue vehicles. The loss of leadership vital to the health of the organization.

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Make Your Meeting a Jobs Hub

Associations Now

Research shows that millennials’ primary reason for joining associations is access to job opportunities. You’ll create new revenue streams. Another bonus is that those additional registrations will likely mean additional nondues revenue and a boost to your bottom line.

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What Should You Make of the “Pivot to Video”?

Associations Now

And that is leading to situations like the one that faced the startup millennial-focused news outlet Mic last week. Additionally, the study found that the average monthly traffic to large news sites went up by 4 million between 2014 and 2016. Millennials like video enough—but they actually prefer to get their news in text form.

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New Survey Highlights Challenges Facing Small-Membership Associations

Associations Now

Among the challenges that respondents said they face were attracting and engaging millennials and getting their boards and members to adopt new technologies. Although the survey identified the same top three priorities in 2014 as in 2013, it found differences as well. percent versus 11.5

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