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Association Brain Food: 10.6.23

Reid All About it

Competing against niche professional organizations, membership and conference revenue has “slowed to a trickle.” The writing has been on the wall for a long time—follow the link in the story to the 2014 memo written by a former ED. Host: Professionals for Association Revenue Wed 10/11 at 11 a.m. Location: Washington DC.

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Members Hire Strategic Solutions

Potomac Core

Since 2004, Julia Hamm , President & CEO of Washington, DC based Smart Electric Power Alliance ( SEPA ), positioned the organization as the strategic partner to help the electric utility industry transition to a clean energy future. Grew annual revenue from $300,000 to $12 million. Julia Hamm.

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Watchdog Report: Lobbying Spend Declines Slightly in 2014

Associations Now

Open Secrets, the Center for Responsive Politics’ watchdog site, reports that the amount spent on lobbying in 2014 continued a four-year slide, though the drop was modest compared to last year’s. While the 2014 total is about $30 million below 2013’s, the decrease was far smaller than the previous year’s $80 million.

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The Key to Taking Risk in 2014 is Non-Dues Revenue

Tom Morrison

There is a lack of innovation, seeking out member''s business needs, and listening for those things that could be huge drivers to member engagement, expanded revenues, and rising net worth. After the 2009 economic bust, every non-profit should be doing everything it can to enhance revenue streams to build its reserve funds.

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Compelling Member Engagement

Potomac Core

Polarization in Washington, DC, and market disruption are opening doors for Associations to create more compelling member engagement experiences for their members. Report an upward trend in 3-year annual revenue. Applying the Pull and Push Doctrine at Your Association. AAMFT – “Pull” and “Push” to Energize Member Engagement.

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Let Your Member Data Show You the Way

Spark Consulting

They’ve graciously given me permission to reprint it below: By Joe Rominiecki / Apr 30, 2014 . The winter of 2014 brought a lot of cold weather and snow to much of the United States. Being able to plug in historical activity data gave it realistic revenue estimates for any potential combination of dues and benefits packages.

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Three Keys to Inspire New Ideas from Staff

Spark Consulting

It can be a revenue criteria, but it doesn’t have to be. Copyright, ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership, July 2014, Washington, DC. The three associations Engel studied each had a clearly defined process for staff to propose an idea, institutional support for making the proposal, and a clear set of benchmarks for it.

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