Aaron Wolowiec

JANUARY 12, 2016

From memberships to learning to partnerships, software and services provider Abila just released its predictions for associations in 2016. In fact, Abila predicts certification revenue will surpass membership revenue in 2016. Let’s say your staff completes a certification program or engages in e-learning. Of special interest?

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Socious

MARCH 4, 2016

The Socious Top Ten for the Week of February 28, 2016. This week, our favorite articles focus on providing our readers with tips to increasing their customer engagement. Every week we aim to make your life easier by compiling the best customer community articles of last week right here on our blog.

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Higher Logic

MARCH 18, 2016

Social media continues to evolve, and if you want to leverage social media for your organization, you need to be aware of the current trends for 2016. Here’s a closer look at some of the top 2016 social media trends to watch throughout the year. Are you looking to increase engagement and find new members for your organization?

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WBT Systems

AUGUST 2, 2016

With less than two weeks to the ASAE Annual Meeting and Expo 2016 , the largest event for Associations each year, we are putting in place our final preparations to exhibit at Booth #515. WBT Systems will be exhibiting our learning solutions for Associations in the Expo Hall at Booth #515 , during the ASAE Annual Meeting and Expo 2016.

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Higher Logic

JANUARY 25, 2016

The community management industry is making great strides and growing rapidly into 2016, thanks to innovative content and collaboration amongst community managers. We’ve been sharing our favorite resources and topics all month long, but here’s a quick wrap-up of our top CMAD posts: Our Top Four 2016 CMAD Themes.

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YourMembership

AUGUST 15, 2016

As ASAE Annual Meeting 2016 got started this year in Salt Lake City, it’s preceded by AMCs Engaged!, In a room full of business leaders and professionals serving associations, the desire to connect, engage and grow was the theme of the day. We know mobile apps provide a path to greater engagement. The post AMCs Engaged!

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Socious

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

The Socious Top Ten for the Week of February 21, 2016. Socious has some great news! Call it a late new year’s resolution if you will, but we have decided to bring back the “Socious Top Ten”.

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Higher Logic

JULY 14, 2016

Shared value is the name of the game in The Community Roundtable’s State of Community Management Report 2016 (SOCM 2016). Here are three big takeaways from the SOCM 2016 for minding the gap and bringing everyone together: 1. Big Takeaway: Empower members to accelerate engagement and prevent community manager burnout.

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Mariner

AUGUST 13, 2016

According the 2016 Chapter Benchmarking report , associations lean on chapters for member engagement, leadership development, membership. recruitment, marketing/communications and local resources – rating these elements as 'absolutely essential' to 'essential' roles.

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Spark Consulting

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

There was a lot of talk about measuring and scoring member engagement at December’s ASAE Technology Conference. People talked about engagement as the key to recruitment, retention, and upselling, whether that means getting members to invest money by buying stuff or invest time by taking volunteer positions. You better believe it!

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WBT Systems

MARCH 27, 2018

You can anticipate and prevent these issues by implementing these new strategies we found for engaging online students. #1: People are more motivated and engaged when they know they have some say in what they’re doing. Engage learners’ brains by using a mix of content delivery methods—video, text, audio, and presentations.

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Mariner

DECEMBER 16, 2015

As you ponder your 2016 resolution list on how to be a more effective board member, think about some of the ways you can personally improve your chapter's member and volunteer engagement.

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Socious

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

“This is going to be very unusual advice from a guy who runs a sales and marketing software company, but take dollars from sales and marketing. Put it in products and services and customer delight.” – Brian Halligan, CEO and Founder of HubSpot.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 1, 2016

If your organization is struggling to engage millennials, one of the things you’ll learn from this month’s webinars is the best times of day to post your event social media messages and send emails.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 31, 2016

If your organization is struggling to engage millennials, one of the things you’ll learn from this month’s webinars are 3 rules that will turn a new millennial member into a raving fan.

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Potomac Core

AUGUST 3, 2016

Presidential and Congressional Elections, economic performance inside and outside the United States, mergers and acquisitions, baby boomer retirements , terror threats, and technology disruptions will influence whether or not professionals and corporate executives engage in their associations. Engage More and Sell Less.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 1, 2016

If your organization is struggling to engage millennials, one of the things you’ll learn from this month’s webinars is the best times of day to post your event social media messages and send emails.

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Eric Lanke

DECEMBER 26, 2016

As we end another year, here's a look back at the five posts on this blog that received the most page views in 2016. When they can see at a glance whether or not they are winning they become profoundly engaged. As the authors continually remind the reader, people play differently when they are keeping score.

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Socious

MARCH 18, 2016

Every week we aim to make your life easier by compiling the best customer engagement articles from around the web right here on our blog. This week, our favorite articles focus on providing you with tips for improving you customer marketing strategy.

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GlowGlobally

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Join Renata Lerch, Deputy Managing Director of the American Society for Quality and Elisa Pratt, Chief Global Member Engagement Officer of ASIS International , for a discussion on the results of the GEI and insights gained by their associations from analysis of their own member and customer data against the global benchmark.

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Higher Logic

MAY 3, 2018

Gmail is the second leading email client with 20% market share (as of December 2016). You'll also know which times to send emails to receive the highest engagement, or create custom, automatic campaigns, like the ever-popular abandonment campaign (e.g. Then you're really communicating with those who want to be engaged.

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Higher Logic

AUGUST 9, 2016

What You Can't Miss for ASAE Annual 2016. RSVP here and get your spot early, before it fills up. Also, special thanks to our partners: benel Solutions, CQ Roll Call, Expo Logic, Informz, and mindShift!

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Higher Logic

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

It was a vibrant discussion that included data versus passion in community, engagement as it relates to retention, the state of community management, and influencing community behavior. Or should we forget about the numbers and focus on the passion and engagement behind community? It’s a fallacy that engagement is one thing.

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Higher Logic

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

To do that, engagement and satisfaction should be separate. Celebrate and encourage engagement. Engagement doesn't guarantee satisfaction. A thriving community should boast engagement and satisfaction , but they are not created equal. Engagement often correlates with satisfaction. Examples of an engaged member.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 29, 2016

Webinar: Driving Engagement and Retention through Multichannel Personalization. This week’s list is light on the webinar options-last week’s list included four webinars-so I added a podcast and an online conference. In the future, I’ll also include websites, blogs, and books. Wednesday, February 3 at 2:00 p.m.

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Achieve

APRIL 21, 2016

Here are four reasons why MCON 2016 is the must-attend conference of the year: Get the direction and resources to grow your passion. Engage with thought leaders and make invaluable connections at MCON’s three block parties. Top 4 Reasons to Attend. With over 25 different sessions, three-days of content.

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Socious

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Remember Cliffs Notes, the popular synopses of required reading and classic literature? For some of us, they were a go-to back in high school. They condense a tome like War and Peace into 25-30 pages, giving you the highlights along with a few symbolic references that high school English teachers eat up.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 13, 2016

We want to learn what associations are doing differently and better, what resources are being utilized to engage members and whether communication tools are being monetized to their fullest degree. This struggle may be related to lack of measuring and recording reader engagement.

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Optimist Consulting

JANUARY 25, 2016

If you’re wondering how to make your organisation’s digital experience more engaging for your members this year, you might want to consider what the National Trust have recently done to enhance and improve their website for potential and existing members. How will you make your digital experience more engaging for your members in 2016?

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GlowGlobally

DECEMBER 5, 2017

For two years, 20 associations have participated in the first ever benchmark indices designed to better understand how relationship strength affects the ability to improve engagement with members and customers through empirical data. What resources deliver the most value and impact engagement the most?

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Achieve

AUGUST 3, 2016

this year, took advantage of the free live stream or you’re just now hearing about the event, check out these 11 can’t-miss moments from MCON 2016. #11 6 Lansie Sylvia Says the Future of Civic Engagement Is Physical, Not Digital. #5 6 Lansie Sylvia Says the Future of Civic Engagement Is Physical, Not Digital. #5

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Higher Logic

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Their member engagement and technology strategies are cutting edge, which makes sense—they have a global member base, with over 1,600 organizations comprised of 40,000 individuals spanning 100 countries/territories. Eventually, these groups outgrew the listserv environment, and members wanted greater interaction and engagement.

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Associations Now

MAY 14, 2019

Could it be another way for associations to engage members? Sure, your association might have a social media engagement strategy that uses Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and even Snapchat. Often, it’s a funny, inspiring, or first-person perspective that results in the greatest engagement opportunity. But what about TikTok?

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GlowGlobally

AUGUST 4, 2017

I was invited to moderate a panel discussion on the results from MCI’s Engagement Index Collaborative which includes data from the global (non-US) 2016 and domestic US 2017 study. Conversely, we learned that the more products a member or non member customer uses or buys, the stronger the relationship and engagement level.

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Membership Marketing

JANUARY 13, 2016

The questionnaire for the 2016 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report is now open and I want to invite you to participate in the research this year. To thank you for your participation in this best practices research project, MGI will send you a printed copy of the full 2016 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report.

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Aaron Wolowiec

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Fast forward: Naylor recently released the results of its 2016 Communications Benchmarking Study. Although 57 percent believe they could improve member engagement by improving their ability to customize for different subgroups, not many are actually doing it. In fact, only 6 percent reported having a communications strategy.

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Membership Marketing

JULY 11, 2016

I am pleased to announce the release of the 2016 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. The communication methods used to engage new members. The 2016 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report also includes comments from participants on their successes and challenges in membership marketing.

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