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Member Benefits Take a Back Seat to Member Experiences

Smooth The Path

When people share their member experience, I’m struck by how little they talk about their benefits. Value is necessary, but so is cultivating exceptional member experiences. Related: Behind the mask of the association. Focus on experience before focusing on the paperwork.

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Why You Might Want to Add an Online Summit to Your Association Innovation List

Smooth The Path

The biggest problem with most annual conferences is that most members cannot go. The conference conflicts with other things on their schedule. What percent of your members make it to the conference each year? You might be hoping I give some tips on how to attract more members to your conference.

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Our Members are Burning Out

Smooth The Path

Have you had to ditch most of the work you did on upcoming in-person events to turn on a virtual conference immediately? We can raise up the ideas of our innovators. We can show them the experiments that their colleagues tried that didn’t work. Your association might be the balm for your members’ burn out.

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Building Buy-In for an Online Community at Your Association

Higher Logic

Additionally, you could suggest a “freemium” community membership for potential members to showcase the value of joining your association. Download our eBook, Maximize Association Value with Engagement , for the full list of ways a community builds your association’s member acquisition and member engagement efforts.

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Be the Voice of Relevance—Make Mission, Vision, and Values Fit the Moment

.orgSource

If you are interested in exploring organizational trust on a deeper level, join us on March 2 for the.orgCommunity Leadership ColLAB at the OLC Education and Conference Center in Rosemont, IL. The conference is exclusive and free to .orgCommunity’s orgCommunity’s VIP members. Values create community.

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Why Long-Time Members Are Reluctant to Leave Your Association

Smooth The Path

Or the association is moving too slowly or is filled with old-school thinking, while they want to explore new ideas. How do you know when your long-time members are becoming disenfranchised? Interestingly, long-time members are reluctant to leave. They stop renewing on time. Their usage of your website drops dramatically.

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Common Trap for Association Professionals

Smooth The Path

It is called, “yes, and” Anytime someone says something to you, even something you disagree with, say aloud, or say in your mind “yes, and” “I did not get a lot of value out of this year’s speaker line up” [Yes, and] “was there a problem you came to the conference hoping to solve?”