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Overcoming the association value gap: part II

Principled Innovation

This post originally appeared on the Associations Now Leadership Blog on March 28, 2013. In Part I of this series earlier this month, I identified the association value gap as an underlying structural problem within membership-centric business models. This is most important conversation your association will have.

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Top Questions Asked About the Association Value Trigger Point Concept

Smooth The Path

One of the best ways to engage members early is by ensuring they have contact with your Association’s Value Trigger Point. How do you identify your Association’s Value Trigger Point? Many times staff don’t know if their association has an Association Value Trigger Point (AVTP) or what it might be.

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7 signs of a successful enterprise association

Nimble AMS

Take care to implement this feedback to show how your association values all your stakeholders. “As As an association leader, you don’t know what you don’t know. If your large association currently faces data silos, repeated records, or platforms that don’t automatically sync, it might be time to reinvest in new technology.

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Overcoming the Barriers to Association Innovation

Smooth The Path

Innovation is a difficult strategy for any organization past the startup phase to adopt, and associations are no exception. When association executives talk about innovation, we talk about the possibility and how much more we can help members. We want to innovate, but we may be afraid to get started.

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When to Make Innovation a Priority for Your Association

Smooth The Path

All of these member focused indicators should tell us when the value of our offerings is not quite valuable enough and when we should make innovation a priority. If not in our data, how do we know when it is time to make innovation a priority in our association? Association change doesn’t come without practice.

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Is it time to boost your association’s ROI with a technology upgrade?

Nimble AMS

Data silos can hurt your association causing outdated information, a reporting breakdown, security issues, and a disjointed member experience. Choose a modern AMS to invest in innovative reporting with user-friendly dashboards for your entire organization, including key stakeholders like your board and essential committee members.

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

Smooth The Path

The secret value of conferences. The post Why You Might Want to Add an Online Summit to Your Association Innovation List appeared first on Smooth The Path. Related: The problems attendees experience at conferences. Three more problems attendees experience at conferences.