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A recipe for volunteer success: How to recruit, educate, and retain

Ungrated

Veteran community association leaders say whipping up a plan to recruit, educate, and retain volunteers is essential to volunteer success and is a delicate mix that includes patience, flexibility, solid coaching, and listening skills—plus a dash of strong commitment to community.

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Association Brain Food: 10.27.23

Reid All About it

Nate Silver talking about the troubling journalistic standards lately at the NY Times, Washington Post, BBC, AP, and other legacy media outlets) You never grow old at the table Skip down to the list of free educational events if you prefer takeout. (Marc Zao-Sanders, Harvard Business Review ) It’s easy to screw up on breaking news.

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Association Brain Food: 2.23.24

Reid All About it

Bulletin describes how a member app helps nurture member engagement by providing a centralized communication channel for members. Hear about the benefits of a Chapter Ambassador Program, how to recruit Ambassador members, the steps needed to launch the program, how to leverage this as a member benefit, and the overall value proposition.

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Hotel Group Launches New Job-Recruiting Initiative

Associations Now

The American Hotel & Lodging Association’s Hospitality is Working campaign will support the recruitment and placement of Opportunity Youth—16 to 24-year-olds who are out of both school and the workforce—in the hospitality industry. Our commitment to investing in the next generation is stronger than ever,” Maietta said.

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HighRoad to Showcase Marketing Automation Solutions for Associations at the ASAE Marketing, Membership, and Communications Conference (#MMCCon)

HighRoad Solution

For those of you who are new to the association world, ASAE is holding their annual Marketing, Membership, and Communications (MMC) Conference at the Washington Convention Center. Attendees at #MMCCon can anticipate sessions on topics such as effective marketing, new technology trends, member recruitment, and more.

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Association Brain Food: 4.28.23

Reid All About it

Member recruitment. Impexium suggests member recruitment strategies that will successfully drive your marketing efforts in this very different marketplace. Online community. You can no longer give your online community a half-hearted effort. Membership marketing has come a long way since I first started in associations.

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Association Brain Food: 11.3.23

Reid All About it

Chapter communications. Billhighway explains how to help chapter leaders become better communicators so they can more effectively run and promote their chapters. They describe how to first improve your communications (and relationships) with chapters so volunteer leaders are more receptive and aware of your messages and resources.

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