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Membership meets engagement in today’s modern world.

YourMembership

Staying competitive and relevant in today’s digital world requires innovative ways to engage your members. Staying competitive and relevant in today’s digital world requires innovative ways to engage your members. And, to operate efficiently, you need to implement an easy-to-use, safe and secure technology through a connected platform. By doing so, it saves you and […].

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Meet Your Community Manager: Katie Bapple

Higher Logic

Ever wonder who the people behind the curtain are here at Higher Logic? We’re introducing you to our community managers. They’ll talk about why they love community management, helpful resources to use and weigh in on the dog versus cat debate (as you can see, this is serious stuff…). In this seventh installment, we’re introducing our newest community manager, Katie Bapple.

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Replacing the Engine While Flying the Plane: The Association Executive’s Guide to 21st Century Change

Portage Group

Leading Your Association Over Uncharted Territory Association executives and directors have been hearing for years now that change is coming. Membership apathy and decline. Decreasing revenues. Industry consolidation. Competition for education, other programs and services. Governance paralysis. All of these are symptoms of the much larger issue of relevance, value, and member service, that are pushing many associations closer to the brink.

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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. But, we also talk about how risky change can be, how difficult it is, and how much time and money innovation efforts can use.

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Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Association Member Education

Unlock More Profit and Smarter Packaging for Member Learning Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your association’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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Conference Circuit: Higher Learning

Associations Now

Rundown Attendees: 5,500. Sessions: 600. The 2017 NASPA Annual Conference is set to start this weekend. More than 5,000 attendees are expected in San Antonio, Texas. Around 5,500 student affairs professionals from around the globe are headed to San Antonio to be inspired and to hear from industry leaders on topics relevant to their campuses. Organization: NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education.

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Does Your Association Need Cyber-Liability Insurance?

Associations Now

Cyber insurance covers your association when your cybersecurity measures fail, but how do you know whether your association needs it? Here are a few questions to ponder. When our daughter entered toddlerhood, my husband and I kid-proofed our house. We inserted outlet covers, we locked cabinets, we put cleaning chemicals and medicines on high shelves, and we made sure that furniture couldn’t topple over, all to protect her from harming herself or our stuff.

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Evolve into a Caretaker of Content

Velvet Chainsaw

Imagine designing your next conference or annual meeting from scratch around content instead of picking up the template you’ve been using for years and tweaking it. Not just your education programming, but your breaks, meals, even your exhibit hall (which we advocate for evolving into a solutions center, including changing the name). “Please stop designing content for events and start thinking about designing events for the content.

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Nonprofit Arts Group Connects Indie Bands With Venues

Associations Now

Independent Music on Tour, a program of the Western States Arts Federation, is designed to help connect musicians with nonprofit venues that they may not have considered previously. And with a new website, they’re lowering the barrier to entry. The life of an independent musician isn’t easy—travel on the cheap gets tiring, and the logistics of figuring out who will book you are never easy.

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Is Your Association a Learning Organization?

.orgCommunity

From : Blog Entry >> Michelle's Blog Entry Is your association a learning organization? A learning organization is one that facilitates the learning of its members and continuously transforms itself. According to this definition , this type of organization is more responsive to external pressures, has a faster pace of change within the organization, and is better able to innovate and remain competitive.

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2024 Association Survey Results Report

2024 Association Survey Results Report For the 10th year, association professionals across the U.S. and Canada provided a look at the inner workings of their organizations when they replied to GrowthZone’s annual survey. Read the 2024 survey results report to see how your association compares: Top Challenges Retention Rates Non-Renewal Reasons Automatic Renewals Reinstatement Strategies Member Engagement Changes & Strategies Why Members Join Non-Dues Revenue Sources Dues Increases, and more

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Pediatrics Group Warns Against Teenage Pot Use

Associations Now

In the midst of public discourse on marijuana legalization, the American Academy of Pediatrics is making sure doctors are properly counseling families on the short- and long-term effects of marijuana use. With states relaxing their marijuana laws, and the public, in turn, relaxing their attitude about marijuana, the American Academy of Pediatrics wants to remind parents and teens that pot use can do harm.

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Learning Management Systems for Associations: The Essentials

.orgCommunity

From : Blog Entry >> Michelle's Blog Entry What are the essential functions of a Learning Management System for Associations? With so many options out there, and every vendor keen to advertise their platform with the latest bells and whistles or the prettiest interface, how do you make sure that your LMS performs the way your organization needs it to?

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Association’s Name Change Focuses on Sight, Not Blindness

Associations Now

With an expanding mission and signs of public distrust around its longtime name, the New Hampshire Association for the Blind made the move this week to rename itself Future in Sight. The New Hampshire Association for the Blind doesn’t want to limit its mission because of its name. As a result, this week the 105-year-old organization announced that it is changing its name to Future in Sight , which the group says better reflects its goal and overall duties within the state.

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Thursday Buzz: Don’t Scare Your Staff

Associations Now

Don’t let a fear of failure hold back your employees from putting their best foot forward. Also: Simple steps to help you improve your email marketing campaign workflow. Is your association not reaching its full potential because your people don’t feel safe to be their authentic selves? In a recent article , Amanda Kaiser from Smooth the Path implores leaders to ask themselves if their association environment is one where staff and board members are too afraid to put forth an idea that might fai

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!