Thu.Mar 31, 2016

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March Update: It's Time for the Summit

Wild Apricot

Next Monday is the start of our Membership Growth Online Summit. It's going to be the biggest webinar event we've ever held. In other news, our Chief Architect also has a full update on Solution Splitting, an internal project that's been in the works for 2 years.

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How to Get Your Association's Board Involved in Your Online Community

Socious

In many associations, members look to the board for a stamp of approval. When your board noticeably supports something, your members view that initiative as important because it has the support of the ruling body.

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Spring Cleaning - What Parts of Your Community Need Work?

Higher Logic

It’s spring, which means it’s time to fine tune your community. What aspects of your community can you improve? Are there any nagging issues you’ve been meaning to work on? If you run a community, you constantly have to balance two big groups: your members’ needs and your organization’s needs. When deciding what parts of your community need tweaking or a check-in, consider the overlap between those two groups.

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A New Way to Think About Why Members Join

Smooth The Path

Over and over we hear that professional development and networking are the top reasons members join any association. Here’s another way to think about why members join. They are searching. Here are some of the things they are searching for: How do we know exactly what our members are searching for? We ask them. Related: Am I going to be the only one like me?

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’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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Embracing A Lateral Career Move for Better Work-Life Balance

Associations Now

A new survey of American workers found that many are open to making a lateral career move if it means greater life satisfaction and professional development—a finding organizations may find useful when it comes to talent development. Around this time last year, a global survey found that managing work-life balance was getting harder for one-third of workers around the world, especially millennials and parents.

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Conference Circuit: One Big Experiment

Associations Now

Rundown Attendees: 14,000. Countries Represented: 65. Sponsoring Societies: 6. Experimental Biology 2016 will kick off this weekend in sunny San Diego. More than 14,000 scientists and exhibitors representing six sponsoring societies and multiple guest societies are headed to San Diego for five days of plenary and award lectures, preconference workshops, oral and poster sessions, onsite career services, and exhibits.

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Small Business-Focused Online Lenders Launch New Coalition

Associations Now

The rise of online lending brought forth by the Dodd-Frank Act is leading to new industry needs, and the Coalition for Responsible Business Finance, which is backed by a number of small-business trade groups, is ready to represent the industry before Congress and elsewhere. The world of online lending is getting an association of its own. On Tuesday, the Coalition for Responsible Business Finance (CRBF)—a venture that’s backed by the National Federation of Independent Business, the Nationa

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Thursday Buzz: The Travel Industry’s Massive Impact

Associations Now

According to a new report, the travel industry accounts for one in 11 jobs across the world. Plus: Consider your opposition. Numbers don’t lie. And the latest numbers from the travel sector show that the industry is a force to be reckoned with. The travel sector has a huge footprint in the world’s economy, a report by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) indicates.

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Candy Association Involves Members in Responsible Advertising Initiative

Associations Now

The National Confectioners Association and the Better Business Bureau help smaller companies join the self-regulation process with a new initiative that validates them for not advertising directly to children. The National Confectioners Association (NCA) is helping its smaller members get proper recognition for their responsible advertising practices through a new Council of Better Business Bureaus (CBBB) initiative.

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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