Tue.Nov 01, 2016

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Career events boost member engagement, too.

YourMembership

Connect your members with companies hiring their skillsets + meeting their professional interests. Your members are the lifeblood of your association. You’re constantly designing programs during the member lifecycle, looking for smart ways to provide value at the right time. Some great times to connect are when: A member experiences a career transition.

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Creating Connections: From Association Education to Employment

WBT Systems

The recent whitepaper, “ The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm ”, has generated significant conversation online about how associations need to lead change with education programs , as associations are uniquely poised to help bridge the growing gap between academic training and employers needs. One particularly insightful commentary from Eric Lanke, the CEO of the National Fluid Power Association , highlighted the importance of creating connections, to enable members to successfully

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The Secrets to Increasing Ongoing Member Engagement [Web Class]

Socious

Have you ever been told to do more with less? If you haven’t been told that before, I’m sure you’ve at least heard some variation on that same idea, especially if you’re in the association industry.

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Super Forum After Hours: What DC and Arlington Have to Offer

Higher Logic

How well do you know our nation’s capital? Beyond housing the President and being the epicenter for American politics, DC has so many fun things to do! While you’re in the area visiting for Super Forum , we hope you have time to at least quickly explore DC and the surrounding areas. The Higher Logic team is proud to call it home, and we love to show off our town.

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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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Give back on #GivingTuesday

Aaron Wolowiec

It’s hard to believe today is the first day of November. How can that be? Today kicks off what many of us consider a month of blessings. Check Facebook and you’ll see lots of people posting about things for which they’re grateful. And later this month, we’ll spend time with family and friends giving thanks for our blessings. Then comes another day, after Black Friday and Cyber Monday, that encourages everyone around the globe to give back.

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Give back on #GivingTuesday

Aaron Wolowiec

It’s hard to believe today is the first day of November. How can that be? Today kicks off what many of us consider a month of blessings. Check Facebook and you’ll see lots of people posting about things for which they’re grateful. And later this month, we’ll spend time with family and friends giving thanks for our blessings. Then comes another day, after Black Friday and Cyber Monday, that encourages everyone around the globe to give back.

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Tuesday Buzz: A New Way To Support the Press

Associations Now

How nonprofit groups are helping to fund a cultural critic at a major newspaper. Also: Does social media really have ROI for event planners? Could nonprofit support help bring important voices back to newspaper pages? Based on a new experiment The Boston Globe is trying, maybe. According to a New York Times report , the Globe has worked with three nonprofit groups—the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, the Rubin Institute for Music Criticism, and the Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation—to pay clas

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Bad Systems Can Make Good People Leave

Effective Database

In the past week I’ve met with two different associations who are struggling with their current AMS systems. A common theme between the two was lots of staff turnover. That is, since the time the system was first implemented, many (if not all!) key staff had left the organization so effectively “new” people were in charge of the database.

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Ripened Thoughts on the Demise of Vine

Associations Now

The looping-video social network Vine is about to go away, due partly to shifts in Twitter’s strategy and partly to larger changes in the market. Vine’s unexpected closure offers much in the way of lessons for associations. Social networks are frustrating. Especially when they disappear seemingly out of nowhere. The impending shutdown of Vine certainly wasn’t expected by many social media fans.

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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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The Secrets to Increasing Ongoing Member Engagement [Web Class]

Socious

Have you ever been told to do more with less? If you haven’t been told that before, I’m sure you’ve at least heard some variation on that same idea, especially if you’re in the association industry. Having worked with associations and user groups for many years, it always amazes me that such small groups of people are able to manage and provide so much value to such large groups of members.

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Cartoonist, With Associations’ Help, Brings Stroke Awareness to Comics Pages

Associations Now

Guy Gilchrist, the lead artist behind Nancy , knows from personal experience about the risk factors that can lead to strokes—and on World Stroke Day this year, he used his comic strip to draw attention to a health risk he calls a “slap from God.” If you were stumbling around the comics page on Saturday, you might have caught an interesting message hiding in the longtime strip Nancy.

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Best Benefit Ever: Links on the Chain

Associations Now

A prominent supply-chain group launches a new tool to put members in touch with potential mentors. What is it? Last month, the supply-chain group APICS revealed that it was launching Mentor Center, designed to help foster new connections between industry professionals and those a bit wet behind the ears. Members interested in signing up can head over this way.

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Music Industry Groups: Counterfeit CDs Sales Hurting Artists and Labels

Associations Now

The American Association of Independent Music and the Recording Industry Association of America have warned members that online sales of recent CD releases have been usurped by near-exact counterfeit copies made by Chinese manufacturers. If you’re hopping on Amazon to buy a CD anytime soon, buyer beware. Last month, the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) put out a warning to its members: Apparently, counterfeiters have been creating near-exact copies of recent releases and se

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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!