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Stop guessing and start knowing

YourMembership

Without a doubt, two of the most important shifts occurring in the association industry are the use of cloud and analytics. Data is enabling us to receive, store and retrieve information in real-time. What’s being done with that data will allow for members to have more access and for associations to provide members exactly what they’re asking for. Imagine meetings and events becoming more productive and more valuable through a “mobile first” lifestyle with mobile meeting apps, wearables, and vir

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Welcome to our latest Software Update: Version 5.7

Wild Apricot

We’re excited to announce that Version 5.7 is now live! This means you can expect lots of updates, bug fixes, and a list of new features ready for use.

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How Can Your Executives Help Your Community Managers?

Socious

When planning a community, it can be hard to distinguish just how your organization’s executives can support the community manager in building a successful customer community. However, this is a very important step because the executives are usually responsible for organizing and prioritizing company priorities and goals. So, here are just a few steps that leadership can take to help out the community manager so that they can create a flourishing community that aligns with the company’s goals.

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Learning from Millennials

Higher Logic

Ever since the Millennials started coming into the workforce about 10 years ago, we’ve been hearing a lot of complaints about them. This happens every twenty years, of course – when the new generation hits the scene, the older generations tend to freak out about “kids these days.” You can actually trace these kinds of reactions back for centuries. The older generations always conclude that the new generation is flawed, inappropriate, ill-prepared and generally making things difficult.

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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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Innovating the Lean Startup Way

Eric Lanke

Elizabeth Weaver Engel of Spark Consulting has another white paper out. It's the third or fourth one I've read from her shop, and it's another good one. This one was co-authored with Guillermo Ortiz de Zarate of the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards, and it's titled " Innovate the Lean Way: Applying Lean Startup Methodology in the Association Environment. " I won't go into all the details.

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How to Cultivate Customer Advocates in Your Community

Socious

As buyers’ habits continue to change, marketing professionals have to either adapt to the changes or risk being left in the dust. Traditional marketing is on the way out and more and more buyers are showing us that they value information from their peers over that from marketing and sales. According to the MarketingCharts.com 2015 Advertising Influence Study, brand advocates are 50% more likely to influence a purchase than a traditional sales rep.

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Automation Awesomeness!

Higher Logic

Automation rules and awesomeness should always appear in the same sentence together. Gaining a lot of community traction in the last year, automation rules have proved themselves to be the best thing for community management since the Trenta cup at Starbucks. At this year's Super Forum, an all-star panel of presenters provided some excellent tips, tricks, and genius hacks of how to get the most out of this precious, time-saving engagement tool.

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Here’s an Equation Every Association Executive can Embrace

Smooth The Path

Related: The problems we solve for association members. Member strategy, marketing and innovation is not… There is a disconnect between member problems and our solutions. The post Here’s an Equation Every Association Executive can Embrace appeared first on Smooth The Path.

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The Power of Visual Content in Association Communications

Association Adviser

Visual content reaches an individual’s brain in a quicker and more comprehensible way than text-only information. Your brain is hard-wired to identify and process visual information more efficiently. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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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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Realtors Join Forces With Boys & Girls Clubs of America

Associations Now

The National Association of Realtors has announced it will join the youth development nonprofit organization to help strengthen communities across the country. The country’s largest professional association wants to do more to reach out to local communities. That makes sense, because its members are all about building communities—and for that they may have found the perfect partner.

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Are You Really Ready for an Online Community?

Higher Logic

You’re thinking of getting a community. Everyone is talking about how great they’ll be for your organization, so now you’re looking into it. In the era of social media when everything is accessible online, it’s inevitable for many organizations to turn to private, cloud based communities. There are many benefits for both customers/members and organizations.

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What is this Periscope thing, anyway?

AMR Management Services

As a millennial and self-proclaimed social media maven, I was shocked to recently hear of a ‘new’ social media platform that I was not aware of.

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Association Careers: What It Takes to Hire and Work in This Industry

Association Adviser

Like most industries, the 1.3 million-strong association professional community is constantly progressing in its standards and expectations. We caught up with several career thought leaders to get. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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How Nonprofits Rocked the Vote in 2014

Associations Now

According to a new study, nonprofit community organizations played a significant role in boosting voter turnout in the 2014 midterm elections, especially among minority and low-income Americans. When it comes to getting out the vote, nonprofits are no joke. A new report from Nonprofit Vote , an organization that assists nonprofits in voter campaigns, shows that local nonprofits in particular have a significant impact on voter turnout on election day.

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Should Your Community Get an App?

Higher Logic

Additional Resources: Designing for web versus apps: [link]. Should you build an app: [link]. Mobile versus responsive: [link].

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When Committee Bureaucracy Stymies Your Conference Potential

Velvet Chainsaw

It is often said that an association’s board of directors is the brain of that organization. Its committees serve as the central nervous system influencing all parts of the body. The conference planning committee is similar to our spinal cord, serving as the internal communication highway between the parts of the body and the brain. When the brain, central nervous system and spinal cord operate well, they accurately sense the environment, process information and provide valuable insight to the b

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How Would an AMS Company Select an AMS?

Association Adviser

AMS (association management software) platforms can be a huge asset in managing your association’s membership data. Brian Choate & Debbie Rhoda of Timberlake AMS Solutions review how to select. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Should You Repay Your Employees’ Student Loans?

Associations Now

A growing trend in the financial and consulting sectors could become as valuable to college grads as the 401(k): In an effort to keep talented employees happy, some employers are paying a significant chunk of their workers’ student loans. In terms of trendy benefits in the human resources space, it’s not nearly as offbeat as allowing pets in the office , though it’s definitely a lot more expensive and could make your employees nearly as happy.

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Key Leadership Thoughts for Association Leaders

SCD Group

I received an early Christmas gift: a signed copy of Urban Meyer’s (Ohio State football coach) new book: Above The Line: Lessons in Leadership and Life from a Championship Season This is a must read for association professionals and nonprofit executives. Here are some quick excerpts: Above the Line: Intentional. On Purpose. Skillful. __ Below the Line: Impulsive.

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Self-Care for Social Changemakers: What I learned from Aisha Moore

Beth Kanter

As part of the research for our book, The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout , I have been following the various conversations threads about self-care, avoiding burnout, compassion fatigue, and work/life balance in the nonprofit and social change sectors. A colleague who I have worked with in the past, Aisha Moore , a health and social justice professional tweeted me from the Mindful Leadership Summit.

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Leveraging Relationships to Add Value to Members’ Philanthropic Goals

Association Adviser

Many of your longtime members will be transferring substantial wealth to philanthropic-minded millennials in the coming years. How well are your younger members prepared to use the forthcoming. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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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!

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Content Marketing: It Matters For Meetings Too

Associations Now

Content marketing isn’t just for recruiting, retaining, and engaging members. It can also be used to do the exact same thing when it comes to your association’s meeting attendees. Learn the how and why of doing it successfully. The latest issue of Associations Now features an article on why associations need to create a strategic marketing plan and how they can go about doing so.

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What does a fired college football coach’s lawsuit mean for association executives?

SCD Group

If your association’s CEO (or any other staffer) showed up “slightly drunk” at a member meeting or a board meeting, how would your association react? What steps would the association board take? Even if not a football fan, association professionals should be following the case of a football coach fired from the University of Southern California (USC) over his alleged public intoxication.

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Walking During Board Retreats: A Few Tips

Beth Kanter

I recently joined the advisory board of the Leadership Learning Community. Last week, we had a board retreat to dive into identifying core results as part of results-based accountability work , facilitated by an excellent outside consultant. Board retreats, day long meetings, can be potentially be deadly — sitting most of the time and hearing a parade of reports.

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Leveraging Relationships to Add Value to Members’ Philanthropic Goals

Association Adviser

Many of your longtime members will be transferring substantial wealth to philanthropic-minded millennials in the coming years. How well are your younger members prepared to use the forthcoming. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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Here’s a Powerful Marketing Tool Designed for Associations

Show the Benefits of Membership to Your Toughest Prospects. Download this FREE infographic from GrowthZone AMS, Why Join an Association, and start using it as your go-to recruitment and retention marketing tool. Post it on your website. Use it in sales presentations. Or use it as inspiration to create your own version. Infographics have power. They're a quick read.