Wild Apricot
JUNE 12, 2019
Members typically join associations because they want to grow on both personal and professional levels. Read these seven member development ideas and start providing more value to your members!
WBT Systems
JUNE 10, 2019
Associations Provide an Antidote to the Loneliness Epidemic. Read more about Associations Provide an Antidote to the Loneliness Epidemic.
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AMR Management Services
JUNE 12, 2019
Face-to-face connection time with other members is likely one of your association’s top conference value propositions. So, what do you do to spice up the traditional icebreaker session without.
Higher Logic
JUNE 11, 2019
There’s something special about attending an event that leaves you feeling invigorated, inspired, and better off for having participated. Making new connections in an environment like this can be energetic, powerful, and truly productive. It can also boost community engagement. This is great news for association members or customers who are looking to network with people in your organization, their peers, and other experts, as live events can deliver a lot of enthusiasm for a cause, company, or
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Dive deep into essential elements that drive member retention. Learn why members may hesitate to renew. Discover actionable techniques to encourage their return and foster lasting engagement. Uncover reasons members choose not to renew. Learn effective tactics to elevate member engagement and communication. Explore methods to encourage member renewal and active participation in your association Download now to take charge of your membership retention strategy!
Wild Apricot
JUNE 14, 2019
This easy-to-implement member check in process helps you keep track of attendees, create records, and adds a level of professionalism for your members.
Association Universe brings together the best content for association members and organizers from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
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YourMembership
JUNE 13, 2019
Your members’ needs and expectations evolve as they move through their careers. Having the right technology in place helps you understand and engage with your members through each stage of their journey. When you think about your members’ experience with your association, you likely think about acquisition, onboarding, engagement, and renewal. But when thinking.
Higher Logic
JUNE 13, 2019
The Community Roundtable annually releases the The State of Community Management Report, and it’s chock-full of timely online community stats to help inform your strategies in the year ahead. Community is increasingly recognized as a valuable and effective way to create complex organizational change, and The Community Roundtable’s research has backed up and lead that effort by finding hard data and facts.
Eric Lanke
JUNE 10, 2019
I attend a fair number of education programs and, as a result, listen to a fair number of speakers and presentations. Sometimes, the most rewarding kind of speaker is someone from outside my industry, speaking on how they address and solve challenges in their industry. I can often find nuggets of wisdom or new ways of approaching my own challenges by listening to these kind of speakers.
Association Success
JUNE 13, 2019
How can you improve your corporate partnership programs? Many association sponsorships are transactional – with low visibility and recognition, banner ads and logos placed on websites and podiums at conferences. These are of minimal value to many companies. What sponsors and partners are really looking for is Return on Investment (ROI) value from associations.
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Events hold the power to create lasting impressions and meaningful connections. They are not only occasions for celebration but also valuable marketing opportunities. Event marketing has become an essential component of successful business strategies, enabling organizations to engage with their target audience and create memorable experiences. However, behind every successful event lies a well-thought-out marketing strategy.
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Associations Now
JUNE 13, 2019
A new McKinsey Global Institute report indicates that automation could lead to potentially high job losses for women by 2030. To stop this, leaders and organizations must invest in training and reskilling programs. Automation and new technology could displace tens of millions of women from the workplace in a little more than a decade. That’s according to “ The Future of Women at Work ,” a report released this month by McKinsey Global Institute (MGI).
Smooth The Path
JUNE 13, 2019
As technology becomes better at removing the distance between people globally, will more chapters morph into special interest groups? Perhaps at some associations. Special interest groups (SIGs) deliver unique value to members. SIGs: Allow members to shortcut the process of networking and get connected with the group who cares about the same issues.
Membersuite
JUNE 12, 2019
When everyone’s inbox is overflowing, what can you do to increase the likelihood that members will open your emails? Start by implementing the advice in this blog post for improving your association’s email open rate.
Association Success
JUNE 10, 2019
How can you better frame your value and appreciate the contribution of others? Distinguishing point of views (POVs) can help better frame one’s value and appreciate the contribution of others. Consider this: Our POV is the world we live in. it’s neither right or wrong, good or bad! However, our POV has us often more committed to being right about something in order to look good, be comfortable, and/or remain safe within specific situations and circumstances.
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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.
Associations Now
JUNE 13, 2019
When new tech products are designed and rolled out, there’s lots of focus on user experience (UX). When it comes to meetings, there should be just as much focus on AX, the attendee experience. Here’s how to build an AX strategy. In the latest issue of Associations Now , our associate editor, Rasheeda Childress, writes about 25 tech terms that every association exec needs to know —whether their role lives inside or outside the IT department.
Smooth The Path
JUNE 11, 2019
You have probably heard of the sales funnel but have you heard of the engagement funnel? The member engagement funnel works like this: More on member engagement: Problems with association membership. Member engagement is not convenient for us. What every CEO needs to know about member engagement. The post The Member Engagement Funnel appeared first on Smooth The Path.
Mizz Information
JUNE 12, 2019
Hellloooo there! Been about a million minutes since I last posted here–or anywhere, other than my journal–but I guess that’s what happens when you become your own boss. It’s been a wild year to say the least, but kind of an awesome one. I’ll save the long story for another time, but short story: I’m currently self-employed (with a new website to show for it…still a work in progress) and my days either loving working from home or being super lonely working from home, or usually
Association Success
JUNE 11, 2019
Is your association ready to maximize the growth opportunity that the changing freelance economy presents? Upwork’s 2018 study , Freelancing in America, finds that the number of contract workers in the United States has increased by 3.7 million since 2014. That impressive statistic has significant implications for associations. The expanding freelance economy is creating dramatic changes in the way that people think about work.
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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
Associations Now
JUNE 13, 2019
Whether it involves expanding your scale or workshopping your messaging, a well-considered approach to launching a new tech product can really pay off. Here are a few ideas to get going. Launching a new digital product or service for your members soon? It can feel a bit nerve-wracking, of course. But there are opportunities to help ensure the launch actually gets airborne and doesn’t flag (or worse, crash).
Association Adviser
JUNE 10, 2019
Understand your audience's needs first, and they'll be more receptive to your association's story — and want to be part of it. The post Why Do People Join a Trade or Professional Association? appeared first on Association Adviser.
Nimble AMS
JUNE 13, 2019
How associations can improve member loyalty with a balanced approach to personalized communications and protecting members’ privacy. How do you provide personalized member communications when your members have high demands for privacy and data security? Personalization and trust go hand-in-hand, and the right approach to both will lead to greater member loyalty.
ReviewMyAMS
JUNE 10, 2019
Guest Post By Megan Lopez- Senior Marketing Manager, Personify “Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.” -Ice Cube Whether you’re a fan of Ice Cube’s work as a solo artist, his contributions to N.W.A or are just here to learn about making technology purchases for your association, you know the importance of gaining a single source of truth…for your members, their.
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.
Associations Now
JUNE 11, 2019
Influencers on social media don’t always have millions of followers. To reach new audiences, the American Chemical Society targeted “micro-influencers” at the South by Southwest conference, creating a ripple effect that fueled a membership marketing campaign. When you hear the phrase “ influencer marketing ,” you probably think of a celebrity with tens of thousands or millions of followers on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, or Twitter.
Effective Database
JUNE 13, 2019
If your association does a call for presentations for any of your events, do you provide feedback to those submitters whose presentations were not accepted? Or do you simply send a generic “Thanks for applying but your presentation was not accepted” note? If you’re not providing feedback on WHY the presentation was rejected, you’re missing an opportunity to educate your audience and help them improve their submissions next time.
Nimble AMS
JUNE 13, 2019
How associations can provide personal communications while still respecting member privacy. Intro text for blog. One sentence or two. From experiences with companies like Amazon and Netflix, your members have come to expect a personalized online experience in just about everything they do. Meanwhile, we’re all hearing a lot about data security these days — from data privacy and protection laws like GDPR to consumer demands for privacy.
CommPartners
JUNE 10, 2019
Jake Fabbri, Chief Marketing Officer at Fonteva, provides his perspective on prioritizing a well-conceived approach to education design and selecting the ideal LMS for your organization. CommPartners and Fonteva understand to achieve success with one’s learning initiatives, it’s important to have a seamless integration between your AMS and LMS. We appreciate Fonteva’s focus on education […].
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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