Membership Marketing

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In short, we have had to innovate. The need to innovate has led me to study some of the best practices in building an innovative mindset and culture. First is How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley, which I wrote about here. The second is a classic, The Innovators DNA , by Dyer, Gregersen, and Christensen.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 2, 2023

We can’t wait to meet with thousands of association professionals, attend meaningful sessions, and get inspired to innovate. The 2023 ASAE Annual Meeting and Exposition will offer innovative and engaging community-building experie nces. See firsthand innovative solutions that will help to future-proof your association.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 14, 2024

Case in point: Earlier this month, the two founders of a nonprofit dedicated to seating gen Zers on boards in Maine published a report on how their effort imploded in spectacular fashion. A key issue, they explain, was the distinction between how different generations perceived the importance of social-justice issues.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Is your association innovative? Innovator” might currently be a buzzword, but your organization should still be striving to blaze technological trails and deliver superior member value. . Yet it’s not enough for just your leadership team to embrace these innovative principles. Here’s how to get started: .

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Blue Sky eLearn

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

But once you have your subject matter experts creating content, the next step is to determine how to deliver that content to your audience. Failing actually helps with learning retention, because when someone fails they gain insight into why they failed and how to prevent that from happening again.

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Achurch

MAY 4, 2022

Let’s dispel an innovation myth. Here’s one: innovation suffers if you can’t get everyone together in the office. The perception that innovation only happens when people are in the same room (i.e., Research points to increased potential for innovation and greater idea generation in a hybrid or remote workspace.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 19, 2022

When you think of an innovator, you might imagine Marc Benioff, Sheryl Sandberg, or Elon Musk. Innovators introduce new ideas, inventions, or discoveries to our ever-changing world. But your association can become innovative and drive superior member value. How would adopting innovative technology help your association thrive?

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GrowthZone

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The survey asked, “Does your organization currently have a formal innovation process or plan to pursue new ideas for adding value to your members’ business?” ” The results showed 63% do not have a formal innovation process. This makes it necessary to reevaluate how to deliver value going forward.

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WBT Systems

JANUARY 16, 2018

But every association has a distinct audience who may behave differently than how trend-spotters predict. If you want to identify the most relevant trends for your membership, learn how to think like a futurist. McGonigal teaches a class at Stanford, How to Think Like a Futurist. Here’s how to practice this mindset.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Everybody has the power to become an everyday innovator. Here's how to build the creative muscle tassociations need to survive our rapidly changing world. The post Become an Everyday Innovator appeared first on Association Adviser.

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Association Success

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

But left unchecked, these strengths can stifle innovation. If your workforce is consistently stretched thin and stressed out, it’s unlikely your organization will be in a position to innovate. You could even take this a step further and organize an internal innovation lab. Accept that some experiments will fail. Download it now!

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.orgSource

APRIL 28, 2021

A colleague recently confided in me that although her association is facing serious challenges, the board isn’t interested in learning how to govern more effectively. The post Want To Innovate? Her attempts to educate them are always met with resistance. You can guess where this group is headed.

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Achurch

JULY 19, 2023

Fuels creativity and innovation: Ideas fly because people don’t have to bite their tongues and can share out of the box ideas. Improves inclusion: They are able to bring their full selves to work and share their varied experiences and POV (also important for creativity and innovation). Listen intently. Contact us !

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Association Adviser

AUGUST 25, 2022

After the accelerating pace of change of the last couple years, most associations are asking not only how they can keep up with the change, but how they can stay ahead of the disruption curve to serve their members and meet their missions. Truly innovative associations are looking at how they can be initiators of […].

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PROPEL

AUGUST 19, 2022

Many organizations I work with wish they did innovation better. When we assess their culture, we see a common pattern: they are valuing the concepts of innovation (creativity, future focus, etc.), The result is limited innovation. There might be some in pockets.

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Associations Now

JULY 2, 2023

Making a decision about how to run your office these days is fraught enough. That’s something three leaders at the Center for Effective Philanthropy discuss in a recent Stanford Social Innovation Review article. In the interest of fairness, it’s worth assessing employees on how they handle both. Fully remote?

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Association Success

OCTOBER 16, 2020

If you can identify the disconnect between your content and your audience’s needs, you can begin to close the gap and increase engagement.”. How to use active listening to improve your organizational culture. “We The post How to increase engagement and inclusivity in your organization appeared first on AssociationSuccess.org.

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Spark Consulting

JANUARY 14, 2014

DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, is known for innovation. A recent article in the Harvard Business Review attempts to provide the answers , and tell businesses how to have moves like DARPA. Plus, we don’t do cutting edge tech R&D innovation. How does any of this apply to associations?”

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Association Success

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

In their recently released whitepaper, Innovate the Lean Way , Elizabeth Weaver Engel and Guillermo Ortiz de Zarate make the argument that the lean startup approach is vital for associations, because, like startups, we’re operating with limited resources, so it’s critical that we invest them efficiently.

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Freestone

MARCH 7, 2024

A Professional Development Day is an innovative way to keep members engaged with your learning program. While your members are creating their roadmap for self-improvement, be sure to show how your association can support them. You might consider scheduling an annual Professional Development Day!

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Nimble AMS

JULY 13, 2022

Among some leaders who haven’t bought a new AMS in two decades, the price of innovative association management software (AMS) is viewed as prohibitive. Because members use innovative online platforms like Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and LinkedIn every day, they expect a similar technological experience from their association.

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Smooth The Path

DECEMBER 18, 2015

Related: 5 Components of a culture of innovation [cartoon]. The real reason associations are not innovating. The post How to Get an Association on The Innovation Path appeared first on Smooth The Path. Problem solving and your brain.

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Eric Lanke

DECEMBER 10, 2018

And slowly, in an iterative fashion, the student teams are figuring out how to make efficient and swift-moving vehicles, even given the limitations that we've placed on them. Whereas last year's vehicle topped out at 30 miles per hour, the creative and motivated students at that university this year have set their sites on breaking 50.

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Association Analytics

JULY 27, 2021

Identify how to make target groups smaller and ultimately get to the right message to the right person. Innovate, don’t rely on one source to drive your content decisions. We’d love to chat with you about how we can help you use data to create more relevant content. For example, content for teachers or content for principals.

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Smooth The Path

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

The magnitude of an innovation project doesn’t determine whether the project is innovative or not. Innovation is synonymous with big. So innovation also might be just as well be synonymous with risky, scary and the domain of only a privileged few. Innovation Type 1: Evolutionary.

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Smooth The Path

MARCH 10, 2022

What is the current mood of your membership like right now, and how might you help them feel more positive? Overcoming the barriers to innovation. Effective association to innovative association at light speed. The post How to Simplify When Decisions Are Super Complex appeared first on Smooth The Path.

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Forj

MARCH 27, 2024

In 2020, we all experienced a dramatic shift. Suddenly, the face-to-face meetings and in-person connections that members crave were forced into the virtual space. For many associations, the transition was less-than-smooth. But in time, we all came to embrace the opportunities that online events create for networking and education.

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Jamie Notter

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Dan is super smart and has experience both on the technology side AND on the association staff side, so this promises to be an interesting conversation about how to bring more innovation to the cultures of associations. On the agenda for us to discuss: Anticipating member expectations. Governance/ability to shift directions.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 23, 2020

During my career leading association event teams, I regularly recalibrated and redefined team member roles in order to drive innovation and improve our meeting experiences. Associations are struggling with uncertainty for how to un-plan and re-plan their signature events in a time where mass gatherings are not possible.

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Freestone

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

5 ways an LMS helps you hit your professional development goals Community Brands research found that association members and professionals agree: to be a go-to source for professional development, associations must innovate. Learn more Discover how Freestone LMS helps you hit your professional development goals and grow your program.

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Ngage Management

JULY 27, 2023

As a full-service association management company helping professional associations and societies live their missions, Ngage Management applies strategy, innovation, and design to every campaign our team creates. Innovation begins with thinking outside the box to engage the audience and encourage them to respond to a call to action.

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WBT Systems

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Adult learners want timely information through innovative, mobile, accessible and interactive formats,” said Tracy Petrillo, EdD, CAE, in an article she wrote for ICE Digest about a CAE value proposition study she conducted with the California Society of Association Executives (CalSAE).

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 3, 2019

ASAE’s 2019 Technology Exploration Conference kicked off on Tuesday with a conversation focused on the value of diversity, inclusion, and human interactions in fueling future tech innovations. Real innovation is the process by which we solve fundamental problems that we as humans will face,” Shapiro said. “I Build Bridges, Not Walls.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

There’s plenty of low-hanging fruit in terms of chatbots and similar tools; recently I’ve covered how associations have used AI to streamline legal processes and improve email marketing. It’s not hard to see how associations can benefit from that approach, from boards and committees to DEI initiatives and more.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 26, 2020

Alice Mathu of IAAPA shares how innovation can include comfort, sustainability and trying the latest technology. To create innovative and interactive meetings, planners around the nation are raising the bar on productivity and capitalizing on attendee experience. Orlando in November. Always Café Tu Tu Tango!

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Big idea: Successful innovation can be small, too. How do you define innovation? I want to invite you to the real world of innovation: small-sized innovation,” Tatonetti says on Association Success. One way to implement this vision of innovation is to focus on streamlining workflows.

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