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The Perfect Storm

Spark Consulting

In the United States in 2015, 32% of employers reported. Over the next week, I’ll be blogging about and sharing excerpts from The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm , the eighth white paper in the ongoing Spark collaborative series. Total student debt in the U.S. trillion and rising. Worldwide, 73.3

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Make Your Exhibitors Feel More Visible

Associations Now

A new white paper reveals that most exhibitors feel invisible and think that show organizers aren’t doing enough to help them. That’s according to a new white paper released this week by The Expo Group , which reveals that exhibitors often don’t feel seen. “ Hungry for Innovation. The truth is they’re probably not.

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Association Brain Food: 3.1.24

Reid All About it

Hannah Carvalho at Associations Now recaps a report from Forj that surveyed association members to better understand the expectations they have for their associations and how well their associations are living up to them. I’ve got one more tip: have them join your AMS users group and go to its events. Member expectations. AI for associations.

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Bridging the Education to Employment Gap Will Take An Industry-Wide Movement

Thanks For Playing

What follows is an excerpt: My interest in this topic was piqued in 2012 when the McKinsey Center for Government released a report entitled Education to Employment: Designing a System That Works. Shelly Alcorn, who was producing a vodcast at the time, invited me to talk about how the findings of the report might affect associations.

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Bridging the Education to Employment Gap Will Take An Industry-Wide Movement

Spark Consulting

What follows is an excerpt: My interest in this topic was piqued in 2012 when the McKinsey Center for Government released a report entitled Education to Employment: Designing a System That Works. Shelly Alcorn, who was producing a vodcast at the time, invited me to talk about how the findings of the report might affect associations.

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2017 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report

Membership Marketing

The 2017 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report is now available as a downloadable PDF. Once again, many more associations are reporting an increase in their membership compared to those siting a membership decline. In fact, many associations report substantial growth rates. The median membership renewal rate is 84% overall.

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Eric Lanke: Innovation Circle on Member Engagement

Eric Lanke

Innovation. Innovation Circle on Member Engagement. Im leading another innovation effort for WSAE. If you followed me when I blogged at The Hourglass Blog , you know that I previously chaired their Innovation Task Force, and was the lead author on the White Paper on Innovation for Associations that the Task Force published.