membership 
Principled Innovation
AUGUST 21, 2012
The commitment to growing membership lives within the DNA of all associations. Indeed, the phrase, “membership organization” may well be the most orthodox description of an association’s organizational identity. Membership has become a pass-through, with the effect of commoditizing traditional “pay-to-play” arrangements.
Principled Innovation
JULY 31, 2012
Membership is perhaps the most sacred tenet in all of association orthodoxy. Indeed, for many organizations, the membership imperative defines the very existence of the association: membership is who they are and what they do. My purpose in presenting this series is not to suggest that membership is evil.
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Principled Innovation
JULY 17, 2012
Membership is perhaps the most sacred tenet in all of association orthodoxy. Indeed, for many organizations, the membership imperative defines the very existence of the association: membership is who they are and what they do. Reason #1: Membership-centric business models organize all value around the membership relationship.
Principled Innovation
JULY 24, 2012
Membership is perhaps the most sacred tenet in all of association orthodoxy. Indeed, for many organizations, the membership imperative defines the very existence of the association: membership is who they are and what they do. If you have not done so already, I recommend you read Part I.
Principled Innovation
JUNE 3, 2013
” “Do we need a new membership model?” ” “Is membership dead?” Over many decades, associations have invested considerable time and energy, as well as financial resources, in optimizing the work of selling membership to drive their existing membership-centric business models.
Principled Innovation
APRIL 2, 2013
In Part I of this series earlier this month, I identified the association value gap as an underlying structural problem within membership-centric business models. Unfortunately, since membership-centric business models wrap all value into membership, associations typically have few options for filling the gap that do not depend on membership.
Principled Innovation
SEPTEMBER 9, 2012
Accelerate critical flows to access hidden assets– Membership-centric association business models tend to favor flows of value between and among members, i.e., those stakeholders who have paid the association for the opportunity to participate in its traditional activities, within its traditional boundaries.
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