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Moving From Free Rider to Engaged Member

Associations Now

He became a member in 1999 and joined the board of directors in 2005, eventually becoming chair in 2012. Throughout his leadership, he saw a fundamental issue in how SEA served members. The association advocated for its members’ interests but did very little when it came to actively engaging its members.

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Mizz Information: Social Media Software + Silos Redux

Mizz Information

While association staff in each silo are focused on providing the most up-to-date solutions to members, not only is there the potential for costly overlap, but members are most likely going to be confused and overwhelmed by too many conflicting choices. Poor member experience and poor ROI for these often expensive software solutions.

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What Smart Associations Do Differently

Association Adviser

All the resources, connections and reach that associations used to have to themselves can now be found at little or no cost by anyone with a web connection. Since 2005, the two groups had jointly produced a successful annual show and realized that many constituents knew each other and were members of both associations.

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