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Is it Time to Recession-Proof Your Association?

Associations Now

Many leaders today have not really been tested in a downturn, whether the 2007 downturn, 9/11, the dotcom implosion, or many of the others that preceded those times,” tech executive F. Maybe these newfangled social media tools could be monetized somehow? Scott Moody recently told Fast Company. So, what to do?

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Private Equity Hires Associations, Private Equity Fires Associations

Potomac Core

Earlier in his career, Caldeira worked firsthand with Private Equity while at Dunkin’ Brands (2007-2009). The high volume of available capital and Private Equity investors hungry for strong returns means Association CEO’s must create opportunities to engage their new Private Equity owners. Lee Partners.

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Strategic meeting audits: Leveraging data to improve ROI

Aaron Wolowiec

Has your organization’s meetings function experienced a year-over-year revenue decline – however slight – since the 2007 recession? And while a handful of industry tools already exist to support these planning and evaluation efforts, they are tedious. And let’s be honest – this often prevents adoption. learning, networking and value).

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NAASF Crowdsources Customer Support and Advocacy with Online Community

Higher Logic

The website included rudimentary discussion boards, but the platform posed a challenge for categorizing topics, and members were frustrated by the interface, the delay in posting and the inability to upload documents. Some members dropped off of discussions entirely. of community members. Total unique logins : 23.5%

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Product and Service Engagement Drives Membership Retention and

Membership Marketing

Intuitively, we all know that members using the associations services is good, but seeing the statistics to support it highlights the critical nature in the membership lifecycle of member engagement. In the for profit world, I continue to see companies flocking to the membership model as an effective customer relationship tool.

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Membership Marketing Blog: The Top 25 Lessons Learned in.

Membership Marketing

It is incumbent upon any association to first provide value to its membership and then to communicate that value to the members on an ongoing basis. Building community and member engagement is the key to successful membership marketing. Maximizing your Website as a Tool for Membership R. ► 2007. (51).