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4 steps to reduce the risk of systemic failures

Association Success

The financial crisis of 2007-2008 was a teachable moment about the obscure risks of highly interconnected and interdependent systems. Prior to the almost complete meltdown of the world’s financial systems, few outside of bond traders and financial speculators had heard of Credit Default Swaps or Collateralized Debt Obligations.

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Setting Strategy for Certification’s New World

Associations Now

The temptations to dive in are obvious: A certification establishes authority for an association’s industry, helps unify practitioners around a body of knowledge, and can be a substantial revenue driver. Your market research is in beta-testing of those systems.”. You can start small with microcredentials,” she says.

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12 Areas Your Association Must Address to Thrive During a Recession

Membersuite

Temper your revenue projections. 2: Revenue Diversification. During the pandemic, many associations were caught short when they had to cancel or transform their major revenue generator —the annual meeting or trade show—and didn’t have a worthy virtual alternative for sponsors and exhibitors. 3: Membership Tiers and Pricing.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.13.16

Reid All About it

This webinar will share the findings of Nobel prize-winning author Daniel Kahneman, who described two systems of thinking—intuitive/automatic and logical/deliberate. Grow Sponsorships, Attendance and Revenue for your Virtual Conference. 1 CAE credit. Hoffman, CAE and Peter Houstle of Mariner Management. Thu 6/16 at 1 p.m. CAE credit.

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Political Black Swans: Ignore Them at Your Association’s Peril

Association Success

We hear a lot about risk management these days, but when most organizations develop strategies for international growth or enter an international market, they tend to ignore political risks— the ways in which decisions by government or political actors in a country influence the organization’s activities. No, not right.

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Steve Jobs and the Focus of the CEO

Jamie Notter

The product starts valuing the great salesmen, because they’re the ones who can move the needle on revenues, not the product engineers and designers. The phrase that jumps out at me is “they’re the ones who can move the needle on revenues.” There’s nothing wrong with moving the needle on revenues of course.

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Non Dues Revenue and Affinity Programs for Members

Membership Marketing

Non Dues Revenue and Affinity Programs for Members. So here is a quick list of possible non-dues revenue and affinity products that I have put together to get your thinking going. Labels: new products , Non-Dues Revenue. How to Recognize a Good Strategy? Non Dues Revenue and Affinity Programs for Members.

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