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Are You Taking a “Backwards” Approach to Member Engagement?

YourMembership

In their whitepaper they assert that the association industry’s focus on “member engagement” reached a critical mass around 2009 and has only grown since then, with conference sessions, books, articles, research studies, and whitepapers (like theirs) all talking about engagement. and Elizabeth Weaver Engel, M.A.,

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Find a Bureaucracy and Uncover Customer Service Opportunities

Smooth The Path

In 2009 the IRS spent 11.7 They wonder what comes next in the certification process. What is the job of the IRS? It is to collect taxes to fund the work of the US government. Except depending on your viewpoint the job of the IRS could be something else entirely. billion dollars to do its job and in 2017 the IRS had 76,832 employees.

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Shaking Up Patterns

Jamie Notter

This weekend I taught a three-hour session on Systems to students in Georgetown’s Organization Development and Change Leadership Certificate program. Strategy Means Change. December 2009 (8). November 2009 (7). October 2009 (8). September 2009 (8). August 2009 (9). July 2009 (7).

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Profiting from Green Meeting Strategy ? Beyond the Feel Good.

GlowGlobally

global association strategy, regional planning and local infrastructure to grow your business. « Good Meeting Strategy Reduces Risk Abroad. Profiting from Green Meeting Strategy – Beyond the Feel Good. Profiting from Green Meeting Strategy – Beyond the Feel Good. GrowGlobally.org. Market & Biz Plan.

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Speaking to Alabama Law Students about the Association World

Association Navigator

Larger associations are independent corporations that usually have a physical presence, like offices, financial assets, and maybe other assets like intellectual property, or a certification or inspection program that the organization sells for a fee. As of 2009 there were more than 90,000 of these organizations in the U.S. (c)(3)

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Dangerous Assumptions About Your Conference Education Part I

Velvet Chainsaw

Assumption 1: Certification For Everyone. Much of our conference education programming is built upon proliferating a similar elitist system—industry designations and certification. Finally, we make them pay a fee every two to five years to keep that certification. Evidence Based Teaching by Geoff Petty (2009).

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Emerging Market Cities Open Their Doors to Associations.

GlowGlobally

global association strategy, regional planning and local infrastructure to grow your business. Recent studies conducted by some of the world’s foremost global business research institutions continue to believe that these regions offer unrivaled opportunities for those who pursue effective local/regional strategies. Membership.