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The Impact of the Pandemic on Association Membership

Membership Marketing

Looking back at outcomes from previous economic disruptions like The Great Recession in 2008 and 2009, we see that membership made a remarkable recovery in subsequent years. Recruitment Despite these adverse conditions of the past year, about 1 in 4 associations still saw membership growth last year (26%).

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How to Drive Engagement with Data-Driven Email Campaigns

Association Briefings

Who knew that something so trivial would revolutionize the way we communicate. And it seems that since that simple email was sent, communication visionaries have predicted the death of the medium. Now, I would definitely agree that the email of 2009 is certainly dead. workers prefer email for communication purposes.

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Disruptive Advocacy Strategies

Potomac Core

According to Corey Rosenbusch, President and CEO, the association recruited Lowell Randal to serve as Vice President, Government & Legal Affairs to lead an Industry initiative to reduce increasing costs of regulatory compliance. Leading The Cold Chain.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.1.20

Reid All About it

We will share data from our Economic Impact on Associations study, which originally launched during the Great Recession in 2009 and has gathered data every year since—including in the weeks leading up to the COVID-19 crisis. IFTF Online Collaboration: A Global Communication Hackathon. The Future of Advocacy. Thu 5/7 at 12 p.m.

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Speaking to Alabama Law Students about the Association World

Association Navigator

But I got impatient with politics and wanted something different, something a little more legal than political communications. On most days I answer regulatory questions but I’m also involved in designing social media strategies, managing finances, recruiting new members, and planning future events. million of these in 2009.

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Discipline

Jamie Notter

But I have to be careful not to fall into the trap of viewing the military from a solely “Hollywood” lens, where drill sergeants make recruits do stupid or humiliating things to toughen them up. Decentralize without clearly communicated high standards for results is probably a waste of time! December 2009 (8).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: 10 Tips for Engaging A Volunteer.

Idea Architects

Recruit with a one-to-one philosophy. Imagine a brochure that asked a potential recruit to share her passions or interests areas, the top five skills or talents she possesses or would like to develop, the number of hours per week or month she can commit, and whether she would like to work on projects or serve on a committee or task force.

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