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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.1.20

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… For the last six weeks, virtual events have been the focus of my reading and writing time—which is why you’ve seen the topic popping up so frequently here and on my Twitter stream too. Chapter virtual education. Fri 5/1 at 12 p.m.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 12.17.21

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. This strategy allows sponsors to meet their marketing goals while contributing valuable information and education to your members and market. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week. AMS/CRM software selection survey.

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Is it Time to Recession-Proof Your Association?

Associations Now

As it happens, I entered the association world 10 years ago, and 2009 was the year associations began truly feeling the pain of the recession that formally started in 2007. As revenues began to trickle at associations and travel budgets tightened, there was much talk about what kind of technological fixes might help right the ship.

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Monetizing Your Virtual Conference When Competing with Free

Velvet Chainsaw

The dynamics that we’re seeing impact conferences and their business models are very similar to the Freemium movement we experienced way back in 2009. Make the CFO Happy – Some associations don’t think they can afford the revenue hit, so they develop a model that keeps the finance folks happy.

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Does the Future of Membership Live at 501 Mission Place?

Reid All About it

501, a term that resonates with any nonprofit professional, is the section in the Internal Revenue Code covering tax-exempt nonprofit organizations. Education –> Ideas. The issue was even the topic of conversation on the first Twitter #assnchat back in May 2009. The “501” in the subject heading caught my eye.

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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. Continuing education – seminars, webinars, meetings. Labels: new products , Non-Dues Revenue. ► 2009. (69). ► 2009. (69).

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How to Drive Engagement with Data-Driven Email Campaigns

Association Briefings

Heck, in 2009 – 38 years after the first email was sent – the Wall Street Journal put its epitaph in print: “Email has had a good run as king of communications. Now, I would definitely agree that the email of 2009 is certainly dead. Who knew that something so trivial would revolutionize the way we communicate. But its reign is over.”

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