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

YourMembership

It’s really what associations have been “about” for as long as they have existed, according to Leading Engagement from the Outside in: Become an Indispensable Partner in Your Members’ Success , a new whitepaper co-authored by Anna Caraveli, Ph.D Anna and Elizabeth identified three areas to consider: Focus on Member Outcomes.

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Eric Lanke: Bucking the Trend

Eric Lanke

Leadership. Member Engagement. The total percentage of respondents who responded with "extremely" or "somewhat" concerned to each issue are graphed against the same responses offered in 2011, 2010, and 2009. After peaking in 2009 or 2010, every issue shows fewer and fewer people expressing concern. Leadership. (22).

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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. But according to ASAE research during the last recession, member engagement in virtual-only meetings never cracked 10 percent. So, what to do?

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Why Every Association Exec Needs to Read The State of Community Management Report

Mizz Information

The Community Roundtable, the most trusted voice in community management, has been publishing the industry’s most comprehensive research, The State of Community Management (SOCM), since 2009. Communities propel engagement. They are also, for all intents and purposes, an association, and as a former and–yay!

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Members Hire Relevant Associations

Potomac Core

From 2009 forward, leading Associations find ways to maintain their relevance and are perceived as the Industry or the Profession. Boards and their CEOs aren’t interested in hemorrhaging balance sheets that come from dues losses and shrinking Trade Show revenues. The most recent Convention had record setting attendance.

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Why Every Association Exec Needs to Read The State of Community Management Report

Mizz Information

The Community Roundtable, the most trusted voice in community management, has been publishing the industry’s most comprehensive research, The State of Community Management (SOCM), since 2009. Communities propel engagement. They are also, for all intents and purposes, an association, and as a former and–yay!

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Q&A with The Discovery Educator Network Community: Connecting and Empowering Educators Across the Globe [Case Study]

Higher Logic

I joined the DEN community in 2009, the same year I took over as tech director. Our initial group of seven went through a dedicated, in-person training with us to learn how to best facilitate conversations and engage the community. We have a new group of facilitators this year who were already highly engaged.