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2016 Benchmarking Study Reveals Association Communication Hurdles Remain

Association Adviser

Each year when Association Adviser and Naylor Association Solutions launch the Association Communications Benchmarking Study , we certainly hope to see measurable improvements in the ways associations communicate with members. 1 association communications challenge (cited by nearly 70 percent of respondents, up 16 percent from 2010).

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Compare Association Management Software Platforms

GrowthZone

In a nutshell, an AMS provides membership-based organizations an all-in-one member management system. Today, much more affordable web-based systems are not only more affordable, but many provide real interaction with members, volunteers, donors, and stakeholders. What is Association Management Software (AMS)? Association Software 10 1.

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Top Reader Polls of the Past Three Years

Association Adviser

It’s interesting to see how your peers’ concerns have shifted from strategy (2010) to communication and innovation (2011) to tools and technology (2012). Biggest surprises of 2010 : Less than one-third (31.7%) of surveyed Association Adviser readers said they benchmark themselves against other associations within their industries.

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Making Silos Work

Jamie Notter

To solve the silo problem, you need to increase your capacity for systems thinking. The different parts of the system need to be able to see how what they are doing is causing in impact in another part of the system, even if it’s delayed or somewhat indirect. That inhibits systems thinking. December 2010 (5).

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Why The Structure You're Staffing is Stifling Progress

Idea Architects

If your mindset and systems are based on having long-term employees (i.e., And because the volunteers currently in leadership positions have to manage the existing programs, communications, and other efforts, they struggle to also reinvent their officer structure and put new systems in place to manage a larger network of help.

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Social Media for Associations: Challenges and Opportunities

Association Navigator

How can we use them to enhance our communications and how can we prepare for attacks launched using these new tools? Social media allow your members to quickly and easily communicate directly among themselves. And the speed and flexibility of social media are about to soar with the added element of mobile communications.

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The Problem with Committees

Jamie Notter

Shouldn’t I like the fact that we allow the system at large to have committees to get work done? And I don’t think it’s a good venue for developing true, systemic leadership. When we create islands of control in the form of committees, we are not honoring the integrity of the system. December 2010 (5).