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2016 Benchmarking Study Reveals Association Communication Hurdles Remain

Association Adviser

1 association communications challenge (cited by nearly 70 percent of respondents, up 16 percent from 2010). Survey highlights. The 2016 survey provided many more interesting points of interest to association executives. The survey remains open at www.naylor.com/benchmarking. It’s not too late to participate!

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WJ Weiser and Associates Grows into the Largest AMC for U.S. Healthcare Associations

Association Adviser

We believe we’ve been able to change the landscape of these specialties via government relations and member education. Last year, we surveyed all our clients about their level of satisfaction with our services. I’m proud that everyone at every level of our organization strives to provide a good member experience.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: People Are Starved for Real.

Idea Architects

help an organization refresh and/or reinvent the experience of one of the following audiences to deepen individual engagement, community contributions, and value creation: the member experience, the learner experience, the volunteer experience, the staff member experience. Dec 2010 (2).

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Association Subculture: Experience Versus Memory in Nonprofit.

Association Subculture

Friday, July 9, 2010. Experience Versus Memory in Nonprofit Association Management. The second trap is a confusion between experience and memory, basically its between being happy "in" your life and being happy "about" your life. We pore over post-event survey results as a way to evaluate our events. ▼ 2010. (24).

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What Smart Associations Do Differently

Association Adviser

But many of the legacy challenges remain: information overload, communication clutter, attracting and retaining younger members, maintaining their position as their industry’s No. A snapshot of how times have changed since 2010: 2010. “Good hard data is not just for member surveys; it’s essential for your advocacy work.

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Membership Wakeup Call for Associations

Association Adviser

As we go live with this issue, the stock market is near its all-time high, housing prices are rebounding in most parts of the country and the jobless rate has significantly improved since we launched Association Adviser in March 2010. High performing associations anticipate member needs before the member has to ask.

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Association Subculture: WIFM? Bah. WIFU!

Association Subculture

WIFM doesn’t apply to the totality of the association’s vision and mission or the member experience. We continue to tell ourselves it is possible to develop such an intimate relationship with our members that we can routinely second-guess and satisfy their every whim and need. ► 2010. (24).