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Benchmarking and its Application to Your Member-based Organization

YourMembership

January 12th, 2012 | Posted in Member Engagement + Retention , Membership Management , Social Media and Business Trends , YourMembership.com News. Now the marketing association can produce a report detailing the average wage earned, dollars spent and where for their members. Christina says: January 13, 2012 at 10:33 am.

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#ASAE18: Value Means More Than Money, Says Kickstarter Founder

Associations Now

Kickstarter enjoyed rapid success: Since its launch, it has funded 150,000 projects through nearly $4 billion from more than 15 million backers, and by 2012, one million-dollar project was fully funded every week. Strickler said much of his concern about redefining value stems from his experience living in New York City.

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The Importance Confidence Plays In The Workplace with Susan Marshall of The Backbone Institute

Association Mavens

Be in it” was released in December 2012. Her corporate and consulting experience includes work with Best Buy, Subaru of America, Harley-Davidson, GE Healthcare, We Energies, New York City Leadership Academy, Boys & Girls Clubs of America and many others. Susan is a regular columnist for Wisconsin Woman magazine.

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Monday Buzz: Associations Embrace #GivingTuesday

Associations Now

The hugely popular charitable holiday, which started in 2012, has become a major event on the nonprofit calendar. Here are just a few ways they are embracing #GivingTuesday this year: The American Marketing Association, through its foundation, is working to raise money to support its collegiate scholarship programs.

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Why Aren’t Associations Creating Walking Billboards?

SCD Group

Back in October 2012, I posted Are You Using Identity as Association Marketing Strategy. Sitting in the airport last Saturday, I noticed a huge number of people wearing logoed clothing that identified themselves with their team, cause, city, company. Back packs, hats, tee shirts, shoes, etc. It’s a free shirt (sometimes).

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Advocacy and Governance 2.0

Association Adviser

From approximately 2010 to 2012, the federal government allowed SBA 504 loans to be used for refinancing since there were so many enterprises going out of business, particularly those that had investments in real estate. These types of loans are one of the most popular sources of money for starting a business.

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Lunchtime Links: The Importance of Helping Others

Associations Now

Online donations: Recent data from The Chronicle of Philanthropy show that online donations grew by 14 percent from 2011 to 2012. Do everything you can to make it dead simple for your donors every step of the way,” writes Stein on Katya’s Non-Profit Marketing Blog. ” How do you network?