Aaron Wolowiec

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Live streaming – Not many associations offer virtual conferences, but instead nearly 30 percent said they live stream events. Learning Management Systems – A LMS is the second most popular technology platform. In fact, the percentage of LMS users increased from 51 percent in 2013 to 60 percent in 2015. Read: Credibility counts.

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Spark Consulting

MAY 5, 2014

This is the path that NICSA (formerly the National Investment Company Service Association) followed to a dramatically simpler membership structure last year. Prior to November 2013, NICSA asked its 170 member companies to join into one of 18 different member categories. So far, the packages have “gone crazy,” Liston says.

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SCD Group

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Someone on the ASAE Collaborate CEO Online last week asked, “What are you budgeting for salaries in 2013?” An exec from a local realtor association responded, “We’ve budgeted 3% for staff raises in 2013.” As an AMC owner, I knew that anytime salaries and benefits exceeded two-thirds of my total revenue, I was in trouble.

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Aaron Wolowiec

JULY 16, 2013

As I wrote last week, this month I’ll be exploring some shifts in association management that some might say are extreme. A: Quite honestly, I was very concerned about the advice being given to association leaders about how to build organizations that will thrive in the years ahead.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 23, 2015

Most of you already know that associations generate a lot—if not the majority—of their nondues revenue from meetings, tradeshows, and conferences. A top priority of event organizers today is driving revenue growth, and sponsorships are seen as a top area of opportunity, while exhibitors are looking to enhance the value of sponsorships.

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Associations Now

MARCH 25, 2015

. “And, if they do know what the value proposition is and don’t think it’s worth the dues, is there some other dues number that would be so compelling that [if adopted broadly] the increased members would offset the decreased revenue per member? Hutchison, Associations Now , August 2007. The numbers were scattered.”

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Associations Now

APRIL 30, 2014

This is the path that NICSA (formerly the National Investment Company Service Association) followed to a dramatically simpler membership structure last year. Prior to November 2013, NICSA asked its 170 member companies to join into one of 18 different member categories. So far, the packages have “gone crazy,” Liston says.

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