Aaron Wolowiec

DECEMBER 21, 2012

16, 2013 – Did another year just pass us by? – This session is presented by Young Association Professionals, Aggregage , Association Universe and Infinite Conferencing as part of The New World of Member Engagement Webinar Series. . The series runs now through February 2013. On Wednesday, Jan.

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Ngage Management

APRIL 5, 2023

While not immediately recognizable to some, the concept of association management is familiar to the world of professional societies, trade groups, not-for-profits and philanthropic organizations. In four short years, Ngage became Michigan's largest association management company.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The CEO of an association management company has become famous for his ambitious out-of-office email messages. But Andy Freed, CEO of the Wakefield, Massachusetts-based association management company Virtual, Inc. , In 2013, his vacation was the subject of a news report. Blockbuster Breaks.

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Association Adviser

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Wendy Weiser with staff from the American Association of Clinical Urologists visiting her first office in 1993. From that group, my association management business grew through referrals. Wendy and staff moved into a new office – the third location for WJ Weiser and Associates – in 2007.

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Eric Lanke

MAY 27, 2013

I have seen a corollary in the way some association board members view the organizations over which they act as fiduciaries. Money is to be spent on member services, not "wasted" on staff salaries or "exorbitant" fees charged by association management companies. Click here for more details on the conference.

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Nimble AMS

JANUARY 26, 2022

When we started Nimble AMS 10 years ago, w e looked at ways to change the industry, to disrupt the status quo of the association management software (AMS) space and help organizations rethink what an AMS actually is. We envisioned a future where associations were the superheroes at the forefront of innovation. Period.” .

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GlowGlobally

APRIL 29, 2014

Join Nikki Walker, MCI vice president for association management & consulting, as we explore answers to these questions and provide strategic concepts, benchmark data, real world success stories, and exchange ideas that can help associations find a path to relevance. Market & Bus Planning Member Services Membership'

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GlowGlobally

JULY 3, 2013

Speaker: Nikki Walker, Global Vice President of Association Management & Consulting, MCI Group. Have you ever invested the time or resources to discover how your international members and customers view your association’s brand and its relevance? how you can gain the same depth of insights for your own association.

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Association Navigator

JULY 16, 2012

This is the title of a great article in the new issue of Associations Now about Daniel Pink’s forthcoming book. The article touches several of my favorite subjects: sales, marketing, and effective associations. The article is a preview of his next book, expected in January 2013 and tentatively titled The Moving Business.

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MemberClicks

MARCH 23, 2023

Theme nights, play on words in your marketing and celebrating icons moments will help you connect with Gen X Focus on leadership training and development As we’ve said, Gen X is the generation of boundaries and work-life balance. They experienced a culture of acceleration unlike any other.

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SCD Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

if I looked at your association’s convention program for 2013 and 2003, would I see any differences other than dates and names of speakers? At the bottom of a post about recruiting volunteers, Holly Duckworth, CAE, shared this awesome quote: “Associations fear change when they should fear staying the same.”. Think about it.

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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. This seems to often be the case in these sorts of overhauls.)

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Vanguard Tech

MARCH 1, 2013

If the speed of business is rapidly accelerating, so must the speed of marketing. That’s why I was excited to learn about the concept of Agile Marketing – borrowed from the agile management philosophy. And by changing and putting the customer at the center, we evolve our processes and become better marketers.

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Associations Now

JULY 24, 2013

Associations on anniversary dues cycles were more likely to have seen an overall increase in membership in 2012, but associations on calendar cycles showed a higher average renewal rate. Marketing General, Inc., ’ And anniversary allows for year-round marketing and takes prorating of dues off the table,” he says.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 3, 2013

The countdown begins: Less than a day until attendees shuffle in, and ASAE’s 2013 Technology Conference & Expo commences. — DelCor (@delcor) December 2, 2013. — Andrea Incalza (@CustomerKing) December 3, 2013. Plus: What a visually stimulating grocery store chain can teach you about customer service.

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Associations Now

MAY 10, 2017

“It was a sobering moment,” Espey said in an interview last week after his keynote session at ASAE’s Marketing, Membership & Communications Conference (MMCC). His message—whether your business is burritos or association management—make sure you create a lasting and personal experience that connects emotionally with people.

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SCD Group

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Stronger by Association. When Do You Tell Your Association Members What It Really Costs? I just finished working with a group on the draft budget for its 2013 annual meeting. Labels: association conferences , association executives , association management , eventprofs , Jeff Hurt , SCD Group.

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GlowGlobally

JANUARY 31, 2014

To begin 2014, we are featuring a new MCI white paper authored by Nikki Walker, MCI’s Vice President for its global association management and consulting practice, based in Dubai, UAE. Have you ever wondered how your association’s brand is perceived specifically by the international community?

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Eric Lanke

JUNE 10, 2013

image source Thanks to my co-presenters, Elizabeth Engel and Peggy Hoffman , and all the folks who joined us at our "Walking the Walk of Deep Member Engagement" learning lab at last week''s ASAE Marketing, Membership and Communications Conference. They don''t want to assume a traditional committee leadership role. Thank you!

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SCD Group

AUGUST 4, 2013

After all, I am an aging association professional focused not on day-to-day association management but rather on thought leadership, blogging, speaking and consulting. The marketing literature includes this statement: What do you seek? So, why attend? I’m not convinced this is why I attend.

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Associations Now

MARCH 12, 2014

Then: Last fall, the American Counseling Association had reached 29 straight months of membership growth, from April 2011 through August 2013, a result of careful listening to member needs and feedback. It was part of an overall membership growth trend of 32 percent from 2007 to 2013.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 30, 2014

SSE Riga’s alumni association took a close look at what American colleges were doing and, with the help of a marketing agency, considered what its members would respond to. By getting 35 percent of alums to participate, SSE Riga’s association managed to top the U.S.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

Digiday reports that the company’s iQ blog has managed to attract between 400,000 and 450,000 unique readers each month—a huge boost from late 2013, when the site was bringing in half as many visitors. How did Intel manage to be so resoundingly successful at content marketing? But she totally gets it.

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Associations Now

JULY 6, 2016

If the top membership priority at your association is growth, you might look at an organization with a long history of 90 percent market share and wonder what they do all day. When you’ve grown nearly as much as you possibly can, do you just focus all your energy on those stragglers in the last 10 percent?

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In the past few years, there has been a noticeable push by associations to leverage enterprise constituent relationship management (CRM) platforms from Salesforce or Microsoft as the platform for their association management software (AMS). This push has been driven by multiple factors, including the need for: CRM.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

A new survey of nonprofits and associations found that an organization’s size affected not only its outlook but also the quality of its operational practices. The larger your operating budget, the more confident you probably are in this market. Technology Management.

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GlowGlobally

APRIL 3, 2013

Nikki Walker, Vice President for MCI’s Global Association Management & Consulting Practice was its author and we were all pleased to see the interest. Some of you expressed a desire to hear more from Nikki, so we have decided to interview Nikki Walker for our first podcast for 2013. ” We heard you.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Many associations lack member communication plans that are fully integrated. Most associations agree non-dues revenue is essential, but our research shows very few ask advertisers and sponsors for their input. What surprised us most in 2013? Kelly Donovan , Naylor’s team leader for online marketing, agreed.

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Associations Now

JULY 31, 2013

21 st Of the 24 chief-level positions included in the latest edition of ASAE’s Association Compensation & Benefits Study , “Membership Chief” ranks 21st in median salary. But these were also people whose bosses valued marketing, membership, and communications disciplines enough to send them to a conference about them.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

There’s a lot of power in data, engagement scoring, and finely tuned marketing campaigns, but don’t lose sight of the people behind all those numbers. Here are a few reminders about the human side of association membership work. “We miss you. ” Networking matchmaker.

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Associations Now

JUNE 12, 2013

What are the major developments and trends in the field of association management systems and online member communities? I visited several industry partners at ASAE’s Marketing, Membership & Communications Conference last week to find out.

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Associations Now

MAY 31, 2016

Thing is, many Chromebooks, most notably the first generation of the company’s high-powered Pixel, released in 2013, aren’t getting Android support. Jawbone, known for its array of mobile accessories, was a first-mover in the fitness-tracker market, offering up an array of at-times experimental designs.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Once they joined, they’d always renew, and associations wouldn’t have to spend 10 to 20 percent of their membership marketing budgets on renewals. Behavorial economists and marketers alike know opt-out is way better than opt-in. Technology versus human management. In an ideal world, members would stay forever.

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SCD Group

JANUARY 5, 2014

Based on a review of reader numbers, here are my top 13 association blogs of 2013. Sounds as though association professionals have a great deal of interest in dealing with association boards? As I reviewed the SCDdaily for 2012 and 2013, I noted some of your comments about how much you like and value my writing.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

13 % The percentage of survey respondents in Marketing General’s 2013 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report who said they use Avectra’s software—making it the second-largest AMS provider in the space, according to the study. What should customers expect down the road?

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Associations Now

MARCH 25, 2015

Cohon says it was a “lesson in humility,” but it didn’t reveal any major miscalculations about the right dues amount for the bulk of MANA’s market. Hutchison, Associations Now , August 2007. “The goal for this was not to set up a permanent lower-cost membership for a selected few members,” he says.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 7, 2013

He was heading to TEDActive (the live Palm Springs simulcast) where he anticipated learning about association management from a dolphin researcher. Tagged: Association , Content Marketing , Marketing , Web and Social Media , Website , Writing & Blogging. And why not? This is conference week for me.

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