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Study: Nonprofit Investment Returns Lagged Market Benchmarks in 2013

Associations Now

Any way you sliced it in 2013, nonprofits would likely have been better off sticking with a 60/40 mix of traditional stocks and bonds,” according to an executive summary of the results. The key is documentation of the process they undertook to arrive at whatever decision they make,” he said. percent to 13.5

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Three Membership Marketing Resolutions for the New Year: Part One

Membership Marketing

In this and several upcoming posts, I want to share three resolutions you may want to consider for your membership marketing program in the New Year. The basics of membership marketing are to create a plan, try new approaches, and track the results and your important membership data points.

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Compare Association Membership Management Software Platforms

GrowthZone

Document management. Marketing automation. Email marketing. Email marketing. Founded in 2013, EventBank was focused on event management; today, they are an all-in-one engagement platform serving organizations worldwide. Document management. Email marketing. FEATURES : Chapter management. Fundraising.

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Top 11 Chamber Management Software AMS Systems

GrowthZone

Document management. Marketing automation. Email marketing. FEATURES: Marketing. Email marketing. Founded in 2013, EventBank was focused on event management; today, they are an all-in-one management platform. See Partnerships for an updated, complete listing. FEATURES: Member management. Chapter management.

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Interns have rights too

Aaron Wolowiec

“The goal of the Intern Bill of Rights is to improve internships for interns, employers and society as a whole,” said Nathan Parcells, co-founder and chief marketing officer of InternMatch. “It It has eight proposed requirements: All interns should be provided an offer document, recognizing their role within a company.

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How User Groups Defer Customer Support Costs While Creating Raving Fans

Higher Logic

That’s up from 2013 by a whopping $20 billion. These tools help members find information more quickly via self-service tools including: Product documentation. Your user group’s input will likely help you build products with fewer support issues and more market relevance. Frequently asked questions. Discussion forums.

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Lean Methodology: Before and After

Association Success

I first read The Lean Startup by Eric Ries in 2013. We created a simple report based on this information and circulated it in an email marketing campaign to people who were set to take the test in the following months. How I adopted the innovative start-up strategy for the benefit of my association. None of these things took much time.

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