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3 Ways Associations Can Live Dangerously in 2013

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

What if 2013 was the year of living dangerously for associations? Experimenting With The Membership Model: A new pricing structure.the Freemium model.a Do you have varying levels of benefits I could choose from at different price levels? What kind of changes would we see? Fear is such a pain. Fear sucks.

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Best of the Web January 2013

Association Adviser

Before you jump in and start making your list for 2013, take the time to make a list of realizations—those foundational reality points that will help you plan for a successful new year. 3 Ways Associations Can Live Dangerously in 2013. What if 2013 was the year of living dangerously for associations? January 18 – 21, 2013.

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2013: A Millennial’s Perspective

Association Adviser

With just a few weeks left in 2013, the wave of top ten lists and year-in-review articles is flowing in full tsunami force. Your pricing and member benefits need to reflect that. Pricing Challenges. Here’s are seven shifts that seem to stand out for the younger generation of association professionals.

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Diabetes Group Launches Campaign Over High Insulin Prices

Associations Now

With research showing that the price of lifesaving insulin has increased by more than 200 percent over an 11-year period, the American Diabetes Association has asked members to join it in speaking out against rising insulin prices. The post Diabetes Group Launches Campaign Over High Insulin Prices appeared first on Associations Now.

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When the Right Price Is Nothing

Associations Now

But associations should also consider moving prices in the other direction. Bigger than any changes within the OS itself, in many ways, is the price tag attached to the upgrade: Microsoft is giving it away for free to those who already have Windows installed. And how often you’ll be changing that that pricing structure, too.

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Association Conference Becomes Center Stage for Drug-Price Debate

Associations Now

At the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s annual meeting last week, a prominent doctor called out drug makers for pricing cancer medicine at untenable levels. Insurers agree with that stance, but a leading pharmaceutical trade group says cancer drug prices are in line with their value. The high price of cancer treatments.

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Are San Francisco Nonprofits Getting Priced Out?

Associations Now

Between 2011 and 2013, about 2,000 of the city’s roughly 8,000 nonprofits left town or shut down in the face of the rent increases; others, such as Lutheran Social Services of Northern California, were forced to move to offices in cheaper neighborhoods that required significant renovation before the organizations could even move in.