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Association Brain Food: 2.9.24

Reid All About it

For Sunday soup night, I made a delicious wild rice and mushroom soup from the January/February 2013 issue of Cook’s Illustrated. Hear how the speaker’s team developed a price elasticity forecast. It’s pretty swoony on swordfish steaks or any other fish. On the side sautéed kale with bacon, red onion, garlic and chicken broth.

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Want to Diversify Your Revenue Streams? Learn From Apple

Associations Now

The computing giant had a really good quarter recently, thanks in large part to the fact that it has focused on diversifying its revenue streams of late. The result is that, even if iPhone sales slow, it still makes lots of revenue without having to sell any new devices. Don’t be afraid to drop prices at the low end.

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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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Overcoming the association value gap: part I

Principled Innovation

This post originally appeared on the Associations Now Leadership Blog on March 7, 2013. According to the most recent edition of ASAE’s Operating Ratio Report ( ORR ), membership dues account for an average of 38 percent of total revenue for all associations. No other single revenue category comes close to reaching that number.

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Top 11 Chamber Management Software AMS Systems

GrowthZone

Generate revenue. There are 5 software subscription options at different price points, ranging from Base to Complete , offering combinations of the following: FEATURES: Membership management. It was designed to generate non-dues revenue and streamline work processes. E-business tools support multiple revenue streams.

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Strategic meeting audits: Leveraging data to improve ROI

Aaron Wolowiec

Has your organization’s meetings function experienced a year-over-year revenue decline – however slight – since the 2007 recession? Financial performance – What are your revenue and expense targets? Does event pricing reflect the projected profit margin? So I’m sure you have some questions.

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15 And/Or Dilemmas Facing Association Leaders in 2013

SCD Group

To start 2013, I’ve created a list of “association challenges” that I’m labeling the “And/Or Dilemma Facing Associations.” [By So, they establish policies, pricing and promotion designed to keep recruiting new members. not only to engage members but also to generate non-dues revenue. How do we keep up with all the changes?”.

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