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SCDdaily’s 9 Top Ranked 2014 Association Blogs

SCD Group

As a year-end post, I reviewed SCDdaily’s 141 blogs posted in 2014. Here are the top nine – based on readership; #1 6 Ways to Engage Xers and Millenials on Your Board 2/11/14 #2 5 Ideas About Information Overload for Association Members/Donors 2/18/14 #3 How Will Association Boards Recruit New Leaders?

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Get Your Copy of the 2014 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report

Membership Marketing

It is my pleasure to announce the release of the 2014 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. The 2014 Report includes new questions related to social media usage, email frequency and open rates, and who pays membership dues (individuals or companies). 2014 Benchmarking Survey'

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And the #1 Membership Recruitment Tool IS.

Tom Morrison

When you look at your membership recruitment strategy, my question always is, "Have you empowered your members and especially your suppliers with the tools needed for them to communicate your story to non-members?" Having a video as a tool allows your suppliers to easily forward your membership recruitment piece to all of their customers.

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Time to get in the game. There’s a game being played?

YourMembership

Last week we hosted our monthly Thought Leadership Webinar , featuring a whitepaper published by Association Laboratory entitled Looking Forward 2014: An Environmental Scanning Whitepaper for the Association Industry. In a recent online poll, 83 percent admitted they would be actively looking for a new position in 2014.

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Association Brain Food: 10.6.23

Reid All About it

Another take on the young professional recruitment challenge comes from James Young of Product Community. The writing has been on the wall for a long time—follow the link in the story to the 2014 memo written by a former ED. Next gen membership #2. The organization’s outgoing treasurer describes the financial situation as “dire.”

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How to Convince Employers to Pay for Professional Development

WBT Systems

According to the 2014 Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement survey of the Society for Human Resource Management, 40 percent of employees rated job-specific training as “very important” to their satisfaction, and 36 percent rated professional development the same way. Employers with this mindset have it backwards.

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Engagement and Satisfaction: Is There a Difference?

Higher Logic

Often, we say a member is engaged when they have a complete profile, regularly log into the community, and interact by posting in discussions, uploading materials, writing blog posts and any other activities you want them to do. What does that look like in your community? Engagement and enthusiasm extends offline, as well.