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Why Do People Volunteer for Professional Associations and Trade Groups?

Higher Logic

of the US population volunteered in 2014. Budgets rarely cover everything we want to do and recruiting volunteers is one way your association can meet more of its goals. Many hiring companies and recruiters are looking for professional experience and, in this case, less is not more. And what brought them to your door?

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The World of Opportunities for AMCs: A YM Perspective

YourMembership

This week YourMembership.com is “on the road” in Tempe, Arizona attending the 2014 AMC Institute Annual Meeting. The loss of leadership vital to the health of the organization. The leadership of these organizations find it difficult to move away from the “status quo” mentality that no longer serves their member’s best interests.

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Turn Your Social Media Goals Upside Down

Association Adviser

There’s an eye-opening chart you’ll see soon from Association Adviser’s 2014 Association Communications Benchmarking Report. Think of your members as belonging to a tribe, with your leadership as the elders. percent agree); member recruitment (10.8 That’s a huge missed opportunity. percent agree).”

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The Upside of Unlikability

Associations Now

The proximate cause of this latest thinking, Useem writes, is Steve Jobs, subject of at least three biopics , one major biography , and a general consensus that his greatness as a leader was at least partially a function of his domineering-to-bullying leadership style. Communicating is one thing. Careful, though. Exactly so.

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Lunchtime Links: Gold-Medal Team-Building Tactics

Associations Now

Take a few cues from Olympic athlete recruiters on creating your powerhouse team. Yet, according to Mashable contributor and ClearCompany CEO Andre Lavoie , recruiting the best of the best is easier said than done. They are also the ones that focus most on websites, phone agents, mobile, and measurement/analytics.”.

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Member, Meet Sponsor: A Model for Reaching Under-Served Segments

Associations Now

As shared here in January , SPE began to offer free student memberships in 2014, via a partnership with Society of the Plastics Industry, which acts as a sponsor to subsidize the student memberships. Throughout the year, the sponsors are promoted through advertising, banners at events, and other communications.

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Best of the Week: 8 readings for association professionals

SCD Group

Fast-Paced Best Seller: Author Russell Blake Thrives on Volumes By Alexandra Alter via The Wall Street Journal Frequency may be an important strategy for association communicators as shown in this article. Some novelists are obsessed by plot pacing and character development, others by a literary turn of phrase.