Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

I’m just going to let the following numbers from an association member-recruitment campaign speak for themselves: Total cost for recruitment campaign: $25,000. Then they adapted existing membership recruitment material to be used in the ads, InMail, and updates, all of which pointed to a dedicated landing page.

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YourMembership

JUNE 26, 2014

At the start of 2014, much of the news about the changes on the horizon for the job market was promising, especially for associations with a job board strategy for their members and organization. Meier added that LinkedIn “has a very engaged group of users and they have recruiters coming to the site to find people for their job openings.

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

If you are in the midst of planning for 2014 - here are some ideas and resources to help with volunteer retention, transitions, and recruitment in the coming year. Volunteers'

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Higher Logic

APRIL 18, 2017

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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Spark Consulting

JANUARY 7, 2014

This Friday, we’ll be kicking off the 2014 Associations 101 #10in20 webinar series with a presentation by Rob Barnes on organizational culture. Register now and learn how to kickstart your organizational culture in 2014! Same great format (10 tips in 20 minutes), but lots of new content and speakers!

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SCD Group

DECEMBER 30, 2014

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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Membership Marketing

JUNE 25, 2014

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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YourMembership

MAY 22, 2014

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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YourMembership

AUGUST 7, 2014

We recently held a webinar called Flipping the Membership Equation: Thinking Different About Member Retention and Recruitment. In the webinar we highlighted the work being done at the Association of Otolaryngology Administrators (AOA) to recruit and retain new members. That’s where member engagement lives. See you in NashVegas!

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Associations Live

FEBRUARY 4, 2014

50 members made the cold, snowy trek to join MSAE for our second annual Networking Group Day on January 30th, 2014. It was a great way to kick off 2014, showcase and participate in six of MSAE''s networking groups, connect with members and share ideas.

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MemberClicks

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Video marketing for associations is more important than ever, impacting your association’s rankability and having a direct impact on member recruitment, member engagement, lead generation, revenue, and more. Since 2014, Google has been including video in search engine result pages. Why is Video Marketing Important for Associations?

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Mizz Information

DECEMBER 30, 2014

I have some sad news for you: 2014 pretty much sucked as far as movies go. It wasn’t just me who wasn’t that into movies this year, the summer of 2014 was the worst box office slump in eight years. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit --maybe meh plus, some good action and worth a DVD watch. Worst movie of 2014? In the theater.

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YourMembership

OCTOBER 2, 2014

In February, we discussed how social media giant LinkedIn would be a disruptive force in the job board market in 2014. In June, we highlighted that LinkedIn was moving fast towards their goal , yet niche job boards remained highly effective and extremely popular with recruiters. We believe in the power of an association job board.

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YourMembership

APRIL 14, 2015

Member recruitment, new revenue growth, generational shifts, technology demands, and the need to transform their organizations into “On Demand” service providers to meet the growing demands of their members – some or all of these make up the business climate associations must compete and succeed in today. But back to that BHAG.

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Associations Now

JULY 20, 2017

The project, which was first piloted in 2014, is based on several access models run at the city, county, and regional level. Through the initiative, participating institutions offer admission during regular hours for $0 to $3 per person, to groups of up to four people who receive food assistance or SNAP benefits.

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WBT Systems

DECEMBER 12, 2017

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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Aaron Wolowiec

JUNE 17, 2014

Rather than making money, an association can build upon a brand while creating ambassadors, who will eventually help recruit members. So it’s best to think of a MOOC as a long-term investment. Finally, associations need to remember that completion of a MOOC isn’t a sign of its success, Tagoras says. While only 6.6

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Association Success

JUNE 11, 2019

million since 2014. One of the current challenges is that our business systems aren’t structured to identify and recruit freelance talent. Is your association ready to maximize the growth opportunity that the changing freelance economy presents? That impressive statistic has significant implications for associations.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

Here’s how NCBA turns its true believers into busy recruiters. In a post about “member-get-a-member” campaigns two weeks ago, I posed a dream scenario, one in which your members do all your recruitment for you. But how does one-third of your recruitment sound, instead? It’s older than I am.)

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YourMembership

JANUARY 15, 2015

At the beginning of 2014 we started a conversation on the importance of a career center strategy for associations, especially in light of social networking giant LinkedIn’s aggressive efforts to become the leading online job board aggregator.

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Associations Now

MARCH 20, 2014

While many nonprofits are planning to hire new staff in 2014, the sector is largely lacking when it comes to implementing formal recruitment strategies, according to a new study. This includes social media recruiting. Find out why greater investment in talent management could help nonprofits better achieve their missions.

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Higher Logic

MAY 4, 2016

That’s why connecting members with ambassador or volunteer programs that take place beyond the confines of the cloud can be powerful retention and recruitment tools. Editor’s Note: This post was originally published in February 2014 has been updated for accuracy, relevance and freshness.

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Eric Lanke

JANUARY 19, 2015

I stepped down from that position at the end of 2014 and, although I had written about some of my takeaways from that experience before, I thought it was time to reflect on the experience as a whole, and offer some words of advice to any association staff person who was thinking of taking on a similar volunteer position.

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YourMembership

OCTOBER 16, 2014

This is where companies and recruiters pay to access LinkedIn’s tools for talent acquisition. Our recent webinar, Social Networking, Mission Creep and the 2014 Job Market , shared how LinkedIn was poised to be a disruptive force in the job board market. This represents approximately 25-30% of their total revenue.

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Associations Now

MARCH 17, 2014

83 % The percentage of nonprofits that use email to accept candidate applications and work histories, according to the 2014 Nonprofit Employment Practices Survey. One of the other things that is important is that almost every area of the sector, in terms of job category, is anticipating growth in 2014.”.

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Associations Now

MARCH 23, 2015

Job opportunities at nonprofits are growing, but the pay often isn’t enough to bring in new recruits, according to a new report. A recent salary survey and job reports from recruiting firm Professionals for Nonprofits show that last year, many nonprofits struggled to bring in new recruits because they thought the pay was too low.

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Association Adviser

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Speaking Out About Employee Recruitment, Membership Retention and Non-Dues Revenue. Game Plan 2014: Seeing Around the Corners. Source: Association Adviser eNews and Naylor, LLC 2014. Association Event Do’s and Don’t’s. Advice for Increasing NDR. Is Your Association at a Crossroads?

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Associations Now

MARCH 5, 2015

A new survey of nonprofits forecasts employment growth within the sector in 2015, but many nonprofits report they’re struggling with recruiting and retaining employees. At the heart of many recruitment and retention challenges is a lack of formal strategies around these practices.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

But many attendees are also there to find a new job or to recruit new employees, which is why associations often host onsite job fairs or career centers at their major meetings. Here are three benefits that may come from doing so: You’ll get students or those new to the industry to attend. . You’ll create new revenue streams.

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YourMembership

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

This week YourMembership.com is “on the road” in Tempe, Arizona attending the 2014 AMC Institute Annual Meeting. How to retain members and recruit new members for the future. We are proud to be the Platinum Sponsor for AMCi, because Association Management Companies (AMCs) have always been an important part of our success.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 6, 2023

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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Associations Now

AUGUST 7, 2014

Heading to the 2014 ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition in Nashville? In advance of 2014 ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition , several expert content leaders shared their wisdom in articles and interviews with Associations Now. ” by Kristin Clarke, Associations Now , May/June 2014. Game Changers. Session: Kenneth W.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

.” But KDA’s 20 member companies are just a starting point, according to the association; it plans to recruit new members as the industry expands to new distilleries. And much like a well-aged bourbon, the recruitment effort screams old-school class. — GentlemanDistillery (@gntlmandstllery) August 29, 2014.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Do the math: If 43 percent of associations have membership staff and 5 percent (at most) outsource membership work, that leaves more than half (52 percent) where membership functions such as recruitment, retention, engagement, and customer service are distributed among other staff.

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YourMembership

APRIL 24, 2014

Last week we shared the most noteworthy association management concepts from the Xperience2014 Customer Conference, held March 31 – April 1, 2014 at the Vinoy Renaissance Resort in St. Petersburg, FL. Your association should be thinking in terms of Return on Engagement when it comes to social media and online communities.

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Potomac Core

MARCH 7, 2016

For example, through survey research in 2014, the Global Cold Chain Alliance identified key business outcomes that matter most to its members. Disruptive Advocacy. Nontraditional associations are utilizing their strategic planning process as a launching point for disruption.

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Association Adviser

MARCH 18, 2014

Recruiting Members and Keeping Them. Source: Association Adviser.com and Naylor, LLC 2014. Want More Members, Better Get to Know Them. How Smart Associations Grow Membership. Data Shows Associations Not Getting, Not Asking. The Power of Non-Dues Revenue. “After 17 years, not all that much has changed—everybody’s right.”

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