Optimist Consulting

MAY 22, 2014

I was delighted to attend the launch of PARN’s 2014 ‘ Professional Body Sector Review ’last week. However, the report says the professional bodies that responded in their survey identified: India. It was hosted by the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in its 5 th floor conference suite; the views over the Thames were amazing.

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Spark Consulting

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The ASAE Marketing Section Council is conducting a short survey to measure interest in various marketing-related topics for purposes of supporting ASAE’s marketing educational efforts, including the types of sessions we’ll see at next spring’s 2014 Marketing, Membership & Communications Conference.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 9, 2014

Here''s a sneak peek at some of the insight from our 2014 Small Membership Survey. Small Membership Survey' What do you want to ask your small membership peers?

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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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Aaron Wolowiec

APRIL 15, 2014

But I want to foster discussion on Nonprofit Finance Fund’s 2014 State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey , the results of which it released on April 7. Leaders from more than 5,000 organizations participated in the sixth annual survey. And only 11 percent of respondents thought 2014 would be easier.

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Aaron Wolowiec

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Our whitepaper, ‘Strategic Mobile Trends for Associations in 2014 and Beyond,’ highlights some available tools and trends worth considering so that your association can get the most out of mobile and use it most effectively to engage your constituents.”. Mobile Payment Systems. Mobile Video. Mobile Advertising. Mobile Security. Event Apps. “An

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Membership Marketing

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

2014 Benchmarking Survey' The Membership Marketing Blog is written by Tony Rossell, Senior Vice President of Marketing General, Inc. For more information, contact Tony at Tony@MarketingGeneral.com.

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Wild Apricot

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

We''ve just launched the 2014 Small Membership Survey - and hope you''ll participate! Small Membership Survey'

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Ungrated

AUGUST 19, 2020

For the eighth time in 15 years, residents in homeowners association, condominiums, and housing cooperatives say they’re overwhelmingly satisfied with their communities, according to results from the 2020 Homeowner Satisfaction Survey conducted by the Foundation for Community Association Research.

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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. The nonprofit sector is seeing significant gains across several employment practices, including hiring, according a new survey.

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SCD Group

DECEMBER 30, 2014

As a year-end post, I reviewed SCDdaily’s 141 blogs posted in 2014. 4/8/14 #8 Survey Says: Top 10 Reasons Why Boards Fail 7/22/14 #9 Gen Y Challenging Traditional Way 9/4/14 Interesting review. Big Bureaucracy. Big Problems? Is it coincidental that the most popular posts came in the first five months!

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 22, 2014

So, what did we learn in 2014? However, I don’t want to close out 2014 with a resounding “Bah! It’s never difficult to find a CEO who will bemoan his or her board in private, or do it under cover of an anonymous survey. In 2014 the ASAE Foundation released research revealing that many U.S.-based

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 5, 2015

The 2015 Nonprofit Employee Benefits Survey , recently released by benefits management and research firm PPI Benefit Solutions , has found that very few nonprofits understand the new demands the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has put upon employers. Furthermore, a majority of surveyed nonprofits have not calculated the cost of compliance.”.

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Associations Now

APRIL 2, 2015

Nearly three-quarters of the organizations surveyed by the Nonprofit Research Collaborative met their fundraising goal in 2014, the highest number in the survey’s history. We already know that charitable giving was up in 2014—donations totaled $16.2 billion in 2014, according to Blackbaud’s Charitable Giving Report.

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Associations Now

MARCH 21, 2016

To get a better understanding of who is helping to support America’s startups, the Angel Capital Association is conducting a nationwide survey of angel investors. More than 200,000 American angel investors contributed roughly $24 billion to startups in 2014, yet not much is known about these individuals.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 3, 2016

The latest edition of the Gallup Honesty and Ethics Survey found that nurses ranked far above any other professionals, while lobbyists and members of Congress ranked near the bottom. That’s according to Gallup’s 2015 Honesty and Ethics Survey , the latest edition of the annual marker for integrity among professionals.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 2, 2013

According to Carlson Wagonlit Travel’s newly released 2014 Travel Price Forecast, next year will bring “moderate” price increases worldwide for business travel and meetings. 2014 is looking good for meeting and travel suppliers and, well, a little more expensive for business travelers and meeting planners and attendees.

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Associations Now

JUNE 25, 2014

28 % The percentage of employers who said they increased the benefits they offered employees in the last year, according to SHRM’s 2014 Employee Benefits report. In 2014, 45 percent of employers offered HSAs, compared to 33 percent in 2010; 32 percent contributed to HSAs in 2014, up from 15 percent in 2010.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2013

According to a July 2013 survey of business-to-business (B2B) marketers and media users by American Business Media, professionals are primarily going online for industry information, then they turn to primary sources (company-produced info), before looking at print sources and events. The goal of this campaign was three-fold: 1.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 8, 2015

The latest Fundraising Effectiveness Project survey revealed that less than half of charitable donors contributed to the same organization two years in a row. Between 2013 and 2014, charities gained $3.611 billion in gifts from new, current, or previously lapsed donors. Base another round of budgetary allocations according to that ROI.

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Aaron Wolowiec

NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Last week, consulting firm Tagoras released Association Virtual Events 2014 , a survey of associations’ use of virtual conferences, trade shows and other events. Take a look at the stats Tagoras compiled about its survey. It seems associations got the memo as the industry experiences a slow uptick in virtual events.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 14, 2014

Find Accounting Software has released the findings from its 2014 Fundraising Technology Trends Study , and the results are clear. The survey results suggest that, for at least some organizations, putting more emphasis on digital outreach could relieve those concerns. — Association HQ (@AssociationHQ) October 14, 2014.

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Associations Now

JUNE 20, 2014

The Business Roundtable’s newest numbers are out—and for all the ups in the survey, there are plenty of downs. The second-quarter results from the 2014 CEO Economic Outlook Survey, released Tuesday, show that the 131 respondents have a more optimistic take on economic growth: The group’s CEO Economic Index reached 95.4,

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Spark Consulting

JULY 2, 2014

MGI’s 2014 Membership Marketing Benchmark report is out. blog roundup communication conferences curation innovation leadership management marketing membership social media Aaron Wolowiec ASAE Associations Now Innovation Excellence Joe Pulizzi Kathi Rabil Kim Howard Marketing General surveys Upworthy' ” Yep.

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Aaron Wolowiec

AUGUST 10, 2015

The State of Association Marketing ,” unveiled this week during ASAE’s annual conference in Detroit, summarizes the marketing efforts of 373 survey respondents, mostly comprising membership associations. Key findings: 73 percent of survey respondents rate their overall association marketing as somewhat or very effective.

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Beekeeper Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

A new study from The Pew Research Internet Project confirms that not only are the 2014 Midterm Elections online, but the digestion of campaign news has shifted even further to social media and mobile consumption. The post How Election 2014 Is Cementing The Importance of Digital appeared first on Beekeeper Group. Candidate “Likes”.

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Associations Now

JULY 17, 2015

That’s according to new research from the latest edition of the National Retail Security Survey by the National Retail Federation (NRF). The study, which analyzed “shrinkage” in the retail space, found that retail outlets lost $44 billion in 2014—from shoplifting, employee theft, vendor theft, or administrative errors.

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Associations Now

JUNE 19, 2014

Group Work The 2014 Millennial Impact Report revealed young professionals’ preference for doing volunteer work collaboratively. This year’s survey dives into how millennials connect, give, and get engaged with companies. Have a look: • 78 percent prefer to perform cause work in groups. • How can associations leverage this knowledge?

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Polling professionals say that fewer people are responding to surveys, which dilutes the credibility of the results. What can associations do to keep their survey findings reliable? Bialik reported that the average election poll response rate in 2014 was 11.8 Link offered three tips for executing a successful survey: Sampling.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

The Lap of Luxury Despite the findings of an NYU study that show corporate room rates may rise by as much as 6 percent in 2014, the news isn’t all grim for business travelers. Spending on upscale hotel rooms and airline seats has been on the rise in recent years, according to a survey of 946 travel agents by Travel Leaders Group.

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Associations Now

JULY 30, 2014

The survey of organizations with fewer than 500 members revealed positive membership trends but found ongoing concern about delivering member value. The survey gathered input from 487 organizations that represent fewer than 500 members and have operating budgets of less than $500,000.

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Spark Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Original Post (2014). Membership 101: Exit Surveys. Original Post (2014). Original Post (2014). Updated Post (2022). Why Is Membership the Only Relationship? Original Post (2013). Updated Post (2022). Membership 101: Effective Renewal Cycles. Original Post (2018). Updated Post (2022). Original Post (2018).

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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. The numbers are even more drastic with young professionals.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 28, 2014

The road trip has long been an American staple, and a new survey looks at how it has changed over the years. The Auto Alliance’s latest Auto Index consumer survey , conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, looked into just that. — Auto Alliance (@auto_alliance) August 20, 2014. But how has the road trip changed over the years?

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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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Associations Now

AUGUST 12, 2014

The Public Affairs Council’s 2014 Pulse Survey showed that the public tends to have a better opinion of the private sector than of government, though certain things remain controversialspecifically, lobbying and executive compensation. Lobbyists get a bad rap from the public. But could a little more explanation help?

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Aaron Wolowiec

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

So when I came across “Association Learning + Technology 2014,” a recent report by Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele , founders of consulting firm Tagoras , imagine my delight! ” The 52-page Tagoras report provides such data, which were collected based upon a survey of 200 trade and professional associations.

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