Spark Consulting

MARCH 4, 2015

In addition to upcoming chapter leader training for the California Dental Association, the Consortium for School Networking, and the American Academy of Family Physicians, I’ve also been working on some session for my association peeps: The Mission Driven Volunteer, ASAE Marquee Management Series, March 2015.

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Wired4Leadership

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Unemployment fell to its lowest level in six years, the stock market climbed to historic highs, gasoline prices fell and commercial interest rates remained steady and low. You are reading Leaders: Five Ways To Step It Up in 2015 from the Wired 4 Leadership blog. CEO Executive Development Leadership associations CEO life non-profits'

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The average price of a tree has jumped in recent years, according to a study of Square data. On average, according to Square, tree prices increased by 23 percent between 2015 and 2018, with the price rising to $76. The sales data shows that average prices peak on Cyber Monday, when they hit $84.

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AssociationChat

APRIL 8, 2020

Several shining examples of entrepreneurial effort taken too far even began selling individual rolls at outrageously high prices on eBay and elsewhere. Founded by Miki Agrawal in 2015, Tushy (along with several of Miki’s other companies) has been a successful venture already. Everybody Poops.

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KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

MARCH 31, 2015

We''re going to spend an hour discussing how we can better serve our members and our organizations on the March 31, 2015 edition of Association Chat. How does the pricing of your offerings either encourage or discourage membership? How can we bring delight to our members? We will talk all about it and more during the chat.

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Blue Sky eLearn

MARCH 19, 2019

By 2015, that number had actually decreased to $50,219! Professional associations provide certifications, micro-credentialing, and other programs that can help you grow your skillset on your own schedule, and typically for a lower price. The same can’t be said for starting salaries. Crazy, right?

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GlowGlobally

DECEMBER 13, 2018

In 2015, a major U.S.-based and EU markets Lack of awareness regarding the organization’s offering Need to customize content, pricing and format to the European audience Specificities of the European market (languages, cultures). Annemarie Weise, Senior Business Development Manager for MCI Benelux and Mr. Kevin Perry, Ed.D,

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Freestone

AUGUST 17, 2023

Why PCNA chose Freestone to stream its annual conference Since 2015, PCNA has conducted its largest annual event, the Annual Cardiovascular Symposium. PCNA sets the virtual Symposium attendee price lower than the in-person experience (largely due to the cost of food). Freestone enhances the hybrid learning experience.

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Aaron Wolowiec

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

The last time I booked a weeklong family vacation, I was shocked at the prices of hotel rooms. We weren’t looking for anything fancy, but those prices sure did crimp our style. So what does this mean for your organization as it plans events for 2015? And we’re not the only family of five suffering from hotel sticker shock.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Among the more notable initiatives: Daily Table , a Massachusetts grocery store chain launched in 2015 by a former Trader Joe’s president, works with suppliers to access surplus foods that it can purchase at a discount. “In In this way, we are able to keep prices affordable for all our customers,”says the nonprofit’s website.

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Blue Sky eLearn

MARCH 18, 2019

By 2015, that number had actually decreased to $50,219! Professional associations provide certifications, micro-credentialing, and other programs that can help you grow your skillset on your own schedule, and typically for a lower price. The same can’t be said for starting salaries. Crazy, right?

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Higher Logic

APRIL 11, 2019

Usage of CS platforms rose from 25% to 43% from 2015-2018 [ 2018 Customer Success Salary Report, Totango ]. 64% find the customer experience (CX) more important than price when purchasing something [ Gartner ]. Usage of CS platforms rose from 25% to 43% from 2015-2018 [ 2018 Customer Success Salary Report, Totango ].

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Forj

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Value-based accreditation: Continuing with the CE credit economy, we note that many CE providers are concerned with competition in the market, which we can describe in economic terms as deflation of the price of CE credit. We like that idea, and we agree that you need to provide many different pricing models. 2015 predictions.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 27, 2015

The National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees’ 2015 Annual Convention began in Chicago this week. Hundreds of bankruptcy professionals are in the Windy City to discuss company bankruptcy issues and recent developments in the Chapter 7 world, including how to put a price on personal assets and how to sniff out a bankruptcy faker.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 19, 2017

RBR’s report, released Tuesday [PDF], states that 471 billion cashless payments were conducted in 2015, a jump of more than 50 percent from 2011. Credit transfers and direct deposits tend to be used more commonly for high-price transactions.). The research firm sees the trend growing for a few reasons.

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Associations Now

MARCH 1, 2017

This week, Airlines for America revealed in a new survey that 85 percent of consumers said that they were either “very satisfied” or “somewhat satisfied” with their air travel experiences last year—a jump of about 5 percentage points from 2015. Of course, not every airline can claim to feel the love.

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Associations Now

MAY 25, 2016

” Between 2008 and 2015, the number of associations raising dues annually rose from 18 percent to 25 percent overall, and MGI’s 2015 research found 31 percent of associations with renewal rates over 80 percent raise their dues annually, and 33 percent of trade associations do so.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Its first office outside North America was opened in Mumbai, India in 2015. Joey Price, CEO, Jumpstart: HR. American Water Works Association’s strategic objective to expand into seven priority markets was accompanied by the mission statement, “Better World Through Better Water.” More info/register. Host: MCI Group. Maryland Dept.

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Associations Now

MAY 18, 2015

The National Restaurant Association credits low gas prices for the dramatic shift in consumers frequenting restaurants over grocery stores. When gas prices go down, consumers get to indulge in luxuries afforded by full tanks and unlimited travel. billion in June 2014, by April 2015, restaurant sales had pushed ahead by $1.5

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 13, 2016

More than half (54 percent) of the executives who took part in our annual association communication benchmarking study felt their organization’s inability to generate non-dues-revenue (NDR) was a serious or significant challenge — up substantially from 2015. 2015. ** 11%. Source: Association Adviser 2015-2016. Who cares?

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Higher Logic

AUGUST 11, 2016

Upon launching the new community in February, 2015, NAASF set a primary goal to get as many franchisee members as possible to begin participating. Average open rate (for Open Forum digest) : 28% in 2015 and 29% in 2016 - higher than industry average. of community members. Total unique logins : 23.5% of membership.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 14, 2015

Central Command (@CENTCOM) January 13, 2015. The Issues Driving Advocacy in 2015. — Connectivity (@CQConnectivity) January 14, 2015. You might think that with oil prices dropping during the past year, energy issues will go to the back burner, but Gunster warns otherwise. Keep an Eye Out. We're back! — U.S.

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Association Adviser

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

In addition, it’s sometimes difficult to find the right price for our services. Naylor purchased the company in 2015. We must have technical knowledge about the healthcare industry and be likable enough to gain the trust of the professionals we work with.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 2, 2015

We’re three-quarters of the way through 2015, meaning it’s already time to think about 2016 and what it will bring for the association meetings industry. Globally, hotel prices are predicted to increase by 2.5 But the report also mentions that hotel growth in China and India could drive up group sizes and prices.

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Associations Now

JULY 2, 2015

The Justice Department’s just-announced investigation into the airline industry’s possible collusion on ticket pricing has the industry’s primary trade group speaking out. Are the airlines unfairly colluding to keep their ticket prices high? But other groups say the Justice Department may have a point.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 31, 2015

An improving job market and cheaper gas prices are nothing to complain about. Increased traffic congestion resulting from growing urban populations and lower fuel prices are outpacing the nation’s ability to build infrastructure.”. — ASCE Headquarters (@ASCETweets) August 27, 2015.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 29, 2015

Head of the Association of Independent Commercial Producers, analyzes 2015 #SuperBowl ads: [link] pic.twitter.com/oqkE2oTrC7. — Haylie Starin (@HaylieStarin) January 29, 2015. Pricing a hot topic for your association? She offers data to help organizations price events, give affordable access, and use promotions.

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Associations Now

JULY 9, 2014

Prices aren’t jumping by leaps and bounds this year, but they likely will rise more sharply in 2015, according to the forecast. Citing stability in airfare prices, GBTA anticipates a 1.9 percent increase in travel prices throughout 2014. While the GBTA forecast anticipates only a 2.3

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 23, 2016

From 2015 to 2016, the projected number of international visitors dropped by 700,000. A rise in home prices and sales. The National Association of Realtors expects home sales to increase modestly and home prices to increase at a more moderate pace in 2017—and even 2018. 5 percent drop in hotel prices, as well as a 1.1

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Associations Now

APRIL 28, 2017

The pricing model, according to TeslaRati , is $15 per hour, $85 per day, or $2.50 The model isn’t unique—and AAA’s Vancouver offshoot, the British Columbia Automobile Association, did something similar in 2015 —but it’s new to one of the largest tech-forward areas of the United States. per mile—whichever total amount is cheaper.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 6, 2015

As TRIPBAM CEO Steve Reynolds told Skift , “A hotel general manager is thinking, ‘if I could fill every room at my hotel for whatever price, why would I sell it any lower?’ Hanson estimates that 2015 will be a record year for capital expenditures , as well. billion, in 2015. Image source: Skift. Image source: PwC.

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Associations Now

JULY 12, 2016

According to a 2015 School Superintendents Association survey [PDF], 83 percent of respondents reported that their district was “inadequately funded,” and 22 percent of respondents reported that they had eliminated positions each year between 2007 and 2015. But Church said that this is where there’s a huge misunderstanding.

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Associations Now

MARCH 2, 2016

Last month, Publishers Weekly reported that AAP has redoubled its efforts on issues of interest to educational publishers; specifically, in 2015 its lobbying campaign resulted in $3.5 Anderson noted that the educational publishing industry is moving away from printed books and increasingly turning to digital learning resources.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

million travelers will travel 50 or more miles between Wednesday, November 23, and Sunday, November 27, which amounts to an increase of nearly 2 percent over 2015. The association’s president and CEO, Marshall Doney, credits gas prices, which are at the lowest Thanksgiving-season level since 2008, for the uptick.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 27, 2015

And at the start of 2015, 20 states increased their minimum wages , giving 3.1 It has to give restaurants time to budget and raise prices and all the things they have to do,” NMRA CEO Carol Wight told Albuquerque Business First. How much can I raise my prices without losing customers? million workers a pay boost.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

These are similar numbers to last year , but new in 2015 is the percent of people who are beginning their shopping earlier, according to the National Retail Federation. Forty-one percent of Americans are planning to do some in-store holiday shopping this Friday, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers.

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Association Navigator

OCTOBER 8, 2012

My research into what social media mean for associations uncovered a fascinating report by The Foundation for Public Affairs, Beyond Control, How Social Media and Mobile Communications Are Changing Public Affairs , by Tom Price. By 2015, according to Cisco Systems, the entire world will have as many mobile Internet devices as human beings (7.1

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