WBT Systems

JANUARY 3, 2017

Back at the office, this process is paralleled as the new year kick-starts strategic planning sessions to set goals for association management, covering everything from membership growth and retention to updating education and certification programs. Economies of Scale – reduce costs of delivering education programs.

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Aaron Wolowiec

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Fast forward: Naylor recently released the results of its 2016 Communications Benchmarking Study. At the same time, nearly 80 percent of associations said their members ignore their communications – up from 59 percent in 2015. In fact, only 6 percent reported having a communications strategy. you guessed it.

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Elevating Engagement

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Elevating Engagement Elevating Engagement is singularly focused on one enormously important topic for association leaders: member engagement. The tips and insights shared in the newsletter are drawn from the company’s direct experience working with its more than 100 association partners.

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Association Freak

MARCH 1, 2024

Associations are grappling with changing member expectations and recovering from the pandemic-induced losses. There’s a pressing need to diversify revenue and membership to ensure sustainability. This approach addresses member frustrations over being “nickel and dimed.”

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Association Freak

MARCH 2, 2024

Associations are grappling with changing member expectations and recovering from the pandemic-induced losses. There’s a pressing need to diversify revenue and membership to ensure sustainability. PLEASE SEE THE FULL PRESENTATION VERSION HERE There's a pressing need to diversify revenue and membership to ensure stability.

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WBT Systems

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Just as we are seeing more organizations delivering education and certification programs through online Learning Management Systems , there is a growing expectation for organizations to be able to communicate and share knowledge with their customers, members, or employees efficiently and expertly online.

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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. Percent of Associations agreeing that NDR is a serious challenge: 2016. ** 54%.

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WBT Systems

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

David Spinks (@DavidSpinks) November 14, 2016. Mertz, CAE (@DianaTMertz) November 14, 2016. We know that a good education program can be a valued benefit to offer members, helping to increase member engagement. Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela

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Reid All About it

MAY 17, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Superstition Mountains Wilderness, AZ. WBT Systems explains why the “education hacking” movement is growing and how your association can attract this new market. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week. 1 CAE credit.

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Potomac Core

JUNE 8, 2016

In other words, it’s all about Strategic Member Engagement. Established in 1992 as the Utility Photovoltaic Group, the organization is a 501 C3, educational non-profit that provides education, research and collaboration to help utilities deploy and integrate solar, storage, demand response, and other distributed energy resources.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Learn how modern website design elements can increase member engagement. Hear about strategies that help turn prospects into new members and ways to customize your website to fit the needs of your members. Consumer behaviors have changed—prospects and members are ignoring our traditional marketing tactics.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 19, 2016

Discuss professional develop (PD) success stories and lessons learned from the 2016 ASAE Annual Meeting. Strategic Pricing for Educational Products. Pricing for education products is all over the map. Increase Engagement and Drive Revenue with Marketing Automation. Participate live or view the recording.

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MemberClicks

OCTOBER 27, 2023

According to Wyzowl’s State of Video Marketing 2023 , in 2016 only 61% of businesses used video in their marketing strategy. Proportional to their use of video marketing, in 2016 only 76% of businesses saw good ROI on their video investment. Video content has been growing in popularity. That number has now jumped to 91%.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Insights from the Global Engagement Index 2016: Strengthening Member & Customer Relations Globally. The Global Engagement Index (GEI) measures the performance, relationship strength and outcome of engagement tactics as seen through the eyes of associations’ customers and members. More info/register.

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WBT Systems

JANUARY 10, 2017

We’ve put together a quick summary of what the experts are saying about general trends for eLearning solutions and analysed how these might impact your association, so you can focus on innovating and developing your education programs in 2017. So what do you need to know? Trends Impacting Associations Right Now.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 2, 2016

Learn how modern website design elements can increase member engagement. Hear about strategies that help turn prospects into new members and ways to customize your website to fit the needs of your members. Consumer behaviors have changed—prospects and members are ignoring our traditional marketing tactics.

San Jose 150

San Jose millennials Revenue Content 150

Association Adviser

JANUARY 18, 2019

Member attendees automatically get continuing education credit in your AMS while non-member attendees are added to a potential member marketing list. Update senior staff about each of your tech solutions’ revenue generation and member engagement metrics. Reprinted with permission.

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Higher Logic

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The fraternity curates personalized content and provides a live chat feature to assist its members in real time. Community-specific programming provides users with golf education and reviews from other golf players, while user-generated images and discussions give other players reviews of new equipment. Example 7: GolfWRX Community.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 13, 2017

Orbit Media released the results of its 2016 survey of 1000+ bloggers. Take away tips to enhance your member engagement. Presenter: Arianna Rehak, community engagement coordinator, Grit Marketing. Presenter: Jennifer Bennett, senior manager of education & training, VolunteerMatch. More info/register.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 13, 2017

Orbit Media released the results of its 2016 survey of 1000+ bloggers. Take away tips to enhance your member engagement. Presenter: Arianna Rehak, community engagement coordinator, Grit Marketing. Presenter: Jennifer Bennett, senior manager of education & training, VolunteerMatch. More info/register.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 19, 2021

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Ultimate Member Engagement: The Power of Data-Driven Decision Making.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

This week kicks off with a webinar you won’t want to miss: Elizabeth Engel and Shelly Alcorn discussing their insightful new report, The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm. Mon 9/12 at 12 p.m.* – Bridging the Gap: The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm. 1 CAE credit. More info/register. Host: iCohere.

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Socious

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

According to the 2016 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report released by Marketing General, 49% of membership organizations are growing, and the other 49% are shrinking or remain stagnant. Change #3) Networking and Education. Many members also join for continuing education and access to best practices in the industry.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Tagoras , a consulting and education firm specializing in the market for lifelong learning, invites you to participate in a survey that will help our community better understand how membership organizations use or don’t use social technologies to deliver learning. 1 CAE credit. More info/register. Host: Association Networking Group.

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Associations Now

MAY 21, 2016

As Associations Now reported last week , 13 percent of respondents said they experienced a worse year financially than they expected, and 13 percent said they were “very pessimistic” about their association in 2016. That’s not to say online education is a bad idea—six years later, it’s de rigueur at a lot of associations.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 8, 2018

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… In a recent post, the American Alliance of Museums asks, “ Is ‘tax-exempt’ becoming a dirty word? to 6:15 p.m.* – PCMA Education Conference Live Online. PCMA Education Conference Live Online. Mon 6/11 from 8:30 a.m. CMP credits.

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