Higher Logic

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

2017 is shaping up to be our best year yet! Last month we announced our acquisition of Socious, bringing the best minds in member engagement together to lead in product innovation and the community industry.

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Press Release Library Project Software 227

Eric Lanke

OCTOBER 30, 2017

I was recently interviewed by Joy Duling of The Joy of Membership blog, for The Movement Summit , an online event she is creating and hosting, which will be happening live next week, November 6-10, 2017. My interview, along with many others that Joy is collecting for the event, is on the often thorny problem of member engagement.

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Potomac Core

OCTOBER 30, 2018

In October of 2017, the Board of Directors, the Executive Committee, a Board Task Force, and members of the Staff Leadership team launched their Strategic Industry Business Planning process. This strategic approach will likely energize member engagement and attract and retain members, too. Robert Newsome.

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Association Adviser

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Part 4 of our 2017 Association Communications Benchmarking Study series. This year, more than 50 percent of associations said that engaging young professionals is one of their Top 5 communication challenges. 51 percent of associations surveyed create communications targeted to younger members. So good job, you are on your way!

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WBT Systems

JULY 24, 2018

The ASI survey respondents are optimistic about the future of their associations—but less so than in 2017. E-learning’s role in member engagement and retention. Members who don’t find their own way to engage with your organization are not likely to renew their membership. The state of association membership.

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Survey Marketing Certificate Education 150

Potomac Core

AUGUST 2, 2018

In 2017 there were 3,283 transactions in the United States, totaling $511.66 According to PitchBook 2017 Annual PE and VC Fundraising report, Private Equity funds have almost $1 trillion in dry powder (investment capital) and that could foretell more company acquisitions. Private Equity Investment is Exploding.

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Associations Now

JULY 28, 2019

My colleague Tim Ebner has explored what the findings mean for member engagement and retention. According to a 2017 Heidrick & Struggles/George Mason University study, only about two-thirds of board members (67 percent) say they were trained on the association’s strategic plan, and only 60 percent on decision-making processes.

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