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New Year Resolution: Invest in Association Learning Technology

WBT Systems

We are all making personal and professional new year’s resolutions for 2017, setting goals and making promises to ourselves to keep them this year. Economies of Scale – reduce costs of delivering education programs. Expansion of Membership – beyond geographic boundaries.

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Will Microsoft’s Xbox Customer Support Program Built on Volunteer Power Work?

Higher Logic

A news source recently reported that Microsoft has laid off twelve of its contracted Xbox customer support staff and is replacing them with these volunteers, supposedly in a cost-cutting measure. Microsoft’s decision to cut costs by moving to a more volunteer-heavy model is risky. Does cutting costs mean you have to decrease quality?

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What is Association Management Software?

SilkStart

It requires massive amounts of time, which in turn, translates into high administrative costs. Is the cost worth the efficiencies? Download the eBook here. Download the eBook here. Operating a member-based association is hard work. Do you need Association Management Software (AMS)? How to know if you need an AMS?

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.26.18

Reid All About it

Check out my Grabbing the Gusto blog if you’d like to see the list of recipes I’ve made this week or plan to make in the coming weeks (published late Friday morning), or my list of recommended ebooks on sale at Amazon. How Much Does an AMS Really Cost? 1 CAE credit. Host: Web Courseworks. Presenter: Tami Bonnett-Admi.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.19.18

Reid All About it

But Nicholas Kristof at The New York Times explains why 2017 was the best year in human history. Check out my Grabbing the Gusto blog if you’d like to see my list of ebook sales and recipes I’ve made this week or plan to make in the coming weeks. How Much Does an AMS Really Cost? Wolcott, Quartz ). New Scientist ).

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Association Marketers Choose Ca$h to Power Membership Marketing

Association Adviser

The survey’s 1,170 participants said they use a variety of digital marketing tools, such as association-sponsored social networking sites, search engine marketing, and lead generation content (white papers, downloadable eBooks, etc.) Source: 2017 Association Communications Benchmarking Survey. to bring in new members.

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Energizing Member Engagement

Potomac Core

One of GCCA’s goals is to “Drive Supply chain profitability and do so by mitigating the cost of regulatory compliance.” Click here to receive your free eBook “Accelerating Strategic Member Engagement”. Two years after their plan was approved, the Trade Association reports a 25% increase in revenue.