Eric Lanke

JANUARY 1, 2018

As we end another year, here's a look back at the five posts on this blog that received the most page views in 2017. Among the many practical tools it taught me was the need to create "winnable games" for your team to go after, with regular and visual scorecards showing the team's progress towards each goal.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 25, 2017

Many organizations are diversifying their marketing strategies beyond email, but they have much progress to make to maximize the tools they use, according to a new report from the Content Marketing Institute. The post The Ideal vs. the Reality of Content Marketing in 2017 appeared first on Associations Now. Email often wins out.

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Membership Marketing

JULY 20, 2017

The 2017 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report is now available as a downloadable PDF. Individual membership organizations (IMO’s) led the way with 48% sharing that membership had an increase over the past year. For trade organizations, the biggest external challenge is industry consolidation/shrinkage (36%).

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Higher Logic

APRIL 9, 2020

After Jive was acquired and things started changing, I knew I wanted to continue building customer communities that would make a difference for organizations and their members, but where to do it? Higher Logic has tools that encourage customers to come, return, and stay longer once there. Better Admin Tools for Community Management.

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Higher Logic

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

2017 is shaping up to be our best year yet! We’re looking forward to incorporating Kavi’s Workspace tool into the Higher Logic community platform. Workspace, Kavi’s Powerful Collaboration Tool. Read more about the acquisition in our press release.

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Higher Logic

MARCH 6, 2018

An online community is a tool. It’s designed to help members get involved, make connections, and develop relationships with their peers and organizations. Community Roundtable’s 2017 State of Community Management Report found the most successful online communities have top-level participation. But what about executives?

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Spark Consulting

JUNE 1, 2021

Organizations of ALL types – for profit and tax exempt – have been talking about digital transformation for many years, and yet association efforts, both to digitize and to go digital, continue to lag. A summary of digital transformation maturity assessment tools, and a recommendation as to which we think you should use.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

And, unlike other organizations in your member’s world, your association has (and can get) the data to deliver personalized, if not hyper-personalized, content based on their unique wants and needs.”. I took some time off on Tuesday to attend a few sessions of SURGE 2017, a virtual summit for the association community. 1 CAE credit.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 31, 2017

Long neglected as part of the communications conversation, emails have become more essential than ever in 2017. So with that in mind, I wanted to update you guys on a few tools and a few current best practices for email production and acquisition. These tools make the job a bit less painful. But the ground is still messy.

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Associations Now

JUNE 8, 2017

million homes along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are potentially at risk of damage from storm surges during the 2017 hurricane season, there’s much to be done in helping businesses and communities baton down the hatches. in a statement announcing NOAA’s 2017 forecast. Moreover, with data released by CoreLogic predicting that 6.9

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Terrance Barkan, CAE, of GLOBALSTRAT, explains why your organization needs to take steps to prepare for this new regulation. If your organization has a webinar scheduled in the near future, please send me the link. Tue 11/7 from 12 to 4 p.m.* – SURGE 2017. SURGE 2017. More info/register. Host: Smart Meetings.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 2, 2016

13 association management experts (including yours truly) make some predictions for 2017 in a new e-book from Aptify. If your organization has a webinar scheduled in the next few weeks, please send me the link. Join a discussion of Designing for Growth: A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers by Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie.

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Higher Logic

NOVEMBER 21, 2017

In the digital landscape of 2017, online communities continue to make headway in the association market. Online communities help organizations to maximize retention rates, attract new members, and grow their relevancy. Online communities help organizations to maximize retention rates, attract new members, and grow their relevancy.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 15, 2016

We wanted employees [and job candidates] to feel valued and excited to be a part of our organization, one that empowers everyone to contribute to desired outcomes,” said ANA’s VP of HR Denise Clark. As an organization, we didn’t want to lose talent that we had nurtured and groomed,” Waters said. promote employee development.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Whether it’s via a chatbot, a human, or some combination of the two, dialoguing in real time is a powerful tool to build sales and loyalty. Chatting is efficient, it’s convenient, and your organization can have a written record of the conversation as well as analytics regarding the interactions. I frequently write about Association 4.0

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 23, 2023

Dellorso: The partnership between RSM and Nimble AMS started with RSM’s acquisition of Confluence Global, wh ich had been a partner providing implementation and support of the Nimble AMS product since 2017. What was the original goal of forming our partnership? How has that changed or evolved in to our current – day partnership?

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Associations Now

JULY 19, 2017

“Rather, a truly inclusive organization contains a diverse cross-section of employees who actually interact with one another,” researchers Bogdan Yamkovenko and Stephen Tavares write in Harvard Business Review. — NPR (@NPR) July 19, 2017. BizTech shares the tools you need to make remote work successful.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Too many organizations and their users have been unwittingly put into business relationships where their needs aren’t put first. Too many organizations and their users have been unwittingly put into business relationships where their needs aren’t put first. The catnip drew you in, but there’s no easy exit.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 2, 2016

13 association management experts (including yours truly) make some predictions for 2017 in a new e-book from Aptify. If your organization has a webinar scheduled in the next few weeks, please send me the link. Join a discussion of Designing for Growth: A Design Thinking Tool Kit for Managers by Jeanne Liedtka and Tim Ogilvie.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 17, 2017

If your organization has a webinar scheduled in the next few weeks, please send me the link. The Canadian Anti-Spam Law: Are You Compliant in 2017? On July 1st, 2017 the Private Right of Action provision of the Canadian Anti-Spam Law (CASL) takes effect. Webinar Benchmarks Report 2017. Be careful what you click!

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Reid All About it

JUNE 23, 2023

Mighty Citizen assessed the marketing maturity of 450 mission-driven organizations. For now, it is a tool to help planners around the world to make inclusive events that resonate deeply with participants. Marketing benchmarks. Host: Sidecar Thu 6/29 at 2 p.m. More info/register.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Mon 12/19 at 2 p.m* – Countdown to 2017: Tips for Member Retention into the New Year. Learn about the best free and bargain apps and online resources that will help you become more organized, efficient, and awesome at work and home. What Does 2017 Hold for Chapters? Wishing you a joyful holiday season! Wed 12/21 at 2 p.m.

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Portage Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Welcome to 2017 where data powers some of the most highly successful & powerful organizations in the world. that can help your organization be more effective 2. Some tools and techniques you can use to collect good data 3. Did you ever think you would live in a time when data was “sexy”?

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Mon 12/19 at 2 p.m* – Countdown to 2017: Tips for Member Retention into the New Year. Learn about the best free and bargain apps and online resources that will help you become more organized, efficient, and awesome at work and home. What Does 2017 Hold for Chapters? Wishing you a joyful holiday season! Wed 12/21 at 2 p.m.

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.orgSource

MARCH 20, 2023

Unfortunately, despite the hefty price tag, the mechanics are meaningless without the philosophy, strategy, and culture that maximizes those tools. Back in 2017, a Wipro study found that one in five executives secretly believed that digital transformation initiatives in their companies were a waste of time.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 9, 2017

If your organization has a webinar scheduled in the near future, please send me the link. Tue 6/13 at 1 p.m.* – 2017 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. Find out about the latest association growth trends revealed in MGI’s 2017 membership marketing benchmarking survey. *All Tue 6/13 at 1 p.m. Host: On Good.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 20, 2017

I’m excited about the ways machine learning can improve the customer (member) experience and, along the way, help organizations achieve their goals and increase revenue. If your organization has a webinar scheduled in the near future, please send me the link. Does your organization have a social media strategy? 1 CAE credit.

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Higher Logic

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Their member engagement and technology strategies are cutting edge, which makes sense—they have a global member base, with over 1,600 organizations comprised of 40,000 individuals spanning 100 countries/territories. The data gathering process was also time consuming, especially if they wanted to spot check particular members or organizations.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 21, 2023

Our research included interviewing thought leaders, organizing think tanks, and surveying professionals. When we began that project in 2017, we knew business was changing quickly. In an age when one innovation transforms entire industries, it has never been more hazardous to be at the head of a professional organization.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 13, 2017

If your organization has a webinar scheduled in the next few weeks, please send me the link. Find out what meeting planners can expect from the industry in 2017. Discuss program components such as interviews, orientations, volunteer handbooks, and more, as well as the importance of managing risk for your program and your organization.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 13, 2017

If your organization has a webinar scheduled in the next few weeks, please send me the link. Find out what meeting planners can expect from the industry in 2017. Discuss program components such as interviews, orientations, volunteer handbooks, and more, as well as the importance of managing risk for your program and your organization.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

If your organization has a webinar scheduled in the next few weeks, please send me the link. The Future of Event Technology: 2017 Trend Watch. Explore what’s in store for event technology in 2017. Discover the best practice tools to secure your association and your member data and the risks associated with not taking action.

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Associations Now

MARCH 22, 2019

Maybe you’ve heard of StoryCorps , the nonprofit organization whose recorded audio conversations with everyday Americans are regularly featured on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition. The tools are simple: Members upload audio files using the StoryCorps app and a smartphone. Why does it work?

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Higher Logic

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Zenoss debuted its new community in April 2017 at its annual conference, GalaxZ, complete with an updated brand and a new crowdsourced community name, courtesy of its Austin roots: TechZen. For us, this was a way for the management team and the whole company to communicate and help with organic interactions.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 1, 2017

If your organization has a webinar scheduled in the near future, please send me the link. Connect with fellow Component/Chapter Relations Professionals (CRPs) to network and discuss current chapter challenges, such as how to measure and increase the health of chapters; best practices for chapter operations (volunteer tools, processes, etc.);

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.orgSource

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

It is a networking and development organization that connects executives with education, research, ideas, and people. Our goal is to be a source of inspiration and to offer the tools that make for outstanding careers and associations. Back in 2017, we could see that business was changing. Navigate Industry 4.0 leadership.

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Associations Now

JULY 1, 2019

A new report from Heinz Marketing and PAN Communications notes that even as content marketing programs mature, many organizations find issues like ROI and strategic integration hard to solidify. percent—lower than the 71 percent seen in 2017, but evidence of something of an annual yo-yo effect around ROI. percent in 2018.

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