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The Top 10 Individual Communication Channels for Associations in 2018

Association Adviser

Every year, we ask association professionals who take our Association Communications Benchmarking Survey how much they value individual member communication channels. Every association is different, of course, and one way of communicating might work well for one association but not another.

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Improve Intergenerational Communication: 3 Tips to Attract & Retain Younger Members

Higher Logic

When Kim Lear spoke at our most recent Super Forum , she reminded us that improving intergenerational communication has never been more pertinent than now. Effective communication is all about managing expectations. Use member data to strengthen communication. We need to unite generations to focus on moving forward together.” –Kim

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Why You Should be Segmenting Your Members by Data, Rather than Type

Higher Logic

In the 2018 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report from Marketing General, Inc., Example 1: Newsletters. The days are gone where we could shove every piece of content into a growing newsletter and expect your audience to read it. 55% of associations have increased personalization of member communications in the last year.

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Associations Increasingly Adopting Communications Popular in Mainstream Life, But Do Members Care?

Association Adviser

The 2018 Association Communications Benchmarking Study results show the needs for a balanced approach to technology and tradition as association communicators strive to keep members’ attention. Communicating member benefits effectively” fell back to the second most frequently cited communication challenge.

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Three Ideas to Perk Up Your Internal Communications Strategy

Associations Now

Think long and hard about the tactics you use to communicate to them—as well as how they can respond. Here are a few internal communications strategies to try. A lot of thought is often put into external communications, such as marketing materials and member engagement. As Workforce.com reports, a 2018 study from Arthur J.

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The ‘Duck, Duck, Goose’ Aspect of Association Communications

Association Adviser

These are just some of the questions that plague association leaders and communications experts when figuring out how to best interact with members – and encourage members to respond in kind. 1 in 2018, to be exact, according to the 2018 Association Communications Benchmarking Report. is a communication challenge.

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Did You Know? Associations Plan to Innovate Membership (Again) in 2018

Association Adviser

Last month, we asked readers in what area they plan to make the most innovative changes in 2018. Slightly less than one-third (29 percent) said they would focus on marketing and communication changes while 14 percent plan to focus most of their association’s changes on the technology it deploys.