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Help Millennials Get Jobs: Offer Online Learning & Career Resources

WBT Systems

Every association wants to recruit millennial members, but the cost of membership may exceed a millennial’s budget. According to the 2018 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report from Marketing General Incorporated (MGI), the median basic annual membership dues is $212. Recruitment strategy: help millennials get jobs.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.11.19

Reid All About it

The resulting report from this survey provides benchmarking data and insight into how more than 1,000 associations recruit, engage and retain members and certificants. All the “most popular posts of 2018” posts that come out this time of year, like this one from MemberSuite , provide good intel. Tue 1/15 at 2 p.m. More info/register.

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The Right Rewarding Student Strategy For Your Conference

Velvet Chainsaw

They offer significant membership and registration discounts as well as ample presentation opportunities. Those that invest in discounted student membership and registration believe that they’ll be repaid through long-term loyalty of the student member. So is this the right strategy for your association and conference?

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Daily Buzz: Cultivating a Young Professional Membership Base

Associations Now

Young professional members are the future of any organization—but recruiting and cultivating that membership base can be challenging when you don’t understand their needs. The result is marketing and recruiting tactics that stereotype—and then turn off—the targeted group. Also: hosting sustainable events.

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Journalism Association Pushes for Member Safety and Support

Associations Now

In light of recent threats against news organizations, the Radio Television Digital News Association is fighting to protect its members and recruiting nontraditional members to act as allies in its “Fear Will Not Silence Facts” campaign. Press Freedom tracker.

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How Beta Testers Can Help Build Grade-A Exams

Associations Now

Recruiting beta testers can help identify trouble spots, so long as you have enough testers—and offer them a few shiny incentives. The tech association CompTIA improves its certification exams by enlisting IT experts to test the tests before they’re opened to all. How do they do it? Here are a few keys to making beta testing work.