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Is New Technology Worth The Investment?

Association Adviser

Last month Reggie Henry, CIO of ASAE, recounted a story about an exchange with a University of Maryland student in which the student explained that younger people aren’t communicating by email anymore, but almost exclusively through social networks. MU: Relationships are formed when there is two-way communication.

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Association Blunders Make Us Want to Stick Our Heads in The Sand

Smooth The Path

What would I think of this article if I were a member? Even if we are able to give a fleeting member perspective to every outgoing communication we are bound to miss some because our work lives have gotten so much more complex and days are so jam-packed it is hard to be super thoughtful about everything all the time.

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Mini-Course for Association Professionals: The Optimization Trap Many Associations Face

Smooth The Path

Or we can optimize our member marketing communications with A/B testing. Associations that only optimize are in danger of not being future focused. If you work for an association that is defined by what it provides: articles, research, the conference; the association may be too heavily focused on optimization.

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How to Strengthen Your Association’s Value Proposition

AssociationChat

But that commitment piece is so important, you know, when we divide up and look at the value proposition, and we think, okay, in which area Can I can I look for improvements for my association? Certainly figuring out is my association tied to the mission and communicating that canoe, the mission, the best way that it could?

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Do you know what your members "biggest need" is? It should be your biggest asset!

Experts in Membership Marketing

I am reading the 1/10 issue of ASAE's Associations Now and came upon an article (pg 24 if you are so inclined) entitled "Tune In to Your Members' Wavelength" by Tracy Krughoff, Director of Event Communications at the Biotechnology Industry Organization here in D.C. That's what Tracy's article just gave me. So here it is.

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What Political Polarization Tells Us About Membership Marketing

Associations Now

Chances are, your association’s nonmember audience values very different things than you and your members do, those values are rooted in much deeper motivations than you suspect, and your position and experience hamper your ability to craft membership appeals in terms that address those foreign motivations.

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Association Brain Food: 2.24.23

Reid All About it

Fortunately, I found it on another website in an article by the recipe’s creator. Host: Personify Speakers: Wes Trochlil, president of Effective Database Management Tina Wehmeir, CEO at AMC Institute Megan Woodburn, Founder and Co-CEO at Strategic Association Management Erin Sullivan, VP of Marketing at Personify Tue 2/28 at 1 p.m.