Association Adviser

DECEMBER 11, 2018

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. Let us know in the comments below!

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Membership Marketing

JANUARY 10, 2018

But once a new membership model has been researched, defined, and approved, the next steps are critically important: the communications plan to introduce the model to members and the larger marketplace. So the best plans are to notify members of the new model and how it will impact them with multiple communication channels.

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Associations Now

MAY 14, 2023

That’s one takeaway from a recent McKinsey & Company article, “ What Makes an Effective Meeting? Examine whether your company’s culture is to encourage meetings rather than individual decision making,” the article said. “If But the frustrations around meetings aren’t necessarily a function of the post-Covid office or technology.

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Association Adviser

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

According to the recently published Association Communications Benchmarking Study , an overwhelming percentage (84 percent) of associations believe they are good at creating relevant content in their communications. We know our communications. Custom communications start with custom surveys. So, where is the disconnect?

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Communicating your association’s reason for being is essential for leaders. Other tools like ChatGPT have become so proficient at mimicking storytelling that we’re now awash in fake stories; a science-fiction magazine recently had to close submissions after being overwhelmed by AI-generated tales.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2018

” – Josh Spradling, CAE, TSAE Marketing & Communications Director. However, ad sales were down, member involvement in articles had declined and the association lacked an overall brand strategy to establish a consistent link between the publication and the association. The Challenge. The Results.

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Association Adviser

MAY 29, 2018

Thankfully, there are varied approaches to increase non-dues revenue (NDR) from member communication. Whatever the approach, the common principle in practice is: The more value your communication programs can provide to BOTH members and advertisers, the better positioned your association is to earn higher non-dues revenue.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 28, 2020

Also: Print should still have a place in your communications plan. "It used to be that physical mailboxes were bursting with advertisements, coupons and magazines," Molly Schnepel writes in recent AA article. Here's why print communications are still important: [link]. Make Use of Digital and Print. "It

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

I find good reads there, including many of the articles I share here. You can add magazines and websites too, which is how I found the Cook’s recipe. Host: UST Education Speaker: Bill Mcglade, President, Community Leaders Institute & epIQ Creative Group Wed 2/14 at 12 p.m. Twitter tips. I’m still tweeting. Wed 2/14 at 1 p.m.

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GrowthZone

MAY 21, 2019

In an article recently featured in Minnesota Meetings and Events magazine, GrowthZone explored benefits that attract young professional members. But more importantly, communicating these benefits is key. Providing benefits that young professionals really want is critical.

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Association Adviser

JUNE 18, 2013

Segmenting your membership into subgroups and customizing your communication for each group will substantially improve member engagement. It’s time to evaluate your channels of communication. When it comes to social media, don’t try to be all things to all people. ” Make the time to speak directly to your members.

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Ungrated

JUNE 23, 2021

At CAI, we feel honored and humbled to educate, support, and advocate for the millions of people living and working in community associations. Part of that mission includes publishing amazing resources, best practices, and solutions through our blogs, newsletters, magazine, and digital channels. important to community associations.

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Association Adviser

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Part 2 of our 2017 Association Communications Benchmarking Study series. Recently, we conducted our 2017 Association Communications Benchmarking Study , and in reviewing the results, we learned that 84 percent of respondents believe they are good at creating relevant content. Photo by William Iven on Unsplash.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 23, 2020

Earlier this week I came across an article posted on Harvard Business Review (HBR) about small things employers and managers can do to make their employees feel appreciated. The article got me thinking about two things: how it applies to conference attendees, as well as a bad experience I had as an attendee that made me feel unappreciated.

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Association Leaders

AUGUST 23, 2011

I recently read an article from Entrepreneur magazine that caught my eye. It was titled, “Building a Business Partnership that Lasts” The author of the article sites four key elements to successful partnerships. Honest and Open Communication. Read the whole article. Here they are: 1. Mutual Respect.

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Association Adviser

MARCH 13, 2018

After all, your publication is one of the most effective and important communications pieces that your association uses to reach members. For that reason, you want to make sure your association magazine appeals to as many readers as possible with an eye-catching and inviting design. Clearly Communicate Your Value.

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Association Navigator

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

The magazine for association executives, Associations Now , has another great issue this month (Feb. The highlight is the article about the social media strategy at the Colorado Oil and Gas Association. It’s really a shift from an old-school style of communication to really embracing the social media world that we live in now.”.

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Association Adviser

JUNE 27, 2018

RIMS publishes 10 issues of our Risk Management magazine annually, each with about 15 feature articles. RIMS publishes 10 issues of our Risk Management magazine annually, each with about 15 feature articles. Since it’s not a news magazine, the articles tend to have a longer lifespan. Re-format it.

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Spark Consulting

MAY 15, 2013

Great article on teen behavior on “social” channels. (h/t Two, I have an article coming out in MSAE’s Association FOCUS magazine on this very topic in June.). Two, I have an article coming out in MSAE’s Association FOCUS magazine on this very topic in June.). h/t to Maddie Grant ).

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

With a little Googling, you’ll see dozens of articles about their findings, including some in Newsweek , Science of Us , and Headspace. And now for something completely different…I enjoyed this article about hypnosis from Aeon. Jim McCaul, director of communications, Destination Marketing Association International.

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WBT Systems

AUGUST 30, 2016

When applied to association education programs, social learning theory seeks to reinforce knowledge while encouraging peer-to-peer communication, debate, critical thinking and development of leadership skills. Vygotsky’s theory emphasizes the fundamental role of social interaction in the development of cognition, outlined in this article.

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Association Adviser

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

During our webinar about the current state of association communications, our attendees brought up numerous questions about recommended strategies, tactics, platforms and communication practices. How can you effectively target communications without good data? It’s harder, but possible.

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Association Adviser

APRIL 2, 2019

Let’s ask this question another way: Have you ever launched a new event, magazine or social media account, assumed your members would be just as excited about it as you are and felt disappointed when the initiative fell flat? The 2019 Association Communications Benchmarking Survey is your way to provide this type of help.

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Association Success

APRIL 16, 2019

have quality communication skills and they use them to help a teacher understand what he/she needs to do to help them learn. How to recognize their best way of learning and communicate it to teachers/trainers/educators. They are people who: self-assess regularly and look for the gaps in what they know. reward themselves and iterate!

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

With a little Googling, you’ll see dozens of articles about their findings, including some in Newsweek , Science of Us , and Headspace. And now for something completely different…I enjoyed this article about hypnosis from Aeon. Jim McCaul, director of communications, Destination Marketing Association International.

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SCD Group

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

What The New Yorker Magazine Can Teach You About Content Marketing that Works. especially for associations and association communicators who focus on “short-form” content. The long-form story (“epic content” in the Copyblogger vocabulary) is The New Yorker’s unmovable anchor in the rough seas of magazine publishing.

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Smooth The Path

JUNE 18, 2019

And every two months or so, a magazine would arrive. A new member onboarding program is a structured plan for communicating with new members consistently and frequently during the first year of membership with the goal of engaging each new member. So, I logged out and mostly forgot about the association.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

The term was coined in 1994 by Joel Kurtzman , who was the founding editor-in-chief of Strategy+Business magazine and editor of the Harvard Business Review. Jane Pearson,orgSource Vice President of Marketing and Communications, offers this guidance, “In the post-pandemic world, people crave connection.

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Association Adviser

NOVEMBER 14, 2016

That’s the main message Association Adviser received from Carol Miller, vice president of marketing & communications at MHI , the nation’s largest material handling and logistics association. Association Adviser : Tell us about the marketing and communication goals of the MHI.

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Reid All About it

JULY 30, 2021

Combine a selection of articles, posts, videos, podcast episodes, session recordings and/or other content you already have into curated content bundles. You’ll walk away with an action plan for writing a series of blogs or articles (that could even lead to a published book!). Volunteer learning journey. Host: Fridays@4. 1 CMP credit.

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Association Adviser

APRIL 16, 2013

In this article, Howie Jacobson discusses how you sabotage your own creativity and what to do to prevent it. Association magazines are growing in content and circulation while remaining an important member benefit. Do the publishing experiences of the associations in this article reflect your association’s member communications?

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WBT Systems

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Just as we are seeing more organizations delivering education and certification programs through online Learning Management Systems , there is a growing expectation for organizations to be able to communicate and share knowledge with their customers, members, or employees efficiently and expertly online.

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Spark Consulting

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

The best thing you can do for yourself as a writer is to read voraciously and widely: essays, articles, blogs, poetry, magazines, newspapers, short stories, novels, fiction, non-fiction. communication personal reflections' No (and Virginia and Michel are dead anyway). But you can learn from them by reading what they wrote.

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Association 20/20

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

This wonderful article, written by the very talented Carla Kalogeridis, provides a deeper perspective on how I am working to translate my humbling gifts and talents into my daily vocation as composer, filmmaker and not-for-profit social media consultant. If you click here you can read the full article.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Quick hits before we get to the list of next week’s free education: How to adapt your communication approach and expectations with both mentors and mentees during pandemic times. Enjoy compelling future-focused learning and discussion about this article. marketing and communication professional. Joshua Hardwick, Ahrefs ).

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WBT Systems

OCTOBER 11, 2016

In “ The Six Proven Steps for Successful LMS Implementation “, an article from Learning Solutions magazine, Steve Foreman outlines that: “ before you begin the six steps, there are two things you must do: Assemble your team.

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Association Adviser

JULY 5, 2017

Communication breaks down. They include lack of detailed planning and accountability, unclear expectations and prioritization, and poor communication and coordination. In fact, a 2011 Forbes magazine article supports this claim: “82 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs feel their organization did an effective job of strategic planning.

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