Associations Now

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Just as they measure strategic, financial, and operational targets for associations or even volunteer groups , KPIs can be a useful tool for associations to measure the performance of chapters and affiliates. They’re separate entities with their own tax IDs, bylaws, and articles of incorporation.

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JUNE 9, 2023

Raymond Carver, “Rain” Non-dues revenue. They also share change management strategies for change-fatigued association professionals. Some of these strategies are new to me but look very promising. This PCMA Convene article by Vanessa Page of mdg is essential and fascinating reading. AI and Tech Strategy.

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DECEMBER 6, 2019

The 2020 predictions and trends articles are starting to appear. If you’re not familiar with this Chinese condiment, this article from Taste about the cult of chile crisp will bring you up to speed. Useful, Free & Low-Cost Tools, Software, and Services for Your Nonprofit. You’re not alone. Note to self: it’s all doable.

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AUGUST 11, 2023

Impexium recommends five strategies for a change management framework. Nick Wignall ) A moving article about women artists, with a focus on Emily Dickinson and Sinead O’Connor. Please also read the article she links to in Rolling Stone by Shirley Manson about Sinead. Change management. Generational stereotypes.

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JULY 24, 2020

To get a sense of what your association is missing, take a few minutes to read Jeff’s article and then share it with your staff and board. I had never heard of “backcasting” until reading this article from the American Alliance of Museums. She also said, shame is not a tool for social justice, but for oppression. 1 CAE credit.

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JUNE 16, 2023

AI watch With the release of generative AI tools, like ChatGPT, it’s an exciting time to be a writer—a human one. Thanks to subscribing to god-knows-how-many newsletters, my inbox is full of AI articles. Is it a system, a process, a style, a tool, or software? We develop expertise from researching, thinking and writing.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Non-dues revenue. WBT Systems recently hosted an ideation session with Non-Dues-a-Palooza to come up with ideas for revenue-generating online education programs. Check out the 30 ideas featured in their post and see if you can “yes and” any of them into revenue generators for your association. Sponsorships. Quick hits.

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Association Adviser

MAY 23, 2018

How can we increase non-dues revenue? One of the most valuable revenue-building tools all associations have in their arsenal is member communications. Finding what works for your unique organization is going to take the brightest minds in the industry to formulate, implement, and constantly evolve a strategy that works for you.

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Association Adviser

MAY 23, 2018

How can we increase non-dues revenue? One of the most valuable revenue-building tools all associations have in their arsenal is member communications. Finding what works for your unique organization is going to take the brightest minds in the industry to formulate, implement, and constantly evolve a strategy that works for you.

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MemberClicks

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

To be more specific, in this article, you’ll learn: What member retention is Why them matter What retention rates can tell you Top 10 membership renewal strategies. You can spend less time wondering how you’re going to source revenue and more time thinking about ways to diversify—and spend!—your What is member retention?

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Elevating Engagement

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Amanda Lea Kaiser A version of this article was originally published by Lead Marvels. Fresh off of her recently published book, Elevating Engagement , Kaiser draws upon her experience as an association leader to offer expertise on engagement strategies , member experiences , leadership growth , event planning , and more.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Many members are struggling financially because they’ve been laid off, had their budget cut, or suffered revenue losses. Read the article (and report) to get the exhibitor perspective. Association websites compete with for-profits, media, and other associations for eyeballs, mindshare and even revenue. Affordable membership.

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CMA Solutions

JUNE 16, 2022

Your SEO strategy should be clear: Move your brand on the first page of search engine results. At CMA, we devise a thorough SEO strategy for every digital marketing campaign that addresses three critical components of our award-winning program. Most marketers agree that inbound marketing tactics (i.e. close rate. of traffic.

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APRIL 1, 2022

An article by Lisa Boylan at Associations Now got me so excited about the future of online communities. They remain the best way to understand the needs and perceptions driving your numbers, if you can make them compelling and engaging by asking the right questions and following up on their responses properly within the survey tool.

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JUNE 2, 2023

They also suggest what to do when you discover staff using tools that have flown under IT’s radar. Learn how integrating culture, strategy, and execution can make things happen in associations that are, frankly, long overdue—like being wildly profitable, attracting the best talent in the world, and being nimble and agile. 1 CMP credit.

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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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Association Success

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Starting with creating an effective member strategy all the way to building a remote learning culture, this week’s Friday Five offers association professionals the tools to run a successful association. Every week, we pull five articles our audience liked most from our newsletters to keep up with what’s trending.

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Fonteva

DECEMBER 19, 2019

It’s likely that you have developed a set member engagement strategy over the years. Using your association management software (AMS) system , you can leverage your tools to further engage your members and even encourage interaction with each other. Association member engagement strategies. Why is member engagement important?

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JULY 16, 2021

Online education revenue. WBT Systems recapped a recent Non-Dues-A-Palooza webinar where Will Hold, the CEO of the National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research, described how his association quintupled their online education revenue by offering subscriptions, corporate learning portals and learning paths focused on job roles.

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AUGUST 27, 2021

If virtual or in-person conferences are part of your organization’s strategy—whether you’re a non- or for-profit, large or small organization—please participate in the Tagoras 2021 Virtual Conferences survey. Non-dues revenue. I’m seeing a wave of articles about the “bad science” of generationalism. The countdown is on!

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APRIL 21, 2023

MemberSuite reminds us why data-informed content marketing is such a powerful tool for associations. She suggests you become familiar with AI tools and their output and have discussions about how your organization will and won’t use AI. You’ll gain tips and tools to help you from the vision to the execution of your next event.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

I keep seeing articles advising managers to coach, not command. Stowe Boyd shares excerpts from a Harvard Business Review article about three creativity fallacies , including practical advice for preventing brainstorming sessions from going off the rails. A site that lets you access articles behind paywalls. Chapter coaching.

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NXUnite

APRIL 2, 2024

Nonprofits Source shared these impressive numbers in its corporate giving trends article, indicating that companies proactively seek causes like yours to support. The benefits of corporate support for nonprofits are clear: more revenue, extra volunteer power, and greater brand exposure. Companies gave $29.48 It turns out quite a bit!

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MARCH 19, 2021

This is one of the best articles about self-care I’ve read because it dismisses the usual tripe spewed out as self-care advice. Get introduced to a culture assessment tool that highlights the next steps for taking your organization’s culture to the next level. Event Strategies 2021 and Beyond. – Virtual Shake-Up 3.0:

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 13, 2016

More than half (54 percent) of the executives who took part in our annual association communication benchmarking study felt their organization’s inability to generate non-dues-revenue (NDR) was a serious or significant challenge — up substantially from 2015. Percent of Associations agreeing that NDR is a serious challenge: 2016. ** 54%.

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JULY 21, 2017

Kai-Fu Lee debunks dystopian AI scenarios in a Wired article. He says love will always differentiate us from AI—a prediction that reminds me of an article I mentioned two weeks ago about the value of emotional labor in the future. Here’s another good article about phishing attacks—this time the focus is on chapters.

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Nexus Marketing

MAY 17, 2024

Ads are a massive revenue source for Google, so we can definitely expect more changes to the AI Overview system in the future for this reason alone—nothing’s set in stone! Skip ahead to learn more about the strategies on our mind these days.) Full-funnel content strategies are increasingly important. Does this matter?

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AUGUST 18, 2017

Maybe this article by Thomas Marcetti will help someone get the support they need. His article helps you get a feel for what these tools do, imagine how your members will use them, and how you can use them to deliver value. Dion Hinchcliffe identifies the enterprise technologies to watch. Lunch provided. 1 CAE credit.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

In this MIT Technology Review article , he said, “What they wrote was remarkable, and remarkably consistent.”. In this Wired article, Dr. Esther Ngumbi and Dr. Brian Lovett discuss the need for exhausting, expensive, and exclusive science conferences to modernize and provide some ideas for improvement. Elise Dopson, Databox ).

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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. In a July 2022 article , Accenture reported that 88 percent of executives thought their customers were changing faster than the company’s ability to keep pace.

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GrowthZone

JULY 2, 2019

There are millions of articles about how organizations can accomplish this. rely on the following strategies to navigate their way to success: 1. Scalability is an organization’s ability to expand membership and grow revenue without a significant drop in functionality, performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.

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AUGUST 28, 2020

MemberSuite suggests taking advantage of this opportunity to rethink your relationship with corporate revenue partners —sponsors and exhibitors—and work with them to find new ways of generating non-dues revenue for your association. Pamela Kaul, Founder, President & CEO, Association Strategies, Inc. Strategy Summit.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… If, like me, you’re sick of all the negativity around, you’ll appreciate this article by Wes Trochlil of Effective Database Management about what’s good in data management —yes, data management, we’ve come a long way, baby! 1 CAE credit.

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APRIL 12, 2019

In this post, he focuses on data management and digital strategy. WBT Systems identifies ten traits of an innovation mindset to cultivate at your association if you want to turn innovative ideas and strategies into reality. Unlocking Revenue by Driving Learner Engagement. More info/register. Host: xScion. 1 CMP credit.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Like many associations, the Texas Society of Association Executives relies heavily on its print publication as a tool to engage members and earn non-dues revenue. With a new design direction, TSAE then revamped its content strategy. TSAE earns non-dues revenue on a portion of each sale. The Solution.

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SCD Group

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

6 Articles for Association Executives. How to Dramatically Grow an Associations Membership and Sponsorships By Russ Alan Prince and Bruce Rogers via Forbes To a large degree, when an association grows its membership it’s able to generate meaningful revenues that can be applied to benefitting the members. Causeaholic. at 5:04 PM.

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JULY 23, 2021

Learn how to build a plan using proven strategies to engage board members and foster an inclusive boardroom, collaboratively create and enhance diversity planning with leaders with unique perspectives and backgrounds, and apply actionable tools and techniques to facilitate meaningful discussions on diversity in your organization.

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