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Association Management: Online vs. In-person Engagement

Blue Sky eLearn

Managing your members is no easy feat— it requires dedicated association management software as well as a strategic plan for engaging your constituents. Effective member engagement will always be important if you want your association community to grow and thrive. The importance of association engagement.

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Bridging a Generation Gap Between Your Members: What’s a “Next Gen” Committee?

Association Adviser

This could mean that a professional who has been in the industry […]. The post Bridging a Generation Gap Between Your Members: What’s a “Next Gen” Committee? appeared first on Association Adviser.

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Learn the difference between Association Management and Membership Management Software

Membersuite

Over the past ten years, an overwhelming number of new products have entered the association management software (AMS) and membership management software (MMS) markets, causing more confusion for associations trying to make smart technology investments. Which Is the Best Fit for Your Association: AMS or MMS?

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Understanding the ABCs of Association Management Credentials

Association Success

This is especially true when attempting to navigate the alphabet soup of credentials and certifications geared towards association management professionals. Personally, I have often wished for a high-level ‘cheat sheet’ explaining all the acronyms I see in the email signatures of accomplished association leaders. What is it?

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Paradoxes in Association Management

Eric Lanke

These members are the professionals who will help us make our industry or profession better. In my tweet, I called it one of the paradoxes of association management, meaning that inherently inclusive organizations needed to embrace a certain level of exclusivity in order to be successful.

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Your Approach to Working Committees Reveals Your Organizational Culture

Eric Lanke

Her last position was with an association management company, so, unlike some people we've brought on board over the years, she has some real association experience to draw on as she acclimates to our organization and its culture. Our working committees don't determine strategy," I told her. Her role was to do it.

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A Committee By Any Other Name

Eric Lanke

One of the very first posts I wrote for this blog (back in September 2011) was titled, " Should Committees Report to the Board? " In the post, I argued that committees whose function was programmatic (i.e., In the post, I argued that committees whose function was programmatic (i.e., Our four types of committees are: 1.

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