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Member Engagement and Association Building Blocks

Eric Lanke

image source Thanks to my co-presenters, Elizabeth Engel and Peggy Hoffman , and all the folks who joined us at our "Walking the Walk of Deep Member Engagement" learning lab at last week''s ASAE Marketing, Membership and Communications Conference. Because I’ve been one of these members. Member Engagement Associations'

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Three Things To Do Now To Prepare For Next-Gen Members

Associations Now

That’s why my colleague Emily Viles and I went straight to the source when we created the Young Professionals Taskforce for the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives (WSAE). This may be the most important step that every association needs to take before taking any action. Hold focus groups.

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Don't Be Misled By the Concentric Circles of Diversity

Eric Lanke

In my previous post I shared some of the leadership discussions and diversity initiatives that I participated in when I was Board chair of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives. In this regard, diversity in the outer three concentric rings shown in the picture moves from the outside in, not the inside out.

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Eric Lanke: Things I've Learned from Being a Board Member

Eric Lanke

Association executive and author. Member Engagement. Things Ive Learned from Being a Board Member. Ive recently accepted the nomination to move onto the Executive Committee of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives. Things like: Association staff are pulled in too many different directions.

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Don’t Forget Your Members are People

Associations Now

Of all the bells and whistles an association management system (AMS) can offer, there’s one simple feature that, in my opinion, might offer the most bang for the buck: a photo headshot included in the member record display. That’s the message a community would send to one of its former members,” he wrote.