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How to Improve Your Call for Presentations Process

Velvet Chainsaw

When Velvet Chainsaw Consulting conducted speaker research with 120 associations with research and consulting company Tagoras Inc. in 2013, we found that nearly 77 percent use a call for speakers/sessions process. Associations value member input. To differentiate, you want your conference to be the first.

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Members Might Need a New Way to Solve Problems

Smooth The Path

There was an internal go-to process. We can convene groups of members, help them craft good goals, and shepherd them through a problem-solving process. Related: Soon it will be time for association leaders to envision the future. Often when big questions or problems came up, there were no experts we could turn to.

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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

.orgSource

The Leadership ColLAB conference was an opportunity to bring professionals together around what we believe is a critical question. We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. ENA brings objectivity to the process by using the net promoter score as a tool to measure success.

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Case Study: In-depth Member Interviews Feed Association’s Strategic Plan

Smooth The Path

In preparation for other strategic planning processes the association conducted quantitative member surveys but found the results were not all that actionable because there continued to be so many unanswered questions. In-person events and the conference provided most of the value – which means value is episodic.

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Be the Voice of Relevance—Make Mission, Vision, and Values Fit the Moment

.orgSource

If you are interested in exploring organizational trust on a deeper level, join us on March 2 for the.orgCommunity Leadership ColLAB at the OLC Education and Conference Center in Rosemont, IL. The conference is exclusive and free to .orgCommunity’s Values create community. orgCommunity’s VIP members. Education is everywhere.

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Improve Your Association?s Value with Reverse Mentoring or Co-Mentoring

Smooth The Path

Members benefit from a well-made match and from a thought out process where each side understands the ground rules and their obligations for making the relationship work. How can you add even more value for long-time and new members by providing a process and expectations, so each member gets to be both the mentor and the mentee?

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How to Prove Member ROI with Data Analytics and Business Intelligence

Protech

For trade associations, institutional members might expect value in the form of internal educational resources they can share with their staff on community forums. A successful digital transformation journey ends with a data – driven culture at your association.

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