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Making Virtual Exhibiting and Sponsorship Worthwhile

Smooth The Path

Most of the member research I do is core member research, but I have had the chance to conduct a good body of exhibitor/sponsor member research over the years. There is a common thread in the research across many associations, and that is exhibitors are tired of feeling like “the wallet.”

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Why Just One Kind of Member Research Isn’t Enough

Associations Now

Job one was getting foundational data about CFMA’s members into useful reports—demographics, company size and type, and retention rates among different member segments—most of which he built himself. “That one-to-three-year member, that member’s probably fairly new to construction. .

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Industry Study Brings a New Way for Association Professionals to Think About Member Engagement

Smooth The Path

There was one theme running so strongly through each member research project I could not ignore it. It was that members who engaged very early in their membership were more excited about the association than members who reported that “the association just grew on them.”