Protech

MARCH 11, 2020

For trade associations, institutional members might expect value in the form of internal educational resources they can share with their staff on community forums. Wondering how your association can use data to make more informed decisions about your events? ” .

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Smooth The Path

MAY 7, 2017

The only thing preventing our association from becoming the top of mind resource, the organization members are trying to figure out how to become more engaged with, and the one members rave to their colleagues about is… Simply, our understanding of members. My sleep study illustrates the problem with association data.

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Smooth The Path

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Related: Potential members do not hear about associations anymore. The 40-year-old association problem. The post How to Get Members to Do What You Want Them to Do appeared first on Smooth The Path. Our job is not to get them to do what we think they should do; rather, our job is to help them do what they need to do.

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Plexus Consulting

JULY 8, 2013

So, what does your association value most? How about relationships? When there is consensus about success, your volunteers, staff and external relationships will thank you, knowing what to expect and how to help. How do you measure organizational success?' Success comes in many flavors. Is it performance?

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Smooth The Path

MAY 14, 2020

Many associations excel in providing this learning. They know how to influence even when they don’t have direct authority. Right now is the perfect time to question what an association is and what your association should be doing. Related: Improve association value with soft skill training.

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Plexus Consulting

APRIL 22, 2013

So, what does your association value most? How about relationships? There are also many ways to communicate effectively about how success is best defined. When there is consensus about success, your volunteers, staff and external relationships will thank you, knowing what to expect and how to help.

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Plexus Consulting

MARCH 28, 2011

How to define success? How does your association define success? So, what does your association value most? How about relationships? When there is consensus about success, your volunteers, staff and external relationships will thank you, knowing what to expect and how to help. How to define success?

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Plexus Consulting

DECEMBER 19, 2011

How to Define Success? So, what does your association value most? How about relationships? When there is consensus about success, your volunteers, staff and external relationships will thank you, knowing what to expect and how to help. How will you measure organizational success in 2012? By Virgil Carter.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 10, 2013

This membership link round-up offers: tips on how to overcome the association value gap; a reminder about what’s good in associations; insight into rapidly growing associations; and a look at why many online communities fail. membership Apricot Jam'

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Take care to implement this feedback to show how your association values all your stakeholders. “As As an association leader, you don’t know what you don’t know. Discover how the Council of Foundations successfully leverages Nimble AMS dashboards to optimize its data.

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Tom Morrison

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Here are the three types of benefits any association can offer: Those things your members can get for free without you (adds zero value to the association) Those things you are going to do whether I'm a member or not (adds some value to the association) Those things you do for your members they can't do themselves effectively (maximizes association (..)

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Membership renewals are one of the biggest roadblocks to an association’s growth. So, as 2018 turns to 2019, it’s time to re-evaluate how to increase next year’s renewal rate—and attract new members in the process. Why People Flake on Events — And How to Get Them to Come [link] @EventbriteUS #EventProfs #MeetingProfs.

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Association Success

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In reality, an effective core purpose runs deeper, underlying everything your association does. MORE: How to make your core purpose come alive — and inspire members and employees. These tips will help you nurture a purpose-driven culture within your association. Value inspiration over explanation.

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Smooth The Path

JANUARY 21, 2021

The team at Matchbox Virtual Media and I have been hard at work thinking about how to solve the virtual networking problem. Because this is a hard nut to crack, we are convening a team of association professionals to join us. This has been a year virtually without networking because virtual networking is so difficult.

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Smooth The Path

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The trouble is, these leadership teams might cut and layoff so severely there may not be enough person-power to figure out how to add member value in this new environment. Other associations find themselves paralyzed.

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Smooth The Path

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Unless you work for a kayak seller, or a flour producer, or a toilet paper manufacturer, you are probably wondering how stable your livelihood is. Finances and job stability are many people’s number one worries right now.

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Eric Lanke

JULY 30, 2018

He had attended one of our conferences as a non-member two years ago, and one of the members of the association had given him the impression that he was not welcome there. This association is not for you , the member reportedly told him. That is, the kind of company you run, it is not welcome in our association.

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WBT Systems

MAY 9, 2017

In terms of the “next practices” for association eLearning, we think the greatest potential lies in digital badges , as a means of increasing both the value of education programs for members and the capacity for eLearning to generate non-dues revenue for associations. Value of Digital Badges for Association Members.

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Smooth The Path

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Depending on the association it could be a new-to-the-profession academy, a webinar series, the mentor program, a research report, or any other benefit. These special associations have what I call an Association Value Trigger Point (AVTP). The team at Dynamic Benchmarking swung into action.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Crafting a statement with a more ambitious destination but fewer directions about how to get there will give your organization room to develop in unexpected ways. Taking the time to analyze whether your values statement matches the behavior you want to promote aligns the organization for success. Values create community.

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Smooth The Path

MARCH 19, 2020

Right now your members may need to learn how to work: From home. Right now your members may need to learn how to prepare for: a recession. What else do you members need from you right this minute? With an interrupted supply chain. At work or with the public and stay safe. an unclear future. uncertainty from their stakeholders.

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Smooth The Path

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The stress of wondering how to stay safe. The only way to get my work done and meet the new demands of remote-home school was to wake up at 4 AM and work long into the night. Aside from the long hours, there were a lot of stresses at that time. The stress of running out of food and not being able to find staples at the store.

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Higher Logic

MAY 29, 2020

It’s easy to say, harder to do – but we’ll walk you through what you need to get there, including aligning with your association’s overall priorities and overcoming common objectives. How to Align with Your Board and Executive Team's Priorities. If so, secure a copy of the strategic plan, and use it as the guide for your presentation.

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Smooth The Path

MARCH 11, 2021

As with virtual networking , virtual exhibiting and sponsorship will improve, but for now, while we figure out how to add value to virtual exhibiting and sponsorship, there is a more pronounced ROI issue to contend with. In many associations, there is almost an adversarial tone between the association and exhibitors/sponsors.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Also: Make sure first-year members know how to find value in your association. Help New Members Find Association Value. New members join associations with great expectations & specific goals in mind. But if membership doesn’t live up to those expectations, they won’t see the value & won’t renew.

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Protech

AUGUST 10, 2021

You deliver on your key association values—and get members in the habit of connecting with you more often. Protech: As associations extend their app’s functionality, how can they also enhance the way they capture and use data related to those functions? How many times they used it.

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Smooth The Path

JULY 14, 2020

How about you? Are you learning how to manage the sudden increase in traffic in your online community? For some reason, vacation days have been scarce. Have you had to ditch most of the work you did on upcoming in-person events to turn on a virtual conference immediately?

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Protech

MAY 4, 2020

Understanding how each channel provides your association value in making those connections with members, potential prospects and the general public will help grow your revenue. . If you want your brand awareness to grow, working on digital experiences will be how do it. . appeared first on Protech Associates.

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Association Freak

MARCH 26, 2021

Our research has confirmed that an organization’s membership value proposition is the key driver for membership renewal. So, how can you ensure that you reinforce this value through marketing that truly makes membership impossible to resist?

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YourMembership

JUNE 5, 2015

I focused on it in my presentation “How to Build an Online Community” and received a lot of interesting feedback from those association professionals attending. Are you tracking and rewarding what the association values or what the 
members value? How do you currently learn about your audiences?

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Smooth The Path

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Learn how to do things better. This need presents associations with a unique opportunity, the chance to bring back networking now and bring it to our whole membership. Let’s figure out how to include great networking opportunities in our upcoming virtual events. Solve problems that make people’s lives better.

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Smooth The Path

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

Which means that 70 to 90 percent of our members do not experience one of the top benefits the association has to offer. You might be hoping I give some tips on how to attract more members to your conference. Instead, let’s talk about how we get a conference-like value to members who never attend. 30 percent?

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Smooth The Path

OCTOBER 3, 2019

It may be true that your association is sending members too many email messages, but, it is unlikely that new members are getting too many email messages from your association. Related: Association email is dying. How to improve email engagement at your association. 6 Strategies for email effectiveness.

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Smooth The Path

MAY 11, 2017

And this is what we are going to talk about Thursday, May 18 at noon EST. Please join us for an in-depth look at how to engage your new members fast to engage them for life! How to exponentially improve member engagement at any association. Are you delivering the right value to members? Sign up here.

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Principled Innovation

MARCH 25, 2013

In addition, as Joe makes clear in the quote above, without the ability to grow the dominant revenue stream through changes in pricing, associations are typically left with only two options: increase membership numbers substantially or reduce costs significantly, both of which are usually much easier said than done.

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Smooth The Path

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

They want to gain step by step, how-to answers for their complex challenges. Many members are looking for a traditional mentoring program. They want a coach to help them with their unique problems. They want to have substantive discussions and come up with customized solutions. They need a mentor who will coach them through these issues.

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Smooth The Path

JANUARY 30, 2017

As association professionals, we think they know what they need from the organization, and they will go looking for it. They don’t know what we offer; they don’t know how to find it, our members don’t even know there is anything they should be looking for. Related posts: Association trend watch: member experiences.

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