Associations Now

MARCH 28, 2013

Building sustainable business models depends on association leaders adopting a 21st-century sensibility as they imagine and co-create new forms of value in collaboration with their stakeholder networks. The problem for associations is that the member market does not really exist.

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Higher Logic

MAY 29, 2020

While the way you align your proposed member community with your executives’ goals will vary by association, five of the most common priorities you might find in the strategic plan include new member acquisition, member engagement and retention, non-dues revenue growth, advocacy and legislation, and maintaining relevance. Staying Relevant.

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Associations Now

APRIL 2, 2023

Associations face an increasingly competitive market for members, attendees, and education. Time was, the association value proposition was pretty simple: “We’re the only ones who care about you.” Five experts from the consulting firm argue that every organization requires a “superpower.”

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Association Freak

MARCH 5, 2024

Do most of your members belong to other associations? Members’ first choice will always be the organization with the member value proposition most closely aligned with what they do for a living, where they can find the resources and experiences specific to their field—the one they must belong to do their job well.

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Association Navigator

AUGUST 15, 2016

The question of association value comes up over and over again. Business leaders frequently ask their representative on an association board or committee to justify the expense of their association participation. It’s important that your association communicate with you about things that no other organization can.

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Smooth The Path

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Business owners are wondering how to keep their businesses afloat, organization leaders are wondering if they can keep their full staff employed, employees are wondering how long they will have a job, and freelancers are wondering where their next project is coming from. Related: Back to school for associations and members.

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Smooth The Path

JULY 9, 2019

They may be worried about money, their money, or their organization’s money. They may be wondering why they ever got into this profession or industry or started working for this company or how they could put up with this manager one second longer. Our members will remember why they joined the profession or industry.

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Smooth The Path

MARCH 11, 2021

Many exhibitors/sponsors love the industry, profession, or field they serve, and they took a huge risk in starting a business to solve that industry’s, profession’s, or field’s problem(s). And this worldview is waaaaay out of character with the way many exhibitors/sponsors think about themselves and their businesses.

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Smooth The Path

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Organizations can overreact and underreact too. Right now, some associations are overreacting. 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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GrowthZone

AUGUST 14, 2018

The GrowthZone AMS 1st Annual Association Momentum Awards Competition for Construction Trades and Building Associations yielded extraordinary results, with entrants submitting details of their most inventive and forward-thinking programs. The Big Book of Association Ideas: Construction Trades & Building Associations Edition.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Mission, vision, and values are founded on trust. When you are considering an update, it’s also a good time to take the temperature of trust in your organization. We are hosting a guided exploration of what trust means for our future relationships with staff, boards, constituents, and the association industry.

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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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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

She is a futurist and avid consumer of the latest research, data, and provocative insights from industry thought leaders. The police, healthcare organizations, religious groups, financial institutions, and news outlets are all subject to greater scrutiny and skepticism. No organization can take its constituents for granted.

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MemberClicks

OCTOBER 4, 2022

As amazing as your member benefits and association values are, membership dues can be a roadblock for potential members. A 2019 study by SHRM (the Society for Human Resource Management) of 2,763 members found that 77% of their organizations paid for professional membership dues for their employees. Why would they do that?

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Smooth The Path

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

We may see websites that deliver erroneous content because advertising is the priority, organizations that use low prices to attract customers but provide poorly crafted resources, and predatory conferences. They want to engage with organizations they can trust. Stay knowledgable about the latest industry trends.

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Smooth The Path

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Do not get me wrong; value is critically important. While members do not join for the value, they stay for the value. Myth #3: Members Join Because the Association is the Leading Authority. Our organization is 75 years old and is the voice of the industry. Nah, members do not join for this reason either.

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Smooth The Path

AUGUST 23, 2017

”, an association CEO and big thinker in our industry asked me yesterday. Many indicators point to a member engagement problem for associations. Many associations are facing shrinking annual revenues, low retention ratings and, are having a harder time recruiting volunteers and quality volunteer leaders.

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Protech

MAY 4, 2020

Yet, some organizations can lag in developing the technologies they need to provide a satisfying digital experience for their customers. . 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. .

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Smooth The Path

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Many members are forward thinking, and they want to understand how the industry or profession will change in the future. This leaves associations in a bind because predicting future trends is tricky. So what role should association’s play? What if we extend this framework to associations?

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Not only does it build awareness around who your organization is … but the more you engage with their content, the more likely they’ll be to start engaging with your content,” says Callie Walker from the MemberClicks blog. Help New Members Find Association Value. Social media is about—well, being social, right?

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Smooth The Path

OCTOBER 24, 2019

Trust increases when the design of the site and the organization’s materials inspire confidence. Once a new member joins, the trust continues to build as they interact and receive value. Soon they realize that the association is the trusted place to turn with questions about the profession, field, or industry.

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Smooth The Path

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Low sales for almost every organization in every sector looks like an awareness problem. ” Incoming association boards and staff often leap to this conclusion too. In most industries or professions people know each other. Flat membership numbers or small market share must mean low awareness.

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Smooth The Path

MARCH 14, 2019

If you suspect that your association has a value gap start asking members what their most challenging professional problems are. Ask them what their organization is struggling with most. And ask them to forecast the most significant challenges that will face the industry or profession in the next three years.

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Smooth The Path

MAY 22, 2018

Solve their problems – long-time members at high levels within their organization are often dealing with massive, hairy, seemingly unsolvable problems. Bring together the innovators – long-time members typically focus on the big issues in the industry or profession like changes in technology, regulation, public perception, etc.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 12, 2017

When Velvet Chainsaw Consulting conducted speaker research with 120 associations with research and consulting company Tagoras Inc. Associations value member input. One-third of these organizations accept 60 percent or more of the proposals, indicating either a low number of submissions or very forgiving quality filters.

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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. But without collecting and leveraging data, quantifying the expected return on investment (ROI) for membership is an arduous project. .

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AssociationChat

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

How to Strengthen Your Association’s Value Proposition. associations, people, association, members, value proposition, provide, questions, organization, community, book, Hilary Marsh, talk, content, bruce rosenthal, association executives, membership, important, customer, thinking, create.

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Socious

JANUARY 11, 2017

If members get a periodic email from you, they’re more likely to remember your organization and its community. Ask them to post to the community about recent events or industry trends. Let them know that you place a high value on their insight. They also have more chances to take action on your emails and start engaging.

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Smooth The Path

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

I wish I could implement that at my organization.” ” Another attendee replies, “Yeah, you know it’s great for insert giant organization/company here to talk about their steps and successes but we don’t have the man-power, money or time they have.”

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Membership Marketing

MAY 4, 2016

Whether you serve members in a trade association or individual membership association, value is something that members want to receive from you. And sometimes one of the most valuable benefits that can be uniquely supplied by a membership organization is research conducted with or on the behalf of your members.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

State of the association industry. Fri 2/24 at 8 a.m.* – Black Association Executives Networking Breakfast (Tysons Corner VA) Location: Tysons Corner VA. Organizer: ASAE Black Association Executives *All events are online at Eastern Standard Time unless otherwise noted. More info/register. Fri 2/24 at 12 p.m.

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Smooth The Path

JANUARY 30, 2017

A staff member or association member calls them and invites them to join. As a former member of another industry association, they know the value associations can provide. Members often join not knowing very much about what the association can do for them. But new members don’t.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 7, 2015

Associations provide the mechanism for industry leaders to reflect upon their culture as a group and decide how to change for the better. ” Associations have a unique relationship with organizational culture, as the organization is at once a collection of employees and a collection of members.

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Associations Now

MAY 4, 2016

Mike Verbanic, director of member experience at the Construction Financial Management Association, has learned this balance first hand. When he took on that job about four years ago, most of what the organization thought it knew about members were “gut hunches,” he says. construction activity.

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Smooth The Path

DECEMBER 6, 2016

I could have been a politician, organization, group of people, CEO, or even an association. If you have ever been inside an association during a public blunder you likely saw that it was just thoughtlessness. We’re responsible for updating everyone about bad news about the industry or profession.

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Leading Learning

JULY 2, 2020

Which brings us back to the title question: Could associations replace college? Associations already have a long history of providing career-related education to the people in the industries and professions they serve, making it possible for individuals to continually update and add to their knowledge and skills.

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Association Adviser

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Tech innovations such as blogging and social media platforms allow associations to host low-cost, two-way communication forums. Communication channels such as blogs or social media accounts must have a “champion” monitoring and moderating them to remain a sustainable go-to source of industry and association information.

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