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7 signs of a successful enterprise association

Nimble AMS

We continue to grow our offerings in Nimble Communities and reach higher levels of member engagement,” said Michael Blake, Chief Technology Officer at American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA). Authentic leadership How would you measure your association’s culture ? Best of all, YM Careers integrates with Nimble AMS.

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Overcoming the association value gap: part I

Principled Innovation

This post originally appeared on the Associations Now Leadership Blog on March 7, 2013. In a recent post , Associations Now blogger Joe Rominiecki shared what both he and I regard as a startling fact: 53 percent of associations surveyed in 2011 had raised their dues in the previous three years.

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Overcoming the association value gap: part II

Principled Innovation

This post originally appeared on the Associations Now Leadership Blog on March 28, 2013. In Part I of this series earlier this month, I identified the association value gap as an underlying structural problem within membership-centric business models. This is most important conversation your association will have.

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Building Buy-In for an Online Community at Your Association

Higher Logic

You don't have to be a hypnotist or a master of persuasion to build support for an online community among your association’s board and executive team. Instead, you need to align your new online community with the mission and priorities of your association's leadership. Member Engagement and Retention. Growing Non-Dues Revenue.

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Developing My Dream Association

Smooth The Path

We would use all the member insights we gain to develop our member communications, set our strategy, and create an innovation plan. Another core staff value would be to get insanely good a customer service. We would talk with members often, conduct listening tours, and interview them.

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Why Association Leaders Need a Vision

Associations Now

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.” Experts recommend finding a “superpower”—and building a culture that supports it.

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Common Trap for Association Professionals

Smooth The Path

He should be excited to take this leadership position. ” This happens all the time in association leadership because we are coming at everything with a different perspective than our members. ” “When you say the word innovation I worry that the projects will be too big and too risky.