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

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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.”

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How to Exponentially Improve Member Engagement at Any Association

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We can do this at your association, we just need to understand members better. Related: Member Engagement Research. My sleep study illustrates the problem with association data. Case study: In-depth member interviews feed association’s strategic plan.

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Developing My Dream Association

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We would talk with members often, conduct listening tours, and interview them. 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. What would you do?

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

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Based on this input we outlined two goals for the research project: Understand member’s current challenges. Learn if there were any barriers preventing deeper member engagement. Listening to members. Based on the goals of the research project we selected the qualitative in-depth interview methodology.