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. Brains go haywire in a crisis.

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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. Here’s Riecks’ list of what you should expect from your trade association. Conclusion.

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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. If your members experience a shift in their professional direction, adjusting the organization’s purpose is critical to keep pace. Values create community.

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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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Eric Lanke

JULY 2, 2012

Association executive and author. Leadership. We have a tradition in our association of giving a gift to our outgoing Chairman of the Board. Most associations recognize the contributions of their outgoing chair some way. Most associations recognize the contributions of their outgoing chair some way. Leadership. (22).

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Associations Now

JULY 9, 2013

Most associations have values statements. When it comes to creating direction and meaning for your organization, staff input is key. That, and more, in today’s Lunchtime Links: The value of a statement: Values statements often serve as reflection points, representations of your organization’s mission and work ethic.

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Principled Innovation

MARCH 25, 2013

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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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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Association Adviser

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Associations have to keep up technologically or risk having members go elsewhere for information and question the association value proposition. Associations should discuss the potential ROI they are likely to receive before purchasing any new technology.

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Slice-Works

JULY 10, 2014

Defining Your Association Value. Revenue/# of subscribers or members = Value of Subscriber/Member. Nandi Campbell— ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership. Enhance Member Value through Diverse Leadership. Some Best Practices for Organizations. Governing—volunteering in leadership role.

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Smooth The Path

JULY 4, 2016

Many association members are directors, VP’s and CEO’s. At their company or organization, there is just one of them. Which means they are lonely. They are lonely in the professional sense. There is no one to benchmark against. There is no one to share best practices with. There is no one with which to feel a sense of collegiality.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Check out this 15-minute web series covering hot topics and issues related to 501c organization management. This meet up will allow individuals who focus on professional development for their associations to meet and network with others with a similar focus in a fun and relaxed environment. or subscribe for updates. Tue 10/1 at 12 p.m.

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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. If your association is out there pushing the boundaries (like it should be) blunders will happen.

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Tom Morrison

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

For years, back in the 50's through the 90's, individuals and organizations were members of associations to "just belong." Associations had a built-in set of "golden handcuffs" for value because the internet did not exist as it does today. It was a must.

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Off Stage

JANUARY 20, 2011

Did the local association need to better market the return-on-investment more effectively? Maybe there just WASNT $431 in association value once the MLS incentive was removed from the equation. “Thats not true in the case of our association. Those members will not and cannot see the value of the association.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

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. I’m happy to feature it as long as it’s not too product-centric. More info/register.

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Associations Now

APRIL 2, 2014

If your association wants more members and stakeholders and wants more members and other stakeholders to be engaged, start by identifying and understanding the common worldview among them and how your association fits into it. Andrea Pellegrino, in “ Association Value-in 25 words or less ,” August 25, 2013.

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Leading Learning

JULY 2, 2020

For the majority of associations, membership has either increased or held steady in recent years. Associations aside, membership as a business model is booming, as Robbie Kellman Baxter has convincingly illustrated. The average association value proposition still tends to be “pay us money so that you can belong and get discounts.”

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