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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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What is the Association Value Proposition?

Eric Lanke

Lego Value Meal Another subject we tackled at the dinner I mentioned in a previous post was the much-reported sickness of the association value proposition. Just what is the association value proposition that is so besieged ?

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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. You can read Part I here.

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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. Growing Non-Dues Revenue. New Member Acquisition.

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Be the Voice of Relevance—Make Mission, Vision, and Values Fit the Moment

.orgSource

If you are interested in exploring organizational trust on a deeper level, join us on March 2 for the.orgCommunity Leadership ColLAB at the OLC Education and Conference Center in Rosemont, IL. 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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Association Brain Food: 2.24.23

Reid All About it

This monthly leadership and professional development series will help you gain and improve your leadership development skills. The moderator will lead the conversation through themes on workplace culture, leadership, and global digitalization. Host: ASAE Black Association Executives Wed 3/1 at 11 a.m. More info/register.

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Could Associations Replace College? (Take 2)

Leading Learning

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.”