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

Smooth The Path

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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Why Just One Kind of Member Research Isn’t Enough

Associations Now

That’s where in-depth qualitative research came in, and CFMA turned to Amanda Kaiser, chief path finder at Kaiser Insights LLC, who specializes in interview-based member research. “That one-to-three-year member, that member’s probably fairly new to construction.

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

Smooth The Path

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.

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Developing My Dream Association

Smooth The Path

Every time we talk about delivering value we would also talk about the experience we are creating too because the two components of member engagement are value and experience. These are some of the most important things I would do as I built my dream association. Related: The new member engagement rule of three.