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How to Exponentially Improve Member Engagement at Any Association

Smooth The Path

There is not another thing that will sustainably drive awareness, engagement, and retention more than understanding our members. Understanding our members helps us stay in lockstep with our members. It is our understanding of them that guides the organization’s strategy. Related: Member Engagement Research.

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Developing My Dream Association

Smooth The Path

One of the core staff values would be to be intensely member-focused. 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. What would you do?

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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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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. .