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OCTOBER 15, 2021

The survey explores how association executives are managing member engagement and retention, achieving operational goals, crafting digital transformation strategies and coping with the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. When it comes to hybrid, he says, “It’s important that others in your group understand that they’re asking for 2.5

Revenue 195

Revenue Committee Strategy Technology 195

Reid All About it

MAY 15, 2020

Your participation will help associations understand how others in the community are navigating communications in the current climate. They provide advice for revisiting your marketing personas and strategies and creating the right type of messaging for this moment. Virtual event sponsors and exhibitors. Chapter sponsorships.

Puerto Rico 370

Puerto Rico Montana Revenue Strategy 370

Reid All About it

APRIL 16, 2021

WBT speculates about the invisible forces affecting your members , causing irregular or new behavior, and disturbing the regular attraction between them and your association. Virtual event engagement. The Virtual Events Institute asked several experts for tips on virtual event engagement. Education programs. Quick hits.

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Revenue Strategy Team Content 363

Membersuite

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Living with uncertainty about your association, job, career, finances, personal life, health, kids, and loved ones is exhausting. Despite this pervasive uncertainty, your association must move forward, no matter how uncomfortable it is. The Dream of Getting Back to Normal Is Holding Your Association Back.

Revenue 119

Revenue Conference Marketing Education 119

Reid All About it

JANUARY 14, 2022

On the Event Garde blog, she explains what’s gone wrong for many associations and how to fix it. Serve it over jasmine rice—Uncle Ben’s 90-second rice is fine for those nights when one dish to make is more than enough. Can’t get enough of those while they’re in season. Subscribe to Blog via Email. More info/register.

Team 195

Team Technology Certificate Revenue 195

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JULY 3, 2020

Your association can help staff, volunteer leaders, and members know better by offering (and requiring for some) diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) education. MemberSuite suggests taking advantage of this opportunity to assess and make changes to your association’s membership benefits or even your membership model.

Montana 221

Montana North Carolina Review Member Engagement 221

Membersuite

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

No one knows what will happen in the months ahead, but this sobering article from Science advises us to be ready for anything: “The most tumultuous period in SARS-CoV-2’s evolution may still be ahead of us… There’s now enough immunity in the human population to ratchet up an evolutionary competition, pressuring the virus to adapt further.

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How To Conference Event Planning Content 110

Aaron Wolowiec

MARCH 17, 2015

This month’s guest blog post is by Jordan McArthur, content marketing manager and event tech specialist at Guidebook Inc. It was originally posted on the Guidebook Resources blog. A war room exists at your event for the benefit of your participants. Your event will be social whether you plan for it or not.

Social Media 100

Social Media Cost Content Conference 100

Leading Learning

MAY 21, 2020

At Web Courseworks, we discuss the key elements to consider when taking your in-person association event to the virtual sphere. By using your existing technology, you will be able to offer a seamless experience to your members and a streamlined accreditation process. There was little interaction or member engagement.

Education 52

Education Video Software Course 52

Reid All About it

OCTOBER 21, 2022

iMIS by ASI invites you to participate in their annual Membership Performance Benchmark Survey to help uncover upcoming trends in technology and digital transformation; membership acquisition, engagement and retention; and association goals and challenges. If I were in your shoes, I would only hire lifelong learners. Survey invite.

Revenue 44

Revenue Email Marketing Education Review 44

Reid All About it

JULY 7, 2017

Your weekly list of free webinars and events for the association community… Many of us, after enjoying a four-day weekend, now have to reconcile ourselves to the usual two-day affair. Luckily, you can make your weekend feel longer than it really is by seeking out newness. Now, that’s cool.

Washington 150

Washington DC Chicago LMS 150

Optimist Consulting

DECEMBER 11, 2013

2) 46% find it a challenge to produce enough content. Your members can help your organisation by producing content like articles, case studies and using them to engage with other members via your social media platforms. How can you get your members more involved? 4) 74% use content marketing for engagement.

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Content Report Marketing Social Media 100

Associations Now

JUNE 24, 2016

Should you plant a spy of sorts among your meeting attendees? That’s a question I asked after I read a blog post earlier this month by Wes Trochlil on “secret shoppers.” Your secret attendee will go through the same process as everyone else. Other duties that fall within this category: Is the Wi-Fi fast enough?

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Process Tools Social Media Conference 63

Reid All About it

APRIL 29, 2022

Enough with the goldfish story already! They also describe the factors affecting attention spans and how your association can overcome each of those challenges so your learners and attendees get more out of your programs. Find something that puts your association front-and-center in your members’ professional lives.

Revenue 39

Revenue Louisiana Technology Recruiting 39

Reid All About it

JULY 14, 2023

WBT Systems explains how professional learning plans benefit both your association and members and how to get them going. Starkweather Association Services’ shares best practices for change readiness that will help you understand and minimize the complications your people might bring to technology or any other change project.

Education 39

Education Price Tools Technology 39

Reid All About it

MAY 6, 2022

Take WBT Systems’ advice: become your association’s unofficial in-house futurist and you’ll be the most interesting person in the room. WBT describes how to become an amateur futurist and what’s in it for you and your association. It continues to see record levels of engagement and its revenue is up by 34%. 1 CAE credit.

Arlington 39

Arlington Newsletter Project Revenue 39

Reid All About it

JUNE 17, 2022

They describe the reasons behind this decline and offer solutions to overcome those barriers or engage the person elsewhere. Member/customer engagement. PropFuel describes a concept now being used successfully at many associations: conversational engagement. Shelly Alcorn is blogging again! Subscribe to Blog via Email.

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DC Revenue Washington Leadership 39

Reid All About it

JUNE 24, 2022

They shouldn’t be surprising, but are a good reminder as you go about your day. GrowthZone put together a PDF for you to adapt or use in your member recruitment campaigns. It’s a good start, for sure, but you know your market segments best. Subscribe to Blog via Email. Member recruitment. But I remain open-minded.

Video 39

Video Revenue Strategy Technology 39

Reid All About it

DECEMBER 2, 2022

New member engagement. The 2022 New Member Engagement Study from Amanda Kaiser at Kaiser Insights and Dynamic Benchmarking includes survey data on how associations of different sizes handle new member engagement. Why create your own when EventMobi has already done it for you? AMS value for membership engagement.

Tips 41

Tips Video Content Marketing 41

Expo Logic

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Making sure that attendees and exhibitors are pleased with the final product is key to throwing a successful event. Essentially, a lead is an individual or company that has expressed some interest in your company. By not collecting all of the viable leads at an event, you place your company at a disadvantage by missing opportunities.

System 36

System Software Team Revenue 36

Reid All About it

JUNE 10, 2022

If member companies are struggling to recruit and keep staff , they will be reluctant to let employees attend conferences or volunteer for your association. WBT Systems suggests strategies to attract talent to your association’s industry and help member companies improve their hiring and retention practices. Staffing issues.

Arlington 39

Arlington Revenue Content Team 39

Reid All About it

OCTOBER 7, 2022

No one tells you about all the work your team must take on when implementing a new AMS —which is why this new guide from Ellipsis Partners is a godsend. It’s much better to get this news well before your project begins so you can figure out how to juggle these tasks with your regular workload. HTML: Subscribe to Blog via Email.

Blended Learning 41

Blended Learning Education Video Conference 41

Reid All About it

JUNE 3, 2022

WBT suggests ways to overcome these barriers so you can attract more employers and employees to your credentialing programs. Achurch Consulting advises going back to square one and suggests how to bring clarity and intentionality to the way your team communicates and collaborates. Subscribe to Blog via Email. Quick hits.

Arlington 39

Arlington Technology Software Revenue 39

Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

WBT Systems proposes a different doable solution: host your in-person conference first and your virtual conference later. If you’re a home cook, check out the weekly In The Kitchen posts on my Grabbing the Gusto blog. Add it to your repertoire—if you’re a lamb lover like me. Chapter bright spots. Still enjoying that too!

Learning Management System 285

Learning Management System Education Communications Technology 285

Reid All About it

MAY 22, 2020

Does your association have a new member onboarding, orientation or welcoming program? If you do, please participate in the 2020 New Member Engagement Survey from Amanda Kaiser (Kaiser Insights) and Dynamic Benchmarking. Virtual event sponsors/exhibitors. Your moment of zen on Carolina Beach. Surfchex webcam ).

Certificate 369

Certificate Revenue Conference North Carolina 369

Reid All About it

JULY 6, 2018

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… WBT Systems explains why employer and learner interest in digital badges (credentials) is growing rapidly —and why your association should satisfy that interest. Does your association IT leader pass the CIO sniff test? Strangely enough, rasa.io

Chicago 30

Chicago Washington DC Directory 30

Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 3, 2014

We’ve watched behemoth businesses tumble because they didn’t change fast enough. As you paint a more vivid picture of innovation in action at your next conference, here are a few things to keep in mind: Who else will be attending the conference? Does confirmation bias ever slow down your conference reinvention plans?

Innovation 40

Innovation Conference Event Planning Team 40

Reid All About it

OCTOBER 27, 2023

In seven minutes, you can help our community learn about association industry trends in membership engagement and retention levels, digital transformation, the adoption of AI, generational priorities, and more. I imagine upon reading them that many of you will nod your head and think “guilty.” But that’s not enough. Governance.

LMS 256

LMS North Carolina Recruiting Recruitment 256

The Membership Blog

AUGUST 13, 2012

It has some terrific thoughts about how to increase attendance, engage participants, and impress exhibitors by using technology (and some common sense) to change your event for the better. Regardless of what you’ve done in the past that may have worked, these newer tools need to be considered for your next event.

Recruiting 28

Recruiting Recruitment Tools Education 28

Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

Research-backed tips for getting your content noticed on LinkedIn. Social media channels can help you amplify the message of your fundraising campaigns. Learn how to use every social channel in your fundraising campaign and build a funnel for your social fundraising content. Is this the way forward for newspapers?

Social Media 39

Social Media Revenue Washington DC 39

Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

They also suggest questions about integration to ask your shortlist of vendors. It’s a worthy topic if you want to distinguish your brand from the competition and get a head start on developing deeper relationships with clients and prospects. 5 types of data you should request on your event registration form—and why. Very tasty.

Washington 34

Washington DC Revenue Content 34

Chapter Chat

APRIL 27, 2017

You’re cut off from your guests in the living room. The warning signs are there—your kitchen needs a remodel or, at least, repairs that provide more visibility, light, and efficiency. National doesn’t provide enough technical support to relieve the chapters’ administrative burden—making leadership an undesirable position.

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Revenue Leadership Examples Process 31

Reid All About it

JULY 12, 2019

If your association is looking for mutually beneficial corporate partnerships instead of predictable, low-value sponsorships, take a look at the STEP framework developed by Lewis Flax. Just thought you’d want to know in case you’re fortunate enough to face a tomato glut this summer. All not-for-profit organizations based in the U.S.

Arlington 34

Arlington LMS Social Media Chicago 34

BlogClump

AUGUST 27, 2010

BlogClump - Blogging About Associations From a Gen Xer. successfully with attendees, exhibitors and speakers, etc before the show? (In In print, email, online) - Totally, 100% 3)Did they encourage and enable all parties to communicate, connect, and ENGAGE with each other? I really love your suggestions for ASAE too.

DC 28

DC Baltimore Video Conference 28

BlogClump

AUGUST 26, 2010

BlogClump - Blogging About Associations From a Gen Xer. There just arent enough time slots for education sessions, and too many offerings during each slot. I only saw the episodes on the last day, but that was more than enough. I know some exhibitors complained about the Sunday session overlap, but thats ok with me.

Education 28

Education Baltimore Conference Review 28

Reid All About it

MARCH 20, 2020

Don’t think your only option is refunding sponsor fees. Rebecca Achurch of Achurch Consulting published a comprehensive (and free) e-book on preparing your association technically and mentally for virtual work during the COVID-19 crisis. You can find yours on the Feeding America website. Conference sponsorships. Patrick’s Day.

North Carolina 221

North Carolina Technology Strategy Revenue 221

Reid All About it

OCTOBER 23, 2020

WBT Systems explains how to become the corporate training partner for your member companies. The HR and training staff at your member companies are under duress right now. Chapter member virtual engagement. Tobin Conley, CAE revisits an old DelCor blog idea: the IT bag. The remote work IT bag. Virtual event production.

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