Reid All About it

APRIL 1, 2022

How to help members and attendees manage the emotions that get in the way of participation: “As the creators of experiences, we can circumvent the predictable path of non-participation.” Subscribe to Blog via Email. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

During event registration, ask attendees to provide insight into these four categories. Dave Lutz writes on Velvet Chainsaw that these four categories are essential to the event registration process: Job information. Consider adding checkboxes where registrants can flag their top two reasons for participating.”.

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Membersuite

JUNE 2, 2021

For example, members who were previously less active might have participated this past year in virtual conferences, courses , and networking meetups. Members also don’t renew when their career status changes , but lower priced dues categories can help. See who took advantage of specific programs. How to Improve Renewal Campaigns.

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Higher Logic

APRIL 24, 2018

Tracking and Rewards – Your software should track volunteer hours and help you reward top participants. You can even create different opportunities for each award category. Then, find creative ways to recognize contest winners through your member newsletter, via your community homepage, or by publishing a congratulatory blog post.

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Higher Logic

JULY 25, 2016

Most communities fall short in some categories and exceed in others - it’s rarely A’s across the board for executive participation. The new question should encompass more than just CEOs: Is your entire executive team participating in your community? 62% Executives in mature communities participated regularly.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 26, 2020

If you’re into it, check out my weekly In The Kitchen posts on my Grabbing the Gusto blog for more. The recipe is coming this weekend on my Gusto blog. Through a mixture of presentation and interactive discussion, participants will explore the sources and impacts of unconscious biases as well as some concrete steps for reducing them.

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WBT Systems

AUGUST 15, 2017

Find new underserved audiences, perhaps the customers of your members, professionals who don’t quite belong in one of your membership categories, employees of member companies, or partners of member companies. You’re selling members a better version of themselves that results from participating in your program—that’s what they want to buy.

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Jamie Notter

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Since the Millennials hit the scene 15 years ago, most of our conversations about generations fall into the category I call the “discourse of complaining.” We complain that the Millennials are entitled or too informal or don’t understand winning and losing because they all got trophies just for participating.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 15, 2021

The Gold Circle Awards recognize excellence in marketing, membership and communications efforts across 15 different categories, and highlight the important role these campaigns have in moving associations forward. MemberSuite discovered that their most visited blog post was about creating a sense of belonging and community. Quick hits.

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Eric Lanke

APRIL 27, 2019

The first screening question is, What category issue is this? Answering the category question concretely labels the issue as, respectively, one of ends, executive limitations, governance process, or board-staff linkage. The average participation score of manufacturer members will be at least 3.5, An executive means issue?

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Socious

JANUARY 11, 2017

Online member engagement falls into that category. An effective member engagement strategy gets your members participating and interacting with your association and their peers through its website, networking events, or private member community. 3 Essential Engagement Tasks to Increase Participation in Your Online Community.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Your participation will help provide valuable insight into how the role of virtual conferences has changed over the past 12-18 months. They advise what meeting participants and organizers should do (and not do) before, during and after a virtual meeting. Subscribe to Blog via Email. Subscribe to Blog via Email.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 6, 2021

Wondering why you should take the time to participate? The benchmarking data will help you compare your chapters and association with others, assess how you’re doing in various categories and identify where you need to improve (or brag). Subscribe to Blog via Email. Subscribe to Blog via Email. Email Address: Subscribe.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 2, 2018

We also wanted the flexibility to expand beyond traditional member profiles, offering a home to other stakeholders who might not have felt welcomed or included in the traditional categories.”. Watch/participate live or view the recording. Follow Blog via Email. People put themselves into their own buckets. The Millions ).

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Eric Lanke

MARCH 20, 2017

The first was as a volunteer board member, witnessing (and participating in) an unfocused and opinion-laden discussion about where the association in question should be taking its annual conference. All around the table, board member after board member, opining over which locations would be best or most convenient for them.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 29, 2016

This model sets the tone your conference and then sends the participants off with an emotional high. Engaging – If a speaker doesn’t have a plan for chunking content and infusing audience participation, don’t hire them. Post-Event Content Marketing – Participate in a scheduled replay. Anything listed in pre-event category above.

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Membership Marketing

JULY 26, 2018

In 2009, 46% of participants said that direct mail was the most effective membership recruitment channel. For 2018, 17% of individual membership associations and 12% of all participants consider digital marketing to be one of their most effective channels for acquiring new members. Please take a look at the full report.

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Delcor

MARCH 31, 2020

But they can take out their phone/tablet or sit down at their laptop and participate in learning programs when it’s convenient for them. We always find it helpful to group requirements into three categories: Mandatory : must-have items. How many courses must participants complete to earn the certificate? Requirements discovery.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

If you’re a home cook, check out the weekly In The Kitchen posts on my Grabbing the Gusto blog. Learn three categories of engagement techniques that you can use to accomplish your virtual presentation’s goals by engaging attendees and helping them stay focused on your presentation. Follow Blog via Email. Cue spooky music.

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MemberClicks

AUGUST 16, 2023

One such category is the 501(c)(6) organization (in the United States), which serves to support the business interests and activities of its members. Ability to Engage in Lobbying 501(c)(6) organizations have more flexibility to participate in lobbying activities, advocating for industry-friendly policies.

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Higher Logic

MAY 24, 2016

Every community has them -- those people who watch from the sidelines but never participate. According to the 1% rule of internet culture, only 1% of an online community consists of active participants -- the other 99% are a combination of occasional posters and lurkers. And how can I nudge them towards becoming a regular poster?

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The Hourglass Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2010

In general, the tweeps participating seemed to embrace the idea that transparency trumped secrecy in todays hyper-connected society, and that associations were especially suited to this kind of operation. But I forgot about a third category--not so much business communication as business information. About This Blog. SocialFish.

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Membership Marketing

JULY 21, 2021

This year’s report highlights the products and services driving increased member participation. 83% said they had higher participation in their webinars compared to 53% in the past year. In fact, in all categories, associations, on average, have extended the grace period that they offer.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

You’ll learn how to identify the four questions you must address that participants ask themselves; why conference experiences must have a high level of inclusive, interactive energy experiences; and practical strategies that translate engagement research and theory into conference experience practice. . HTML: Follow Blog via Email.

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Aaron Wolowiec

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

For the purposes of this post, we’re talking about this second category of speakers (i.e., More and more, speakers are being asked to participate in additional activities beyond the presentation itself. Promotion of speaker website, blog and other social media presence. part speaker, part facilitator, part educator).

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 6, 2017

However, “association IT decision makers believed that few members would fall into this category and instead thought the largest portion of members would fall into the ‘hesitator’ category” – “optimistic about technology in the abstract but somewhat scared to actually use new technology and therefore unlikely to be early adopters.”.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 6, 2017

However, “association IT decision makers believed that few members would fall into this category and instead thought the largest portion of members would fall into the ‘hesitator’ category” – “optimistic about technology in the abstract but somewhat scared to actually use new technology and therefore unlikely to be early adopters.”.

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Membership Marketing

MARCH 31, 2011

Membership Marketing Blog. Whether you are an association professional or a relationship marketer, join the discussion on the Membership Marketing Blog and share your ideas and counsel. ” Here is how participations responded. Blog Archive. Good Blogs. Association Blog Comments. Speaking Engagements.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Increase in-person participation. In a blog post for Association Media & Publishing , Personius says the model has a number of weaknesses, among them the perception problem that is naturally raised: With higher prices and a hierarchy in names (platinum, diamond, etc.), Develop community as a holistic part of the organization.

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Membership Marketing

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Membership Marketing Blog. Whether you are an association professional or a relationship marketer, join the discussion on the Membership Marketing Blog and share your ideas and counsel. Membership category renewal rates can vary by 40 points. Blog Archive. Good Blogs. Association Blog Comments. Let"s Talk!

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Association Law

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

This blog focuses on legal issues of interest to association leaders, including executives, volunteers and members. This blog does not focus on homeowners associations or religious organizations. This blog does not focus on homeowners associations or religious organizations. Search This Blog. Blog Archive.

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YourMembership

JANUARY 3, 2012

YourMembership.com Blog. Tis the season to be thinking about personal and professional development for the new year (albeit when you work in social media there’s a lot of overlap in these categories). Let’s look at a possible list of social networking/community activities: January: blogging every day. News + Press.

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Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Each one is going to begin with a one-question quiz, with which I hope to take the temperature of the participants in the room. In previous blog posts, I have sometimes referred to our ends statements as the "business units" of my association, because they define broad areas of activity and service delivery. And that's it.

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YourMembership

MARCH 16, 2012

YourMembership.com Blog. If many of your members are road-warriors, maybe it’s time to limit your in person meetings or feature a travel-friendly component through a Google+ hangout or tweetchat so that they can participate when on the road. Add-On Products. News + Press. Technology. Management Team. Partner Programs.

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Membership Marketing

JULY 20, 2017

These outcomes challenge the narrative put forth by some that membership as a product and professional and trade associations as a category are in decline. One participant shared in the comments section of the research, “Our market is shrinking and certain leaders are averse to opening up our member categories to expand opportunities.”

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Membership Marketing

AUGUST 14, 2020

The second new model is moving to a combination format by adding an individual or organizational category to the membership offerings. Participation – The report also highlights a continual shift in the membership benefits where associations are seeing improvement in their members’ participation and engagement.

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Leading Learning

AUGUST 20, 2020

This is not intended to be a comprehensive list—just one that is useful for setting a baseline and establishing different categories of platforms. Virtual Conference Platform Categories. With that in mind, we have developed categories of virtual conference platforms. Don’t get bogged down by the technology.

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