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When Decisions Get Made

Eric Lanke

Amanda Kaiser at her Smooth the Path blog gave me a good reminder this week about association membership dues notices. The most interesting result from the member research on renewal notices is that these letters, emails, and phone calls do not serve to change most member’s minds about renewing. Image Source [link].

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.3.19

Reid All About it

Amanda Kaiser dispels three myths on why people join associations and reveals the real reason—based on her member research. Telling Your Story Through Blogs, Photos and Videos. How do you convey the great work your organization is doing with blogs, photos and videos? Follow Blog via Email. Host: ACGI Software.

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The New Member Engagement Rule of Three

GrowthZone

A Guest Blog by Amanda Kaiser. There is a short window of opportunity to engage new members. Most new members join with high hopes. This is one key reason why new members do not renew at the same rate as other members. Engage your new members early and engage them for life!

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Resources of the Association Community

Smooth The Path

I conduct member research all the time, so I get direct access to the bright spots in our industry. Association Success sends a daily curated newsletter with a key feature from their own blog. Where do you get knowledge and insights about the association industry? I am lucky. Are you hungry for some knowledge?

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Daily Buzz: Hone Your Data Management Process

Associations Now

Your member database is a portal to a lot of information—like, a lot. Audra Hopkins from the Web Scribble blog says to think of your member database like a room full of documents. You wouldn’t ever want to keep important information about your members strewn around, crumpled up, mixed up with other files and papers, right?”

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Daily Buzz: How Dark Social Is Skewing Your Data

Associations Now

If you’re launching a new website, take a hint from the Healthcare Financial Management Association , says member researcher Amanda Kaiser on Smooth the Path. The MemberSuite blog explains the art and science of the process. The Hootsuite blog explains how to make the algorithm work for you. . — Keith R.

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How to Create a Psychologically Safe Environment for Teams

Achurch

Team members make eye contact with each other and talk energetically with each other. Team members connect with each other and not just the leader. Team members research ideas outside of the boundaries of the team and bring back the best ideas. Water-cooler or hallway conversations carry over into the team meetings.

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