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MARCH 1, 2024

In a world of intense technology change, this ancient story framework can guide us to effective member engagement and communications. Marketing in the AI Era: Tools and Techniques for Strategic Advantage Discover a range of easy-to-use AI tools tailored for marketing, membership, and communication roles. 1 CAE credit.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

More time – your staff can spend more time on valuable projects rather than creating reports or developing Excel spreadsheets. Member engagement – you can identify what products and services your members are interacting with to help increase engagement. Communicate to leadership and staff in their language.

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How To Case Study Cost Revenue 169

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

They share a bunch of good ideas for onboarding, flexible work schedules, employee perks, recognition, and communication. – Ask Me Anything: Personalization Learn how to use personalization to improve member communications, engagement, and transactions. Content marketing. Fri 10/6 at 12:30 p.m. More info/register.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Sigh, another self-improvement project—almost complete. Fri 2/26 at 10 a.m.* – The Nonprofit Communications Engine (NYSAE Engagement Lounge). The Nonprofit Communications Engine is a framework designed to help nonprofit leaders and associations build, refine, and optimize their organization’s ability to communicate effectively.

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Higher Logic

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Initially, we used a blog ( blog.discoveryeducation.com ) as our primary communication tool to share about events and resources with our community members. However, over time, we found our members wanted more ways to stay connected and to share with each other. Internally, we call them passion projects.

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MAY 21, 2021

Much is uncertain, but current projections can help. Presenters: Amanda Kaiser, MBA, Member Engagement Specialist, Kaiser Insights LLC. Sze Pak Ng, Community Engagement Specialist, Matchbox Virtual Media. Reggie Henry (interviewer), Chief Information and Engagement Officer, ASAE. 1 CMP credit. Host: Socio.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

An app can help you solve what survey participants said was the biggest challenge for associations: communicating the value of membership. Member app. Another advantage of an app: it’s a centralized communication channel to your members, unlike social media platforms your association doesn’t own. Member retention.

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JULY 2, 2021

Wes Trochlil suggests how to tackle a big data cleanup project —one bite at a time. Learn how to determine the content that’s going to serve each of your personas and ensure minimal overlap as you seek to move marketing leads to sales leads, sales leads to conversions, and conversions to ever deeper engagement with your organization.

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Technology Strategy System Education 370

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MARCH 5, 2021

Hear about the precautions being taken for the 2021 Best Practices Summit in Plano, Texas and Meet Well Summit in Phoenix, Arizona later this year, including liability waivers and attendee agreements, on-site check-in procedures, attendee communications, meeting room setups, and safe food and beverage. More info/register. More info/register.

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JUNE 9, 2023

Mike has a unique perspective as an attorney, a certified scrum product owner, and Manager of Community Platforms for the Project Management Institute, the world’s leading project management organization with over 500,000 global members and over 300 local chapters internationally. More info/register. No Soliciting!

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DECEMBER 11, 2020

Project management basics. I bet many of you once found yourself in a project manager role without the benefit of project management experience or training. Achurch Consulting removes some of the mystery by sharing project management basics for AMS implementation projects. Host: Remote Leader Project.

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JULY 17, 2020

Learn how to take events online in a way that is going to deliver high value, create an engaging experience, and preserve the outcomes you were seeking to achieve with your in-person conference. Hear about some major considerations for online engagement. Jordan McLean, LEED AP, Project Executive, HITT Contracting. CAE credit.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… I’m not publishing Brain Food next Friday (10/2) because I’ll be hiking in southern Utah, so this edition includes all the events I know about in the next two weeks. Virtual conference communications survey. Diversity and inclusion in marcomm.

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JULY 7, 2023

If your association has a website redesign project on the horizon, there’s no need to ask ASAE Collaborate about RFP samples. Get everything you need in this RFP template for CMS and website redesign projects from Brightfind. CMS/website RFP. 1 CAE credit. More info/register. Host: ASAE Wed 7/19 at 12 p.m. 1 CAE credit.

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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. Communication and Community during Challenging Times: A Media Perspective. Get on board!

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JULY 24, 2020

Learn how to take events online in a way that is going to deliver high value, create an engaging experience, and preserve the outcomes you were seeking to achieve with your in-person conference. Hear about some major considerations for online engagement. Boost Membership & Non-dues Revenue in a Virtual World with Open Communities.

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AUGUST 19, 2016

Increase Engagement and Drive Revenue with Marketing Automation. Learn how organizations are tackling member engagement challenges and achieving great results using email marketing and marketing automation. Shake It Off: Member Engagement Taylor Swift Style. Planning and IT Project Management for Nonprofits.

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JUNE 2, 2023

Starkweather Association Services’ shares best practices for change readiness that will help you understand and minimize the complications people bring to technology or any other change project. I’m telling you, change management chops will make a tremendous difference for projects and your career. 1 CAE credit. More info/register.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

Jane Pearson,orgSource Vice President of Marketing and Communications, offers this guidance, “In the post-pandemic world, people crave connection. Approach the project slowly and learn as you go. They will guide your audiences down new paths of discovery and build bridges to member engagement.

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JULY 9, 2021

Member engagement. Anne McCarthy at Sidecar recaps a panel discussion at SURGE Forward about the new approaches to member engagement taken by associations during the pandemic. Member Engagement in 2021: How Associations are Navigating Engagement in the Post-Pandemic Environment. Makes more sense now.

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MARCH 30, 2018

I know how badly you want to put your technology project (and all that heavy drinking) behind you, but before you move onto your next big project, heed Gretchen Steenstra’s advice at the DelCor blog: before moving forward, do a technology project close. Tue 4/3 at 2 p.m.* – Learn the Secrets of Better Member Engagement.

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MAY 29, 2020

Discover the 5 levels of subconscious communication to avoid self-sabotage and seize opportunities. Learn how to take events online in a way that is going to deliver high value, create an engaging experience, and preserve the outcomes you were seeking to achieve with your in-person conference. More info/register. More info/register.

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MAY 12, 2023

Amith Nagarajan at Sidecar explains the basics of API —“the communication bridge between different software applications”—the problem with misleading “integrates with anything” claims and questions to ask vendors during the software evaluation process. No plan, no progress. 1 CAE credit. More info/register. More info/register.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Interactive), and Case Study Showdown. Annie Henderson, Marketing and Communications Manager, ASBO International. Will Krebs, Senior Vice President, Policy and Government Relations, Project Lead the Way. Ultimate Member Engagement: The Power of Data-Driven Decision Making. Wed 12/1 at 11 a.m. Future Trends.

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MARCH 12, 2021

Learn what ‘unified communications and collaboration’ means. Discover the benefits, advantages, and components of unified communications as a service, and how to choose the right collaboration tools to help integrate your voice and data. Host: ASAE Professional Development Professionals Community. Wed 3/17 at 11 a.m. –

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JULY 15, 2016

These tech tools will help you work smarter, faster and more efficiently, whether you’re sourcing hotels, managing projects or trying to eliminate email overload. Understand how tech tools can streamline communication and collaboration. Identify potential project management solutions. Wed 7/20 at 2 p.m. More info/register.

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JULY 16, 2021

Find out how the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) embarked on their digital transformation project on behalf of their members and their industry. In this session, we’ll take a look at what’s directly impacting the way targeted audiences notice and process the email communications you’re sending. More info/register.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

WBT Systems continues its series on project management basics for accidental project managers —otherwise known as the education, membership, communications or marketing directors who get saddled with overseeing LMS, AMS or other technology implementations. Want your project to succeed? An excellent and considerate idea.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 13, 2016

More than half (54 percent) of the executives who took part in our annual association communication benchmarking study felt their organization’s inability to generate non-dues-revenue (NDR) was a serious or significant challenge — up substantially from 2015. Legacy communication channels still have a seat at the table.

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JULY 14, 2023

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. Change management chops can make a tremendous difference for projects and for your career. Event data. More info/register.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Another person who has dedicated countless hours to the association community is KiKi L’Italien. I can’t resist mentioning her latest project, even though she hasn’t asked me to do it: The Bold Community Workshop on Thursday, September 19. Turn Member Engagement and AMS Data into Effective Marketing. 1 CMP credit.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Member engagement. Many of us are eagerly awaiting the release of Amanda Kaiser’s book, Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating a Thriving Member Community , on February 14. More info/register.

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MAY 11, 2018

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… DelCor consultant Mike Guerrieri explains how to build a strong business case for a new technology project. He reveals what association execs and IT leaders (having been one himself) consider before giving a project the greenlight.

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MAY 1, 2020

Learn how to take events online in a way that is going to deliver high value, create an engaging experience, and preserve the outcomes you were seeking to achieve with your in-person conference. Hear about some major considerations for online engagement. IFTF Online Collaboration: A Global Communication Hackathon.

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JANUARY 20, 2023

Here are a few: strengthening and communicating membership value propositions, agile and transparent management and governance, and business model transformation. 10 Strategies for Driving Member & Event Engagement in 2023 For most members, your events ARE your organization and where your members engage with you and with one another.

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Revenue Education Strategy Review 39

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APRIL 10, 2020

Because so many associations are quickly converting their in-person conferences to virtual conferences, WBT Systems shares advice on engaging virtual conference attendees with the right kind of content design, networking ideas, and other extracurricular activities. Event communications. Crisis Communications Expert Adele Cehrs.

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JUNE 17, 2022

It’s a new way to approach communication and engagement with members and customers. During an interview, you must communicate your skills and experience in a way that directly relates to the employer’s needs and how you can add value to their organization. Association turnaround. Tue 6/21 at 12 p.m. – Thu 6/23 at 11 a.m.

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