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Member Experience: Associations’ New Blueprint for Engagement

Smooth The Path

Likely once you find the right color, you’ll start comparing page count and price. The best-priced product will win your purchase. Associations are the sum of their conferences, articles, research reports, and certification. Small transactions are rarely all that emotional.

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Associations Need to Lead Change with Education Programs

WBT Systems

The authors of the whitepaper cite Georgetown University noting “Industry-based certifications address several problems that postsecondary credentials currently face: relevance, accountability, consistency, and portability.” Why Emphasize Technology for Association Education Programs?

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10 Steps to Choosing Your Association’s Next AMS

Membersuite

Typically, this group includes membership, accounting, IT, events, member/customer service, education, certifications, and marketing staff. #2: Additionally, I always recommend digging deeper on pricing to catch hidden, extra costs like support, software upgrades and updates, and other items not included in the price.

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Association Brain Food: 1.12.24

Reid All About it

Read this post by Peter Houstle of Mariner Management about The Power of “A”—this time, “A” refers to Association People. Hear how the speaker’s team developed a price elasticity forecast, share your own data modeling stories and learn from in-the-trenches experiences of your peers. Need to reignite your spark? More info/register.

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Your Complete Guide to Membership Dues

MemberClicks

How do you strike a balance between ensuring that enough revenue comes in to cover all your operation costs, and charging your members a fair price for the value they’re receiving? How do you increase your membership dues prices? Increasing your price for membership dues. Why do they matter? What are membership dues?

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Help Millennials Get Jobs: Offer Online Learning & Career Resources

WBT Systems

In a recent Associations Now article , they referred to their strategy as “priming the pump.” Upon the completion of a learning pathway, the learner receives a digital badge, certificate, and/or certification. Researchers have found that millennial students favor badging and certificates over traditional degrees.

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2018 eLearning Predictions: Updated Hype Curve

Forj

When a learner accumulates a sufficient balance of CE credits over a certain span of time, she achieves maintenance of certification. Less abstractly, the CE business of non-profit associations is threatened by for-profit CE providers that undercut the associations’ prices.