Higher Logic

MAY 29, 2020

In order to recruit new members, associations need to provide a unique value proposition , something compelling enough that people see value in paying for membership on their own or asking their company to sponsor their membership. Difficulty justifying membership costs with any significant ROI (27%). Be the industry leader.

Social Media 254

Social Media Tools Member Engagement Revenue 254

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APRIL 28, 2023

Member recruitment. Impexium suggests member recruitment strategies that will successfully drive your marketing efforts in this very different marketplace. Online communities are extremely popular with younger audiences—the toughest ones to recruit and retain. Frankly, we’re smarter about it now. Online community. 1 CAE credit.

DC 205

DC Recruiting Recruitment Washington 205

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DECEMBER 3, 2021

Because IT departments are isolated from the core business , Joe Peppard believes they prevent organizations from being “innovative, agile, customer-focused and digitally transformed.” James Marquis (moderator), Chief Innovation Officer, 501Works. How to Control Costs When Planning Hybrid Events. 86 the IT department.

Revenue 195

Revenue Technology Innovation Social Media 195

.orgSource

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Conflict of interest Finances Sexual harassment Diversity, equity, and inclusion Whistleblower processes Employee behavior and performance Recruiting, onboarding, and background checking Cybersecurity Mission and values Internal risk should be managed on a daily basis. The organization has a multilayered process for innovation.

Strategy 88

Strategy Innovation Process Products 88

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MARCH 5, 2021

A low-cost, low-effort way to connect members… from association CEO Lindsay Currie, CAE. The ROI Member Recruitment Brochure: How to Crea8e Brochures That Positively Influence Membership Decisions. The ROI of Words: How to Write Website Copy That Will Drive Member Renewal and Recruitment. Quick hits. Host: Fridays@4. Host: Hubb.

North Carolina 370

North Carolina Certificate Strategy Case Study 370

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Innovating Meetings & Events: The Way Forward ( Chatting with Agnes & Cecilia). Explore how to better prepare for virtual board and finance committee meetings and improve outcomes. Learn how board skills tracking can help you identify critical gaps and engage in more strategic board member recruitment. Host: Vanilla.

Survey 195

Survey Newsletter Price Technology 195

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APRIL 16, 2021

Learn what attendees and sponsors actually find value in and are willing to pay for, ideas for sponsorable products and services that all contribute to the bottom line, how additional safety protocols can be used to offset costs, and the best way to partner with your venue and hybrid event technology provider. Innovative Remote Workplace.

Revenue 363

Revenue Strategy Team Content 363

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

GrowthZone’s guide to selecting a credit card processor is perfect for those of you who need to understand the players and their roles, terminology, fees, rates, hard and soft costs, and security issues. Molly also chairs the ASAE Small Staff Associations Advisory Committee. Data strategy. More info/register. Letting Go! 1 CAE credit.

LMS 256

LMS Revenue Arlington Education 256

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

The ROI Member Recruitment Brochure: How to Create Brochures That Positively Influence Membership Decisions. The ROI of Words: How to Write Website Copy That Will Drive Member Renewal and Recruitment. A well-researched, goal-oriented and theme-based join process can help you achieve increased engagement at the cost of a few clicks.

Utah 370

Utah LMS Conference Technology 370

ISAE

JANUARY 31, 2024

Virtual: A virtual auction is a great choice if you’re hoping to reduce overhead costs and allow as many members as possible to take part in your event, no matter where they are. Karrie Wozniak Karrie has spent more than a decade bringing innovative technology and fundraising strategies to the nonprofit industry.

Team 52

Team Software Event Planning Social Media 52

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MARCH 10, 2017

Member R&R: Better Retention and Recruitment for Your Association (Association Chat). Learn how to boost member recruitment and retention. Organizer: ASAE Healthcare Community Committee. If your chapter dues process takes too long, costs too much money, or is a nightmare to manage, this webinar is for you. Guest: J.P.

Raleigh 150

Raleigh DC Washington Content 150

Beth Kanter

APRIL 23, 2012

Note from Beth: Innovation was the buzzword at the Nonprofit Technology Conference! I ran into the good folks at Idealware who offered to do a guest post on the topic – looking at small ways to be innovative. Everyday Technology: Innovative Ways To Do More With Less, Guest Post by Laura Quinn and Chris Bernard.

Innovation 28

Innovation Technology Minnesota Social Media 28

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MARCH 3, 2023

I love the idea from Jay Ablondi of the Massachusetts Medical Society about sponsors being resident experts for boards and committees—a natural role for experienced industry partners. Our topic this month is association finance innovation. Self-mastery. I’m happy to feature it as long as it’s not too product-centric. 1 CAE credit.

Revenue 39

Revenue Tools Education Member Experience 39

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JUNE 19, 2020

They see associations stretching their innovation muscle, learning new skills, reassessing assumptions, discovering ways to improve, and summoning up the courage to take tough steps forward. The wrong words – or worse, the forgettable words – can cost your organization countless opportunities. Pandemic silver linings. 1 CAE credit.

Video 221

Video Conference Revenue Industry 221

Association Subculture

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

The leaders who focus on “more” often judge staff and volunteer performance on new member recruitment numbers rather than current member retention. They can even recruit more members than the association staff can adequately serve leading to disappointment and low retention rates for new recruits.

Recruiting 100

Recruiting Recruitment Leadership Revenue 100

MemberClicks

AUGUST 3, 2023

Reduce costs. Taking your educational offerings online allows you to reduce the costs associated with producing printed learning materials and organizing in-person training courses. Track progress. With an association LMS, you can easily keep an eye on members’ progress as they work through your educational courses.

Software 52

Software LMS Certificate Learning Management System 52

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APRIL 29, 2022

Complimentary registration and a stipend of $5,000 will be provided to the awardee’s organization to cover the cost of travel, lodging and incidentals. Their non-dues revenue scorecard takes seven factors into account, including member value, market insight, effort, and cost. Heller, founder and publisher of USAE and CustomNEWs.

Louisiana 39

Louisiana Revenue Technology Recruiting 39

AMR Management Services

JUNE 4, 2012

Form an organizing committee or task force to determine interest: is there enough to get started? Determine the organizational structure: board, committees, chapters, etc. Focus efforts on both member recruitment and retention. This will get you through year one covering staff costs and marketing expenses.

How To 64

How To Library Committee Kentucky 64

Association Adviser

APRIL 10, 2017

However, about a year later a recruiter called on behalf of the American Hospital Association asking me to interview for a job as an education director for one of their business units. We’ve been told that while AHE offers tremendous value to sponsors, the data set alone is worth the cost of sponsorship.

Education 62

Education Certificate Course Cost 62

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JULY 14, 2023

Marketing Artificial Intelligence in Action Learn about low-lift, low-cost AI tools you can begin experimenting with right away at your organization, which are specific to the marketing, membership, and communications functions. In Part 3, we’ll dig into innovation, something most cultures say they need, yet few are fully implementing.

Education 39

Education Price Tools Technology 39

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FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Member recruitment. Impexium describes the eight elements of an association marketing strategy that will help you recruit more members, such as developing personas, leveraging data, nurturing leads, and more. Without a basic knowledge of APIs, you could also cost your association a lot of time and money. Trade show costs.

Blended Learning 39

Blended Learning LMS Ohio Technology 39

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APRIL 15, 2022

DJ Johnson, FASAE, CAE, Chair of the Individual Honors Awards Committee. Rhea Steele, CAE, 2020 Professional Performance Award recipient, and Vice Chair of the Individual Honors Awards Committee. The pandemic has laid bare the significant cost of misunderstanding culture and what it should be doing for your association.

Proposal 39

Proposal Technology Revenue Marketing 39

Association Adviser

MARCH 19, 2013

If you look back at our most popular reader polls of the past three years it’s interesting to see how your peers’ concerns have shifted from strategy (2010) to communication and innovation (2011) to tools and technology (2012). “By that I mean not all opinions have to be vetted by a committee or two.

New York City 60

New York City California New York Video 60

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

Dr. Michael Tatonetti, CAE, explains how to overcome your colleagues’ (or leadership’s) fear of raising sponsorship prices —an argument that gets into goals, costs and value. You will be able to understand the difference between program and supporting services and variance methods for allocating costs in accordance with GAAP.

Blended Learning 300

Blended Learning Revenue Conference Technology 300

Fonteva

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Avoid implementation and transaction costs from a second software solution. The best membership CRM will make it easy to create custom reports for different departments, special committees, and projects with: Reporting on standard as well as custom fields. Empower local chapters to plan events. Easy export to common file types.

Membership Management 52

Membership Management Software Review Directory 52

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

They describe the seven steps of starting a successful association mentoring program from pre-evaluation and research to planning, design, recruitment, matching, training, support, and evaluation. Eliminate the Executive Committee! Hear from AWS experts, customers, and startups who are innovating with data and generative AI today.

Revenue 272

Revenue Innovation Education Tools 272

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

Frugal innovation. Due to the pandemic and uncertain economy, associations are constantly creating new resources for members and making changes to business as usual—yes, they’re innovating! WBT Systems describes 12 essentials for frugal innovation , the only kind your budget probably allows. AMS considerations. 1 CMP credit.

Indiana 221

Indiana Review Education Conference 221

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Growthzone’s guide to selecting a credit card processor is perfect for those of you who need to understand the players and their roles, terminology, fees, rates, hard and soft costs, and security issues. Fri 11/4 at 10 a.m.* – Association Purpose (Coffee with Innovators). Content distribution. We are association people. 1 CAE credit.

Arlington 39

Arlington Technology Case Study Revenue 39

MemberClicks

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Increased revenue More membership growth Additional membership upgrades More revenue per member Optimized membership strategies Improved membership retention and recruitment Improved historical data. TCO refers to the lifetime costs involved in setting up, training staff, and maintaining the software for its entire lifecycle.

Software 52

Software Membership Management Price Directory 52

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APRIL 23, 2021

Come and listen to members (both volunteer leaders and those not on committees, boards, etc.) Evelien Aernaudts, Abbit Meeting Innovators. It’s time to take control of your data to determine the heath of your membership retention, recruitment, engagement and revenue to produce the best results. Mark Cooper, IACC. 1 CAE credit.

Revenue 370

Revenue Strategy Content Education 370

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MARCH 18, 2022

Consensus-based problem-solving groups, like boards and committees, are highly susceptible to groupthink. Presenters: Christopher Corr, President and Founder, Cost Wellness LLC. Partnership + Innovation = Non-Dues Revenue Success: New Solutions to Non-Dues Revenue Challenges. Membership Recruitment: How to Reach New Markets.

Revenue 39

Revenue Technology Video LMS 39

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

If your AMS doesn’t help you recruit, engage and retain members , it’s time to start looking for a new one. Meetings Cost-Saving Strategies Understand our current marketplace and how it affects a planners’ strategy during negotiations. Host: ASAE Research Committee of ASAE Research Foundation Thu 2/23 at 12 p.m. – 1 CMP credit.

Revenue 39

Revenue Strategy Education Technology 39

Association Subculture

APRIL 12, 2011

Godwin at Case Western - Positive Organization Development: Innovation-inspired Change in an Economy and Ecology of Strengths. This paper is a MUST READ for anyone interested in innovation in our association community. We often attempt to think innovatively while not recognizing the common terminology we use can work to block us in.

Strategy 100

Strategy Innovation System Analysis 100

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NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Hear three panels of policy specialists—House, Senate, and Executive Branch—discuss what happened in key races, how (potential) shifts in the majority impact key committees, what it all means for the rest of 2022, and what policy changes we can anticipate in 2023. It doesn’t feel the same, nor does it cost the same. More info/register.

LMS 39

LMS Education Technology Strategy 39

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JULY 22, 2022

Presenters: Emily Longvall, Manager, Industry Research and Education, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO). Emerging technologies make greater innovation possible, but also present real challenges, like building your team’s digital fluency and prioritizing the implementation of various emerging technologies to meet future needs.

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Price Technology Strategy Software 43