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JANUARY 26, 2024

. – Association and Nonprofit Trends for 2024: Navigating a Rapidly Evolving Landscape As we move into 2024, the landscape for associations is rapidly evolving, driven by technological advancements, changing member expectations, and an increasingly global context. Here, we’ll focus on those geared toward the Black community.

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APRIL 12, 2024

Katrina Ciccarelli McAfee at Association Analytics shares a three-step strategy for improving new member acquisition. She explains how to get in front of prospects, make an impression on them and communicate the value of membership. Staff meetings. More info/register. 1 CAE credit. 1 CAE credit. More info/register.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 1, 2023

When members better understand your association’s legislative and regulatory priorities and their role in achieving those goals, they can more confidently make an effective case with policymakers. Project success stories. Member recruitment. To attract young members , you must recruit in ways that make sense to them.

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JUNE 16, 2023

PCMA is partnering with Gevme on the AI-based Project Spark for the events industry , which is free now, but I can see revenue potential. They also share communications lessons learned from their decades of experience in media, business and communications. We develop expertise from researching, thinking and writing.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

Event Farm describes two different approaches to crafting event experiences that will wow your attendees and help you achieve business outcomes. They provide low- and high-budget examples to illustrate what they mean. 5 Tips to Deliver a Better Member Experience: How to Present Your Member Benefits for Max Engagement.

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EventMobi: Association Events

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

If your retention rate is below that number, here are a few quick things you can do to improve it: Communicate effectively. Use multiple streams of communication (email, social media, paper mail, etc.), One of the best association member management strategies is investing in tools to nurture connections between members.

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Delcor

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

They make sure the kitchen is appropriately staffed and equipped to deliver the dining experience their menu promises to guests. For example, a high-end restaurant might have an expensive, multi-course, farm-to-table menu sourced from local farmers and fishers. Technology project prioritization.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 17, 2022

Modern technology streamlines work processes, allowing employees to take on new projects and grow their skill sets. . Ask yourself, how can innovative technology streamline staff processes, ultimately transforming the member experience? . Share examples of how much time employees save while using your technology. .

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Select a few members that may be most interested in the project at hand and ask them for feedback. Ask members about their experience so far. Present members with your ideas for improvements and ask them what they think. Even when you don’t ask, your members are telling you what they need. Get personal.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 10, 2023

Nimble AMS describes how it can help your association recruit, engage and retain members by helping you better understand members, anticipate their needs, and deliver personalized communication and content. Host: UST Education Speaker: Linn Wheeling, MBA, CAE, Director Community Engagement Wed 3/22 at 1 p.m. 1 CAE credit.

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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. Art of Mentoring explains why mentoring is so critical for the healthcare workforce.

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Aptify

JULY 1, 2021

Membership recruitment is a never-ending project. Every year, members leave your organization – they retire, change jobs or professions, go out of business, lose their professional development budget, or just leave for unknown reasons. As members go out the back door, you must keep new ones coming in the front.

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Optimist Consulting

MAY 31, 2016

For example, your membership service is likely to offer benefits to members, volunteering opportunities and professional career development activities. – “The member experience”. Every time you communicate with your members is an opportunity to convey the member experience. Publications.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 9, 2023

We all know that and think we do it, but her examples show us how often we don’t. Nimble AMS explains how an AMS can help your association recruit, engage and retain members by helping you better understand members, anticipate their needs and deliver personalized emails and content. Membership engagement. More info/register.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

You may want to find out after reading this interesting report from Billhighway about hundreds of calls they made to associations for a market research project. Community Brands asked more than 1,000 association members in the U.S. Host: NimbleUser AMS and Community Brands. Do you really know? 1 CAE credit.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Wes Trochlil shares three examples of low-hanging fruit in data management. She says in her post, Your Members Feel Very Alone : “One of the first soft benefits many new members receive from their association is realizing for the first time they are not alone.” Molly Trerotola , Media & Communications Manager, Give Lively.

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Aptify

JULY 14, 2021

With this idea in mind, here’s how to deliver more value at each point along the member journey to drive greater member acquisition, engagement, and retention: Acquisition. Attracting new members is an ongoing project. Members leave your association each year. Offer an incentive. Get the tip sheet. Engagement.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 21, 2022

Marketing, membership and communications awards. Gold Circle Awards recognize excellence in marketing, membership, and communications in 15 categories. The member experience. MemberSuite suggests how to reevaluate the member experience and apply what you learn. The survey closes next week so don’t delay.

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Reid All About it

MAY 7, 2021

And this isn’t your mother’s webinar, so we’ll show you real-life examples of effective emails we’ve created and how you can replicate them. Audiences have developed new expectations as their level of familiarity and sophistication with virtual communications has grown. More info/register. Wed 5/12 at 1 p.m.

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Nimble AMS

JULY 2, 2020

Here are a few examples of how associations can use Nimble AMS and Salesforce platform functionality to keep staff working together, even when they’re in different locations. Communicate and stay on top of important updates. There’s no need to have someone on your team run reports and manually email them to various staff members.

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GrowthZone

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Members enjoy the ease of registration and payments. We use the communication function in ChamberMaster all the time. “We’re using GrowthZone to drive significant process improvements that make our member experiences remarkable and consistent. For example, the process to print monthly invoices is quick.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 6, 2021

Communication app overload. Achurch Consulting explains how to thoughtfully manage multiple communication and collaboration platforms. . Personalizing the Member Experience. Learn new and innovative ways to personalize the member experience. Host: Community By Association. Wed 8/11 at 3 p.m.

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MARCH 24, 2023

Member onboarding. Thank goodness, many associations are rethinking new member onboarding. If your association hasn’t yet tackled this project or you’re open to further tweaking, Impexium describes the elements of an exceptional member onboarding experience. Sponsorship strategy. Event scheduling. 1 CAE credit.

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MAY 14, 2021

Creating a virtual learning experience that can replicate the benefits of in-person instruction will become a more pressing priority for education professionals. Hear three examples of how our customers have addressed this very challenge using practical, cost-effective strategies. 5 Ways to Enhance the Modern Member Experience.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 28, 2020

But she says if you move around a bit and plan far enough in advance, you can capture moments that illustrate the member experience. Here some of Asico’s tips for spotlighting your members in compelling ways through visual imagery. An example might be an award presented to volunteers. Turn to members for backup.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Instead, when you hear crickets, he suggests you ask board members to use specific language—he shares several examples—to express their stance on an issue or proposal. Most associations use surveys to collect data from members, but too often the resulting data is not leveraged to improve operations or member experience.

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Reid All About it

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. 1 CAE credit.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 15, 2019

The member experience ebbs and flows with activity throughout the year, which is why a content calendar can help you plan for member engagements in 2019. In a video, Sailer explains how the process works: Association membership teams can use a similar process to generate ideas for member engagement.

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Association Adviser

JANUARY 18, 2019

Have you recently stopped to think about how your association’s tech solutions can complement one another to maximize your existing resources and provide a better member experience? The best part about these examples is that in many cases they don’t require additional investments. Dave Bornmann, Naylor Association Solutions.

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Reid All About it

JULY 9, 2021

The training of frontline (public-facing) employees has traditionally been the purview of a company’s HR department or, as with alcohol service training, for example, outsourced to a for-profit specializing in that niche. Member Engagement in 2021: How Associations are Navigating Engagement in the Post-Pandemic Environment.

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MemberClicks

JUNE 8, 2023

With an effective membership database, organizations should be able to follow these best practices: Ensure that member information automatically updates in profiles. For example, ensuring that membership statuses or types automatically updates in every member’s profile saves a lot of manual work. And that’s a good thing.

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ISAE

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Why Stress Relief is Important for Association Professionals As an association leader, you have firsthand experience of the rigorous demands of working at an association. Association professionals have a great deal of responsibility, as they need to cater to the members of your association. Empower healthy work-life balance.

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Higher Logic

JULY 13, 2017

Lifelong learning is a major goal for many people, so provide flexible eLearning options to help your members master new skills. For example, you could create an eCourse that teaches your members new software for their jobs. Motivate members to join your association and renew their membership by providing these benefits.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 25, 2017

This week’s example is insight engines. Learn how your leaders can improve their communication skills to make staff members feel valued and committed to the organization’s goals. Your Member Experience: Have You Called Your Association Lately? Start thinking about it because soon it will be here.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 4, 2013

A benchmarking process can be as simple as finding a handful of similar nonprofit organizations and comparing your key performance metrics. Take this example comparing nonprofits performance in pinerest. Social Media Benchmarking: Gauging Success for Project and Organizations in Global Health and Development. By: Rebecca Shore.

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Aptify

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

Looking at multiple data points together, the study shows how the importance of various member benefits changes throughout the member journey – both through the member lifecycle and career stage. Don’t wait until a member fails to renew to find out what went wrong. For example, Aptify AMS – a?membership

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Next week, I’m transitioning into an exciting new role as the communications director for the American Forest & Paper Association. But what really excited me about this job, and maybe the thing I’ll miss the most, are the stories of associations making changes in big and small ways to improve the member experience.

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