Association Freak

MARCH 1, 2024

Here are some of the transformative strategies and innovations we see shaping the future of associations. The MGI 2023 Membership Marketing Survey found that 49% of associations report growth, contrasting to 26% in 2021. This year’s association outlook underscores the necessity to adapt and thrive amidst these changes.

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Association Freak

MARCH 2, 2024

Here are some of the transformative strategies and innovations we see shaping the future of associations. The MGI 2023 Membership Marketing Survey found that 49% of associations report growth, contrasting to 26% in 2021. This year’s association outlook underscores the necessity to adapt and thrive amidst these changes.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 16, 2023

In the Global Millennial and Gen Z Survey , 40% of Gen Z respondents volunteered or have been a member of a community organization, non-profit, or charity. According to a report published by Handshake , 67% of surveyed Gen Z believe you don’t need to meet in person to make a professional connection. Make networking easy.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 21, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Diversity benchmarking. Association Success is running a survey to benchmark diversity in the association industry. 5 Tips to Engage Gen Z and Millennial eLearners in 2020 and Beyond. Career pathways. Tue 8/25 at 2 p.m. – 1 CMP credit.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

To keep pace with the speed of business, teams need to reinvent themselves along with innovation and technology. Lifelong learners, problem-solvers, innovators, and creative thinkers don’t want to work in an intellectual vacuum. Are communications skills strong across the organization? A culture of education is exciting.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 19, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Association AI survey. Please participate in the ASAE 2024 Survey of Artificial Intelligence Awareness and Adoption. The survey report will benchmark key factors in AI adoption, including budgeting, training and hiring. 1 CAE credit.

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Reid All About it

JULY 21, 2023

McKinley Advisors surveyed association executives to understand the characteristics and behaviors that drive next-level board performance and strategic agility. Unlike on Threads, which, Kate Lindsay at Embedded says, is “ a mecca of Millennial brain rot.” Discover innovative approaches to enhance member engagement. Governance.

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Reid All About it

MAY 21, 2021

It’s Time to Innovate: Member Engagement in the Post-COVID Age. Chris Detzel, Community Program Manager at Reltio. Kim FitzSimmons, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at American Association of Endodontists. Presenters: Atokatha Ashmond Brew, MBA, Managing Director, Marketing & Communication, Nonprofit HR.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Membership benchmarks. iMIS invites you to participate in their 9th Annual Membership Benchmark Survey. Trying to figure out how to market more effectively to Gen Z and millennials? Marketing to younger generations. Strategic partnerships.

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Reid All About it

MAY 15, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Benchmark survey on communicating in the current climate. Naylor and Association Adviser’s annual Association Communications Benchmarking Study is now open to association professionals. Online Survey Tools and Techniques.

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Association Briefings

MAY 6, 2021

Although both are defined as digital-first generations, there’s still very distinct ways to digitally market to millennials and Gen Z - particularly as it relates to email. Anyone born between 1981 and 1996 is considered a millennial. By the Numbers So, what do the numbers tell us about email use among millennials and Gen Z?

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 7, 2020

But, this week, WBT Systems reveals the high career costs of working from home for Gen Z and millennials. Then please consider participating in.orgSource’s Creating the New Normal survey. Join us for this year’s virtual event as we focus on a future that requires us to innovate and exceed expectations. Envisioning the future.

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GrowthZone

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Our annual survey of association professionals reports repeatedly that a common concern is the increased pressure to recruit young members. The bulk of the workforce is made up of Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers, and Gen Z is not far behind. But more importantly, communicating these association benefits is key.

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Higher Logic

OCTOBER 9, 2015

This collective Voice of the Customer (VoC) may hold the key to revamping and innovating business decisions. Every organization needs to remember: you’re nothing without your community. Here are a few reminders of how your community can humanize your organization (trust us – it’s a good thing). People like talking to each other.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 26, 2018

This time, Sohini Baliga, a communications expert from the charitable fundraising world, joined Elizabeth to address three major areas where charities are way ahead of associations. Attracting millennial/young professional supporters. s 10th annual Membership Marketing Benchmarking Survey. Keep learning! Tue 1/30 at 9:30 a.m. –

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 27, 2021

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Virtual conferences survey. If virtual or in-person conferences are part of your organization’s strategy—whether you’re a non- or for-profit, large or small organization—please participate in the Tagoras 2021 Virtual Conferences survey.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Tagoras , a consulting and education firm specializing in the market for lifelong learning, invites you to participate in a survey that will help our community better understand how membership organizations use or don’t use social technologies to deliver learning. Here’s another link to the survey. More info/register.

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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Innovation = Creativity x Execution. This is a fantastic post on innovation from Vijay Govindarajan , co-author of the new book, The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge. Companies tend to focus far more attention on improving the front end of the innovation process, the creativity. Its excellent.

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Reid All About it

JULY 16, 2021

Definitely look at what he has to say, especially if you’re using labels like Gen X, Millennial and Gen Z. Moving forward means being innovative in your event design to deliver quality experiences that meet the needs of your delegates—whether they’re online, hybrid/blended or in-person—and adapt to last-minute changes. . –

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 21, 2011

The Innovation Problem for Associations. “ Six Design Principles for Business-Model Innovation ” provides association executives with his usual thought-provoking push into territories we should really be spending more of our time in—but often don’t. The innovation problem for associations is not about process.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 18, 2015

A new survey released by the International Association of Conference Centres takes a look at what meeting planners of all ages prefer and how that affects which venue and conference space is selected. Here are three key findings from the survey: Sales and marketing preferences. And it’s all about location for generation Xers.

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.orgCommunity

AUGUST 22, 2018

A 2017 Annual Freelance Survey conducted by Upwork found that: Nearly 50 percent of millennial workers are already freelancing. Based on my consulting experience, most associations prefer to innovate in baby steps. There are sites dedicated to IT, communications, design and a myriad of other skills. 36 percent of the U.S.

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Association Freak

MAY 21, 2022

Faced with these inexorable realities, organizations have chosen a wide range of responses, from defensive and incremental to innovative and bold. These headwinds will not abate. Users, of whom 67% are Millennials, have saved $170M+ this year. Laggard organizations have fallen further behind, and many will continue to do so.

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Higher Logic

JANUARY 10, 2017

The second type is perception bias , which occurs when you form an opinion about a group that makes it difficult to fairly assess an individual within that group – think about how Baby Boomers view Millennials and vice versa. Add a section to your community rules and guidelines that speaks to creating and maintaining an inclusive environment.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

The survey will take less than five minutes to complete. I took some time off on Tuesday to attend a few sessions of SURGE 2017, a virtual summit for the association community. That’s it for good reads, now it’s time for this week’s list of free professional development for the association community. 1 CAE credit.

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SCD Group

OCTOBER 14, 2014

HubSpot recently surveyed nearly 3,600 marketing and sales professionals for our annual State of Inbound report (available at link; email required), and asked several questions related to content creation and impact. Why is Everyone Talking About Millennials? And perhaps some innovation in new product offerings?

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Association Adviser

MARCH 17, 2014

Technology is not synonymous for innovation; some associations are having breakthroughs by going back to old tech. But many of the legacy challenges remain: information overload, communication clutter, attracting and retaining younger members, maintaining their position as their industry’s No. No surprise there.

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Reid All About it

MAY 14, 2021

Some of the highlighted trends are alarming: leaders are out of touch with employees and need a wake-up call, high productivity is masking an exhausted workforce, Gen Z is at risk and will need to be re-energized, and shrinking networks are endangering innovation. Hear insights culled from OnBoard’s 2021 Board Effectiveness Survey.

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SCD Group

AUGUST 14, 2012

These came labeled as follows: Millennials At the Beach (left); At the Museum (center); On a date (right). Over the last few years, I’ve watched as many Boomers and others “mock” Millenials and Gen Yers and their “failure” to communicate because they are “always texting.” Posted by Steve Drake.

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Beth Kanter

AUGUST 5, 2014

Are leadership skills different for emerging “Millennial” leaders than for people from different generations? There’s an excellent summary by the study’s authors in this post, “ Preparing Millennials for Leadership Success ,” the tips include: 1. Communicates powerfully and prolifically.

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Vanguard Tech

AUGUST 8, 2013

However this news is personally comforting knowing since the newspaper I grew up reading will now be shepherded toward its future by a proven innovator who takes the long term view instead of eyeing the next quarter’s profits. We hear each day about the need for innovation, how “millennials don’t join,” and the “end of relevance.”

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 15, 2011

Its a survey of more than 3,000 executive directors of non-profit organizations and, although it seems weighted towards charitable and social service organizations, there are a few interesting parallels and tidbits for associations. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Millennials. Eric Lanke.

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Association Adviser

AUGUST 27, 2013

Jeff DeCagna , chief strategist of Principled Innovation , agreed you need to have a balance of both personality types on your staff and on your board. Get a sense of “how open they are to change and innovation,” and work within those parameters. Innovation. Don’t just rely on a once or twice a year survey.

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.orgCommunity

JANUARY 15, 2019

She is an evidence-based creator, innovator and marketer with 17 years of experience in the public and private sector. dissertation analyzed scientific concepts underlying successful strategies for marketing, growth, sales and innovation. Millennials are especially comfortable with this type of interaction.

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.orgCommunity

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Machines are giving us the ability to understand and communicate with members more personally than ever before. You can strengthen anecdotal information with research such as member needs surveys, white papers and case studies. If you seek to deeply engage constituents (And, who doesn’t?), Shadow a member on the job for a day.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 16, 2018

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Did I talk to these people? The authors of this Harvard Business Review article about the gig economy surveyed 65 freelancers (including consultants) about their lives. It’s so spot on. 1 CAE credit. More info/register. Host: Wild Apricot.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 2, 2013

Internet innovation: As founder and CEO of the e-commerce giant Amazon.com, Bezos knows a lot about the power of communication and word of mouth online. Without the fresh ideas that millennials bring, your association could soon hit a dead end. How would Jeff Bezos run an association? — avectra (@avectra) October 2, 2013.

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