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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.14.21

Reid All About it

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. I’ll be happy to feature it as long as it’s not too product centric.

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Is Your Association a Media Manipulator or Media Manipulated?

SCD Group

A malicious online rumor costs a company millions. Some product or celebrity zooms from total obscurity to viral sensation.What you don’t know is that someone is responsible for all this. For example, I received a call one hot July from a reporter at a St. But, my editor said, “No, I want a drought story.” “So,

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So You Think You Know Non-Dues Revenue

Association Adviser

Cost-plus pricing doesn’t cut it anymore: [link] @AssocAdviser. Weidner said MSCI tries to come up with products and services that represent real value to members — and which help grow the top line. but since robust digital can now cost more to produce than paper-based media, “print is enjoying a resurgence,” Kalogeridis noted.

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A New Type of Conference Education

SCD Group

No audio/visual equipment was provided and most exhibitors utilized products for demonstration rather than relying on images or PowerPoint presentations – one exhibitor even snuck in his backyard chickens. Louis, Missouri. We are expanding the concept for the 2014 convention!

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SCD Group: Is there a "magic" price for association memberships?

SCD Group

One firm, which said it manages pricing for 400 brands, changes prices on two million products every hour. At some point during the process, weve covered our fixed costs for memberships or events. The YMCA of St. Louis promotes its special (flexible) member dues pricing system. Louis paper. Wait a minute. "

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.18.18

Reid All About it

I’ll be happy to feature it as long as it’s not product-centric. Louis (Association Chat). New European Union Data Privacy Laws Could Cost Your Company Money (rebroadcast). Now, the main event: free professional development events for the association community. Define what success looks like and how to measure it.

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What's it worth to you?

Idea Architects

Books abound on pricing strategy for products and services, but ultimately what something is worth depends on how an individual calculates value. Next week I will be joining 4500 other professionals who work in or care about the association profession for our annual meeting being held in St. Those costs for me in St.