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How to Convince Employers to Pay for Professional Development

WBT Systems

This is the type of marketing campaign that can be pushed year-round to not only increase business for your educational programs but also to increase member recruitment. Collect and publicize testimonials about your programs from employers whose employees have taken your courses. Review the employee handbook.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 11.4.16

Reid All About it

I’m listening to them all in order, of course, and have made it up to the Warren Harding episode. – Playing by the Rules: Creating an Effective Volunteer Handbook. Since presidents are on everyone’s mind this week…I recently discovered the Washington Post’s podcast Presidential. More info/register. Host: VolunteerMatch.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.13.17

Reid All About it

Not only will this report help you benchmark your association’s membership marketing efforts against nearly 1,000 other associations, but you’ll pick up ideas for improving recruitment and retention tactics. The council manages leadership recruitment, candidate evaluation, and nominations. Of course, your mileage may vary.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.13.17

Reid All About it

Not only will this report help you benchmark your association’s membership marketing efforts against nearly 1,000 other associations, but you’ll pick up ideas for improving recruitment and retention tactics. The council manages leadership recruitment, candidate evaluation, and nominations. Of course, your mileage may vary.

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Speaking to Alabama Law Students about the Association World

Association Navigator

Jerry’s book, Association Law Handbook , is in the Fifth Edition and it’s a great reference tool for association and non-profit lawyers. On most days I answer regulatory questions but I’m also involved in designing social media strategies, managing finances, recruiting new members, and planning future events. Jacobs , dean of the D.C.

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Long Live Your Education Sessions: How To Repurpose, Reuse and Recoup Meeting Costs

Tom Morrison

Our association had a five module course that included a thick 3-ring bound Instructor’s Guide, five student handbooks and written tests. What if we also gave an option for members to take the course online and call it the Qualified Furnace Operator Program? That is 100 new members we did not have to recruit!

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When Members Vote on Dues

Associations Now

One of those associations is the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America. ” (In fact, the sample bylaws document in the Association Law Handbook provides exactly one line about setting dues: “Dues are established by the Board of Directors.”). but not anything else.”