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The importance of shared definitions in conversations on race

Association Success

As tensions continue to rise over police brutality and systemic racism, it’s important now more than ever to continue speaking about racism in the workplace. Having what Dialogue on Race Louisiana President and CEO Maxine Crump calls “shared definitions” is the key to fostering genuine and solution-oriented conversations.

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Association Management Systems (AMS): 5 Software Strategies

Higher Logic

But to do this effectively, you need to have a system in place for gathering, organizing, and accessing the member information that provides you with insight into their goals and preferences: an association management system, or an AMS. An integrated community-AMS does this and saves you time and prevents lost or confused data.

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Starting Steps for Finding a Marketing Automation Tool That Integrates With Your AMS

Associations Now

For example, if there’s membership turnover or people changing categories, you have live data, so you can approach those groups differently for your marketing efforts. Integrating these systems also helps save staff time.” However, if you don’t approach the integration thoughtfully, systems can go haywire.

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How to Start Your Data Analytics Journey

Association Analytics

For example, a report is the weekly number of new members who joined your association. Some examples to consider: What are the main drivers of member retention? To make this process more efficient, look at bringing all your systems into one repository. Create a Data Task Force & Data Definitions.

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How to Maintain Relevance and Revenue in Today’s Economy

Association Analytics

For example, let’s say your association sold two products (Product A and Product B) last year that brought in the same total revenue – $20,000 each. This proactive strategy will definitely help set your association apart in such a busy world! Product A’s price point is $1,000 so you only sold 20 units of that product.

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Don’t Fear Your Dirty Data

Association Analytics

Example: email should be close to 100%, other fields like interests aren’t as important to capture initially. You definitely need billing data, but knowing your member’s fax number is likely less important. This is a list of all your systems that contain data about your members and business. Focus on critical data points.

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How to Make Analytics a Priority – Finally!

Association Analytics

Some examples include: Data specific – What data empowers you? An example is how many new members did we acquire last month? You’ll also move away from those frustrating situations where you’re looking at reports from different systems that are displaying different values for the same metric. What limits you?

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