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What to Do When Membership Is Booming?

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The industry is surging thanks to advanced-automation and robotics technologies: Look no further than Amazon’s warehouse robots , which can now pick, pack, and ship an online order to your door. For decades, RIA focused mainly on the auto industry in Detroit. That’s what the Robotic Industries Association is starting to see.

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Joint Membership: The “Special Sauce” for Chapter Relations

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These types of associations are also more likely to recruit high-quality volunteers and see higher levels of membership retention, he says. Technology and automation tools are some of the biggest drivers of a shift to joint membership. And like members of NJSNA, chapter members get a dues discount—a savings of $50 on dual membership.