Higher Logic

JANUARY 30, 2018

There’s never enough time in the day, especially for association professionals. It’s common for association staff to wear multiple hats, consistently switching roles in order to get more done with fewer resources. A membership director also helps with event planning and updating the website, for instance. The benefit of this situation is that your staff is knows everything about every part of your association.

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WBT Systems

JANUARY 30, 2018

Are you feeling restless at work? Itching to have a positive impact on your association and industry? Worried your online learning programs might be losing their edge? Maybe you look at entrepreneurs and think, “Now, that’s the life. The drive, the passion, why can’t I have that?” Here’s the thing: you can. You don’t have to leave your job for the wild risky ride of entrepreneurship.

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Jamie Notter

JANUARY 30, 2018

I’m not in the digital transformation business, though I know many consultants and client organizations who are in the middle of it. And Maddie, of course, is a digital strategist, so I’ve got an inside track to someone who knows the business and has done the work. Maybe that gives me just enough information to be dangerous, but I have to say, I get the feeling that the people who are deeply immersed in digital transformation seem to be missing something hugely important: The digital part will b

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GrowthZone

JANUARY 30, 2018

GrowthZone recently surveyed 1,000 association professionals, asking about everything from renewal stats and member communication tactics to staff health insurance coverage and mobile payments… plus a whole lot more. Download the 2018 Association Industry Trends Survey Report. to see what your association peers said. But, there was one question that opened a Pandora’s box of responses: What do you wish your board realized?

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Smooth The Path

JANUARY 30, 2018

I would love to meet you. I really would! You have been hanging in there reading post after post after post so we must be similarly motivated. We want to provide an amazing member experience. We want to make our professions, our industries, our communities better places. We want to solve business problems for our associations. Right!? It would be so great to catch up in the real world!

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Association Adviser

JANUARY 30, 2018

For which of the following event security contingencies does your association have a plan? This poll is open till 01-03-2018 -. remaining only 1 month. Natural disaster. Active shooter. Bomb threat. Cyber attack. Attendee disruption. Disease outbreak. Vehicular attack. General injury or death. Natural disaster. -. 0. Active shooter. -. 0. Bomb threat. -. 0.

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Association Adviser

JANUARY 30, 2018

For which of the following event security contingencies does your association have a plan? This poll is open till 01-03-2018 -. remaining only 1 week. Natural disaster. Active shooter. Bomb threat. Cyber attack. Attendee disruption. Disease outbreak. Vehicular attack. General injury or death. Natural disaster. -. 3. Active shooter. -. 0. Bomb threat. -. 0.

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Association Adviser

JANUARY 30, 2018

Last month, we asked readers in what area they plan to make the most innovative changes in 2018. The results are in: As in 2017 , membership remains the top priority for associations to evolve and improve. Fifty-seven percent of respondents named this their top area for planned innovations. Slightly less than one-third (29 percent) said they would focus on marketing and communication changes while 14 percent plan to focus most of their association’s changes on the technology it deploys.

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Association Adviser

JANUARY 30, 2018

Last month, we asked readers in what area they plan to make the most innovative changes in 2018. The results are in: As in 2017 , membership remains the top priority for associations to evolve and improve. Fifty-seven percent of respondents named this their top area for planned innovations. Slightly less than one-third (29 percent) said they would focus on marketing and communication changes while 14 percent plan to focus most of their association’s changes on the technology it deploys.

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