Fri.Sep 02, 2016

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 9.2.16

Reid All About it

120 days left in the year—what do you still want to accomplish? Have you contributed to the community as much as you’d like? If not, take 15 minutes to participate in the Association Leadership Study. This study will find out what leadership practices nurture great boards, what behaviors and skills CEOs need to move their boards ahead, and more. Amanda Kaiser of Kaiser Insights (the brains behind the Smooth the Path blog) and AH (aka Association Headquarters, an NJ-based AMC) are conducting the

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Simplify Your Event Registration

Membersuite

Event registration can be a long, painful process if not handled appropriately. But, you can make your attendees feel well taken care of and excited about your event before they ever walk through the doors of your event if you simplify your registration process. These 4 statements will assist you in providing the simplest registration process for your registrants.

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Now Hiring: Show Ambassador

Associations Now

To host a successful conference, you need employees in a variety of roles. But have you ever considered looking outside and having students, interns, or volunteers help market your conference or work onsite? In other words, does your conference need a show ambassador? Putting together an annual conference requires a lot of people in a lot of different roles.

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How to Build a Better Digital Strategy

.orgCommunity

From : Blog Entry >> Heather's Blog Entry Becoming a digital-first, digitally-charged, or digitally-focused organization takes strategy. But where do you start? You begin with asking five questions about your current digital state, says David D. DeLorenzo, CAE, chief information officer of DelCor—a digital strategy consulting firm—during.orgCommunity’s “Thirty on Thursday” webinar Aug. 25.

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Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Association Member Education

Unlock More Profit and Smarter Packaging for Member Learning Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your association’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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Study Guide: Associations Prep Parents for Back to School

Associations Now

As children head back to school, organizations are making sure parents are also ready for the end-of-summer transition. With fall comes back to school shopping, a return to routine, and preparing parents, teachers, and children for the challenges of a new school year. And a number of associations are doing their part to make sure everyone is ready. In The Classroom.

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Using Data to Meet Your Strategic Goals

Associations Now

Collecting data from inside your own organization can be difficult, but organizing and analyzing it may help with future strategic decisions. With so much data available today, organizations can easily become overwhelmed when they are tasked with integrating their own data into their decision making. Yet many experts say every board today should strive to be driven by data.

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Enabling and Accelerating Value Acquisition

Idea Architects

1. Don't forget: joining is not the same as belonging. Smart organizations transition new joiners to a sense of belonging and identifying as a community member by quickly connecting them to both the community at large and to specific individuals, resources, and opportunities of interest. I recommend at minimum a plan of action for one day, one week, and one month after someone joins. 2.

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Historical Association Catches the Big One: A Whaler’s Meticulous Manuscripts

Associations Now

The Nantucket Historical Association, thanks to the help of an anonymous donor, now owns the writings of a 19th-century whaler whose meticulous notes offer supreme insights into the nature of his chosen trade. Perhaps this observation is obvious, but the latest acquisition by the Nantucket Historical Association is a whale of a tale. Back in May, NHA got its hands on an impressive document—400 pages of writings by a whaler named Seth Pinkham, who left the tiny island off of Cape Cod, Massachuse

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Electric Industry Takes Leap Forward After FAA Drone Victory

Associations Now

Winning many of the regulations it wanted from the FAA, the Edison Electric Institute is helping its members move ahead with a plan to use drones to check power lines. EEI still has its eye on a potential regulatory change that could make drones even more useful to power companies. The electric industry is one of many industries that have some innovative ideas about how to use drones.

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2024 Association Survey Results Report

2024 Association Survey Results Report For the 10th year, association professionals across the U.S. and Canada provided a look at the inner workings of their organizations when they replied to GrowthZone’s annual survey. Read the 2024 survey results report to see how your association compares: Top Challenges Retention Rates Non-Renewal Reasons Automatic Renewals Reinstatement Strategies Member Engagement Changes & Strategies Why Members Join Non-Dues Revenue Sources Dues Increases, and more

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Friday Buzz: Time to Update Your Apps

Associations Now

Apple gives an ultimatum to developers: Maintain your apps or we’ll remove them from the App Store. Also: why one association embraced an organizational redesign. A few changes to the App Store could be great for users—but bad for small organizations that don’t update their apps very often. Apple updated its App Store Review Guidelines this week, targeting developers who focus on macOS or iOS development.