Tue.Jun 18, 2019

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Higher Logic Joins Team Rubicon to Tackle Community Disaster Response in Houston

Higher Logic

HIGHER LOGIC CARES: Through our 2019 Charity Program, we sent a group of nine staff volunteers to Houston, Texas, in May 2019 to assist Team Rubicon in disaster response efforts. This story is about their personal experiences on-site and what it’s like to participate. Here at Higher Logic, community is our business. The same could be said for Team Rubicon, though their core motto is “Disasters are our business.

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Many Organizations Accidentally Ignore New Members

Smooth The Path

Last year I was talking to a colleague, and she recommended a particular national professional association. This group sounded like it could help me with some of my professional goals, so I joined. Right off the bat, I ran into a few issues. The online membership application process didn’t allow me to set my username and password, so right after I joined, I couldn’t log in and check out my new member benefits.

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Get More Out of Your Conference Planning Sessions

Association Success

How can you create a more effective agenda at your conference planning sessions? Do you start your conference planning sessions by asking a big group sitting at a U-shaped boardroom table , “So what kind of content would you like on the program this year?” Do you proceed to repeat that same question all day long? Then you likely already know that this approach doesn’t spark new ideas or help you find solutions to make your conference more engaging.

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Four Internet Trends Affecting Membership

Associations Now

At the 2019 Code Conference, venture capitalist Mary Meeker detailed numerous internet trends giving shape to businesses. Many of them also have implications for associations and their members. Last week, Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends Report was released, teeing up—as Vox Media’s Recode put it—“ the holiday season for data nerds.”. Meeker, the founder of Bond Capital and a former Wall Street securities analyst, delivered a whopping 333-slide deck in a half-hour presentation at the Code Co

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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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Meet Julie Carswell - Sr. Customer Success Manager at MemberSuite

Membersuite

Meet Julie Carswell, a Customer Success Manager (CSM) that loves family time, traveling, animals, and Halloween. Learn more about our CSM in this month's Employee Spotlight.

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How to Meet the Membership & Education Expectations of Millennials and Gen Z

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Generation Z and young Millennials are different. New research shows they have much greater price sensitivity and much lower brand loyalty than older generations. Their price sensitivity isn’t a surprise considering their: • Student loan debt. • Weakened job prospects. • Low earnings. • Lack of employer support for membership and professional development.

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Daily Buzz: The Research Poster Disrupting Scientific Conferences

Associations Now

Scientific posters aren’t designed to effectively communicate insight. So, one man designed a new type of poster to accelerate discovery. Also: why you need a membership development pipeline. At the tens of thousands of science and medicine conferences every year, many attendees attend poster sessions, where rooms filled with research posters proudly boast their findings.

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B Lab Pushes Growth of Mission-Focused B Corporations

Associations Now

The B Corp designation is awarded to socially minded businesses that meet high standards of transparency and accountability. B Lab, the nonprofit that awards the certification, is working to build on the model’s success so that more companies adopt a mission-focused mindset. For years, interest in the concept of the “Certified B Corp,” a corporation that reinvests its profits in work related to the social good, has gained popularity thanks in part to success stories like Kickstarter’