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Try This Simple Membership Database Right Now - Free

Wild Apricot

Wild Apricot is a simple membership database software that makes it easy to register members, collect payments, and communicate with them. Start your free trial now.

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Tips for Preserving Your eLearning Programs

Blue Sky eLearn

A volunteer member once enthusiastically told me “I love a good binder!” I’ve taken that to heart over the years and have created many, many good binders. Why? To preserve the online education programs and processes I worked so hard to put in place! At some point, circumstances that may or may not be in your control will dictate that someone else is going to need to review past decisions in order to make future ones.

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The Member Journey Has Changed: Are You Changing With It?

Higher Logic

“Digital transformation” is leaving no stone unturned. Its effects aren’t limited just to big consumer brands like Amazon, Netflix Uber. Technology has changed how people travel down the path toward membership at your association, and how they engage with your association if or when they join. A member’s experience with your association or nonprofit used to look different.

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Fun and Games At Your Next Conference

Associations Now

Hosting competitions, bowl games, and other types of contests during your annual conference is not just a fun idea but also a chance to highlight the skill and knowledge required of your members. If you’ve been watching Jeopardy! recently, then you know that contestant James Holzhauer is on a winning streak. So far, he’s won $1.69 million in 22 games—and appears to be headed toward surpassing all-time money leader Ken Jennings’ $2.5 million.

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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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Member Engagement Is Not Convenient for Us

Smooth The Path

Most scratch-made home-cooked food tastes great while grocery store prepared food tastes just meh. I will blow a diet for a piece of homemade chocolate cake with homemade frosting while I will not even feel slightly compelled to try a grocery store cake. I object to the frosting. You see, I am a self-professed frosting scrapper-off-er. Store or factory-made frosting is too sugary, too thick, made with too much vegetable shortening.

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Nimble AMS wins Demo Jam at Salesforce World Tour

Nimble AMS

Salesforce’s recommended solution for professional and trade associations wins top award. Nimble AMS comes out on top after attending Salesforce World Tour in D.C. . Nimble AMS, Salesforce’s recommended solution for professional and trade associations , was selected as the winner of the 2019 Demo Jam. Demo Jam is a competition between 5-7 apps who showcase their most impressive app in a 3-minute demo.

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Conference Circuit: American Psychiatric Association

Associations Now

Rundown Attendees: 15,000 plus. Scientific sessions: 400 plus. Exhibit booths: 300. Committee and allied group meetings: 200 plus. The American Psychiatric Association’s 2019 Annual Meeting begins this weekend in San Francisco. Attendance is expected to top 15,000. More than 15,000 psychiatrists, social workers, nurses, and other mental health professionals from around the world are headed to San Francisco in the coming days to learn from thought leaders, get up to date on the latest research, d

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Dysfunctional Board of Directors? Here Are Some Survival Tips.

Leading Associations

In my previous post, The Ideal Rules of Engagement for Board and Staff , I talked about how the challenges in board of directors/staff relationships generally arise from three types of board engagement: disengaged, over-engaged, or engaged in the wrong way. In this post, I want to share how Board of Directors’ dysfunction can impact staff and how to survive it!

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U.N. Biodiversity Report Thrusts Associations’ Issues Into Spotlight

Associations Now

A United Nations report on the decline of biodiversity is shining a light on environmental issues many associations hold dear, from the importance of plant life to the preservation of animal species. Earlier this month, the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services released a landmark report saying more than 1 million species of plants and animals are at risk of extinction due to human action.

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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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Segmenting Your Market - An Overview

Association Success

How wisely is your association presenting its products and services to a diverse market of buyers? Most of us today are accustomed to receiving advertising from companies that are based on our behaviors in the marketplace. For example, when we search for a product on Amazon, we are offered similar or complementary items based on our previous purchases and searches and our behavior in the marketplace.

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Daily Buzz: Cross-Train Your Staff

Associations Now

Develop your team and increase organizational knowledge by cross-training employees. Also: How can you make your website more accessible? It’s no secret that association professionals wear many hats. And it turns out that type of cross-training inherent to many association roles also has team benefits: Not only is it a great opportunity for learning, but it also gives everyone in the organization a better understanding of processes and core values.

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