Wed.Oct 23, 2019

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How to Prevent Fraud at Your Association

Associations Now

The American Horse Council thought it had a trusted employee, but it really had a thief. A look at its story, as well as tips to stop fraud at your association. No association wants to believe employees might steal from them, but it happens. The American Horse Council learned this the hard way, when an employee secretly siphoned almost $650,000 from the group.

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Team Building with Diversity

SOS Association

By Laura Taylor. SOS Account Executive. About Laura. Diversity helps build strong and effective work teams. When we think about diversity, there is often a tendency to focus on gender, age, and race. While it is certainly important and crucial to be diverse in those areas, there are other areas to consider in which to be diverse. How we work, learn, communicate, and cooperate with others all have certain levels of diversity to them.

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Could More Recurring Fees Create Subscription Fatigue?

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Various research suggests that subscription services lead to unconscious overspending by consumers and more selectivity about what they’re willing to pay for. Could subscription fatigue create problems for membership programs? In an era when seemingly everything has a subscription attached, where does that leave membership? That’s an issue that’s growing in prominence as a result of subscription services that seem to cross industries and interests.

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Team Building with Diversity

SOS Association

By Laura Taylor. SOS Account Executive. About Laura. Diversity helps build strong and effective work teams. When we think about diversity, there is often a tendency to focus on gender, age, and race. While it is certainly important and crucial to be diverse in those areas, there are other areas to consider in which to be diverse. How we work, learn, communicate, and cooperate with others all have certain levels of diversity to them.

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How to Increase Membership Renewal

Dive deep into essential elements that drive member retention. Learn why members may hesitate to renew. Discover actionable techniques to encourage their return and foster lasting engagement. Uncover reasons members choose not to renew. Learn effective tactics to elevate member engagement and communication. Explore methods to encourage member renewal and active participation in your association Download now to take charge of your membership retention strategy!

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Daily Buzz: 2020’s Big Meetings Trend? Sustainability

Associations Now

The next generation of attendees wants greener events. Meetings that don’t comply may face consequences. Also: how to make the most of your AMS. Planning next year’s annual meeting? Here’s another thing to add to the to-do list: Look into green initiatives. Come 2020, sustainability will be more important to events than ever before, according to CWT Meetings & Events’ M&E 2020 Future Trends Report.

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We Asked, You Answered: More Procrastination Remedies

Associations Now

A recent reader poll drew so many good responses on the question of procrastination that we had to do a second post. Maybe you’ll feel inspired after reading it to get to action yourself. Eventually we had to get back to the to-do list. We procrastinated on it for a week, but we couldn’t stay away from the dozens of responses you sent us for our recent reader poll on remedies for procrastination.

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