Wild Apricot
AUGUST 29, 2019
Creating a volunteer engagement strategy can not only improve your volunteer's experience, but your entire organizational atmosphere. That's why I've created this guide to engaging volunteers from start to finish!
YourMembership
AUGUST 29, 2019
You know it’s time for new technology. But does your board? Help them understand the challenges your small association faces and how new technology can help you reach your acquisition, retention, and engagement goals. Here’s how. It’s a familiar story. Your association has goals around membership growth, retention, and engagement. And every day, your outdated.
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Wild Apricot
AUGUST 29, 2019
Looking for an easy way to get regular donations? This guide shows you how to set up a monthly giving program, including the steps in your Wild Apricot account, benefits, ideas and examples.
Higher Logic
AUGUST 29, 2019
A great customer experience is all about delighting your customer by making them successful. After your customers complete the buyer’s journey and become customers, they enter the post-sale customer journey, or the “delight” phase. For many software as a service (SaaS) companies, the delight phase is shared across multiple teams. For example, your customer success, support, product management, implementation, and customer marketing teams may all have a hand in influencing the customer journey.
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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!
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 29, 2019
This month's newsletter includes a look at some of the new features coming up soon, the recurring donations mini course, a webinar on reporting with Wild Apricot Payments, and regular favorites like Blog of the Month.
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Association Success
AUGUST 29, 2019
What gives you a sense of fulfillment? . For me, the question evokes a lot of little vignettes before any articulate answer. It’s the feeling of progress I get when I train for a big run. It’s cooking all day to share an elaborate Italian feast with friends. It’s the thrill of working on a high-performing team, or the creative jolt I get taking an abstract idea from germination to reality.
Smooth The Path
AUGUST 29, 2019
A reporter recently asked me if I thought people were not joining membership organizations like they used to. People in the greatest generation and the boomers joined because that is what you did. People expected to join and joining was expected of them. Is the motivation to join gone nowadays? I do not think that is necessarily the case. People still want to join professional organizations, but times have changed, and the decision to join is much more complicated than it once was. 40, 50, 60 ye
Associations Now
AUGUST 29, 2019
Three higher-education associations are encouraging college and university leaders to embrace analytics as a way to improve strategic decision-making. Three associations have joined forces to urge more colleges and universities to better use analytics. The National Association of College and University Business Officers, the Association for Institutional Research (AIR), and EDUCAUSE released a joint statement last week calling on higher-education institutions to “harness analytics for better str
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 29, 2019
Here are all the free nonprofit webinars happening in September 2019 that the internet has to offer.
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Events hold the power to create lasting impressions and meaningful connections. They are not only occasions for celebration but also valuable marketing opportunities. Event marketing has become an essential component of successful business strategies, enabling organizations to engage with their target audience and create memorable experiences. However, behind every successful event lies a well-thought-out marketing strategy.
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Associations Now
AUGUST 29, 2019
An association industry pro puts more work into his out-of-office messages than most people do into their vacations. Also: The MacBook Pro is getting even harder to travel with on some airlines. An association professional was recently featured on a popular public radio program, and the reason why is, well, unexpected. Andy Freed, CEO of the association management company Virtual, Inc. , was highlighted on American Public Media’s Marketplace program for his long, highly produced out-of-off
Spark Consulting
AUGUST 29, 2019
Would you like to? A few months ago, Shelly Alcorn ( Alcorn Associates , Ubiquity University ) and I released a white paper titled Blockchain for Associations: Separating the Hype from the Promise. We released it at digitalNOW, in a session I gave with Katherine Matthews (of NCARB ). Katherine and I talked about: Where blockchain came from. What it is and how it works (in terms a non-tech person can understand).
Associations Now
AUGUST 29, 2019
Rundown Attendees: 3,000 plus. Speakers and presenters: 500 plus. Concurrent program sessions and posters: 300 plus. Exhibiting companies and organizations: 180 plus. The co-located 2019 Annual Conference for the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the International Marine Animal Trainer’s Association starts September 7 in New Orleans. Attendance is expected to top 3,000.
.orgCommunity
AUGUST 29, 2019
How grand is your association’s vision for your educational programs? With all the disruption going on around us and in your industry, will incremental change bring your vision for professional development closer to realization? Thinking small isn’t going to turn your association into a market leader and innovator, but an educational moonshot will. A moonshot changes the perception of what’s possible.
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Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’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.
Associations Now
AUGUST 29, 2019
The Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association will put on events at venues around the country to build momentum for establishing a single league with a sustainable economic model. The sport of women’s hockey has seen some dramatic shifts in recent months—including many players rejecting the current professional leagues. But the stars of the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) are nonetheless ready to exhibit their skills.
AMG
AUGUST 29, 2019
AMG reminds community association leaders that it is illegal under the US Fair Housing Laws to adopt or enforce rules or policies that discriminate against people based on: Color Disability Familial Status (i.e. children) National Origin Race Religion Sex Is adult swim time illegal? Watch this video.
Associations Now
AUGUST 29, 2019
The major hurricane, expected to make landfall in Florida on Labor Day, has associations of all stripes offering advice to ensure maximum safety and minimal damage. With the Atlantic hurricane season picking up just before Labor Day, associations are taking steps to inform their members and the public alike on steps they can take to prepare before Hurricane Dorian makes landfall.
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