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One simple secret to boost member engagement.

YourMembership

You should already know building a loyal member base takes time and requires the focus of each person of your team on quality and member service. What turns out to be crucial for boosting engagement and loyalty is the raw data you collect about each of your members. There’s one simple secret to boost member. The post One simple secret to boost member engagement. appeared first on YourMembership.

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8 New Ideas for Engaging Online Students

WBT Systems

For many adults, taking a class online is a new learning experience. Even learners with the best intentions can get distracted when they’re supposed to be paying attention. They procrastinate when it’s time to log in and do their classwork. You can anticipate and prevent these issues by implementing these new strategies we found for engaging online students. #1: Train instructors in online learning.

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3 Copywriting Best Practices for Your Email Campaigns

Higher Logic

When you send a marketing email with a weak subject line or awkward copy, the interaction with the recipient ends right there – with your message in the digital trash. Even if you convince someone to open your email, how compelling is your content and the offer? It’s easier said than done in an era where we obsess over “Inbox Zero” and contend with complicated spam filters.

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39 Free Nonprofit Webinars for April 2018

Wild Apricot

Here's April's roundup of free nonprofit webinars.

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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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7 ways for new members to fall in love with your association.

YourMembership

No matter the size of your organization, member recruitment is a constant challenge many teams face. If you work on a small team, however, chances are you wear several hats, making it even more difficult to solely focus your attention on one activity. With so much to do, brainstorming fresh ideas for boosting membership can fall to the bottom of the to-do list.

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Are Your Teams Cooperating or Collaborating?

Higher Logic

Imagine you’re customizing a product for a client. Managers from different teams work together to determine the requirements, and each team works on the customizations in their area. But when some changes are implemented, it triggers adjustments for other teams. The project’s deadline is extended and the workload increases. This is one of the scenarios Ron Ashkenas wrote about in Harvard Business Review a few years ago.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.30.18

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… The team at Velocity Partners has scrutinized the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and come up with seven requirements for Generally Dickish Practice Retirement (what GDPR really means) that you need to start working on right away. Jeffrey Cufaude shares a few simple ways to jumpstart fresh thinking and fresh perspectives because, he says, “We can’t think differently if we’re not exposed t

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Growth Strategies from Top Fundraisers

Spark Consulting

My Steal Like a Fundraiser: Innovations in Cause-Oriented Fundraising for Associations co-author Sohini Baliga and I recently had the opportunity to talk with some smart people about the information in the whitepaper. Special for those of you who prefer to learn from methods OTHER than reading: Two are videos; one is a podcast. We embrace all types of learners around here!

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3 Strategies to Recruit Members Through Association Software

Blue Sky eLearn

When it comes to recruitment for your association, you have to walk a thin line. You need to actively encourage members to join without driving them away by being too pushy. The trick to striking the right balance? Instead of creating a plan just to promote your program, focus on promoting the value of your program whenever prospective members naturally encounter it.

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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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March Update: Wild Apricot Releases Version 6.0

Wild Apricot

Here's a recap of everything we launched in the last four years, plus our plans for the future.

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Learning in the workplace: Change is needed

Aaron Wolowiec

But in today’s quickly moving business climate, businesses aren’t spending the amount of time they should on workplace learning, according to a new report published by the 70:20:10 Institute in partnership with Docebo.

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The Similarity Between Culture and Parenting

Jamie Notter

I always enjoyed the film Parenthood , from the late 1980s. Steve Martin played a guy who struggled with being the perfect parent (which is, of course, impossible). But there was a scene where Jason Robards, who played Martin’s father in the movie, gave a great speech about how it never ends. Even though he was an empty-nest grandparent, he was still parenting.

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Participate in 2018 CSAE Compensation & Benefits Survey

Portage Group

ATTN Association and Not For Profit Execs we need your feedback. Participate in 2018 CSAE Compensation and Benefits Survey and you'll get a complimentary executive summary of the study. Hurry, survey closes April 4, 2018. [link] .

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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Step Three: Writing Snapshots for Each Scenario, Part 2

Eric Lanke

Two weeks ago, in Step Three: Writing Snapshots for Each Scenario , I continued a description of a Scenario Planning exercise my Board chair and I decided to conduct at our most recently completed Board meeting. I ended the previous post with a comment that, before moving onto step four of the Scenario Planning process, I had to discuss how the descriptions developed for each of the four possible futures combine together into four different snapshots.

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How to Set Realistic Goals for Associations

GrowthZone

Goal setting isn’t always easy. And achieving goals is even trickier. There are broad goals and short-term goals. Often times a broad goal can be achieved with a series of short-term goals. The key to success is to set a solid foundation from the beginning. Enter the SMART goal process. S = Specific What do I want to accomplish? The goal should be clear and concise.

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The Whole Conference Experience is Decided in the First 10 Seconds

Smooth The Path

A meeting planner said to me, “the whole conference experience is decided in the first 10 seconds”. First impressions are critically important to first-time attendees and repeat attendees. Those critical first impressions are made at the registration desk at most conferences. While members are standing in line, when they step up to the counter, as they interact with the person who will provide their badge, our attendees are unconsciously assessing whether the conference is right for them.

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Pitch Competition: What Does the Future Hold?

Association Success

We are taking submissions for session content for this winter’s SURGE summit! As part of our upcoming virtual conference, SURGE Spring, we are holding a pitch competition. You see, we want to make sure that the sessions we’re holding are deeply in line with what the community is interested in discussing, and what better way to find out than to vote?

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Embracing the Duty of Foresight: Part II

Association Adviser

This is my second Duty of Foresight column for Association Adviser, and the second in a three-part series I will post in the coming months to explain the duty of foresight for association boards and create a context for future columns. You can find Part I here. In Part II, I will explain the elements of a foresight learning process, as well as how it integrates with the work of governing, and explore how association boards can pursue it with intention to embrace the duty of foresight.

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HBA Journey to Reduced Costs and Process Improvements

GrowthZone

THE CHALLENGE. When Laurie Lourie came on board as Executive Vice President of the York Builders Association, she brought 22 years of association experience and a keen eye for continuous improvement. She knew that a dues-based organization had to have cost-efficient systems in place in order to provide members with valuable programs and services. Laurie identified costly inefficiencies at the association, including separate systems for managing programs, accounting, and member data.

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Will Virtual Reality Be an Association Eating Monster?

Smooth The Path

Up until about a second ago, I thought about virtual reality as a program. Much like Microsoft Word. Virtual reality will be one more tool in the toolbox professionals can use to communicate, teach, connect, and learn. As professionals move to virtual reality and augmented reality associations will jump on board and deliver training and other products through this new medium.

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No More No-Shows: How to Increase Attendance at Free Events

Association Success

Minimize no-shows at your next free event with these strategies. So you are planning a free educational event. You’ve developed top notch education, opened registration and before you know it, the event is sold out. Work over, right? Not exactly. There are things you can do now to reduce the number of empty seats on the day of the event. Why should you care about empty seats?

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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Do Your Members Hear You? Tips for Promoting Your Member Communications

Association Adviser

Why become a member of an association? This is the golden question asked by so many association executives as they seek to retain and attract new members to their group. And while there are many reasons an individual or company would be attracted to association membership, having access to the most relevant industry information is at the forefront of their minds.

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5 Tips to Design Like a Pro

AMR Management Services

Cost Savings in the graphics world. Take stock photos that don’t look like stock photos. iPhone cameras have excellent pixel quality – so you can search for stock photos and use the.

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Metabolizing Motivation and Progress: We Wait Too Long

Idea Architects

By the time you're ready to give them a plaque, the volunteers are burnt out. By the time employees qualify for a sabbatical, their creative juices have run dry. By the time enough money is available for a perfect product, the market has moved on to new interests. We know that eating several small meals a day keeps our body's metabolism running more efficiently, yet we still skip breakfast, grab a bite for lunch on the run, and then gorge ourselves at dinner, only to lapse into a post-meal coma.

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Why Smart Partnerships Make All the Difference

Association Success

Collaboration with tertiary organizations provides mutual benefits for you and your members. Solving the membership challenge can be a tough nut to crack. Associations must blend together the three-part formula: attract new members with a cutting-edge value proposition; retain existing members through reinforcing your value proposition; and maintain, improve and enhance the value proposition as an organization in the marketplace.

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Here’s a Powerful Marketing Tool Designed for Associations

Show the Benefits of Membership to Your Toughest Prospects. Download this FREE infographic from GrowthZone AMS, Why Join an Association, and start using it as your go-to recruitment and retention marketing tool. Post it on your website. Use it in sales presentations. Or use it as inspiration to create your own version. Infographics have power. They're a quick read.