Achurch
APRIL 8, 2025
Its no secret that Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools are transforming the way associations operate by making processes more efficient, improving member engagement, and unlocking new insights. But before jumping on the AI bandwagon, its crucial to ask: Why are we using this tool? How does it fit into our strategy? What problem does it solve? Without clear answers, associations wont reap value. 1.
Sequence Consulting
APRIL 8, 2025
« Prev 1 / 1 Next » Shifting Focus for Real Impact: Solving Member Problems AMA's Strategic Shift: Breakthroughs in Membership Growth Highlight Reel of From Stagnation to Growth: AMA's Membership Success Story Turning Tedious Tasks into Triumphs: The Road to Conversion Rate Success Revolutionizing Engagement: AMA's Digital Transformation Story Delivering an Impactful Membership Brand Campaign Member Content Without Marketing Does Not Help You How Data-Driven Segmentation
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AMR Management Services
APRIL 9, 2025
Association financial management is a unique beast. Not only does your association have to handle many different types of revenue and expense allocations, but you also need to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for fundraising and spending for tax-exempt organizations. However, effective financial management is essential for your association to achieve its goals.
Association Adviser
APRIL 9, 2025
Associations thrive on connection, engagement, and value, yet many struggle to communicate their impact effectively. If members dont clearly see the value, retention drops, engagement stalls, and revenue opportunities go untapped. AGap Analysis identifies where messaging falls short and provides a roadmap to strengthen member engagement, retention, and non-dues revenue (NDR).
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Is your current AMS is creating more problems than it solves? You can lead the change. This eBook shares a customizable letter designed to help you clearly communicate your organization’s challenges, highlight the benefits of a modern system, and make a strong case for exploring a new AMS. Whether it’s outdated reporting, clunky workflows, or member frustration, this resource will help you start the conversation with clarity and position yourself as the advocate your organization needs.
Achurch
APRIL 8, 2025
Associations juggle tons of member and operational data across multiple platforms. If its not well-managed, youll run into messy, inconsistent, and even risky data situations. Data governance (DG) isnt about overcomplicating things its about making sure your data actually works for you. Common Data Headaches for Associations Unclear Purpose: Some data is collected out of habit, not because its useful.
Association Universe brings together the best content for association members and organizers from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
NXUnite
APRIL 8, 2025
While the process can be tedious, compiling nonprofit financial statements allows your organization to evaluate its financial standing and stay accountable to stakeholders. These documents help you use resources effectively to fulfill your nonprofits mission. One of the main financial statements nonprofits develop is a nonprofit balance sheet. To get you up to speed, well review the basics of this report, why its important, and how to interpret it so your organization can maximize this data.
Candid
APRIL 7, 2025
The results of the Council on Foundations latest CF Insights Annual Survey , which tracks community foundation activity in fiscal year 2023, present a mixed picture: The U.S. economy had begun to recover from the worst effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, driving greater returns on invested assets, yet individual giving fellnot only for community foundations but across the broader sector.
Achurch
APRIL 8, 2025
The key to AI success isnt adopting the flashiest system its ensuring the solution genuinely enhances your work, integrates smoothly with your existing tech stack, and aligns with your mission. Our team is exploring the growing number of options to use with clients and on our own daily to-do list. Weve assembled some practical AI applications for associations, along with essential considerations to make AI work for you.
Spark Consulting
APRIL 9, 2025
“What would it look like if our associations acted like a startup?” I was honored to be featured on a recent Professionals for Association Revenue podcast with my client Chrissy Bagby, Chief Strategy Officer, American Association of Veterinary State Boards. Chrissy and I talked about the principles of lean startup and how AAVSB is using them to identify a real and significant problem for new audience and beta-test potential solutions to find the one that will work for that audience,
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Unlock the Power of Historical Data A Data Revolution: Why Your AMS/CRM Needs a Native Data Warehouse Today’s association leaders need more than real-time snapshots—they need the full story. MemberSuite: A Data Revolution reveals how a native data warehouse transforms your AMS into a strategic decision-making engine. In this free eBook, you’ll discover: The difference between a database and a data warehouse—and why it matters How to gain historical visibility into membership, engagement, events,
Reid All About it
APRIL 11, 2025
The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community Reading is an act of resistance in a landscape of distraction. David L. Ulin Microcredentials. TopClass LMS shares an association primer on skills-based microcredentialing. They explain why microcredentials are becoming more popular with learners and their employers, how associations benefit from these programs, and what to do next if you want to explore deeper.
Associations Now
APRIL 11, 2025
Leaders who listen earn more trust from those around them. But being good at that isnt as easy as it seems. It seems like news from the no-duh files: People trust leaders who listen to them. According to a survey released last fall by the consulting firm Zenger Folkman, listening and trust are highly correlated in the workplace : Leaders considered poor listeners wallowed in the 15th percentile in trust, while those excelling at it rocketed to the 86th percentile.
Wild Apricot
APRIL 10, 2025
Here are 8 simple tips that can drastically improve your membership renewals to increase on-time dues, as well as two sample letters you can use.
Candid
APRIL 8, 2025
Statisticians use the phrase separating signal from noise to illustrate the need to distinguish between important data that should drive decision making and irrelevant or misleading data. The noise for nonprofit fundraisers is created by the current transactional, impersonal model that powers direct mail and email fundraising. The data collected in this model might include the time of day a donation request is sent, subject lines, length and language of the appeals, etc.
Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business
For many nonprofit organizations and NGOs, managing grants and monitoring projects with spreadsheets and manual processes feels familiar—but is it holding your organization back? As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.
Achurch
APRIL 8, 2025
Data governance might sound technical, but at its core, its just about keeping your data clean, organized, and useful. Without it, you risk inconsistent information, wasted time, and costly mistakes. Whether youre wondering where to start or considering our services , this quick guide will help you figure out whats next. Data Governance Check-Up: Is Your Association Struggling with These?
Sequence Consulting
APRIL 8, 2025
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Association Reserves
APRIL 9, 2025
As an HOA board member, youre tasked with a monumental responsibility: ensuring the financial health and physical well-being of your community. One of the most critical aspects of this role is effective reserve funding. Underfunded reserves can lead to financial crises, unexpected special assessments, and a decline in property values. Every day, your communitys assets are aging and deteriorating.
Event Industry News
APRIL 8, 2025
FFAIR, the award-winning exhibitor and sponsorship management platform, has capped off an outstanding financial year by achieving a milestone of 150% annual recurring revenue (ARR) growth. This significant achievement underscores FFAIRs rapid expansion and increasing adoption across the global events industry.
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Struggling to generate revenue beyond membership dues? You're not alone. Our free guide, The Ultimate Guide to Non-Dues Revenue for Associations , offers practical strategies to help your organization boost financial health. Inside, you'll explore creative ways to generate income, including: Educational offerings tailored to your audience Event-based revenue opportunities Job boards that drive engagement and income Corporate sponsorship ideas A checklist to evaluate and strengthen your current a
Email Maven
APRIL 7, 2025
New Templates for Higher Logic Thrive Marketing makes for an easier build, here's the tips and tricks needed to get started.
Sequence Consulting
APRIL 8, 2025
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Candid
APRIL 10, 2025
New Candid Seals of Transparency for 2025 have arrived, alongside some exciting updates to our profile editor, which weve launched on Candids new platform. Weve listened to your feedback and made significant improvements to the editing experience, making it simpler and more intuitive. With these enhancements, earning a 2025 Candid Seal of Transparency has never been easier.
Event Industry News
APRIL 8, 2025
Crescat, the event management software, has today announced the launch of a Grassroots Grant Scheme, in partnership with industry organisations Music Venue Trust (MVT) and Association of Independent Festivals (AIF) in the UK and Norwegian Live (Norske Kulturarrangr – NKA) in Norway, aptly named Crescat GO.
Speaker: Dave Sackett
Traditional budgeting and forecasting methods can no longer keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving business environment. Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty. To stay ahead, finance leaders must leverage a future-forward approach—one that leverages real-time data, predictive analytics, and continuous planning to drive smarter financial decisions.
Breezio
APRIL 11, 2025
Last week we had the pleasure of sponsoring the Association Platform Power Conference (APP25) , held April 12 at the Hyatt Regency in Reston, Virginia. This two-day event brought together users of Fonteva and Protech, two of the leading association management systems, for hands-on learning, networking, and discovery of tools that can amplify the impact of their organizations.
Forj
APRIL 11, 2025
When you hear the term "personal brand," your mind might jump to logos, color palettes, or curated social media profiles. But as Nick Foulks shared in a recent Forj webinar, personal brand goes much deeper. It's not about outward appearances but rather how you make people feel and what they can expect from you.
Sequence Consulting
APRIL 8, 2025
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Event Industry News
APRIL 10, 2025
isla, the event industrys response to the climate crisis, has announced the launch of its inaugural Made Possible Festival, taking place on Tuesday 6 May at Londons Barbican Centre. The event promises a day of expert-led sessions, including presentations, panels, workshops, and roundtables dedicated to helping event and sustainability professionals tackle sustainability head-on.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
APRIL 10, 2025
For years, nonprofits have relied on traditional audience personas to shape their marketing and fundraising efforts. These personasoften based on broad demographics like age, income, or giving historycan be useful, but they fail to capture the deeper motivations behind why people engage with a cause. Journeys and empathy maps can help, but often they don’t give you enough guidance on messaging either.
Effective Database
APRIL 9, 2025
Honoring an industry legend I'm taking a break from my usual data management tips to acknowledge the passing of an industry legend. Last week, Loretta DeLuca, CEO of DelCor,passed away.
Sequence Consulting
APRIL 8, 2025
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