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The Purpose of Pricing

Aaron Wolowiec

When it comes to value in pricing, it is not about greed. Many associations think that if they discuss pricing, their members will see them as greedy, especially because we are nonprofit organizations. The reality is that our pricing is directly related to our financial sustainability, and our financial sustainability is what equips us to walk out our mission.

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The Ultimate Guide To Creating Nonprofit Annual Reports (+15 Examples)

Wild Apricot

“We really have to do an annual report this year,” development director Hannah’s boss told her. “Donors want it, our foundation funders are asking why we don’t have one, and everyone else in our service area is doing one.

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10 Overlooked Tactics for Growing Association Membership

Aptify

Membership recruitment is a never-ending project. Every year, members leave your organization – they retire, change jobs or professions, go out of business, lose their professional development budget, or just leave for unknown reasons. As members go out the back door, you must keep new ones coming in the front. So, what strategies guide your plan for recruiting these new members?

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.2.21

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Peer advisory groups. When I worked at NAHB, I always thought the Builder 20 clubs were such a great idea. WBT Systems does too. This week, they discuss peer advisory groups for association members who want to learn from and with each other. They explain how these groups work and why your association may want to consider offering them.

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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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Peer Advisory Groups for Association Members Who Want to Learn From and With Each Other

WBT Systems

Peer Advisory Groups for Association Members Who Want to Learn From and With Each Other. Read more about Peer Advisory Groups for Association Members Who Want to Learn From and With Each Other.

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June Update: What’s New This Summer at Wild Apricot?

Wild Apricot

Summer is here, and this month we’re featuring stories from nonprofits who are successfully achieving their mission using Wild Apricot. Check out our blog post, The Ultimate Guide to Creating Nonprofit Annual Reports to learn how to effectively.

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Speaker Spotlight: Dr. Michael Tatonetti

Aaron Wolowiec

Dr. Michael Tatonetti is a Certified Association Executive and Certified Pricing Professional on a mission to advance associations in their pricing models for financial sustainability. If it has to do with pricing and value for associations, he has the specialized expertise to train your audience.

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Digital Transformation: Want to Learn More?

Spark Consulting

Maddie and I have a bunch of upcoming free webinars and discussions planned where we’ll be sharing findings and insights from The No BS Guide to Digital Transformation: How Intentional Culture Change Can Propel Associations Forward , and we’d love to see you there: The No BS Guide to Digital Transformation, hosted by PROPEL, with special guest Hugh Seaton, Head of Construction Technology Practice, Cimatri (who will talk about the Construction Specifications Institute case study) Frid

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Diversity Rules the Global Economy, Step Up to Success

.orgSource

We may have all come on different ships, but we are in the same boat now. Martin Luther King, Jr. The proof that we are citizens of the world, no matter how fiercely we choose to localize, was one of the pandemic’s profound lessons. Technology has created an interdependent global economy. What happens in a […]. The post Diversity Rules the Global Economy, Step Up to Success appeared first on.orgSource.

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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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How to Overcome Your Fear of Dirty Data

Association Analytics

The post How to Overcome Your Fear of Dirty Data appeared first on Association Analytics.

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9 Strategies for Preventing Volunteer Burnout & Keeping Your Leadership Pipeline Full

Membersuite

As we come out on the other side of the pandemic, things aren’t as rosy as we had anticipated. Association colleagues are telling us they’re having a tough time recruiting and retaining volunteers. Volunteer recruitment was already a problem before the pandemic—members were busy. But now they’re also burned out after a year of juggling work, home, and association life, often while dealing with economic pressures.

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Partner Spotlight: Mariner Management

Aaron Wolowiec

Mariner Management provides Volunteer, Chapter, Member Community Strategy & Guidance.

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Staffing challenges: Communities cope with lifeguard shortages

Ungrated

As COVID-19 restrictions are lifted in several states, many community associations have opened or are planning to open their pools for the summer season. But while residents have been looking forward to sunny days spent by the poolside, nationwide lifeguard shortages may challenge communities’ pool operations. Community associations and municipalities have struggled to hire lifeguards for years, but the pandemic exacerbated the issue.

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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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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Aren’t Toppings. They are the Basic Ingredients to Your Association’s Success.

SBI

Authored by Marlis Korber. Before I purchased an association management company (AMC) , I owned and ran a pizzeria. In that business, you have your basic ingredients: mozzarella cheese, the dough, the pizza sauce, maybe a little pepperoni. Of course, you offer a lot of extras: sausage, olives, even anchovies. Some pizzerias often more exotic combinations that include pineapple.

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More People Are Turning To The Internet To Hire And Be Hired, According To IA U.S. Jobs Report

InternetAssociation

“The digital economy has become one of the most valuable tools in the toolbox for hiring managers, job seekers, and entrepreneurs alike.” – IA President & CEO K. Dane Snowden. Washington, DC – Today, IA released the June 2021 IA Industry Indicators (3i) Report: U.S. Jobs. The 3i report series uses quantitative and qualitative analysis to explore the present condition of the job market in the United States; IA examines both month-over-month and year-over-year changes, utilizing na

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A New Model for Association Meetings and Decisions

Association Adviser

Cloud-based voting systems let associations conduct business and make key decisions regarding governance and operations. Pete Westerhaus explains how. The post A New Model for Association Meetings and Decisions appeared first on Association Adviser.

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Condo safety: How to protect communities and respond to concerns

Ungrated

Condominium association residents and volunteer board members around the world understandably have questions about the safety of their own communities and are wondering how to protect their buildings after the tragic collapse of Champlain Tower South Condominium Association in Surfside, Fla. CAI is providing information and resources to help concerned residents and board members understand structural integrity, maintenance, and reserves. .

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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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Time For Summer Break!

Smooth The Path

I’ve written this blog in some funny places and at some odd times to constantly publish twice a week for the last 8-1/2 years. Recently I’ve been experimenting with “writing” while hiking. Pre-COVID, I routinely typed away while on airplanes, in hotels, and once, to keep on schedule, I edited a post in a rental car (not while driving).

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Digital Transformation: It’s All About Culture

Mariner Management

By Guest Bloggers Maddie Grant and Elizabeth Weaver Engel, M.A., CAE. Organizations of ALL types – for-profit and tax-exempt, national headquarters and chapters – have been talking about digital transformation for many years, yet association efforts continue to lag. Why is that? In The No BS Guide to Digital Transformation: How Intentional Culture Change Can Propel Associations Forward , we posit that it’s all about culture.

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MemberClicks Summer Events Calendar

MemberClicks

It’s officially summer, and things are heating up over here at MemberClicks!

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Statement On The Announcement Of The OECD/G20 Solution To New Global Tax Rules For The Digital Age

InternetAssociation

Washington, DC – Today, IA President and CEO K. Dane Snowden released the following statement on the announcement of the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework’s Two-Pillar Solution to Address the Tax Challenges Arising from the Digitalization of the Economy. Today’s OECD/G20 announcement can be found here. “Today’s announcement that 130 countries agreed to a global tax solution is an important step towards modernizing taxation in the digital age and against individual countries targeting digital compani

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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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Event Communities for Your Hybrid Events – It’s Time

Eplys

If you read back through event trends and predictions blogs of the past several years, you will find many references to building online event communities to support in-person events. So, what happened?

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Creating Association ROI Through Volunteer Training (Toolkit)

Mariner Management

Member Volunteers bring passion to their work… What they don’t always have are the leadership and team skills needed to make the most of that passion. Tapping effectively into the diverse skills, knowledge and energy of our volunteers requires a commitment on our part to reduce barriers to entry and provide effective volunteer preparation. We need only to look at the effective practices from human resource management to gain a roadmap on how we can do just that.

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How to Create Microlearning with Elevate LMS

CommPartners

Microlearning is one of the biggest buzzwords in online learning. If you’re already familiar with the e-learning space, you don’t need us to tell you that. Breaking learning down into bite-sized chunks is intuitive, fun, and—most importantly—it gets results. You don’t have to take it from us. Take a look at the research. Brief bursts […].

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Internet Association Hires New Director Of Federal Government Affairs

InternetAssociation

Washington, DC – Internet Association announced today that Bo Morris has joined IA as Director of Federal Government Affairs. In this role, Morris will expand IA’s capacity to lead the internet industry in the areas of congressional education and advocacy on key policies. Morris previously worked in the office of Congressman Joe Neguse (D-CO), where he served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director.

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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.