Wild Apricot
JULY 20, 2017
Are you worried your association is dying off? Member engagement expert Sarah Sladek gives you a formula that will predict your organization's life expectancy, and shows you how to ensure your association continues to thrive.
YourMembership
JULY 18, 2017
As the juggernaut in consumer search, Google’s new focus on helping connect job seekers and employers carries with it the weight of tremendous scale. Working with Google, YourMembership (YM) has quickly ensured jobs posted to the career centers of our nearly 3,000 YM Careers customers are indexed and now discoverable in Google for Jobs. This. The post YM Careers customers see traffic lift from Google for Jobs. appeared first on YourMembership.
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Reid All About it
JULY 21, 2017
Your weekly list of free webinars and events for the association community… Yesterday I went on an ebook buying rampage thanks to BookBub. You know how it goes: you look at the “Customers who bought this item also bought” section on Amazon and before you know it you’ve clicked “Buy now” several times. Well, that’s what happens to me. What I didn’t buy was any science fiction which, according to Harvard Business Review , “empower[s] us to confront not just what we think but also how we thin
Spark Consulting
JULY 21, 2017
Did you miss the July 12 webinar my Include Is a Verb co-author Sherry Marts and I presented for the Wild Apricot Experts series on living your talk on D+I? Never fear! The recording is now available: Sherry and I got to as many questions as we could in the sidebar chat during the webinar, but as usual, we missed a few, so we’re answering them below: Question: When holding a free public event, do you post a code of conduct?
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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
JULY 20, 2017
It’s with great pleasure that Software Advice, one of the top software review sites, just awarded us their Top Five spot for Ease of Use when it comes to membership management software.
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Higher Logic
JULY 18, 2017
Mentors are a vital part of any industry. Through mentoring, employees get the chance to learn vital skills and increase competency in ways that boost morale and job satisfaction – something that’s improving with technology. Online mentoring programs have taken the traditional brick-and-mortal experience to a new level, providing anytime, anywhere access to expertise, insights, and perspective that enhance job performance and outcomes.
WBT Systems
JULY 18, 2017
If you want to see engaging, transformative online course design in action, add a little poetry to your life. An online Coursera course, Modern American Poetry , aka ModPo, is one of the 50 most popular MOOCs of all time. It’s taught by Professor Al Filreis of the University of Pennsylvania who received Coursera’s 2016 Transformation Award for helping 140,000 students transform their lives.
Blue Sky eLearn
JULY 17, 2017
How do you know your eLearning programs are successful? A meaningful evaluation strategy is much more than crafting a course evaluation template in your LMS or running a report. In order to know whether your eLearning programs are meeting the mark, consider setting three levels of measurement: Strategy, Portfolio Performance, and Learning. Strategy.
YourMembership
JULY 20, 2017
Got dry, boring content for your e-learning course? Want to make sure your e-learning isn’t just “text and next”? As an education professional at your organization, you can create an engaging learning experience to help people do their jobs better. Yet, if you aren’t strategic about how you go about it, the learning can be. The post 7 ways to boost engagement in your e-learning. appeared first on YourMembership.
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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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Higher Logic
JULY 20, 2017
Historically, organizations have struggled to integrate community into their infrastructure and customer-facing offerings. Community is often looked at as a standalone application or service that’s tacked onto a company’s overall suite of platforms, such as their corporate website, their marketing automation platform, their email engine, and their CRM.
Eric Lanke
JULY 17, 2017
I'm doing performance evaluations with my direct reports this week and, on the advice of one of those direct reports, I'm asking everyone for their feedback on my performance as well. What, essentially, should I be doing that I'm not to help make everyone's job easier, to remove some of the roadblocks and barriers that are holding people back? So far, two people have zeroed in on the same thing, taken from the list of behaviors that we created to describe alignment with our core values: "Bring p
Smooth The Path
JULY 18, 2017
Why do people go to conferences even though online learning and books are a better deal? You might say for the networking. Because of relationships. For the experience. For fun. These are all reasons to go to a conference rather than buy a book or take an online class. But sometimes members do not feel like they can network. And sometimes they do not want to network.
YourMembership
JULY 20, 2017
Got dry, boring content for your e-learning course? Want to make sure your e-learning isn’t just “text and next”? As an education professional at your organization, you can create an engaging learning experience to help people do their jobs better. Yet, if you aren’t strategic about how you go about it, the learning can be. The post 7 ways to boost engagement in your e-learning. appeared first on YourMembership.
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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.
GrowthZone
JULY 19, 2017
Make sure you are getting mileage out of your association blog posts. While there are multiple techniques to maximize the benefits of blogging, using just a few can make a difference. Check out The Association Success Kit and. help your organization thrive ». Try these tactics: Stay Within Categories. Each post should fit into an established blog category and play a role in your overall content strategy.
Associations Now
JULY 20, 2017
Here are six tips associations can use when writing and sending out press releases. Every day, associations are launching new initiatives or programs to serve their members and bolster their industries. Just this month, Associations Now covered the American Bar Association’s new services for homeless youth and the debut of the American Institute of CPAs’ online game to help millennials become financially literate.
Aptify
JULY 19, 2017
“Be prepared” is a motto that’s suitable for more than just Boy Scouts. Preparation is the key to success when pushing to upgrade membership software. Just as every salesperson is prepared to overcome the most common objections to their product or service, you must prepare for the inevitable pushback when you present your case for a new system.
YourMembership
JULY 18, 2017
As the juggernaut in consumer search, Google’s new focus on helping connect job seekers and employers carries with it the weight of tremendous scale. Working with Google, YourMembership (YM) has quickly ensured jobs posted to the career centers of our nearly 3,000 YM Careers customers are indexed and now discoverable in Google for Jobs. This. The post YM Careers customers see traffic lift from Google for Jobs. appeared first on YourMembership.
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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
GrowthZone
JULY 17, 2017
Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL) came into effect July 1, 2014. Its purpose is to protect Canadians while ensuring that businesses can continue to compete in the global marketplace. Improve Your Association’s. Email Open Rates ». The Government of Canada is suspending the implementation of certain provisions in Canada’s anti-spam legislation (CASL) in response to broad-based concerns raised by businesses, charities and the not-for-profit sector.
Associations Now
JULY 17, 2017
According to new research released at an association event, neurological care is struggling to keep up with the demand in 20 states. The care gap is seen as an opportunity to both expand service and better educate primary care physicians on neurological issues. According to new research released at an Alzheimer’s Association event, 40 percent of states are struggling to keep up with the neurology needs of the disease that gives the group its name.
Aptify
JULY 17, 2017
When you receive a meeting invite, does your mind immediately seek out any excuse not to attend? I think we’ve all experienced this at some point (whether we openly admit it or not)! Meetings are a normal part of your work life and an expected part of your members’ lives too. Whether in person or remote, the productivity of your meetings has a direct impact on member engagement.
YourMembership
JULY 17, 2017
Amazon entering the world of brick-and-mortar retail and grocery feels like we’re entering a new era in retail competition and offerings. Are these signs we must change and rapidly move towards different strategic objectives to keep up? It seems slightly overwhelming to think of all the moving pieces around us without some guidance and reflection. The post Amazon consumed Whole Foods.
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.
Association Success
JULY 17, 2017
How do we give our suppliers the respect they deserve? What’s Your Treatment Paradigm? Some associations treat their supplier members like lepers, while others consider their associate members to be potential strategic partners. Where does your association sit in this dichotomy? The paradigm for some associations is that of continually figuring out how to squeeze the last possible dime out of their suppliers, while others instead seek long-term partnership.
Associations Now
JULY 20, 2017
Thanks to outreach efforts and the work of participating institutions, an initiative from the Association of Children’s Museums and the Institute of Museum and Library Services has met key milestones and is on track to reach its second year goals. An initiative from the Association of Children’s Museums (ACM) and its government agency partner, the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), has brought more than half a million low-income visitors to U.S. museums and cultural institutions.
Idea Architects
JULY 19, 2017
Trainers and facilitators call it a lot of things: making learning visible, getting all the cards on the table, surfacing assumptions and insights , increasing transparency, making the private more public. Whatever the label, "it" always refers to one thing: making more individ ual perspectives and positions known so that a group of people can discuss them.
GrowthZone
JULY 18, 2017
Part 5 of the 5-Part Series: Why Member Engagement No Longer Means Face-to-Face. Tactic #5: Inbound Marketing That Captures Prospects’ Attention. In the olden days of marketing, way back in the 20 th century, marketing was comprised primarily of outbound – interruptive campaigns. Marketers created campaigns that were specifically designed to interrupt you from what you were doing so they could get you to listen to them.
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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