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It’s a Matter of Trust: How to Keep Members Believing in You

Higher Logic

The post It’s a Matter of Trust: How to Keep Members Believing in You appeared first on Higher Logic. Our recent guest on the Member Engagement Show podcast, KiKi L’Italien, has thoughts on the value of trust for associations, and how it needs to be cultivated, not just built once. . The post It’s a Matter of Trust: How to Keep Members Believing in You appeared first on Higher Logic.

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Seven tips to survey staff at your association and improve employee engagement

Nimble AMS

Is your association staff satisfied in their current roles? Do they feel overworked or stressed? According to a Community Brands Association Trends Study , 78% of professionals reported higher than average workloads. To address this growing concern, 40% of the professionals surveyed planned to invest in modern technology to streamline work processes through automation. .

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What is Reputation Management?

Association Adviser

Reputation has always mattered. Regardless of the industry, a good or bad reputation can make or break organizations of any size. In decades past, it may have taken months or even years for word to get out about a bad reputation, so there was ample time to deal with it. Today, however, word of an […]. The post What is Reputation Management? appeared first on Association Adviser.

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Nonprofit Bylaws 101: How to Write (and Change!) Bylaws for Your Organization

Wild Apricot

Over the years, your nonprofit is bound to grow and change! Nonprofit bylaws help to remove uncertainty from those changes by starting your nonprofit from a solid foundation. But what are bylaws for a nonprofit in the first place? If you’ve never.

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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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Provide Skills Training to Help Industry Employers and Professionals Succeed in a Changing Workplace

WBT Systems

A constant theme pops up in posts and reports about professional development and the workplace—skills. Upskilling, reskilling, skills gaps, skills training, skills-based credentialing.

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The Right Facilitation Skills Make Meetings Meaningful

.orgSource

We’re all challenged for time. If you wonder why members aren’t more engaged with your association, that’s one big reason. There aren’t enough hours in the day. When you want volunteers to serve on a committee or support an initiative, it’s critical to give them a rewarding return on the investment. A skilled facilitator can […]. The post The Right Facilitation Skills Make Meetings Meaningful appeared first on.orgSource.

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25 Club Management Software Tools That Save Time and Money

Wild Apricot

Small to medium sized clubs — those run by a handful of part-time staff or volunteers — use club management software as an inexpensive way to automate nearly all of their administrative work so they can get back to what’s important:

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6 Reasons to Visit Booth 440 at ASAE Annual

Membersuite

We are very excited to be exhibiting at this year’s ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition in Nashville, TN! After an unimaginable two years that challenged us in every way, we’re ecstatic to reconnect face-to-face and are proud that our event engagement company, Event Farm , helped make this possible as ASAE’s event safety partner. For any conference first-timers, ASAE Annual is where thousands of association professionals and industry partners gather to exchange time, resources, strategies, sol

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The Association Mashup Episode 6: The First 100 Days as a New CIO

PROPEL

In this episode of the Association Mashup: Conversations at the Intersection of Technology and Culture, Stefanie Keuser, CIO at the American Psychiatric Association, shares her wisdom as a relatively recent hire. We cover how she manages culture from her perspective, the hybrid workplace, her particular interest in cybersecurity, and don’t miss her advice for women technologists in the association.

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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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AMG

Summer is here. It’s time to welcome longer days and warmer temperatures. With the heat rising, it’s also time to start thinking about ways to keep your house cool and ready for the long, hot days ahead. Follow these tips on how to stay cool in extreme heat, both before summer hits and in the middle of a hot spell. ???????? ?????? ???????? ???? ??????

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[GUEST BLOG] If Everyone Goes Left, Go Right

GrowthZone

by Frank Kenny. There is a real problem in the chamber industry. It’s conformity. Just about every chamber offers networking events, member promotions, business training, member-to-member discounts, etc. This strategy of duplicating what other chambers offer is safe because it doesn’t get you criticized or laughed at. But it doesn’t help your organization stand out.

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Cash—It’s Not As Simple as You Think

Association TRENDS

Is holding significant cash too much of a good thing? With inflation spiking, decision-makers at associations and nonprofits are under pressure to eke out as much return as possible. Explore the best way to size and invest operating reserves. Click here for a link to this podcast episode and transcript today!

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Email Marketing: 3 Ways To Drive Results

CMA Solutions

Imagine walking up to someone’s house unannounced and knocking on the front door. Will they answer or peer through the window and wait for you to go away? Or will they open the door and interact with you? More importantly, will they buy what you’re selling? Welcome to email marketing. It isn’t new and shiny, but it returns $40 for every dollar spent.

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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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990 Forms: Learn the Differences for Your Nonprofit

Achieve

Between the dozens of responsibilities that crop up within the course of running a nonprofit organization—from cultivating donors to event planning—filing tax returns probably isn’t at the top of your list of priorities. However, organized and accurate accounting is critical to your nonprofit’s operations because it allows you to uphold your tax-exempt status. .

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AMG’s CEO Paul Mengert leads successful legislative battle to protect community association rights

AMG

New Legislation Protects Homeowner and Condo Associations Rights Imagine no longer being able to collect assessments from property owners to pay for maintenance of a dam. What if your volunteer association board was prohibited from enacting reasonable rules or setting a policy about fencing, setbacks, and architectural changes? Consider the chaos if your community governance documents were suddenly voided.

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The Other Side of Digital Communications – Should You Get Personal?

Multiview

To say that customer service is the core value of an association is an understatement — especially for your vendor and member relationships. According to studies, 96% of consumers see customer service as a priority when to begin or continue doing business with a company. And though trade associations and non-profits don’t have direct customers, they do have members and vendors that are relied on for revenue, sponsorships, volunteers and more.

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Meet the Extraordinary Crew Driving Ngage’s Culture

Ngage Management

Through each of our growth spurts, we assess the needs of our clients and work to ensure that every expansion of our team is strategic and purposeful. As CEO, Tobi Lyon has said Ngage creates positions to attain appropriate talent rather than onboarding employees just to fill a space. The intention behind this is to drive our values and deliver crafted solutions and collaborative support to our client organizations.

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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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How to avoid the “IT black hole”

Effective Database

How to avoid the "IT black hole" Going all the way back to my days as an association staffer (more than 30 years ago) I've encountered what I call the "IT black hole." The IT black hole is where technology issues go to die. Perhaps you've experienced this.

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6: Explaining Marketing to a Kid

Spark Consulting

Coming in at number 6 in the all-time list of top ten Spark blog posts: Explaining Marketing to a Kid. The original post was inspired by a fun activity the association I was working for at the time created for “take your kid to work” day: a career scavenger hunt. The kids had to find the participating staffers around the building, and each of us had prepared a short activity to help them understand what we did all day.

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3 Customer Retention Hacks

Robert Skrob

How do you hold onto a customer for longer, so they buy from you more often? Click here to find out. Twenty years ago, my marketing mentor, Dan Kennedy, taught me, there are three ways to increase revenue in your business. Generate new customers Increase transaction size Improve customer purchase frequency. Number one, generating new customers is what most businesses.

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How to enhance free, gated, and paid content in your content marketing model

Nimble AMS

Members want more content. As an association, you have an opportunity to develop thought leadership content, building organization awareness, and credibility , while also meeting your members’ content needs. But how should your association organize the way members and non-members receive your content? . According to the Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study , there’s currently a disconnect between how members and association professionals perceive content is being personalized. 53% of

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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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Association Brain Food: 7.22.22

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Because I’m away next week, I’m not publishing Association Brain Food on Friday, July 29. This edition includes all the free events I could find for the next two weeks. I’ll be back on Friday, August 5. Membership benchmarking. Marketing General Inc. (MGI) released the 14 th edition of their Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report.

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