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Key Strategies to Lifelong Association Membership

Multiview

For associations to drive core objectives and sustained growth, it's essential they have active, engaged members ; however, due to extreme fluctuations in enrollment and renewals over the last few years, maintaining membership has been challenging. For instance, according to 2022 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report , associations saw a drastic decline in membership in 2021 due to the pandemic and recession.

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Technology 101: Revisiting Your Association’s Options and Goals

Association Adviser

Technology has come a long way in the past few decades, completely transforming the business landscape. Proper use of technological tools and services is no longer an optional route for associations. Instead, having the right mix of tools that seamlessly integrate to meet an association’s needs is now a business necessity. Without the right technology, along with a comprehensive knowledge of how to best use it, it’s almost impossible for an association to reach and engage members, grow revenue a

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Four big takeaways from ASAE 2022 your association needs to know

Nimble AMS

We had such a great time seeing you in Nashville at ASAE Annual 2022 ! While on the exhibition floor, we talked, we laughed, and we gave away amazing prizes. We also learned from some of the finest minds in the association space. . The theme of this year’s conference was Disruption=Opportunity. Each session we attended expanded on this theme perfectly, proving that trailblazing associations and innovative software like Nimble AMS have the power to transform any pain point into progress. .

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4 Practices that Lead to Innovation with AMGA’s Director of Council Relations

Higher Logic

The post 4 Practices that Lead to Innovation with AMGA’s Director of Council Relations appeared first on Higher Logic. Experimenting, taking chances, learning from successes and failures…these are the things that keep association offerings fresh and relevant. And that spells retention. The post 4 Practices that Lead to Innovation with AMGA’s Director of Council Relations appeared first on Higher Logic.

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How to Increase Membership Renewal

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!

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2022 Association Benchmarking Report: A Member Engagement Evolution is Underway

Association Adviser

The changes the world has experienced in the last few years – a global pandemic, rising inflation and economic uncertainty, labor shortages and high turnover in the job market, global unrest and social justice movements – accelerated an evolution that was already underway in how association engage with their members. The newly released 2022 Association […].

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Online Learning Tips for You & Your Members to Take Back to School

WBT Systems

As fall approaches, you or your members might head back to school, perhaps taking an online class for the first time.

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How the Questions We Ask Effect Our Work

Aaron Wolowiec

Often as facilitators we create questions to get to a particular outcome, to the extent that it guides the conversation in a narrow direction. Being clear about our own agenda for a question - the ways in which all questions are loaded and are directly connected to our own worldview – is super important.

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Labor Day-inspired ideas to strengthen and grow your union

Aptify

Labor Day is an ideal time to reflect on ways to prepare your union for a bright future. . Read on for three ideas to help strengthen and grow your organization. The history of the labor movement in the U.S. is rich, including many years of advocacy for workplace safety; labor laws; and gender, civil, and immigrant rights. And since 1894, when President Grover Cleveland signed a law making the first Monday in September the annual national Labor Day holiday , the U.S. has formally celebrated Ame

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You Can’t Run an Obstacle Course in the Dark

PROPEL

When you look at our aggregate culture assessment data, the lowest scoring marker is Agility (average score of 3.52, compared to the overall average of 3.69). We see this a lot with clients as well. Despite the fact that over the last two years pretty much every organization was forced into being really agile, it’s still not a part of culture.

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How to Create a Winning Event Marketing Strategy

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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Getting Started with Membership Cards

MemberClicks

The most important part of an association is its membership. But just because they’re important that doesn’t mean you know them all by name… Or whether they paid their membership dues this year… Or even what kind of a membership they have. Enter membership cards. Membership cards are a little piece of digital or paper proof that a person is a member of your organization.

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What We Do and Why We Do It

SBI

What We Do and Why We Do It What We Do “We manage, you thrive.” As an association management company (AMC), it can sometimes be a mouthful to explain what we do. Simply put, the work of SBI is actually the work of our clients, nonprofit professional,s and trade associations. We partner with associations across a variety of industries, including healthcare and medical specialties, academia and higher education, environmental professions, and other professionals such as HR and financia

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Happiness and Harmony in the Perfect HOA: Homeowner Compliance

HOA Strategies

After 15 years working side by side with homeowners associations throughout Utah, I’ve spent a lot of time considering the idea of “the perfect HOA.” It may sound like a pipe dream, but it’s a very real goal to strive for–one that would increase property value, simplify the home-selling process, reduce board member workload, minimize frivolous lawsuits, and provide a level of peace to your community.

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Association Brain Food: 9.2.22

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Manager training. Bad bosses are a leading contributor to the Great Resignation (or Transition). Because managers are facing a host of new issues and challenges in the post-pandemic workplace, WBT Systems says associations can help industry employers and employees by offering manager training programs.

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The Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Customer Learning

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.

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Building a Board Meeting Agenda 

MemberClicks

Nearly everyone who works in a non-profit or association has sat through a board meeting that went off-topic or ran over time. It usually isn’t a big deal if the board and staff present have the extra time. In fact, sometimes the off-topic conversations or additional time end up being the most productive part of the meeting. But board meetings that routinely go over time or off-topic could end up causing organizational problems.

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MDR (Minimum Data Required)

Effective Database

MDR (Minimum Data Required) I've written about minimum viable product (MVP) in software development in the past. MVP means getting the product out into the market with the least amount of features, in order to get customer feedback and to just get something out there. A related concept in data management is minimum data required (MDR)*.

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Case Study – Unlimited Car Wash Subscription

Robert Skrob

How would you like to own a business with minimal labor that makes $1 to $2.5 million a year, with 50% of that, pure profit? Click here to find out. Investors have discovered the thriving business of car washing, all due to subscriptions. Car washes without subscriptions suffer from the high competition, bad economics pushing price down, no loyalty with.

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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

.orgSource

Are sharks circling your member base, eyeing bites for their next meal? Even if your association is trapped in a sea of competition, you can change course and sail toward possibility. Sharon Rice,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, is our expert for guiding associations through tough markets. At.orgCommunity’s recent Innovation Summit, Sharon explored […].

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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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Video Marketing Strategy: How To Bring Your Brand To Life

CMA Solutions

Attracting prospects. Compelling customer loyalty. Closing clients. And that’s the short answer about why video marketing is quickly becoming the norm for businesses. Your company is nothing more than the people who make it work from the C-suite to team members on the assembly lines and in the offices. A compelling video marketing strategy brings your brand to life because it captures and presents people as they are.

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Finding Your IT Zen

Delcor

Many organizations come to DelCor or other service providers when they feel like their technology isn’t working or is too hard to use, but they can’t identify the real problem. In many cases, staff, partners, and members are not in harmony with their organization’s technology. Enter the concept of IT Zen, created by Ben Muscolino of AMS Geek and our very own Gretchen Steenstra ?.