Higher Logic

JANUARY 30, 2018

A membership director also helps with event planning and updating the website, for instance. Your staff is short on time and, with so few employees, you may not have the expertise to take on all the projects you want. Short-term contracts often focus on fine tuning your strategy and getting your community up and running.

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JULY 7, 2023

If your association has a website redesign project on the horizon, there’s no need to ask ASAE Collaborate about RFP samples. Get everything you need in this RFP template for CMS and website redesign projects from Brightfind. AI and event planning. CMS/website RFP. Host: ASAE Tue 7/11 at 12 p.m. 1 CAE credit.

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Association Success

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Be sure to segment your attendees with a special review of international, healthcare industry, and medically-at-risk attendees, all of whom will likely be working under unique precautions. Enhance your projections with sponsorship and registration fees and expense estimates. Step 3: Concurrent planning. Communication.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Sigh, another self-improvement project—almost complete. If your association fits any of the five scenarios described by Lowell Aplebaum, FASAE, CAE, in his recent post, it’s time to review your strategic plan. Your organization’s strategy must offer “an inspirational, robust, and innovative pathway to a better future.”.

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MAY 19, 2023

Hope, Inclusion, Support, & Strategies to Maximize Mental Health Learn about the resources and strategies available to boost our mental wellbeing and support our colleagues, friends, and family members, and mental health awareness month and how to participate. Fri 5/19 at 4 p.m. 1 CAE credit. More info/register. More info/register.

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JUNE 2, 2023

Starkweather Association Services’ shares best practices for change readiness that will help you understand and minimize the complications people bring to technology or any other change project. I’m telling you, change management chops will make a tremendous difference for projects and your career. 1 CMP credit. More info/register. .

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APRIL 21, 2023

Meagan Loyst, founder of Gen Z VCs—“a global collective of 22,000+ Gen Z VCs, founders, angel investors, operators and aspiring VCs,” so, yeah, cred—writes about the amazing success of paid membership communities with Gen Z audiences in nearly every industry. Virtual Panel Discussion: What’s (Really) on the Event Horizon? to 3:30 p.m.

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MAY 12, 2023

WBT shares seven MOOC business model strategies you should definitely steal. State of the association industry. Using uncommon strategies from her book Elevating Engagement , learn how to create an energized and highly motivated membership. Membership tiers. Learn how engagement builds from our member’s points of view.

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Achieve

MARCH 1, 2024

Leverage the benefits of this fast-growing industry and reach a larger audience by creating a nonprofit podcast. For example, an individual in the nonprofit event planning industry might create a podcast on event-planning best practices, helping to build their audience and potential clientele.

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MAY 26, 2023

WBT Systems shares strategies for convincing people to commit time to their own professional development. educational system—”still designed for an Industrial Revolution-era world,” not an AI-empowered one. The Community Check-In A weekly community chat on Slack for black professionals working in the events industry.

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JUNE 26, 2020

Presenters: Graham Harvey, Chief Strategy Officer, Matchbox Virtual Media. We’ll also talk about how to manage and hopefully avoid technical debt during any sort of web project. – Virtual Event Demo Days. Build a Sponsorship Strategy Focused on Monetizing Your In-Person & Digital Events. Host: ASAE.

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MAY 7, 2021

Johnson II, CMP DES, Chief Diversity Officer & Director of Event Strategy, Talley Management Group Inc. Steph Pfeilsticker, Senior Meeting Manager, LogiPlan Global Meetings and Events. Navigating Hybrid Events: What We Can Learn From Years of Experience. Alyssa Peltier, Senior Event Marketing Manager, Cvent.

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JUNE 9, 2023

They also share change management strategies for change-fatigued association professionals. Some of these strategies are new to me but look very promising. Event marketing. AI and Tech Strategy. What is/should be IT’s role and/or responsibility in their organization’s AI strategy? More info/register.

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MARCH 17, 2023

They surveyed 100 associations about revenue growth strategies, business development practices and skills, risks and obstacles to growth, reporting and metrics, and performance of membership, events and non-dues revenue programs. Association revenue. Gen Z in the workplace. . More info/register. 1 CAE credit. More info/register.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

The Endocrine Society and Matchbox Virtual Media announced a joint venture to design and deliver online experiences that will drive innovation in the medical, healthcare and scientific industries. Our topic this month is designing a high-impact learning strategy for associations and nonprofits. More info/register. More info/register.

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MAY 29, 2020

Ellipsis Partners and Achurch Consulting have been burning the midnight oil on a virtual events ebook that’s definitely worth checking out. It covers virtual event strategy and technology, including a list of platforms for different purposes. Virtual learning strategies. Host: Liz King Events. Mon 6/1 at 12 p.m.

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MAY 14, 2021

Hear three examples of how our customers have addressed this very challenge using practical, cost-effective strategies. Presenter: James Burron, co-founder and president of the Canadian Association of Alternative Strategies & Assets. ExpoChat is a Twitter-based conversation on topics related to the trade show industry.

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MARCH 25, 2022

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Check out the new page on my site, Association Brain Food Resources , dedicated to feeding your brain with information from our industry partners about association technology, membership, data management, cybersecurity, non-dues revenue, and more.

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Forj

APRIL 22, 2021

The biggest difference here is who is responsible for carrying out the strategy that the consultant provides— the consultant alongside your internal team or your team itself. Some of these services include: Creating a strategy for your learning business. Creating a content development strategy. Converting courses to new formats.

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MARCH 24, 2023

If your association hasn’t yet tackled this project or you’re open to further tweaking, Impexium describes the elements of an exceptional member onboarding experience. Sponsorship strategy. Data-informed event planning. MemberSuite cautions associations against using pre-pandemic data to plan events.

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MAY 15, 2020

They provide advice for revisiting your marketing personas and strategies and creating the right type of messaging for this moment. Presenters: Graham Harvey, Chief Strategy Officer, Matchbox Virtual Media. onward – Untethered 2020: Events Reimagined, a Virtual Summit. Best Practices to Accelerate Your Pivot to Virtual Events.

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JUNE 19, 2020

Inclusion strategy. Presenters: Graham Harvey, Chief Strategy Officer, Matchbox Virtual Media. This is an opportunity for membership professionals to learn best practices from their peers on topics related to change management, membership growth, innovation, relevance, trends, and strategic planning. More info/register.

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MARCH 30, 2018

I know how badly you want to put your technology project (and all that heavy drinking) behind you, but before you move onto your next big project, heed Gretchen Steenstra’s advice at the DelCor blog: before moving forward, do a technology project close. There are excellent online courses and there are excruciating ones.

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OCTOBER 29, 2021

6% have no formal, documented strategy for their virtual conference. Many associations have plans to revisit or implement a Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) strategy. What process should your association take to develop a D&I strategy? Guest: Robb Lee, Chief Strategy Officer, ASAE. Flexible work model.

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MemberClicks

JANUARY 23, 2024

Including industry trends or top of mind topics One of the best ways to make sure your trade booth stands out is to offer unique and insightful value on industry trends of top of mind topics through a presentation or with games or contests.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Norwegian outdoor living concept ‘friluftsliv’ could be a valuable pandemic coping strategy. Vito Curalli, CHA, Executive Director, International Sales and Industry Relations Hilton Worldwide Sales. Sven Boelhouwer, Freelance Event Professional, No Desk. (JT Long, Smart Meetings ). KiKi L’Italien, Association Chat ).

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Guest: Mark Cooper, CEO, IACC, Chair, Events Industry Council. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. Join us to experience seven in-depth demos from industry partners that are standing by ready to help. New episodes are posted around 1 p.m. every Monday.

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APRIL 19, 2019

MemberSuite shares 17 tips for making first-time attendees feel so welcome and comfortable that they’ll return for your next event. Some quick hits before we get to next week’s free webinars: 14 event planning blogs you should follow—they mention this one because of Association Brain Food Weekly. Dee McCurry, Ex Ordo ).

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Membersuite

JANUARY 27, 2021

Professionals in your industry might be dealing with revenue losses, new operating conditions, and/or the challenges of working from home, alongside children in many cases. Even before the pandemic, industries and professions experiencing change were seeing the need for new skills. In 2020, virtual event planning was in emergency mode.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

AUGUST 18, 2011

Ask me for a quote on many projects like: Newsletter design, newsletter strategy, newsletter production, strategic planning, budgeting, evaluation of endorsed programs, governance structuring, bylaws, education programming, member database selection/conversion/optimization/training, discussion facilitation and more. Contact Me.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Many of us are eagerly awaiting the release of Amanda Kaiser’s book, Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating a Thriving Member Community , on February 14. Nowadays, if you’re involved in a technology selection or implementation project, you must understand APIs , unless you’re okay with letting your software live in a silo.

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APRIL 5, 2019

CB Insights looks at 12 industries that are supposedly being killed off by Millennials , if you believe the clickbait headlines. The real situation is more complex: these industries haven’t adapted to changes in their market, but newer, more adaptive brands have. 1 CMP credit. More info/register. Host: PCMA. More info/register.

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MARCH 24, 2017

Mobile Learning: A Practical Strategy. Learn how to develop your education strategy to optimize mobile learning in your organization. Host: Event Tech Tribe. Your association’s challenge is creating a strategy that shows #VolunteerLove through engaging volunteer opportunities, recognition, and communications. Host: ASAE.

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SBI

AUGUST 31, 2022

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 financial planners. They go the extra mile in working with the various committees and leadership on tasks, projects, and strategy.

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Fonteva

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

While many other services only offer either big-picture solutions or are specialized for niche membership program types, such as point or tiered programs, Fonteva caters to all association program strategies. YourMembership is a fully integrated association solution that offers a strong content strategy toolkit across the board.

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AssociationChat

AUGUST 4, 2020

This exploration was an early testbed for many of the leading experts in the events industry and directly led to many of those individuals creating some of the most successful meetings, both in-person and virtual, the industry has seen. Check out How to Define Goals and Objectives for Successful Virtual Event Planning.

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SCD Group

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In the former, the newspaper could spend weeks or months on a project that a Web site like the Huffington Post could rewrite “in 17 minutes.”. And, in many cases, our boards have no clue about the nuances of the marketing, branding or event planning subjects we ask them to consider. Don’t jump from project to project.

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