Association Freak

MARCH 1, 2024

Here are some of the transformative strategies and innovations we see shaping the future of associations. There’s a pressing need to diversify revenue and membership to ensure sustainability. This year’s association outlook underscores the necessity to adapt and thrive amidst these changes.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Mental health. Marketing to Gen Z and millennials. Email Address: Subscribe If you have a free webinar or event coming up, please send me the link by Wednesday afternoon the week before it’s scheduled. More info/register. Fri 12/8 at 4 p.m.

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Association Freak

MARCH 2, 2024

Here are some of the transformative strategies and innovations we see shaping the future of associations. There’s a pressing need to diversify revenue and membership to ensure sustainability. PLEASE SEE THE FULL PRESENTATION VERSION HERE There's a pressing need to diversify revenue and membership to ensure stability.

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Association Adviser

JULY 7, 2016

Despite popular sentiment that millennials are disinterested in joining traditional professional associations, young people are uniquely positioned to benefit from association membership in important ways. Don’t make the mistake of lumping all millennials together or thinking they’re not joiners. .

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 21, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Diversity benchmarking. Virtual events. MemberSuite suggests four ways to add a real life feeling to your virtual events. Virtual event sponsorship. Ten ways to provide value to your virtual event sponsors and exhibitors.

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EventMobi: Association Events

JUNE 26, 2023

On a broad level, member engagement strategies can include: In-person and virtual live events Educational resources Volunteer opportunities Member engagement software Member appreciation efforts A member engagement strategy should be measurable, and ultimately aim to increase member participation in your organization. The solution?

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Reid All About it

MAY 21, 2021

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. They make an argument for adding smaller, niche virtual conferences to your event lineup. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week. Host: Brandt Krueger, founder Event Technology Consulting. Niche conferences.

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Reid All About it

MAY 15, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Benchmark survey on communicating in the current climate. Chapters can continue to generate non-dues revenue by partnering with their sponsors in new ways. Virtual event sponsors and exhibitors. Not in this house. More info/register.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 27, 2021

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Non-dues revenue. 4 weeks from now, you could be in Nashville hanging around with people whose associations are rolling in non-dues revenue and people who want to emulate that success. Actually, her events are always fun and enlightening.

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Higher Logic

MAY 29, 2020

While the way you align your proposed member community with your executives’ goals will vary by association, five of the most common priorities you might find in the strategic plan include new member acquisition, member engagement and retention, non-dues revenue growth, advocacy and legislation, and maintaining relevance.

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Reid All About it

JULY 16, 2021

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Online education revenue. Definitely look at what he has to say, especially if you’re using labels like Gen X, Millennial and Gen Z. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week. Usability testing. Email Address: Subscribe.

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Reid All About it

MAY 14, 2021

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Event safety. The team at Event Farm has been hosting a series of webinars about the safe return to in-person events. During the last one, they introduced their event safety playbook full of tips and resources. Marketing copy.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 26, 2018

The weekly list of free educational events for the association community… The world wants you just as you are—you are enough. Attracting millennial/young professional supporters. If you heed the advice of Eventpedia, you can be sure your event app won’t bomb with attendees. Creating and running outstanding campaigns.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Events Start building member engagement by empowering your volunteers to promote your next association event to their personal and professional connections. Consider involving volunteers as you plan your events by tasking them to guide the creation of a conference session or by asking them to lead an event session itsel f.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 27, 2017

The weekly list of free professional development events for the association community… A few weekends ago at Association Charrette , I talked to the group about studies from around the world that proved what you and I have always intuitively known: walking in the forest is good for us. Recruit and Retain Millennial Members.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 9, 2018

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… As a history major, I’ve been waiting for virtual reality (VR) to shake up the way history is taught and it’s finally happening—or maybe it’s been happening and I just haven’t noticed. Your Event Marketing Survival Guide. 1 CMP credit.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… I was all excited to share a must-read article from ASAE (members-only) by Kaihan Krippendorff about how your association can lead your industry in the blockchain revolution. Now for the educational events scheduled for next week. Foster, Esq.,

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WBT Systems

JANUARY 24, 2017

Interestingly, Associations Now , the information resource for association executives from ASAE , has a long-running series of articles called “ Best Benefit Ever “, which highlights what innovative associations are doing from a benefits perspective to attract new members and reward membership renewals.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 5, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… When I was in charge of getting a new AMS back at my old association, I had no idea how to approach selection and implementation. Now for the educational events scheduled for next week. Even worse, I didn’t even know how clueless I was.

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Association Briefings

MAY 6, 2021

Although both are defined as digital-first generations, there’s still very distinct ways to digitally market to millennials and Gen Z - particularly as it relates to email. Now, add engagement and revenue to the mix, while attempting to keep an annual tradeshow afloat in a hybrid world of in-person and virtual events.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Unrelated Business Income Tax (UBIT) and employment taxes are fertile ground for collecting additional tax revenue. 10 Things You Need to Know before Using Snapchat at Your Event. Transform Your Event ROI Story with Digital Engagement. Presenter: Brooke Gracey, Senior Mobile Event App Strategist, Cvent. 1 CMP credit.

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Association Freak

MAY 21, 2022

But unfortunately, the effects are rippling through the association world – putting downward pressure on membership, lowering advertising, royalty, and other revenue sources, and impacting the dashboard metrics of most organizations. Users, of whom 67% are Millennials, have saved $170M+ this year. The Exploding Data Economy.

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GrowthZone

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

The bulk of the workforce is made up of Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers, and Gen Z is not far behind. Tip: It’s important to view engagement activities for young professionals as an investment, not a revenue generator, Consider your best possible scenario to be a break-even, and you’ll be on the right track.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

The weekly list of free webinars and events for the association community… We’re all Equif*cked. Using Marketing Automation to Grow Event Registration. Hear about different ways to target, incent, and create buzz about your event through marketing automation. – Driving an Innovation Strategy. Lunch provided.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Chapters can bring life to associations like brewpubs bring life to downtowns. MemberSuite describes a new approach to sponsorship that treats companies as revenue partners. The same old sponsorship program isn’t going to cut it for long.

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Association Adviser

AUGUST 23, 2017

Association Adviser recently sat down with Naylor Association Solutions President & CEO Alex DeBarr to talk about what the future looks like for associations, how leadership and innovation go hand in hand, and why the right tools of engagement are key to engaging members and driving non-dues revenue.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 10, 2016

Here’s the list of webinars and other professional development events for the week of June 13. Find out with Jeff De Cagna, Chief Strategist and Founder of Principled Innovation. Grow Sponsorships, Attendance and Revenue for your Virtual Conference. No demos, sorry. Participate live or view the recording. Tue 6/14 at 3:30 p.m.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Several well-reported studies show that millennials are prioritizing experiences over stuff,” Segran says. If you wrap the event in your branding, there’s a good chance your target customer will remember that experience long after the tote bag is stuffed in a landfill somewhere.”. Innovation keeps an organization growing.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 22, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… In a two-part series ( part 1 and part 2 ) on Association Adviser , Jeff De Cagna, FRSA, FASAE, executive advisor for Foresight First LLC, writes about building a future-ready association. Now for the educational events scheduled for next week.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

The weekly list of free educational events for the association community… What do you think about the new 280 Twitter character limit? Although I highly enjoyed the future of learning and AI conversations, I loved loved loved Lisa Campo’s video: 5 Ways to Repel Millennials from Your Association. What’s holding us back?

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Learn how to create a conference culture of radical hospitality that will increase participant engagement; how to discover your participants’ expectations of your event; and how to make an on-site first impression that extends radical hospitality before and after your event. Mon 10/24 – Design Thinking for Innovation (Coursera).

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Reid All About it

MARCH 3, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Self-assessment tools/programs. Event gamification. They describe strategies for applying game mechanics to influence attendee behavior, including the incentives and technology that will help you achieve event goals. Sponsorships.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Think 365-day-a-year engagement for your events—whether they’re live, virtual or hybrid. Most associations agree non-dues revenue is essential, but our research shows very few ask advertisers and sponsors for their input. Hybrid events—virtual attendance of a live event—are also wonderful, DuBois said.

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.orgCommunity

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Tracy King, MA, CAE, CEO and Chief Learning Strategist at InspirED, is one of those innovators. Tracy recently spoke at Solutions Day,orgCommunity’s signature event. One in three Millennials has a side gig, and by 2020, 50 percent of employees will be participating in the freelance economy. Demographics.

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.orgCommunity

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Every week, I receive calls from association executives who are concerned about: Engaging a new generation – at first, these conversations focused on millennials, now the questions are about how to engage Gen Z, the fastest growing group of employees, customers, and voters. Gen Z thinks and acts VERY differently than Millennials.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 9, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Our annual family beach vacation is next week—the same time as the ASAE Annual Meeting & Expo (#ASAE19). An oldie but goodie… an introvert’s guide to ASAE Annual from Maggie McGary—this can be a tough event for introverts, even us social ones.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… The Albright-Knox Art Gallery is cool again , says Buffalo News reporter Colin Dabkowski. What percentage of your education revenue comes from selling professional development to nonmembers? It’s not just Millennials.

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