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Building Buy-In for an Online Community at Your Association

Higher Logic

Here are five examples of priorities you might find in your association’s strategic plan, along with key points for how community helps. Example: “X platform is cheap/free. For example, a tool that’s made for forums could be helpful for creating more interaction, but that’s not a true community. Objection 2: Social Media.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.4.19

Reid All About it

MemberSuite provides examples of these metrics and explains how to use them to spot opportunities as well as problem areas that need improvement. Host: National Institute for Social Media. Presenter: Tim Johnson, owner of Positive Light Media. Jim Lynch, Senior Writer, Nonprofit and Library Technology at TechSoup.

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Associations: Solving the Skills Gap with Digital Credentials

WBT Systems

Before the rise of social media and cloud computing, associations competed to attract new members — but only in a subtle “non-profit” sort of way. Recipients can display these badges on social media, websites, email signatures and online resumes. Here are a few strong examples: American Institute of CPAs.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 12.21.18

Reid All About it

Billhighway provides examples of how associations are using this matrix to quantify (in dollars) the value chapters deliver to their associations. Hear real-world examples of business leaders and brands that understand the secret of actionable communication. Jim Lynch, Senior Writer, Nonprofit and Library Technology at TechSoup.

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24 Top Association Member Engagement Strategies to Rock Retention

EventMobi: Association Events

You can segment your association members by: Known interests Length of membership Membership tier Level of engagement Demographic For example, with 75% of millennials actively avoiding phone calls, connecting by phone is a member engagement strategy that might be better used for the older members of your association.

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Now Is the Time to Try Things Online

Associations Now

A Library for Emergencies. Late last month, the nonprofit announced it would take its Open Library product, which allows users to borrow digital copies of books, and create the National Emergency Library. For its part, the archive says the open library fits under fair use and that authors may opt out.).

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14 Best Member Retention Strategies to Engage Your Top Supporters

EventMobi: Association Events

Use multiple streams of communication (email, social media, paper mail, etc.), For example, after you host a fantastic event, you can give members a space to keep the conversation going! If your retention rate is below that number, here are a few quick things you can do to improve it: Communicate effectively.

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