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Nonmember Fees: A Not-So-Simple Decision

Associations Now

The right nonmember price for association products boosts revenue, makes membership more appealing, and steers clear of antitrust concerns. Associations have to consider it every time they set prices for new products or set new prices for old ones. That much is clear, but the question of a reasonable nonmember price remains.

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MCI Sessions @ ASAE in SLC in August

GlowGlobally

While the UAE region seems to have slowed down due to falling oil prices and some regional turmoil, it also is ripe with new opportunities for countries to diversify their economic growth by moving away from the dependency on the oil and gas industry. Unfolding Opportunities in the Gulf Region. Venue: Salt Palace, 250DEF.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.13.17

Reid All About it

Discuss program components such as interviews, orientations, volunteer handbooks, and more, as well as the importance of managing risk for your program and your organization. Find out when it makes sense to use an event app, how to compare app providers, and why pricing all over the map. . – The New Volunteer Manager’s Toolkit.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.13.17

Reid All About it

Discuss program components such as interviews, orientations, volunteer handbooks, and more, as well as the importance of managing risk for your program and your organization. Find out when it makes sense to use an event app, how to compare app providers, and why pricing all over the map. . – The New Volunteer Manager’s Toolkit.

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The Member-Termination Dilemma

Associations Now

Two weeks ago, the Biotechnology Industry Organization rescinded the membership of Turing Pharmaceuticals after its CEO drew a wave of negative PR for hiking the price of a drug used in certain cancer and HIV treatments. Jacobs wrote in the Handbook. ”). .”

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When Members Vote on Dues

Associations Now

Since 2007, GCSAA has raised dues every two years and tied those increases to the Consumer Price Index. ” (In fact, the sample bylaws document in the Association Law Handbook provides exactly one line about setting dues: “Dues are established by the Board of Directors.”). but not anything else.”

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The psychology of brand loyalty and online communities.

Disciple Media

Brand loyalty, by contrast, has very little to do with things like prices or discounts. It’s very tempting for brands to follow the handbook approach of setting up profiles on as many social networks as possible and then trying to build up their follower counts as quickly as they can. Are followers the same as engagement? .