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JUNE 14, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… ASAE Annual road trip. If you’re going to ASAE Annual in Cleveland and live in the DC area, join KiKi L’Italien on the Association Chat Road Trip to ASAE Annual. AI for associations. What a terrific way to start the Annual experience.

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APRIL 26, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Association boards. The survey results will give association staff and volunteer leaders a deeper understanding of how to strengthen board effectiveness for the long term. Association trends. Volunteers. AI and events.

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Content Survey Education Strategy 271

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MARCH 8, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… 2024 association trends. Fíonta shares what they’ve been hearing and seeing lately in the association community and what they suspect is on the horizon. Education program marketing. Event marketing. Mentoring programs.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Competition-beating strategies. Impexium shares seven strategies to differentiate your association from the competition in 2024. That’s what people really want deep down inside—and associations can help members build these communities.

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Case Study Newsletter Strategy Revenue 271

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APRIL 5, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Apply for a marketing/branding grant. In honor of their 25th anniversary, Mighty Citizen is giving away $100,000 in marketing and branding services. Another is persuading members to make time for association engagement.

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Revenue Price Denver Tools 259

EventMobi: Association Events

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A membership directory is the #1 way to accomplish what your association does best: keep your members connected to one another and you. Depending on how your organization sets up membership, you can allow free access to your member directory or gate it behind a paywall (or a members-only portal).

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AUGUST 25, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. TopClass LMS highlights findings from MGI’s 2023 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report that they think will interest association education teams. Middle managers.

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JULY 2, 2021

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. WBT Systems does too. This week, they discuss peer advisory groups for association members who want to learn from and with each other. Wes Trochlil suggests how to tackle a big data cleanup project —one bite at a time.

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MARCH 17, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Online learning. With for-profit and higher ed competition growing, your association’s online courses must stand out in the crowd. But excellent content isn’t enough to gain market share. You fall to the level of your systems.”

Revenue 206

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Early-career microcredentials. If your association is looking for a sure-fire way to attract young professionals, TopClass LMS has the answer: early-career microcredentials. Change management. Print magazines. More info/register.

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MAY 26, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Reflection. “To 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.

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EventMobi: Association Events

OCTOBER 19, 2023

We’ve got you covered with membership drive examples, marketing tips, and the event tech to make it all a breeze. Membership recruitment campaigns are most often run by associations, clubs, and nonprofits who want to broaden their reach and power up their dues-based revenue. What is a Membership Drive?

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Freestone

MARCH 4, 2024

It might be time to create an association marketing strategy. An association marketing strategy can help you attract new learners, retain current members, drive non-dues revenue, and strengthen your brand recognition within your industry. But how can you begin building your association marketing strategy?

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MARCH 24, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… I’m going away for eight days on a hiking vacation in southern Utah, so I’m not publishing Association Brain Food the next two Fridays, March 31 and April 7. Thank goodness, many associations are rethinking new member onboarding.

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JUNE 30, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Gen Z membership. They describe what associations need to offer to compete with these new membership groups. WBT Systems provides strategies for offering professional development as an employee retention tool. Employee retention.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Membership benchmarks. In seven minutes, you can help our community learn about association industry trends in membership engagement and retention levels, digital transformation, the adoption of AI, generational priorities, and more.

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JUNE 2, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… “Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.” Anne Lamott If I could teach one marketing lesson. Listen up, my sales and marketing friends. They’re interested in the content, that’s it.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Membership. I’ve used data from Marketing General Inc.’s s 2023 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report in many of the posts I’ve written for clients. Email marketing news. If it intrigues you, check it out—12 CAE credits too.

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JANUARY 12, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Free education. If you’re a regular reader of Association Brain Food, this post from TopClass LMS will be familiar ground for you. Learn how to establish, administer, and evaluate an effective mentoring program. Inspiration.

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LMS Education Member Engagement Revenue 271

WBT Systems

APRIL 3, 2018

Do you feel like giving your learning platform a heave-ho out the door? As dysfunctional and frustrating as that old learning management system (LMS) is, your association still relies upon it. Maybe it wasn’t designed for associations in the first place. How is it negatively impacting learners?

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WBT Systems

JUNE 26, 2018

You finally got the budget to purchase a learning management system (LMS). Narrow down the field first by: Working with an LMS consultant who narrows it down for you based on your requirements and their market knowledge. Borrowing another association’s LMS RFP. How are you positioned in your market?

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MARCH 1, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Education programs. TopClass LMS shares another recap of a session from the Learning Business Summit. When associations canceled their conferences during the pandemic, sponsors and exhibitors found other ways to achieve their marketing goals.

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ISAE

JUNE 5, 2024

How to Develop an Effective Omnichannel Marketing Campaign Imagine you’re trying to promote an upcoming conference to your association members. A member of your marketing team suggests focusing your strategy on Instagram as that’s the platform where you typically see the most engagement. Gather data about your audience.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… 86 “normal,” please. Davis, CAE, who works at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, said: “I need to operate now and look forward, not try to claw may way back to ‘normal.’ Learn to love walking in the rain.

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MAY 7, 2021

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Research on associations. Amith Nagarajan writes at Sidecar about the potential for associations to issue accreditations and certifications on the blockchain. Association myths. Marketing must-haves. Intriguing.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. The Gold Circle Awards recognize excellence in marketing, membership and communications efforts across 15 different categories, and highlight the important role these campaigns have in moving associations forward. Forget “normal.”

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JUNE 23, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… “It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.” ―F. Avenue M and ASAE polled associations about their AI usage policy for staff. Marketing benchmarks.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Reflection time. What’s on the horizon for associations in 2024 ? Impexium shares the requirements most likely found on the AMS wish list of association executives. Learning about AI. Hot association topics.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Got a writing project ? I usually work with association industry partners on blog posts, case studies, and other content marketing pieces , but am open to learning about other interesting projects outside that scope.

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APRIL 30, 2021

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Association performance and priorities. WBT Systems laments the lost art of listening. Multi-system implementation. I’ve heard a few friends talk about implementing more than one system this summer. Shut up and listen.

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MAY 21, 2021

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. The riches are in the niches, says WBT Systems. Association fortune-telling. Hosts: Eventbrite, National Independent Venue Association, Music Venue Trust and FundBox. Peter Houstle, CEO, Mariner Management. Yes, please!

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MAY 14, 2021

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Marketing copy. If you’re frequently under pressure to come up with clever and compelling marketing copy, I feel for you. During the last one, they introduced their event safety playbook full of tips and resources.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… . . Online learning. If your board (or C-suite) hasn’t accepted the fact that your association must offer online education to your members and market, then you’ll want to read this post from WBT Systems.

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MARCH 10, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… ChatGPT. WBT Systems explains how you can use ChatGPT to manage and market your association’s education programs. Association podcasts. Content marketing. Strategic resilience. Membership engagement.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Request re career section on association website. Does your association have a career section for people curious about entering your industry or profession? Association benchmarks. Marketing to younger generations.

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Revenue Innovation Education Tools 276

WBT Systems

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Conferences consume a great deal of your association’s time and financial resources. Should they take such a primary place in your association’s educational offerings? In most associations, only a small percentage of members attend conferences. Why Continue the Conference Learning Experience.

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APRIL 2, 2021

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Post-pandemic association workplace. Association member communications. Interested in grading your association communications? Adults need guidance counselors too, says WBT Systems. Future conference attendance.

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Revenue Conference Industry Strategy 335