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Peek Behind the Scenes of One Innovative Annual Conference for New Ideas to Use at Your Annual Conference

Smooth The Path

What is particularly interesting about this year’s conference is the team methodically set about meeting some of members’ biggest challenges. Here are the top challenges we all have and here is what we did about them: New Members Feel Like Outsiders. We are having to innovate but innovation is new, uncertain and risky.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.9.21

Reid All About it

Charlene Li believes you need order to create change —not what you picture when thinking about innovative organizations. Another example of wishful thinking disguised as conventional wisdom: Claire Cain Miller at the New York Times says there’s no evidence that chance meetings at the office boost innovation. Order and change.

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Daily Buzz: How Dark Social Is Skewing Your Data

Associations Now

Dark social shares mean your team could be basing its marketing insights—and budget—on inaccurate data. For your performance marketing team, “dark social” might as well be the dark side of the moon. Membership associations must innovate to stay relevant & grow – simplifying #UX every step of the way.

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Industry Study Brings a New Way for Association Professionals to Think About Member Engagement

Smooth The Path

There was one theme running so strongly through each member research project I could not ignore it. It was that members who engaged very early in their membership were more excited about the association than members who reported that “the association just grew on them.” We are grateful for all of your support!

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Is it Day 1 or Day 2 for Associations?

Smooth The Path

We can develop offerings members love. We can attract high-quality members with our improved marketing. Another behavior that enables quick decision making is using the phrase “disagree and commit” In essence, team members use this mindset, “I do not agree that this is the right direction.

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