Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

At Sidecar, Amanda Kaiser and Amith Nagarajan describe another approach to helping members connect with each other: AI matching. m3Magazines shares advice on transforming your magazine into a valuable asset members will love. Ask Me Anything: Content Strategy Does “content strategy” mean the same thing to everyone in an association?

Certificate 266

Certificate Denver South Carolina Project 266

Reid All About it

MARCH 1, 2024

In this success kit from Nimble AMS, you get four resources: two half-hourish webinar recordings about AI for associations and two white papers, one an introduction to AI for associations and one on developing an AI strategy. Quick hits Sitting for too long is bad for your health. 1 CAE credit. 1 CAE credit. More info/register. 1 CAE credit.

Education 256

Education New Hampshire Tips Technology 256

Association Analytics

JULY 27, 2021

We often hear from associations that they have limited capacity and/or time to produce content, which is why it’s so important to know exactly what content resonates with your members. Using data in your content strategy will help you identify what content members value most, what isn’t resonating and what needs to be tweaked.

Content 169

Content Strategy How To Course 169

Reid All About it

JANUARY 19, 2024

Dean West of Association Laboratory explores what dating apps can teach us about membership strategy. Building Your 2024 Video Strategy: A Guide for Associations To acquire and retain your membership and drive non-dues revenue, you need to include member-driven video in your strategy. Membership. Membership, again.

Revenue 256

Revenue Strategy Member Engagement United States 256

Reid All About it

JANUARY 26, 2024

It’s scary to think what might happen to chapters if they can’t find enough members to lead them. Billhighway discusses the causes of leadership succession issues and offers strategies for preventing volunteer burnout , a big problem for chapters. Leadership development for young members. 1 CAE credit. More info/register.

Survey 256

Survey Project Strategy Education 256

Reid All About it

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. Member app.

Certificate 281

Certificate Price Tools Technology 281

Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

They describe nine strategies for marketing membership to Gen Z. At Naylor’s Association Adviser, Cathi Hight raises good points about member engagement and explains how to use surveys and focus groups to understand what member segments value. Project management. Workplace culture. Mon 9/4 at 7 a.m. –

Revenue 227

Revenue Survey Education Strategy 227

Reid All About it

APRIL 26, 2024

TopClass LMS also discusses factors that limit participation and strategies to improve your volunteer recruitment and retention efforts. Engagement scoring. Rachel Mace at Association Analytics explains how to set up and use an engagement scoring model. Association trends. Google’s been at it again. More info/register.

Content 266

Content Survey Education Strategy 266

Reid All About it

DECEMBER 1, 2023

When members better understand your association’s legislative and regulatory priorities and their role in achieving those goals, they can more confidently make an effective case with policymakers. Project success stories. Member recruitment. To attract young members , you must recruit in ways that make sense to them.

Arlington 266

Arlington Technology Strategy Los Angeles 266

Reid All About it

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Content Marketing Institute shares highlights from their conference, Content Marketing World , including a quote from their chief strategy advisor Robert Rose: “Content marketing is what marketing is becoming. They share a bunch of good ideas for onboarding, flexible work schedules, employee perks, recognition, and communication.

Revenue 256

Revenue Certificate Tools Innovation 256

Potomac Core

OCTOBER 13, 2015

Associations are increasingly well positioned to help members and industries build innovative workforce solutions through their professional development and certification products. How can Associations help members respond to this growing challenge and build innovative workforce solutions? Innovative Workforce Solutions.

Innovation 100

Innovation millennials eBook Certificate 100

Reid All About it

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Another advantage of an app: it’s a centralized communication channel to your members, unlike social media platforms your association doesn’t own. Bulletin describes how a member app helps you nurture member engagement. Member retention. Explore practical tips and strategies to initiate your data hygiene journey.

Strategy 272

Strategy Video Technology Innovation 272

ISAE

MAY 13, 2024

Thanks to positive market changes, members’ finances seem to be in a better place, which allows them to continue paying dues. However, there are a few factors that could be harming member engagement, retention, and overall growth. Make your events more engaging. Experiment with innovative ideas.

52

52

Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

If your association has a website redesign project on the horizon, there’s no need to ask for RFP samples on ASAE Collaborate. You can get everything you need in Brightfind’s RFP template for CMS and website design projects. Mark Wallach, Engagement Mobile Strategies ) How to use AI to do stuff. Website RFPs.

LMS 266

LMS Revenue Education Strategy 266

Reid All About it

JANUARY 12, 2024

Young member engagement. She shares strategies for enhancing engagement and fostering a more inclusive environment for younger members. She shares strategies for enhancing engagement and fostering a more inclusive environment for younger members. Member mobile app. Dirty data.

LMS 266

LMS Member Engagement Education Revenue 266

Smooth The Path

AUGUST 27, 2018

In these emails, new members are asking to get more involved, or are asking for their login credentials, or are asking for a resource the association does not even have. Since the emails come to him, he feels like he should respond but with managing the staff, and board, and other high-profile projects, there is never time.

Process 68

Process Member Engagement Membership Management Member Experience 68

Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

image source I've mentioned previously that I'm leading another innovation effort for WSAE, something we're calling an Innovation Circle. Ours is focused on member engagement, and you can get an overview of what it is and what we're trying to achieve with it here. Work to find new ways to engage them in the organization.

Member Engagement 100

Member Engagement Recruiting Recruitment Innovation 100

Reid All About it

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Unlike social media, a mobile app provides a cohesive and centralized communication channel to your members. Bulletin describes several ways a member app can enhance and foster member engagement. Equip yourself with innovative approaches to adapt community engagement strategies in an AI-augmented landscape.

Maryland 272

Maryland LMS Revenue Strategy 272

Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Sigh, another self-improvement project—almost complete. They describe how to cultivate an organizational growth mindset so you can prepare your team and association to innovate and thrive. MemberSuite says member expectations are different now in 2021, the bar is set higher. Good enough” technology. Shrinking network.

Recruiting 329

Recruiting Recruitment Project Technology 329

Reid All About it

MARCH 17, 2023

They surveyed 100 associations about revenue growth strategies, business development practices and skills, risks and obstacles to growth, reporting and metrics, and performance of membership, events and non-dues revenue programs. Association revenue. Gen Z in the workplace. . More info/register. More info/register.

Revenue 205

Revenue Certificate Committee Leadership 205

Reid All About it

JUNE 9, 2023

They also share change management strategies for change-fatigued association professionals. Some of these strategies are new to me but look very promising. AI and Tech Strategy. What is/should be IT’s role and/or responsibility in their organization’s AI strategy? Event marketing. More info/register.

Revenue 205

Revenue Content Chicago Leadership 205

Reid All About it

JUNE 2, 2023

Starkweather Association Services’ shares best practices for change readiness that will help you understand and minimize the complications people bring to technology or any other change project. I’m telling you, change management chops will make a tremendous difference for projects and your career. Fri 6/2 at 1 p.m. CAE credit. .

Technology 195

Technology Chicago Education System 195

Reid All About it

AUGUST 4, 2023

Member engagement. TopClass LMS explains how online education programs can help increase member engagement. They describe the essential elements of education programs that resonate with members. Our topic this month is designing a high-impact learning strategy for associations and nonprofits. 1 CMP credit.

Atlanta 195

Atlanta Price Revenue Denver 195

Reid All About it

MARCH 5, 2021

Forward-thinking associations are creating digital hubs to plug members into the entire universe of benefits, including new methods of content delivery, enhanced online learning engines, elegant tools to connect members with one another and provide seamless access to virtual, hybrid and live events. More info/register. Host: Cvent.

North Carolina 370

North Carolina Certificate Strategy Case Study 370

Reid All About it

JULY 17, 2020

Pandemic engagement strategies. Member needs continue to change as we slowly move from pandemic response mode to pandemic recovery mode. MemberSuite identifies five strategies for engaging members during this next phase of the pandemic crisis : content, education, community, volunteering and causes.

Montana 341

Montana Revenue Strategy Conference 341

Reid All About it

JULY 7, 2023

If your association has a website redesign project on the horizon, there’s no need to ask ASAE Collaborate about RFP samples. Get everything you need in this RFP template for CMS and website redesign projects from Brightfind. CMS/website RFP. I’m happy to feature it as long as it’s not too product-centric. More info/register.

Tools 195

Tools Education Newsletter Chicago 195

Reid All About it

JANUARY 15, 2021

Judges get an inside look at some of the most innovative and outstanding marketing, membership and communication projects and programs in the association profession. The deadline for ASAE members to apply for a judge spot is February 9, 2021. Content/education strategy. Forget “normal.” More info/register. 1 CAE credit.

Innovation 359

Innovation Las Vegas Communications Education 359

Reid All About it

MAY 7, 2021

WBT Systems read through four recent research reports to discover what association execs and members are saying about the pandemic’s impact on associations, the future outlook, and their take of innovation—I especially liked those findings from Mary Byers. Backstage Pass: Producing Compelling Content that Drives Engagement.

Technology 370

Technology St. Louis Strategy Products 370

Elevating Engagement

MAY 12, 2023

And so, through carefully crafted questions, I helped them figure out which strategies and innovations would improve each organization’s value. In research project after research project, I began to notice that when asked what the value of the association is, members didn’t recall their benefits.

Member Engagement 80

Member Engagement Project Innovation Strategy 80

Reid All About it

MAY 21, 2021

Much is uncertain, but current projections can help. Hear about strategies from associations (and a few non-profits) that have weathered this and how these strategies can ultimately help us engage more members – a greater diversity of members – in the work of the association going forward. 1 CMP credit.

San Jose 369

San Jose Email Marketing Tools millennials 369

Association Adviser

JANUARY 31, 2018

Innovation has been a common buzzword for the past few years – and not just in the association world. There’s been a lot of talk about how organizations can create a culture that drives innovation, how great leaders can spur innovation and how associations need to innovate to survive. Who will this innovation benefit?

Innovation 61

Innovation Committee Survey Process 61

Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Impexium describes three crucial principles that most associations and vendors overlook during an AMS implementation —things that will make your project much more difficult. Data strategy. Looking to Engage Gen Z? AMS implementation. They also suggest topics you should ask about during your discussions with vendors. Letting Go!

LMS 256

LMS Revenue Arlington Education 256

Eric Lanke

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Innovation. Member Engagement. Why Innovation is Hard. A little over a month ago I attended WSAEs National Summit on Innovation for Associations. The first day of the summit was facilitated by Jeff De Cagna , and its focus was on building new capacities for innovation within the association community.

Innovation 100

Innovation Conference Project Leadership 100

Association Adviser

JANUARY 31, 2018

Innovation has been a common buzzword for the past few years – and not just in the association world. There’s been a lot of talk about how organizations can create a culture that drives innovation, how great leaders can spur innovation and how associations need to innovate to survive. Who will this innovation benefit?

Innovation 60

Innovation Committee Survey Process 60

Virtual

JUNE 1, 2016

In a recent Harvard Business Review blog, management scholar and author, Roger Martin, draws a line between the fundamentals of strategy and the nitty-gritty of budgeting. Strategy is not planning,” Martin emphasizes. “It Estimated costs and projected revenue are the key components of any association budget. Yes and no.

Strategy 100

Strategy Review Revenue Process 100

Reid All About it

JUNE 11, 2021

Billhighway talked with Peter Houstle of Mariner Management and Christi Beatty of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) who are working together on AGC’s chapter benchmarking project. Christi shared lessons learned so far, including five prerequisites for a chapter benchmarking project. Loyalty strategies.

Certificate 322

Certificate Technology Communications Revenue 322

Reid All About it

JULY 9, 2021

Charlene Li believes you need order to create change —not what you picture when thinking about innovative organizations. Member engagement. Anne McCarthy at Sidecar recaps a panel discussion at SURGE Forward about the new approaches to member engagement taken by associations during the pandemic. Fri 7/9 at 1 p.m.

Rhode Island 195

Rhode Island Technology Strategy Member Engagement 195