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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

If your association is looking for a sure-fire way to attract young professionals, TopClass LMS has the answer: early-career microcredentials. m3Magazines shares advice on transforming your magazine into a valuable asset members will love. Print magazines. Generation Z. More info/register. 1 CAE credit.

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APRIL 12, 2024

TopClass LMS shares 15 tactics for keeping your attendees’ interest and attention. SMS marketing. Text Request explains how to create an SMS (text) strategy that aligns with your association’s marketing strategy. Member recruitment. Member recruitment. by Tony Rossell, Marketing General Inc.

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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. Blue ocean strategy. To keep them at bay, find a new blue ocean.” Dull new world.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Employers’ job market. TopClass LMS suggests putting a new spin on your membership and education marketing. In this employers’ job market, it’s tougher for members, customers and prospects to find a better position.

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JUNE 18, 2021

It’s much more challenging to make work friends when you’re a new employee in a remote workplace. Achurch Consulting shares advice for all you new guys/gals on the job, including suggestions for rethinking your virtual background, taking advantage of existing opportunities, scheduling meetups and paying attention to personality clues.

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MARCH 12, 2021

I just read a new paper— The New Association Tech Ecosystem: Powering Member Experiences with Integration and Specialization —from Chris Gloede and Karen Power of Ricochet Advice and I suggest you do too, especially if you have technology or analytics decisions on the horizon. New member onboarding. Quick hits.

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MARCH 17, 2023

But excellent content isn’t enough to gain market share. Learn what elements of engaging and effective online learning you must build into your live and on-demand programs. Professionals for Association Revenue released their Association Business Development Landscape Survey report. Content is a commodity, says WBT Systems.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

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. New association event. New job advice. Wes Kao shares solid advice for onboarding yourself when you join a new team.

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JANUARY 26, 2024

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. Last year, 814 associations participated in MGI’s survey, which benchmarks the practices used by associations to recruit, engage and renew members. Email marketing news.

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

People talk about it in the association world, but how many associations actually provide resources and education about mental health issues to members and industry employers? TopClass LMS explains why and how associations should step up their efforts and shares examples of associations who have. Member retention. Mobile apps.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

TopClass LMS advises associations to offer microlearning programs to busy professionals since they’re more likely to have 10 minutes to spare, not 50. Gen Z marketing. They describe nine strategies for marketing membership to Gen Z. MGI’s 2023 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report is ready for download.

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JULY 21, 2023

Member education. But TopClass LMS/WBT Systems describes ten skills your members need to learn right now. He reminds us that “every time we go through a wave of automation, whole classes of jobs go away, but new classes of jobs get created.” The fact is a recent invention ,” says Jon Askonas at The New Atlantis.

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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. Quick hits Five things to do to heat up your content marketing game during the summer lull.

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OCTOBER 6, 2023

Tagoras is conducting a brief survey to find out where learning and education businesses (i.e., In part two of their Open Space series, TopClass LMS explains how to overcome common objections to using this engaging event format. Content marketing. associations) plan to focus their efforts in 2024. Conference design.

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Blue Sky eLearn

OCTOBER 19, 2020

How you communicate with members and the opportunities you offer directly impact their experience with your organization and the chance that they’ll renew. With a dedicated and comprehensive engagement strategy, your member retention rate is much more likely to increase! In-person engagement ideas. Let’s begin!

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MAY 26, 2023

“To navigate change, companies need fear-free cultures of diverse people and mindsets led by leaders who continuously learn, incentivize and train for change and worship no sacred cows.” ― Rishad Tobaccowala Competing for members’ time. WBT Systems shares strategies for convincing people to commit time to their own professional development.

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DECEMBER 13, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… I just bought a wreath at the farmers market and I’m listening to the Christmas Cocktail Jazz playlist on Spotify. Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter at Human Workplaces released a new white paper on a maturity model for workplace culture.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

In uncertain times, stay focused on your mission and explore new ways to deliver on that mission.”. Let’s say your association has fully accepted reality and wants to help members acquire the skills and knowledge they need right now, but you don’t have the time or money to design new online courses. Online education nimbleness.

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JULY 30, 2021

People are too busy to find and vet the educational content they need, so do the dirty work for them. As members move along the pathway, they develop the skills and experience needed for the task at hand and can see what competencies they need to move to the next level of volunteering. Online learning programs. Pandemic success story.

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MAY 12, 2023

Learning business. The corporate market is a growing profit center for them—and could be for your association too. WBT shares seven MOOC business model strategies you should definitely steal. Impexium explains how your association and members could benefit from offering a tiered membership model. Membership tiers.

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APRIL 30, 2021

They provide the steps of a shutdown ritual in case you want to try it yourself. They remind us why listening (without interrupting) is so important to the person talking and describe different methods for listening to your members and others in your professional community. I think one had an AMS, CMS, and LMS project on the horizon.

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JULY 21, 2017

What I didn’t buy was any science fiction which, according to Harvard Business Review , “empower[s] us to confront not just what we think but also how we think and why we think it. [It] LMS provider WBT Systems writes about instructional design innovations that associations could borrow from “ModPo” and a few other award-winning MOOCs.

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Please participate in MGI’s 14 th annual Membership Marketing Benchmarking Survey , our industry’s most comprehensive and valuable study on membership marketing. Marketing, membership and communications awards. Gold Circle Awards recognize excellence in marketing, membership, and communications in 15 categories.

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Association Success

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

This means that D&A should be on every CEO and Executive Director’s agenda, and in some cases even a topic for the volunteer board. Use business language while being prepared to give insight into technical details. It’s crucial to link D&A to the high-level organizational strategy as defined by the board.

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JUNE 2, 2017

LMS provider WBT Systems describes the different psychological, environmental, and technical obstacles that stand between your members and your online learning programs. As a writer and a learner, I love content hubs, and so does Imagination, a content marketing agency serving the association space. Location: New York.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Member engagement. Many of us are eagerly awaiting the release of Amanda Kaiser’s book, Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating a Thriving Member Community , on February 14. Member recruitment.

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Protech

JUNE 13, 2023

For example, a small association in its first year of operating might just use a few simple spreadsheets and documents to track member engagement and plan meetings. To use each one effectively, it’s important to understand the purpose and use cases for both types of software.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

MemberSuite suggests nine ideas for new membership tiers that might be a good fit for your association and market. WBT Systems shares seven ways OSMA and its members and customers benefited from a new LMS. Mobilize Networks offers “ enlightened and informed engagement strategies ” that reimagine the member journey.

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JULY 8, 2022

WBT Systems writes about a new ad campaign coming in September from Opportunity@Work, a coalition asking employers to get rid of unnecessary bachelor’s degree requirements for hiring. They believe an API strategy is crucial to defining your association’s value proposition and taking the “rightful leadership position to steer your industry.”.

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JULY 14, 2023

It’s interesting to see how two organizations rely differently on data to market their event to attendees, exhibitors, and sponsors. Gen Z, AI and marketing. Bill Sheehan at Multiview shares his top takeaways from ASAE’s 2023 MM&C conference related to Gen Z, AI and marketing—fun topics. Customer/member personas.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

Only 45% of the freelancers participating in the study do “skilled services”—like programming, business consulting, marketing and, ahem, writing. Is the freelance sector in your association’s market growing as well? Like everyone else, members do not have time to engage with your association. “If

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Strategy as currently practiced rarely emphasizes the importance of community.” The Harvard Business Review describes how the New York Public Library involved employees from 93 branches in innovation communities —could be a good model for chapters. Her herb-heavy crumb coating was fantastic—it’s my new Milanese recipe.

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MAY 22, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… New member onboarding. Does your association have a new member onboarding, orientation or welcoming program? Find out how to design for virtual-first experiences, satisfy the desire to network, and keep your members engaged.

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AUGUST 31, 2018

In the latest post in their series about the different people involved in an LMS implementation on the vendor side, WBT Systems explains what their developers and quality assurance testers are doing behind the scenes to ensure an LMS meets the client association’s requirements and expectations. Tue 9/4 at 2:30 p.m. More info/register.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2021

WBT Systems explains the basics of SEO so you can get Google to do the bulk of your marketing for you. Association strategies. They suggest seven strategies that will position your association to deliver value , and preserve and strengthen member and customer engagement and loyalty. member, participant, etc.)

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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. Post-event attendee engagement. Quick hits Five ways to tell if your data management strategy is ready for AI. |

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JUNE 17, 2022

WBT Systems suggests strategies to reverse the decline in virtual and in-person conference registrations that many associations are experiencing right now. They describe the reasons behind this decline and offer solutions to overcome those barriers or engage the person elsewhere. Member/customer engagement.

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