Associations Now

MARCH 26, 2019

Whether your association has a global presence or is looking to expand internationally, you’ll need a strategy to recruit, retain, and engage members who will likely have different needs and backgrounds than members in your home country. Have you had success recruiting international members? What strategies or tactics work best?

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Data strategy. Dabdub, Director for Admissions and Recruitment Affairs at the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges Josie Hernandez, IOM, Account Executive with Bostrom and President of Association Latinos Carol Martinez, Manager of Community Impact at Project Management Institute Ben Yzaguirre, M.Ed., More info/register.

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.orgSource

AUGUST 28, 2023

The term was coined in 1994 by Joel Kurtzman , who was the founding editor-in-chief of Strategy+Business magazine and editor of the Harvard Business Review. She also makes an important point about the shift in persuasive strategies away from the aggressive sales pitch and toward a more genuine and personalized approach.

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WBT Systems

JANUARY 3, 2017

The key step to a designing a new strategy or plan for association learning is to set achievable goals. As an example of this, back in June 2016 an article in Association Now magazine referenced a study titled “ Member Engagement Study: Aligning Organization Strategy With What Matters Most to Members.”

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 9, 2020

The ROI Member Recruitment Brochure: How to Create Brochures That Positively Influence Membership Decisions. The ROI of Words: How to Write Website Copy That Will Drive Member Renewal and Recruitment. Topics include strategy, requirements, proposals, demos and selection, implementation, and buying in a pandemic. Host: Zoom.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Associations are rightly proud of their member communications: Magazines, newsletters and websites represent the value of membership in the organization, while also sharing important industry news and professional development education with members. What Association Awards Contests Should My Association Enter?

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GrowthZone

AUGUST 2, 2022

The “Why Join A Chamber” video, posted on social media and emailed to the Zionsville Chamber’s general membership and prospects, serves as a recruitment and retention tool to help people better understand the organization. Video | Zionsville Chamber of Commerce – BEST OF SHOW. million by the end of 2021.

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CMA Solutions

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Brand Marketing Strategy 2023: Create More Memorable Experiences World-class customer experience is everything. In addition, magazines and catalogs that are very visual are also being heralded all over again. We helped NJSNA recruit more than 1,600 additional nurses in a matter of weeks. Chatbots can help.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 16, 2020

If you’re thinking about doing a content audit as preparation for developing a content strategy, Hilary Marsh shares a content audit planning worksheet and issues to consider before diving in. James Lancaster, Editor, AMI Magazine. Reed, FASAE, CMP, Chief Event Strategy Officer, American Society of Hematology. Content audit.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 1, 2014

. “There is much more use of laser and GPS-guided equipment, building-information modeling, and other things that require computer skills and use of technology that was not common before the recession,” Ken Simonson, an economist for the Associated General Contractors of America, told the magazine.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Rebecca Schrag Hershberg and Yael Schonbrun, Greater Good Magazine ). Join a deep-dive conversation about the strategy and execution of the event from early critical choices to duty of care to the realities of hybrid. The ROI Member Recruitment Brochure: How to Create Brochures That Positively Influence Membership Decisions.

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Aaron Wolowiec

DECEMBER 13, 2012

So, it quickly becomes evident that a simple content curation strategy could easily help qualify some of this information, further promoting the organization as a valuable resource and content expert. Newsletter/magazine articles. Content treasurers may take many forms. Following is a partial list: Guest bloggers/journalists.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Moderator: Heather Story, consultant, Volunteer Strategies. Membership Monday: Student/Young Professional Recruitment and Engagement. We will focus on a successful campaign for the recruitment and engagement of this membership segment. Successful Recruiting, Hiring and Onboarding in a Remote or Hybrid Environment.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Danny Lewis, Smithsonian Magazine ). Learn how to add wellness content and features to keynotes and sessions, partner with companies that will supply subject matter experts and practitioners for your events, and incorporate strategies into each wellness offering to create maximum engagement. Yes, they do. 1 CMP credit. 1 CAE credit.

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Associations Now

MAY 31, 2017

By working together, both professions might be able to develop new lines of thinking about recruitment, retention, and engagement. There’s also the crowdfunded digital magazine Republik , which will be published in German and is set to debut in January 2018. Those same analytics can then be applied to a content strategy.

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Association Adviser

MAY 23, 2018

Here is an example of the American Bankers Association’s bimonthly magazine website. I say (and plead) this, because only one in four associations reported having a department-specific or platform-specific content strategy. Almost half of respondents rely on a one-size-fits-all strategy. It’s also great for recruitment!

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Associations Now

MARCH 29, 2016

The organization periodically partners with Readex Research and Communication Arts magazine to release the Survey of Design Salaries. And the reason for this benefit’s utility rests in those strategies. Luckily for designers, that knowledge is available courtesy of AIGA.

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Association Adviser

MARCH 19, 2013

Recruit, retain, engage and repeat. a report based on online survey responses from 147 associations—as recruiting (63.2%), engaging (62.3%) and retaining (59.6%) were listed as the top priorities for 2013. Do members—and nonmembers you’re trying to recruit—know why they should be involved with your association? By Elsbeth W.

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Membership Marketing

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Why would an organization spend even the smallest amount of money on recruiting or renewing a member when the cost to serve approached the annual dues rate? These variable costs might be as simple as printing and mailing additional magazines and renewal notices. So what is the best way to determine the cost to serve a member?

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.orgSource

JULY 3, 2023

It was considered too resource intensive to play a consistent role in most promotional strategies. Many groups still print a magazine. It is an effective recruitment tool that also promotes public awareness. Dan emphasizes the importance of integrating video with the overall content strategy.

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Association Adviser

MAY 29, 2018

Member communication platforms can range from an association’s official website, magazine, newsletter or directory, and serve as channels for advertiser support. Keys to running these communication platforms effectively are rooted in usefulness, accessibility, and strategy to engage your members and advertisers with these resources.

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AMR Management Services

OCTOBER 2, 2012

Coming from the media world I often see parallels between magazines and associations. HBR launched a significant redesign of the magazine; its first in nearly a decade. ” Before 2009, HBR.org was a paid site that housed the magazine content, archives, and online store for books, reprints, and subscriptions.

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Spark Consulting

MARCH 6, 2014

Any tips on recruiting for larger commitment volunteering, like authoring a magazine article? The other strategy is to have the senior staff recommend their junior staff as volunteers. Just as you do for membership, actively and intentionally recruit them for volunteer positions. EE: They’re almost limitless.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

It’s a model long used by fitness centers, utility companies, and magazines and now growing among popular subscription services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, and a bevy of other companies in the “ membership economy.”

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Reid All About it

APRIL 14, 2017

Learn how leading companies reframe customer success strategies by measuring customer effort, identifying issues and prioritizing customer service investments, creating a low-effort environment, and managing self-service and multichannel service. Learn how to grow prospect lists, impressions, conversions, and ultimately, event attendance.

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Higher Logic

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Different strategies will work for different communities. Are you trying to recruit new members or retain existing ones? Once you drill down on your strategy, you can start to create a plan for how to achieve it. Yikes, huh? Engagement is an indicator of a community’s health, but it's not a goal in and of itself.

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Membership Marketing

MAY 10, 2017

The economic benefits or establishing long-term, continuity relationships with customer (or members), was also recently documented in a study published in Forbes Magazine titled, “New Subscription Economy Index Shows Subscription Businesses Growing 9X Faster Than S&P 500 Ones.”

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Spark Consulting

APRIL 21, 2015

You can ask people to suggest topics for your newsletter, magazine, blog, webinars, or conference, or vote on topics others have suggested, a la sxsw. PMH: Or if what you’re asking is: “how do I recruit people the first place?”, You owe it to them to provide appropriately professional support.

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MemberClicks

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Your directory listing with Jane’s profile will probably appear in the list of search results.This kind of additional traffic, especially when compounded over hundreds or thousands of members, is ideal for building domain authority as part of your search engine optimization (SEO) strategy. A directory helps out your administrators.

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MemberClicks

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Your directory listing with Jane’s profile will probably appear in the list of search results.This kind of additional traffic, especially when compounded over hundreds or thousands of members, is ideal for building domain authority as part of your search engine optimization (SEO) strategy. A directory helps out your administrators.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 22, 2022

Quorum explains why companies might want to have their own in-house governance relations team, strategy and software. Marketing’s Seat at the Table: Obtain and Leverage Marketing’s Role in Organizational Strategy. The Dues and Don’ts of Association Pricing Strategies. New member engagement. Amanda Kaiser says size does matter.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 6, 2014

No Quick Fixes There’s no quick fix to making these trends and disruptive forces–commoditization of CEUs, devaluing of certification, decreased budgets for conference and education, learning scrap– part of your long-term strategy. Adapted from Dave’s Forward Thinking column in PCMA’s Convene.

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Association Adviser

JANUARY 17, 2018

The other 690 members saw NBOA through their magazine, annual meeting and webinars, but otherwise they received very little association support in their professional roles. JS: We needed to recruit more members; membership growth hadn’t been addressed in a significant way in some time. We expanded the magazine’s content and frequency.

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Association Adviser

JUNE 18, 2013

In terms of our styles, we’re both very passionate and strategic, but dad’s the big dreamer, focused primarily on strategy at this stage of his career. I’m more on operations—helping turn our strategy into action. AA: Do you have any special strategies for recruiting and retaining younger members of the profession?

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Reid All About it

MARCH 3, 2023

They describe strategies for applying game mechanics to influence attendee behavior, including the incentives and technology that will help you achieve event goals. Meetings Outlook Deep dive into MPI’s most recent Meetings Outlook research, published quarterly in The Meeting Professional magazine. Event gamification.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 19, 2022

Recruiting young members. The latest MGI report disclosed how poorly associations are doing with young member recruitment. Deep dive into MPI’s most recent Meetings Outlook research, published quarterly in The Meeting Professional magazine, and then discuss the trends that are most affecting you and your peers. Quick hits.

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Association Adviser

JANUARY 17, 2018

The other 690 members saw NBOA through their magazine, annual meeting and webinars, but otherwise they received very little association support in their professional roles. JS: We needed to recruit more members; membership growth hadn’t been addressed in a significant way in some time. We expanded the magazine’s content and frequency.

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