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Add Chapters to Make an Old Association Feel New

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Launching a chapter network has helped PEN America, a literary organization with almost 100 years of history, recruit new members and reinvent opportunities for member engagement at the local level. This process helped Werner and her team identify the first six chapters.

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Benchmarking and its Application to Your Member-based Organization

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Benchmarking and its Application to Your Member-based Organization. January 12th, 2012 | Posted in Member Engagement + Retention , Membership Management , Social Media and Business Trends , YourMembership.com News. Benchmarking helps your members see where they are. ” of the reporting world.

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Great News – America’s Hiring and Associations have a Reason to Celebrate

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America’s hiring again and associations and their members have reason to celebrate. Last Friday the US Bureau of Labor Statistics announced a very strong jobs report that caught many economists by surprise. With more than 270,000 jobs added in September the unemployment rate fell below 6% for the first time since before the recession.

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Lessons From MCON on Millennial Engagement and Membership

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Luckily, millennials say they’re increasing and intensifying their cause-oriented engagement in 2017. That’s according to new research, which was released at MCON by Derrick Feldmann, lead researcher and creator of The Millennial Impact Report [PDF]. Feldmann detailed the first of a three-phase report being conducted this year.

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Thursday Buzz: Why This Association Made Membership Free

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On top of this, the association plans to improve both the quality and the searchability of its webcast offerings, as well as turn the ASBPE website into a useful B2B news site in its own right. Next year, the association also plans to bring its annual meeting to New York City, reflecting the strength of its East Coast membership.