Wild Apricot

MAY 2, 2019

Wondering how to keep your members around forever? Here are 9 ways you can improve their member experience of your organization and engage your members more than ever

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YourMembership Blog

MARCH 9, 2017

Your association membership is boosted by your members seeking credibility, professional development, competitive advantages and ways to give back. But, one of the primary reasons members join your association is for networking opportunities. It’s the association industry’s first online community and social mobile app built into an association management software.

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Smooth The Path

MARCH 14, 2019

Member retention rates are falling, or perhaps they just are not rising. Or your new member renewal rate is far below the average member renewal rate. Or members join but they do not move up in the engagement hierarchy. Some associations are still offering solutions to the issues that members had ten, twenty, or forty years ago but, are not providing solutions to the critical challenges members are facing today. Once again talk to members.

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YourMembership Blog

JANUARY 17, 2019

Think for a minute about all of the ways your members interact with others – social media channels, messaging apps, and your online community, just to name a few. The post Social engagement for a great member experience appeared first on YourMembership. Membership & Marketing Online Community Member Engagement SocialLink

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HighRoad Solution

APRIL 24, 2020

Association members follow the same process when they’re making decisions about attending events, renewing their membership, or getting certified. member engagement Member experience Email Automation member conversion member retentionEvery purchasing decision happens at the end of a journey. When you buy a sandwich, it’s because you felt hungry, you thought about your food options, and you decided that the best available choice was a sandwich.

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YourMembership Blog

JULY 18, 2019

3 strategies for associations to elevate the event experience for your members. Learn how to enhance and elevate the event experience for your members. The post How to turn your members events into great member experiences appeared first on YourMembership. Events and conferences are one of the largest sources of non-dues revenue for associations. Events and conferences are powerful tools for associations.

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Smooth The Path

JULY 7, 2020

What is it like to be a member? Many members say they feel a warm sense of belonging. Engaged members talk about the sense of community where colleagues are supportive, understanding, and generous. Members also feel valued because they give to the community. Many members feel a part of something bigger than themselves. When people share their member experience, I’m struck by how little they talk about their benefits.

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Nimble AMS

JANUARY 31, 2020

It’s time to deliver the experience members have come to expect. Your association might want to provide a personalized member experience, but are you actually doing it? Chances are that your association wants to provide a personalized member experience. But here’s a question for you: Are you really incorporating personalization into your member marketing and communications plans? 3.Secure your members’ data. members?of

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Smooth The Path

MAY 22, 2016

If you have ever had the experience of attending a meeting, conference or session where you saw the other participants respond enthusiastically, only to try that very same thing back on your home turf and get a lukewarm response you’ll know what I mean. It’s another to feel the response and then design an experience to elicit that same feeling. Here’s the thing about experiences. Experiences are not a moment in time. Related: The stories members make up.

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MembersClicks

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

For your members to renew, they need to be happy.and it’s hard to be happy with subpar customer service. Regardless of what industry you work in, we’re ALL in the people business. Now there’s a difference between good customer service and great customer service. What’s the difference?

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YourMembership Blog

JUNE 12, 2012

Ideas to help you engage, empower and retain members. Being Thoughtful Takes a Minute… June 12th, 2012 | Posted in Member Engagement + Retention. I’ve written about personalizing the member experience for years now but Chris Brogan reminded me in his weekly newsletter just how far personalization can go. In his newsletter he wrote about how the folks at Social Media Camp in Victoria, British Columbia made his experience memorable.

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Smooth The Path

JUNE 14, 2016

The world is moving toward experiences … are associations focusing enough on member experiences? But what we are building with artificial reality is an internet of experiences.” Virtual reality, I hear, is far better when you experience it with someone else. With virtual reality or mixed reality as the delivery system we will move the internet from one of information to one of experiences. We used to focus on member benefits.

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MembersClicks

JUNE 23, 2020

As association and chamber professionals, you all know that retention success relies on a member's overall experience from the time they join. The more you can engage a member, the better your chances they'll renew!). Those tools dictate the form members submit to join, how their listing shows up on your directory, the website they visit to register for events — sometimes even the platform where they'll access the event, if it's virtual.

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Smooth The Path

MARCH 19, 2017

A delightful member experience doesn’t have to flashy, highly technological, or expensive which is good because your smaller association or your chapters may not be able to afford expensive options. A very pleasant member experience can just be human. Taking an interest, smiling, helping, and thanking members all go a long way when that kind of behavior is too rare. Related posts: The problems attendees experience at conferences.

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YourMembership Blog

JANUARY 5, 2018

The post 3 New Year’s resolutions to improve your association members’ experience. Membership & Marketing Member Retention Professional DevelopmentIf you’re anything like me, coming up with New Year’s resolutions can be overwhelming and anxiety-ridden, not to mention their failure is often accompanied by evidence. I only have to look over my shoulder at the elliptical in my office to spot a failed resolution of 2016. However, it doesn’t have to be this way.

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MembersClicks

JULY 8, 2019

And for your association or chamber of commerce, the goal is to ensure your members are happy so they’ll renew. Are you consistently sharpening your skills to better delight your members? But to really deliver a five-star member experience, we recommend honing in on these five customer service skills: Small Staff ChatterRegardless of what industry you work in, we’re all in the people business.

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GrowthZone

OCTOBER 9, 2018

It’s a fact that a member’s decision to renew is profoundly influenced by their experience when they first join – is your association fueling exceptional new-member experiences? Join us on Thursday, October 11th, when membership expert and guest presenter, Amanda Kaiser, will explain how associations can focus on new members in order to successfully engage all members. See why engaging new members within 3 days to 3 weeks is critical.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 15, 2019

These three should be on your priority list to ensure a great member experience. Failing to keep up with technology may cause your organization to fall behind in its ability to deliver a great member experience. Keeping up with member expectations. One of the key reasons to keep up with the latest technology is to ensure you continue to deliver the experience your members have come to expect. You must meet, and ideally exceed, member expectations.?Otherwise,

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Associations can use the Storify tool to quickly and efficiently gather social posts into online stories that highlight the member experience. Storify is a free and easy-to-use tool that aggregates several social media platforms into a single live blog stream, creating a dynamic and engaging way to tell members’ stories as they happen in real time. In many ways, the collection of stories gave members motivation. “We

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MembersClicks

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Many organizations - associations, chambers, businesses, and everything in between - are starting to focus a whole lot more not only on their customer service practices but on the overall experience a customer has from their first interaction to purchasing and beyond. But as association and chamber professionals you’ve always known that your success relies on your members’ experience, because that experience leads to engagement and, ultimately (??),

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Ready to take your member experience to the next level? Artificial intelligence technologies, like chatbots, can help associations work more efficiently and boost member satisfaction. Wouldn’t it be great to have a magical employee who worked 24/7 and could automatically handle common member requests and questions? Chatbots allow members to quickly and accurately interact with your association without waiting for open office hours or a human to become available.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The critical role personalization plays in member engagement and loyalty. Members expect a personalized experience with your association. Here are three ways to give them the experience they expect. We’ve all come to expect highly personalized online experiences like those of Amazon and Netflix. The findings show that members are interested in receiving personalized content from their associations. Consider what your members want. members?of

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KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

MARCH 23, 2015

One of the big questions Todd asked me was about the challenges facing organizations today; especially as it pertains to experience for their customers or members. What Challenges Are Facing Associations As It Pertains to Customer Experience? Understanding Data I think one big challenge organizations face in building the right member experience is in figuring out how to use the data associations already have. What does that experience feel like to the customer?

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 22, 2019

Three technology innovations associations should embrace for a better member experience. How can your association deliver the experience your members have come to expect? The study found that 59 percent of consumers say companies need cutting edge digital experiences to keep their business. As a member-based organization, how can your association go about embracing innovation? They provide highly-personalized experiences that we’ve all come to expect.

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Smooth The Path

JANUARY 6, 2016

We have all felt the frustration of knowing that our members only remember a fraction of the benefits they are entitled to. The benefits list is hard to remember but the experiences our members have are easy to remember. It is important that we know how we are making members feel. Related: How big or small do association conference make members feel? Move membership from a transaction to an experience. How associations actually push new members away.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Struggling to get members engaged? When associations struggle to get members engaged, they often search for practical solutions like these, special tricks for getting members’ attention. For associations thinking about member engagement, consider these three perspectives that come from the world of fitness centers and cultural institutions (e.g., Of course, once members do get involved, they’re more likely to stay with you. A New Experience.

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Smooth The Path

APRIL 5, 2016

I met a really unusual member today. After having a bad first conference experience most members don’t attend again. After having a bad chapter event experience most members don’t go again. After reading a few emails and finding no value most members start ignoring the association’s emails. Most members, when they don’t get value, when things get difficult, when they have a bad experience, opt out. Not this member.

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Your members expect highly personalized and engaging experiences with your association. Want to make sure your members stick around? Consider these tips for creating a member experience that rivals that of today’s leading for-profit companies. The Salesforce State of the Connected Customer report shows that more than 50 percent of consumers have stopped buying from a company altogether because a competitor beat them on customer experience. experience?you’re?delivering

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Smooth The Path

JUNE 5, 2016

How many meaningful connections does each member make during the conference? Are you wondering how that can be when members share the same profession or same title or same industry? From our member’s point of view there is actually a lot of variation. Members want to meet others demographically like them. There is also goals focus to consider, members want to meet others who have the same goals. One reason why associations connect members.

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Membersuite

APRIL 12, 2017

More associations than ever are adopting online community platforms for their members. Today, we welcome a guest post from Andy Steggles at Higher Logic. To learn more about the power of online communities, visit www.higherlogic.com. Although many people believe that communities help with engagement, broadly, do they actually help

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Membersuite

APRIL 12, 2017

Four ways an online community modernizes your association written by guest Andy Steggles from Higher Logic

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MembersClicks

JANUARY 23, 2017

Wouldn’t it be awesome if you could customize everything little thing you did for your members? We’re talking content, meetings, events - the whole member experience. But that’s not to say you can’t customize your member experience at all. There are a few things you can do to make your members feel special, even if you are only a staff of 1 - 2. Take a look: association management member engagement membership management Small Staff Chatter

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Associations Now

MARCH 16, 2016

Businesses that deliver a cluttered customer experience have likely fallen victim to short-sighted temptations. Associations can avoid the same fate by fending off the forces that put other goals ahead of member needs. Associations have their own demons that lead them astray from what’s best for the member experience. I cannot believe that anybody inside either the carriers or the manufacturers really thinks that all this crapware makes for a good experience.

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Smooth The Path

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Those special personal touches, unexpected nice surprises, and wow experiences are the first to go when staff members lack time. Member response is usually slow, but one year we might wonder, “why is membership declining?” Model the behaviors you want members to use.

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Higher Logic

APRIL 14, 2020

Over the past month, as our customers shared ideas about responding to COVID-19 in our users community, HUG, we noticed some simple but impactful ways associations are using their communities to support their members and their industries. Over the past month, community engagement has jumped for many of our customers, indicating that members are relying on their association communities as vital sources of connection and information.

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HighRoad Solution

JANUARY 6, 2021

member engagement Membership Growth Member experience Adapting new technologiesThe beginning of a new year always brings an air of excitement, and we’re not sure there’s ever been a year we’re more anxious to welcome in than 2021.

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Higher Logic

MARCH 24, 2020

From marketing automation to customer experience to all things community, happy learning with Higher Logic! This delivery method eliminates the need for travel and the additional expense and time out of the office associated with it, while still providing a high quality, live, instructor-led interactive learning experience. For example, in under two minutes each, you can get a great visual lesson on the following topics: Watch | Member Retention Strategy.

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Higher Logic

MAY 29, 2020

This is how you can prove your new member community will be a valuable technology investment. While the way you align your proposed member community with your executives’ goals will vary by association, five of the most common priorities you might find in the strategic plan include new member acquisition, member engagement and retention, non-dues revenue growth, advocacy and legislation, and maintaining relevance. New Member Acquisition.

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Higher Logic

MAY 20, 2020

Video conferencing and virtual events have never been more important to business as it is now - especially for associations who need to keep members engaged and revenues high. Associations can run different types of webinars to make up for lost revenue from canceled annual events and continue giving members a helpful, engaging, relevant experience. Onboard New Members. We're doing weekly events, all about fostering deeper connections between you and your members.

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Higher Logic

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Your association is the perfect place to connect members with the perfect mentor or mentee. In fact, Marketing General revealed that 48 percent of associations say participation in their mentoring program has increased—a clear indicator that members are seeking this benefit. Research indicates that a lack of engagement or lack of return on investment are two of the major reasons why members leave associations ( MGI ). Think back to your first job out of college.

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