Higher Logic

MAY 29, 2020

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.

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GrowthZone

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Our annual survey of association professionals reports repeatedly that a common concern is the increased pressure to recruit young members. The bulk of the workforce is made up of Millennials, Generation X, and Baby Boomers, and Gen Z is not far behind. This, in turn, increases association recruitment and association retention numbers.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 19, 2024

Nimble AMS explains how an AMS empowers your association’s recruitment, engagement and retention efforts by helping you better understand members, anticipate their needs, provide a better digital experience and deliver personalized emails and content. Marketing to Gen Z and millennials. Membership, again. More info/register.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

– 5 Tips for Maximizing Non-Dues Revenue from Your Communications Vehicles. Learn tactics to maximize your non-dues revenue earning potential: analyze communication gaps, engage members with advertising, meet advertiser needs, arm your sales team with the right tools, and invest in resources that provide maximum return.

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MemberClicks

APRIL 28, 2022

Recruiting new members and keeping them engaged is a crucial activity for all associations. And while it’s a challenge to engage any of your member base, engaging young members can feel particularly daunting—particularly younger Millennials and Gen Z. Need more help recruiting new young members? Host fun and casual events.

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Membersuite

APRIL 13, 2023

Recruiting and retaining members at the same time is a lot of work and usually requires different tactics—but not always. If they’re sponsored, your association can earn revenue too. Best of all, they’re free, but your association can earn revenue through sponsorship. Review metrics to identify successful recruitment tactics.

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Content Marketing Social Media Video 93

Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 5, 2022

If you’re looking to build bridges with younger professionals , Gen Z and Millennial members are especially interested in mentoring opportunities. To build member engagement at your association, begin by recruiting veteran member volunteers to mentor younger members.

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.orgCommunity

JUNE 18, 2019

Generation Z and young Millennials are different. However, they will join and participate if they believe the ROI you offer is worth the short-term sacrifice to their budget—and you design and market programs that meet the education expectations of Millennials and Gen Z. The 4 Education Expectations of Millennials and Gen Z.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 21, 2020

They explain how to deliver value to virtual event sponsors—value that will generate more revenue for your association. The ROI Member Recruitment Brochure: How to Create Brochures That Positively Influence Membership Decisions. 5 Tips to Engage Gen Z and Millennial eLearners in 2020 and Beyond. Association membership app.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Recruit and Retain Millennial Members. Millennials make up one third of the workforce today, and at the rate Baby Boomers are retiring, millennials will make up 75 percent of the workforce in the country by 2025. Thomas Sullivan, President/CEO, Rockpointe Corp., Editor/Policy and Medicine. Tue 10/31 at 2:30 p.m.

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WBT Systems

JANUARY 3, 2017

These reasons may align with one or more strategic goals for your association, such as: Revenue Generation – boost non-dues revenue with online and blended learning programs. A still relevant blog post by industry analysts Talented Learning outlines their top five reasons to invest in association learning technology.

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Technology Learning Management System Certificate System 210

WBT Systems

JULY 24, 2018

Associations want to know how their membership recruitment, retention, and marketing tactics compare to others so they can improve member growth and engagement. The most effective recruitment techniques, in order: Word-of-mouth recommendations. It’s human nature—the ego at work. Online education’s role in membership marketing.

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Associations Now

APRIL 20, 2016

Conventional wisdom also says young people are difficult to recruit and retain as members. Associations Now reported last week about the launch of the Association of Young Americans , a startup nonprofit that Vice aptly dubbed “an AARP for millennials.” But Ben Brown is going to try, anyway.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 7, 2020

In a GrowthZone survey , association professionals ranked member engagement as the top challenge of 2019, higher than recruitment and retention or challenges with communicating member value, attracting young members, or funding. Too often, O’Reilly says, sponsored content is viewed purely as a nondues revenue opportunity.

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Association Success

OCTOBER 26, 2020

By 2025, Millennials will account for 75 percent of the American workforce. These organizations are failing to build a pipeline; they lack a dedicated campaign to appeal to and engage, Millennials and GenZ members. Like members of every age, Millennials and GenZs will give their time and money when they see the tangible value.

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Association Briefings

MAY 6, 2021

Although both are defined as digital-first generations, there’s still very distinct ways to digitally market to millennials and Gen Z - particularly as it relates to email. Now, add engagement and revenue to the mix, while attempting to keep an annual tradeshow afloat in a hybrid world of in-person and virtual events.

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Marketing millennials Email Marketing Social Media 52

Reid All About it

JULY 16, 2021

Online education revenue. WBT Systems recapped a recent Non-Dues-A-Palooza webinar where Will Hold, the CEO of the National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research, described how his association quintupled their online education revenue by offering subscriptions, corporate learning portals and learning paths focused on job roles.

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Revenue Video Strategy Industry 195

EventMobi: Association Events

JUNE 26, 2023

Boost your non-dues revenue. of revenue for trade associations, and 30% of revenue for professional associations. Engaging members with ticketed events can bring in event revenue (as well as other streams!) A successful member engagement strategy broadens the networking reach of your association.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Professionals for Association Revenue talked to Michelle Brien of Matchbox about the difference between virtual events and digital initiatives. Gen Z and millennial marketing. Host: Professionals for Association Revenue Speaker: Susan Borke, Principal, BorkeWorks Wed 2/28 at 11 a.m. Digital initiatives. Event sponsorships.

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Association Freak

MAY 21, 2022

But unfortunately, the effects are rippling through the association world – putting downward pressure on membership, lowering advertising, royalty, and other revenue sources, and impacting the dashboard metrics of most organizations. Users, of whom 67% are Millennials, have saved $170M+ this year. The Exploding Data Economy.

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Reid All About it

MAY 15, 2020

Chapters can continue to generate non-dues revenue by partnering with their sponsors in new ways. Billhighway explains how to help chapters leverage their event and content assets to deliver desperately needed revenue to their bottom line and value to sponsors. Chapter sponsorships. Virtual event sponsors and exhibitors. Host: Cvent.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

I’m just going to let the following numbers from an association member-recruitment campaign speak for themselves: Total cost for recruitment campaign: $25,000. Total revenue: $465,255. A group of new members on LinkedIn have asked ICF if they can start an “ICF Millennials” group there.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 27, 2021

Non-dues revenue. 4 weeks from now, you could be in Nashville hanging around with people whose associations are rolling in non-dues revenue and people who want to emulate that success. So, in Psyche , Cort Rudolph says, “Quit the millennial bashing!”. – Be a Participant of the World’s Largest Non-Dues Revenue Resource.

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Membership Marketing

AUGUST 14, 2020

Each year the goal of the Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report is to help associations better understand what is working in membership recruitment, engagement, and retention. Recruitment – The report highlights associations use a wide variety of channels to add new members.

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Report Marketing Recruiting Recruitment 95

Association Success

JUNE 24, 2019

We have a dramatic shift in the labor markets where at one end of the spectrum we have millennials who demand a very clear work-life balance and at the other end, we have highly skilled baby boomers who are retiring but still want to stay intellectually challenged and busy. LEVERAGING TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS. These tools are free.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Marketing to Gen Z and millennials. Host: Impexium MC: Donna Gandt, Chief Revenue Officer, Impexium & Billhighway Tue 12/12 at 10:30 a.m. – Learn about the process of planning, executing, and optimizing member-generated video campaigns to achieve revenue-based outcomes. More info/register. But all video is not created equal.

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Strategy Video Technology Innovation 272

YourMembership

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

The side effects of this change are: A loss of traditional revenue generated by membership dues. Younger members, especially millennials, have experienced technology as a key component of their entire education experiences, have expectations that will put pressure on associations not investing in current technology.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

But many attendees are also there to find a new job or to recruit new employees, which is why associations often host onsite job fairs or career centers at their major meetings. Research shows that millennials’ primary reason for joining associations is access to job opportunities. You’ll create new revenue streams.

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Revenue millennials Conference Recruiting 80

ISAE

JANUARY 17, 2024

However, the volatility of membership rates has forced associations to change the way they approach member recruitment, engagement, and retention, placing more of an emphasis on delivering the value outlined in their membership offerings. Technology plays an essential role in improving member experiences and association operations.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 9, 2018

. – Adapt to Attract Millennial and Gen Z Talent . Millennials make up the largest segment of the workforce. Many associations will need to adjust their structure to attract and retain millennials and Gen Z, whose members will bring critical skills and a fresh perspective to the association community. 1 CAE credit.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 10, 2016

Learn what other associations are doing to address the opportunities and challenges that new technologies and the rise of Millennials have brought to chapters. Grow Sponsorships, Attendance and Revenue for your Virtual Conference. 1 CAE credit. More information/registration. Host: ASAE Component Relations Section Council.

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WBT Systems

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

Increasing revenue and membership with podcasts. If you want to introduce your association, profession, or industry to young listeners, podcasts are the way to go—38 percent of millennials listen to podcasts. Use your podcasts to blatantly recruit members too. Advertisers love podcasts.

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Plexus Consulting

MARCH 14, 2015

Their Young Careerist research product, which targets those between the ages of 21-35, provides information on the challenges and unique opportunities that Generation X and Millennial members of the workforce face. The Challenge Despite BPW/USA’s inspiring vision, they faced problems such as declining membership—10% over the last 20 years.

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Higher Logic

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Customization : With customized communications, you can increase your chances of recruiting them as members and play a pivotal role in their growth while diversifying membership and working to future-proof your association. #3. Make it simple for your members to connect (on their terms) while providing a cohesive member experience.

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.orgCommunity

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Every week, I receive calls from association executives who are concerned about: Engaging a new generation – at first, these conversations focused on millennials, now the questions are about how to engage Gen Z, the fastest growing group of employees, customers, and voters. Gen Z thinks and acts VERY differently than Millennials.

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Associations Now

JULY 30, 2014

Among the challenges that respondents said they face were attracting and engaging millennials and getting their boards and members to adopt new technologies. Our survey report offers an opportunity to benchmark against other similar organizations in terms of budgets, membership recruitment, and retention strategies and more.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Associations are hungry for advice on recruiting millennials. Keep marketing to this group so that your revenue doesn’t take a huge hit when boomers leave their jobs. Give introverts opportunities to volunteer at the individual level by writing, helping with administrative tasks, planning, or strategizing.

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