YourMembership

AUGUST 21, 2014

One of the great things about attending the ASAE Annual Conference is that for a few days you get the opportunity to be totally immersed in all things associations, and this year was no exception. it lived up to its billing as the “not to be missed” event of the year. In 2014 the emphasis turned to video and webinars.

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Association Leaders

DECEMBER 30, 2013

Maybe it was all the Holiday celebrating or the recent changes we’ve made in our business but I am feeling happier than I have in a few years. One of the traditions many of us practice when entering a new year is making resolutions. One of my resolutions for 2014 is to practice happiness.

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Aaron Wolowiec

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

According to a new report by STR Inc. , a hospitality research firm, hotel rates in 2014 were the highest they’ve ever been, with an average of $115 per night – that’s a 4.6 percent by the end of this year. In addition, according to a LA Times story , this year hotels will tack on guest charges, such as early check-in fees.

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Spark Consulting

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Must be that time of year! Top 5 posts on the Spark blog in 2013: Is It Time for a New Model of Membership? Which would make an excellent focus for your association for 2014. Which would make an excellent focus for your association for 2014. Why Is Membership the Only Relationship? Do You Know How to Be a Member?

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Higher Logic

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

MN = New members acquired during a time period. Perhaps you're looking at the last year, maybe you'd rather just examine the last six months, or maybe you're interested in quarterly or monthly retention rates. Your membership organization started the year with 500 members. Your time period = 1 year. 530-50)/500) x 100.

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YourMembership

OCTOBER 2, 2014

The pace of job growth has been remarkably similar for the past several years. This is great news for our economy. This number has changed little in the past two years. In February, we discussed how social media giant LinkedIn would be a disruptive force in the job board market in 2014. million job openings in the US.

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YourMembership

JUNE 26, 2014

At the start of 2014, much of the news about the changes on the horizon for the job market was promising, especially for associations with a job board strategy for their members and organization. At the end of 2013, many analysts predicted that LinkedIn would capitalize on this new wave of growth.

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Spark Consulting

APRIL 21, 2014

Peter Houstle (Mariner Management) and I are just about to release a NEW whitepaper on Evidence-Based Decision Making for Associations. It will formally drop next week, but you can get a preview this week via the YourMembership.com FREE webinar series.

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Association Subculture

DECEMBER 26, 2013

What a whirlwind year. Before I launch into 2014, lets take a look back at our most popular posts from 2013. Thanks so much to my readers, stay tuned for more rantings about the association world in 2014! And just for fun, the video link goes to a bonus countdown of tunes from the year I graduated from high school! :D)

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Aaron Wolowiec

DECEMBER 10, 2013

I recently attended an app swap (we public relations professionals are obsessed with new trends) and discovered a Lansing-based mom-and-pop store has joined the app market. For its newest research project, r@h has designed the 2014 Mobile Readiness Survey to gauge the mobile readiness of associations. Mobile Payment Systems.

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Aaron Wolowiec

APRIL 15, 2014

But I want to foster discussion on Nonprofit Finance Fund’s 2014 State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey , the results of which it released on April 7. In fact, many nonprofits are seeking new funding sources. And only 11 percent of respondents thought 2014 would be easier. I’d like to write more about this topic as 2014 unfolds.

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Mariner

DECEMBER 18, 2014

The year is almost done, which means many of us are starting to ponder our New Year’s Resolutions (again!). We’ll spend the coming days in quiet reflection on where we failed in 2014 and how we can better ourselves in 2015.

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Higher Logic

APRIL 18, 2017

of the US population volunteered in 2014. If you want these busy professionals to bring their business acumen to your association, coming back month after month and year after year, you have to understand them. Try a New Role or Develop a New Skill. Volunteering is a quick and easy way to meet new people.

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Potomac Core

MAY 17, 2016

It’s been seven years since the end of the great recession and one economist thinks there is a 60% chance of a recession next year. Even if the economy doesn’t move into recession next year, market conditions continue to evolve as business challenges accelerate. As global uncertainty and slow U.S.

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Potomac Core

MARCH 3, 2020

Associations are meeting their new mandate, by energizing their Boards to do big things, and help their members thrive in an era of uncertainty. Visioning – 10 years into the future, build a nonprofit that supplies maximum value and impact for the industry. In 10 years, what will the biggest challenge for our members?

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Virtual

JULY 2, 2014

It has been nearly 230 years since Thomas Jefferson penned the original draft of The Declaration of Independence, aggregating the original 13 American colonies into a new nation separate from Great Britain. will celebrate this year. The Near Field Communication Forum turns 10 years old this October.

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Jamie Notter

DECEMBER 31, 2014

I wasn’t expecting 2014 to be a real transition year (I thought that’s what I had last year, actually, when I went back out on my own), but as soon as Maddie and I decided to launch a joint consulting firm together ( Culture That Works LLC ), our new directions picked up steam. Happy new year, everyone!

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KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

JUNE 28, 2015

Every morning I walk my seven-year-old daughter to her bus stop. No other post type received more than a 4% interaction rate. ( [link] ) 12 Clever Ways to Use More Visuals on Social Media (Dec 2014) [link] Unsplash - This is my favorite new site. 10 new photos every 10 days. They're beautiful.

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Ungrated

AUGUST 19, 2020

For the eighth time in 15 years, residents in homeowners association, condominiums, and housing cooperatives say they’re overwhelmingly satisfied with their communities, according to results from the 2020 Homeowner Satisfaction Survey conducted by the Foundation for Community Association Research.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

According to The New York Times , living with the pandemic “has pushed us to reckon with our deepest questions … [about] how we make meaning of our time on this earth.” Years ago, I facilitated focus groups with association executives around boycotting destinations. Helping to Heal.

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Virtual

DECEMBER 29, 2014

Happy New Year! we’ve certainly had a memorable year…. Your interests always drive the conversation, so here’s a list of our best blogs from 2014, based on your readership: Bad Board Members: Fighting Fury with F.I.R.E We’re not surprised this blog was among our most popular in 2014. Here at Virtual, Inc.,

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Jamie Notter

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

They are concerned that Millennials don't want to stay in any one job for long--that they will jump to a new job in a matter of months or just a year or two. Which is interesting, because in 1983 the median job tenure for 20-to-24-year-olds (who at that time would all be younger Boomers and older Gen X) was 1.5

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Aaron Wolowiec

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

In: New names, fresh logos. We’ll be watching for who’s up next in 2014. There’s a new reality for associations serving industries that interact heavily with the federal workforce: Government meeting attendance isn’t what it used to be. Rebranding. Out: Aging brands. Conferences. Out: Lavish meetings and events. Volunteers.

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Aaron Wolowiec

JUNE 3, 2014

For the last year I’ve had the opportunity to serve on the editorial advisory board of Michigan Meetings + Event s magazine. This year I was honored to nominate Katie Dudek, CMP as the up-and-coming meeting professional. By board vote, she was inducted into the 2014 Hall of Fame on May 29 during the annual Best Of Awards party.

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Aaron Wolowiec

AUGUST 10, 2015

That’s according to a new benchmarking study on association marketing by Demand Metric and HighRoad Solution. “ Membership retention saw the largest year-to-year increase, offered by 47 percent of association marketing departments in 2014 compared to 62 percent in 2015. A few things to consider.

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Aaron Wolowiec

JANUARY 7, 2014

First, I’d like to take this opportunity to wish you a very happy, healthy and prosperous 2014. It’s in these moments of reflection I’m reminded that in 2014 we must be briefer and clearer. Forget even the larger-than-life New Year’s resolutions. And for still others, it means a time to catch up, organize and reflect.

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Aaron Wolowiec

MARCH 31, 2015

But there’s good news for graduates and jobseekers in general: Associations and nonprofits are hiring. According to a recent report by Professionals for Nonprofits , nearly 60 percent of nonprofits increased their staff size in 2014 and 55 percent plan to add staff this year. And demographics are shifting.

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Association Advocacy Chick

JANUARY 6, 2014

As we begin a new year, we often reflect back and determine what we’d like to see in the new year. It wasn’t a bad year for me. For I’ve probably have learned more about myself this year than any other time in my life. I have some very specific goals for 2014. I’m no different.

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Aaron Wolowiec

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

So when I came across “Association Learning + Technology 2014,” a recent report by Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele , founders of consulting firm Tagoras , imagine my delight! The world of continuing education and professional development has changed dramatically in the past few years,” Cobb and Steele said. “To

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 9, 2019

A new report from magazine industry group MPA shows that even as declines in audience happen with older mediums, mobile, social media, and digital video are paying off in a big way for magazine publishers. Web fell from 16 percent to 9 percent over the five-year period, while print-plus-digital fell from 61 percent to 44 percent.

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Jamie Notter

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Yes, it’s the annual year in review post! This has been a year of big change. In March I left my job of the last five years and went back out on my own, and this summer I sold my house of the last 17 years and have been thoroughly enjoying apartment living! Helloooo, Southwest in 2014!). Announcements'

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Hotel rooms are safer today thanks to a new law that ensures guests have immediate access to 911 in an emergency. Seven years ago, a tragic incident in a hotel room mobilized the hospitality industry to change the way that its phone systems work. It was too late for Dunn, but her death led to safer hotel stays for others.

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Association Adviser

AUGUST 7, 2017

What should I know about your industry from the last 20 or 25 years?”. About 12 years ago I was a recent college grad and in need of a job. Next, I got involved with ASAE and really enjoyed my new membership. which for the last 22 years has run the Virginia Society of Association Executives (VSAE).

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Association Success

MARCH 21, 2019

A while ago, while keynoting a conference on using data and new technology, and there was one particular person in the audience who was full of questions. What if that one new technology could be transformative for your organization? Anything we focus on is constantly iterated until it may look the same but is completely new!

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Association Success

JUNE 11, 2019

million since 2014. As you might guess, our risk-averse community has yet to fully embrace this new phenomenon. Although the idea of freelance workers may seem new, in reality associations have years of experience incorporating volunteers into initiatives and projects.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

It was perhaps the most exceedingly weird product demo of the year, for a product that seemed out there even for Elon Musk. Back in 2014, director Michael Bay found himself stumbling through a CES presentation for Samsung. Here’s how quick thinking can help you recover, fast. But then it turned into something embarrassing.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Swag is a fact of conference life, but when you do the same thing year in and year out, it can start to feel stale. In 2014, a product called the PopSocket made its debut. According to Forbes , the company sold 30,000 units in its first year—and 35 million units last year. For one thing: socks. Shirts are old hat.

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