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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. ” of the reporting world. Benchmarking does several things for member-centric organizations: 1.

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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. There’s no denying that we’ve been fairly New York City-centric in terms of programming since we were founded in 1922,” she says.

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Could Your Association Thrive in a Remote-First Culture?

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The syndicates were in New York City, and both the relationships and logistics involved were important to the comic artists. (A As I pointed out last year, a CompTIA study reports that many tech hubs exist in areas of the country disregarded in this broader conversation. But what if the culture works around the employee?

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Report: Nonprofits Increasingly Challenged to Compete on Salary

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Job opportunities at nonprofits are growing, but the pay often isn’t enough to bring in new recruits, according to a new report. Nonprofits in the New York City and Washington, DC, areas in particular are experiencing growth, and even slight pay increases, as they try to keep up with corporations.

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

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Last Friday the US Bureau of Labor Statistics announced a very strong jobs report that caught many economists by surprise. A recent report from JPMorgan Chase focuses on the skills gap that exists for many middle-skill occupations – jobs that require some education or training beyond a high school degree.

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Funding Initiative to Support Black-Owned Businesses Hits the Local Level

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cities: Atlanta, Detroit, Minneapolis, New York City, and Raleigh, North Carolina. Community organizations in each city will collaborate with a nearby Community Development Financial Institution —banks, credit unions, and other institutions participating in a U.S.

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A night away? We sure did pay.

Aaron Wolowiec

According to a new report by STR Inc. , According to the STR report, New York City boasted the highest room rates in 2014, where hotel guests paid an average of $263 a night. Atlanta and Denver experienced the highest jumps in occupancy rates, according to the report. percent climb.