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Add Chapters to Make an Old Association Feel New

Associations Now

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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Send the Right Message About Membership ROI

Associations Now

Meanwhile, in the New York City market, the Times recently started a pretty slick location-based ad campaign centered on two themes: “The Truth Is Local” and “The Truth Is Worth It.” Many times, the tone or language members use can help determine a central theme or message on member recruitment or retention, Larson says.

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Send the Right Message About Membership ROI

Associations Now

Meanwhile, in the New York City market, the Times recently started a pretty slick location-based ad campaign centered on two themes: “The Truth Is Local” and “The Truth Is Worth It.” Many times, the tone or language members use can help determine a central theme or message on member recruitment or retention, Larson says.

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How to Hire The Ideal Freelancer

Association Success

The first thing you should do as an association recruiter is go to Linkedin. Note: If your office is in an expensive area like DC or New York City, it may be wise to look elsewhere for a freelancer. Also keep in mind how they communicated to you throughout the process. The key is to find the right one.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.12.17

Reid All About it

Recently, they decided to test how far they could ‘unbundle’ their most critical business processes from their AMS. Find out what finally prompted them to disprove the notion that the AMS had to be the ‘master’ data system, and what processes were driven to a best-of-breed application that is well used and well loved.

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Study: Top Execs Willing to Jump Ship for New Jobs

Associations Now

New analysis of data from a decade ago finds 52 percent of executives were willing to pursue a new job if contacted by a recruiter. Back in 2002, more than half of executives were willing to actively consider a new job when contacted by a recruiter, according to a new study.

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Synergy in the Boardroom: From Chaos to High Functioning

SCD Group

Policies were presented and adopted to ensure that new initiatives were not to be brought to the Board without having been vetted at the committee and staff level and that all proposals required a clear mapping to strategic plan as well as a sound business proposition. A year-long Board development and recruitment process was established.