Association Success

OCTOBER 14, 2020

To survive and thrive, associations need to have change management strategies they can count on. . Employees and members need to understand why the proposed change matters, what it will accomplish and how it will strengthen the organization in the long run. MORE: How to embrace change so your association can reach more people.

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Achieve

MARCH 18, 2024

But what about some of your highest-impact communications— grant proposals ? Let’s take a look at why storytelling matters for nonprofit grant writing and actionable ways you can start telling more compelling stories in your proposals. These are powerful assets to tap into that will catch the eye and differentiate your proposals.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 12, 2024

Text Request explains how to create an SMS (text) strategy that aligns with your association’s marketing strategy. Katrina Ciccarelli McAfee at Association Analytics shares a three-step strategy for improving new member acquisition. . Member recruitment. More info/register. Host: Fridays@4 Mon 4/15 at 8 a.m. More info/register.

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Aaron Wolowiec

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Simply draft a proposal describing you’re recommended course of action and be sure to include your proposed fees. I had this happen to me many years ago – not in a proposal, but in an “exploratory meeting” where I naively gave away the store. They’d already gotten at least two proposals.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

The resulting data will help associations understand the professional development landscape, plan learning strategy, and budget for learning programs. Your contributions will help identify common pitfalls, communication gaps, and processes that challenge the association community. Content strategy. AMS/CRM selection survey.

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Association Success

APRIL 26, 2018

In another life, as a middle school English teacher, my classes would kick off the year by proposing, discussion, and voting on a class constitution, a list of expectations, norms, and promises we would agree to uphold for the rest of the year. To tackle this complexity, some cities rely on the power of the co-creation process.

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SCD Group

NOVEMBER 15, 2015

As we talked, I shared with him the “strategic intent process” I use with organizations seeking to envision their future and create steps to help them get there. Then, when reviewing my draft proposal, he said,“You need to remove ‘strategic’ from the proposal. Or, a new process? He said,“That’s it!” Why is that?

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

If finding a good partner or vendor feels like finding a needle in a haystack, maybe your RFP process needs a reboot. This is a personal observation from 40 years in association work and consulting since 1991,” said Cate Bower, FASAE, CAE, founding partner emeritus at Cygnet Strategy, LLC. Ask for an RFI.

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Association Adviser

JUNE 27, 2018

In this column, we will examine what boards can do to enrich the work of strategy through a commitment to stewardship and the consistent practice of foresight, and help accelerate the long-term progress of their organizations and stakeholders toward the future. You can find Part I here. Boards must focus their attention on the long-term.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 8, 2024

In 2024, the data continues to show how the historical assumptions that drove association strategy are less and less valid.” Hear why associations decided to go global and what board conversations and research facilitated their process. “It’s the end of the world as we knew it,” says Dean West at Association Laboratory. “In

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Social Media DC Strategy Education 250

Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

Have a proposal due, but no new ideas? How to Use Digital Ad Campaigns to Fuel Year-End Growth Hear about real examples of display and social advertising strategies that have helped organizations raise awareness, nurture their audience, and build thriving communities. Need help with your 2024 plans? Is your Board ready for innovation?

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Reid All About it

JUNE 7, 2019

Moonshots might seem unrealistic when first proposed, but that didn’t stop Henry Ford or the Wright brothers. MemberSuite recommends a member-first approach to your association’s email strategy. Get the strategies and tools you need to re-engage and win-back your lapsed members for life. 1 CAE credit. 1 CMP credit. Host: PCMA.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 18, 2023

Charles Darwin was a geologist when he proposed the theory of evolution. Learn about marketing AI tools you can begin using right now to optimize your marketing strategy, how to embark upon easy marketing AI experiments, and use marketing AI to enhance your processes and make workflows less time consuming. 1 CAE credit.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 16, 2021

Strategies for getting out of a negative thought spiral and into a more productive state of mind. This workshop will arm you with tactical strategies that will help you negotiate and defend your organization in the post-shutdown world. In this interactive program, Steve provides insights and strategies to elevate decision performance.

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

501Works, in partnership with Branching Knowledge, is inviting association staff, vendors and consultants to participate in a survey whose purpose is to improve this industry’s friction-ridden and fractured process for selecting, implementing and using AMS/CRM solutions. Presenter: Cheri Hulse, Head of Strategy, ON24. Host: PCMA.

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SCD Group

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Want great proposals? I’ve been on both sides of the “RFP” process: seeking contractors via RFPs and building proposals responding to RFPs. Bottom line: issuing great requests results getting great proposals. Build and issue a very detailed Request for Proposals (RFP) to your finalists. Submit awesome requests.

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YourMembership

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Widen your AMC’s business development process. Many AMCs are fairly passive in terms of business development, waiting for requests for proposal (RFP) to enter our email boxes via the strong AMCI system, allied societies and other sources in local markets. Clearly, the win number is important. Demystify the business model.

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MemberClicks

JANUARY 9, 2024

Keep in mind that you probably don’t want to exceed three, otherwise there may be too many cooks in the kitchen that could unnecessarily complicate the process or slow things down. What does the renewal process look like? An outlined process for ending a membership The benefits and services that members get exclusive access to d.

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Association Analytics

JUNE 21, 2023

You can learn more about taxonomy in this blog post or watch this on-demand webinar that discusses the topic as part of an overall content strategy. Provide training opportunities for employees and review your taxonomy from time to time to update any new processes. Unsure where to even begin?

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 29, 2021

6% have no formal, documented strategy for their virtual conference. Instead, when you hear crickets, he suggests you ask board members to use specific language—he shares several examples—to express their stance on an issue or proposal. Fri 10/29 at 12 p.m.* – DC Book Club – Diversity & Inclusion: Process and Policies.

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Associations Now

MAY 18, 2023

Travel Portland recently reviewed its process for evaluating vendors when it issues requests for proposals and requests for qualifications. “We We’re focused on making sure that our biases are removed from the hiring process and the interviewing process,” Nelson said. “We That’s the thing about EDI.

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Nexus Marketing

MARCH 7, 2024

At Nexus Marketing, we help clients develop a strong technical SEO foundation to support the success of our on-page and off-site SEO strategies. On a quarterly basis, part of the account strategy time in your engagement goes towards technical SEO audits and improvements. Think of this as a routine checkup at a doctor’s office.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 10, 2023

Dean West at Association Laboratory wonders if he’s lazy, stupid or resilient (I’m not saying) and shares lessons about resilience that can guide your association’s strategy decisions. Hear strategies for addressing challenges you might face in your public affairs program and how to get more bang for your lobbying buck.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 31, 2014

We’ve seen it happen in almost every organization where we assessed their speaker review process. Or someone approves a presentation proposal and speaker that has had poor scores in the past. The Primary Focus When Reviewing Presentation Proposals. The blind review process included the following: Presentation title.

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Spark Consulting

MAY 9, 2013

I got thinking about this topic again recently for a few reasons: I just got my shiny new ASAE Buyers’ Guide, which includes an article on the RFP process. There’s been some chatter lately on some of the Collaborate communities about the RFP process. The proposal process is like getting dating. A partnership.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 23, 2021

Help yourself and others benchmark member communication efforts and strategies by participating in Association Adviser’s 10th annual Association Communications Benchmarking Survey. Content strategy. Walk the Talk on DEI: Actionable Strategies to Create a Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Organization. 1 CMP credit.

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Revenue Strategy Content Education 370

Potomac Core

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Organizing a robust data collection process that includes Associations in the Supply Chain will build actionable information. These steps build a plan that identifies the role that each Association in the Supply Chain plays in carrying out its Advocacy Strategy. Association Supply Chain Advocacy is Fueled by Actionable Research.

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Eric Lanke

APRIL 24, 2017

In our process, this is a major pivot point for the organization, when we bring one operational plan to a close, and revise or refresh the strategy agenda around which the next operational plan will be built. Check out these previous posts on our Strategy Agenda and our Operational Plan. Not sure what I mean by those terms?

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Membersuite

JULY 16, 2021

They help you make the best decisions about strategy, programs, events, content, benefits, marketing, and more. Does its proposed use align with the association’s goals and strategy? Come up with a process to collect the data you need. Guide staff through the process of pulling reports or creating a dashboard.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 4, 2022

He’s not just tearing things apart; he also suggests how to improve the hiring process. How to Write an RFP (Request for Proposal) for Merchant Services: Improving Your Business Process and Net Income. We will demystify the credit card processing flow, players, terminology, and musts to consider. and “Seriously!”

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Potomac Core

OCTOBER 30, 2018

As Associations ponder their future strategies, the message is clear: Members hire industry advocacy and promotion. As part of the organization’s broader Industry promotion strategy, the organization recently released customer survey research and also produced the video, “We Are the Cold Chain”. Thom Dammrich.

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WBT Systems

JANUARY 30, 2018

Once you’ve tackled your own work, you can step out of your personal realm and start looking for ways to improve your department’s processes and programs. Any solution you propose must be aligned with your association’s and your department’s goals. Failure is part of the process. Your boss may be one. Focus on the mission.

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NXUnite

APRIL 2, 2024

Then, you can align your communication strategy with each company’s goals and interests to secure financial support. In conversations with businesses, propose marketing their brand as a trade-off for financial support. Contact eligible supporters and explain the grant application process.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Learn how to determine the best new member on-boarding process for your organization, increase new member engagement immediately, measure the short and long-term results of your on-boarding process, and find emails or processes that are not working optimally and make adjustments accordingly. More info/register. 1 CMP credit.

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Revenue North Carolina Industry Technology 370

Eric Lanke

JUNE 25, 2018

I ended the previous post with a comment that, after making two adjustments to the scripted Scenario Planning process we were using, I would discuss how we decided to frame our discussion of strategic implications at what is now our most recently completed Board meeting. Our discussion frame closely followed that pattern.

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HOA Strategies

MARCH 19, 2024

Prior to making any external changes to your home, you are responsible to check the Architectural Guidelines for the process required by the Architectural Committee, and submit your changes for approval using that process. Being proactive about the approvals process is the best way to avoid issues or delays in starting projects.

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Association Adviser

MARCH 1, 2019

For example, imagine a bill is introduced in your state which proposes to make changes to licensure requirements in your industry. Picture a regulation getting proposed that would decrease the monetary amount granted to your entity or to an individual you serve. Or, perhaps your industry is reliant on federal subsidies to a degree.

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