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A recipe for volunteer success: How to recruit, educate, and retain

Ungrated

Veteran community association leaders say whipping up a plan to recruit, educate, and retain volunteers is essential to volunteer success and is a delicate mix that includes patience, flexibility, solid coaching, and listening skills—plus a dash of strong commitment to community. Once a task has been assigned, give them ownership and support.

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Hotel Group Launches New Job-Recruiting Initiative

Associations Now

The American Hotel & Lodging Association’s Hospitality is Working campaign will support the recruitment and placement of Opportunity Youth—16 to 24-year-olds who are out of both school and the workforce—in the hospitality industry. The campaign, announced at the U.S.

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Association Brain Food: 10.27.23

Reid All About it

Nate Silver talking about the troubling journalistic standards lately at the NY Times, Washington Post, BBC, AP, and other legacy media outlets) You never grow old at the table Skip down to the list of free educational events if you prefer takeout. (Marc Zao-Sanders, Harvard Business Review ) It’s easy to screw up on breaking news.

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Association Brain Food: 4.28.23

Reid All About it

Member recruitment. Impexium suggests member recruitment strategies that will successfully drive your marketing efforts in this very different marketplace. Online communities are extremely popular with younger audiences—the toughest ones to recruit and retain. Location: Washington DC. Frankly, we’re smarter about it now.

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4 things you can learn from WaPo’s TikTok strategy

Association Success

For associations, taking advantage of this platform could be a crucial part of your newest recruitment strategy. Take the Washington Post, for example. After searching for ways to attract younger demographics, the Washington Post turned to the more unconventional aspects of social media. Interact with other organizations.

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Growth for Growth's Sake

Eric Lanke

Recruiting and retaining members is of critical importance to the association, but there is a place where the law of diminishing returns takes over. In this situation, how much time, energy, and resource should we spend on recruiting Marvin Gardens into our membership? Let's take a look at an extreme example. He's not a joiner.

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Association Brain Food: 2.23.24

Reid All About it

Hear about the benefits of a Chapter Ambassador Program, how to recruit Ambassador members, the steps needed to launch the program, how to leverage this as a member benefit, and the overall value proposition. Location: Washington DC. Location: Washington DC. 1 CAE credit. More info/register. More info/register.

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