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Associations Are Communities

Spark Consulting

If your association serves a profession or industry that’s not being as significantly impacted, you may want to look to what you did to weather the September 11 terrorist attacks or the 2007-2008 Great Recession for clues as to what you should do now.

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Yes, Blog Action Day is Kind of a Big Deal - What Can Your Nonprofit Learn from #BAD09?

Wild Apricot

Blog Action Day started in 2007 as the initiative of just two people. Look how it’s grown! This year, some 9,400 blogs in 150 countries are spreading the word about climate change to almost 13 million readers. There are good lessons and ideas here for even the smallest nonprofit organization.( read more ).

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2024 Chamber of the Year Winners Announced

GrowthZone

Since 2007, ACCE has annually recognized chambers of commerce in various size categories for their work leading businesses and communities with the Chamber of the Year award. Winners of the Chamber of the Year award must wait three years before submitting another application.

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Three Challenges – Three Opportunities

Spark Consulting

Per Marketing General’s annual Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report , the Q4 2007 economic crash didn’t fully show up in association metrics until 2009. As we look to 2021, I see three main membership challenges for associations: Remember that membership is a lagging indicator.

Revenue 221
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The Evolution of Experience with Marketing Automation

Higher Logic

Now the choice includes 3D (according to Statista , over 15,000 3D screens have been added in North America since 2007), IMAX, and the increasing popularity of theaters that serve dinner during the film. People still go to the cinema for the experience, so to compete the experience had to change.

Marketing 262
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Big city love from ASAE

Aaron Wolowiec

ASAE last held its annual meeting in Chicago in 2007, which had the highest attendance of association executives. Looking forward to growing our partnerships with the respective convention and visitors bureaus in the coming years as we plan exciting and engaging meetings.”.

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Life After Jive-x: Choosing a New Home for Your Customer Community

Higher Logic

I started at Jive in 2007 when the platform was still known as “ClearspaceX.” If you’re a Jive-x customer, you know Khoros has given your external community platform an official end-of-life date: December 2020. This announcement got me thinking about my time at Jive Software and my transition to Higher Logic.

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