Smooth The Path

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

All of these member focused indicators should tell us when the value of our offerings is not quite valuable enough and when we should make innovation a priority. If not in our data, how do we know when it is time to make innovation a priority in our association? Association change doesn’t come without practice.

Innovation 60

Innovation Member Engagement Revenue Association Value 60

Spark Consulting

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

People talked about engagement being the core of the association value proposition. I might have missed something, but nearly all the talk about engagement I hear was about scoring, tracking, and rewarding what the association values. We value committee service, so we give it a high score. You better believe it!

Association Value 150

Association Value Committee Recruiting Recruitment 150

Thanks For Playing

JANUARY 24, 2013

People talked about engagement being the core of the association value proposition. I might have missed something, but nearly all the talk about engagement I hear was about scoring, tracking, and rewarding what the association values. We value committee service, so we give it a high score. So what's the problem?

Association Value 150

Association Value Member Engagement Committee Recruiting 150

Smooth The Path

JULY 14, 2020

We can raise up the ideas of our innovators. Your association might be the balm for your members’ burn out. Innovative association leaders borrow and apply ideas. We can uncover and spread the new ideas that are helping their peers to survive. Related: Teach your members to be indispensable.

Innovation 136

Innovation Revenue Course Project 136

Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Take care to implement this feedback to show how your association values all your stakeholders. “As As an association leader, you don’t know what you don’t know. If your large association currently faces data silos, repeated records, or platforms that don’t automatically sync, it might be time to reinvest in new technology.

LMS 140

LMS Missouri Software Innovation 140

Smooth The Path

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Business owners and leaders may want to collaboratively innovate to survive the downturn and meet new market demands. Unemployed members need help connecting with future employers, and hiring managers need to connect with qualified candidates.

Project 146

Project Innovation Organization Marketing 146

Associations Now

MARCH 28, 2013

Building sustainable business models depends on association leaders adopting a 21st-century sensibility as they imagine and co-create new forms of value in collaboration with their stakeholder networks. This is most important conversation your association will have. Are you ready to get started?

Association Value 40

Association Value Revenue Innovation Organization 40

Nimble AMS

APRIL 29, 2023

Data silos can hurt your association causing outdated information, a reporting breakdown, security issues, and a disjointed member experience. Choose a modern AMS to invest in innovative reporting with user-friendly dashboards for your entire organization, including key stakeholders like your board and essential committee members.

Technology 99

Technology Software Member Experience Innovation 99

Smooth The Path

JULY 7, 2020

Value is necessary, but so is cultivating exceptional member experiences. Related: Behind the mask of the association. Innovative association leaders borrow and apply ideas. Focus on experience before focusing on the paperwork.

Member Experience 136

Member Experience Innovation Association Value Member Engagement 136

Association Success

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Too many associations are burdened with vague, cluttered notions of what their core purpose might be — rather than a deep understanding of what their reason for existing actually is. These tips will help you nurture a purpose-driven culture within your association. Value inspiration over explanation.

Examples 151

Examples Association Value Tips Organization 151

Smooth The Path

JANUARY 4, 2018

An idea so big, I wish I could personally tell everyone in our association community. Last year, because of the Association Industry Innovation Study , I was consumed with the continuum of innovation. We talk a lot about value and rightfully so. Make sure you have an Association Value Trigger Point.

Member Engagement 74

Member Engagement Innovation Member Experience Association Value 74

Smooth The Path

JANUARY 14, 2021

Related: Soon it will be time for association leaders to envision the future. Effective association to innovative association at light speed. What will you do with your association of the future? Members will discover so many more ideas together than any one of them would have found alone.

Process 113

Process Team Innovation Review 113

Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Frieda Klotz (moderator), journalist covering health, culture, and business innovation. Presenters: Shelly Alcorn, CAE, Alcorn Associates Management Consulting. Association Value Prop Remix & Laying the Track for Member Persona Creation. Michael Schrage, Research fellow at the MIT Center for Digital Business.

DC 34

DC New York Washington Review 34

Higher Logic

MAY 29, 2020

Additionally, you could suggest a “freemium” community membership for potential members to showcase the value of joining your association. Download our eBook, Maximize Association Value with Engagement , for the full list of ways a community builds your association’s member acquisition and member engagement efforts.

Social Media 254

Social Media Member Engagement Tools Revenue 254

Eric Lanke

JULY 2, 2012

Association executive and author. Innovation. We have a tradition in our association of giving a gift to our outgoing Chairman of the Board. Most associations recognize the contributions of their outgoing chair some way. Most associations recognize the contributions of their outgoing chair some way. Innovation. (15).

Member Engagement 100

Member Engagement Leadership Innovation Proposal 100

Associations Now

APRIL 2, 2023

Associations face an increasingly competitive market for members, attendees, and education. Time was, the association value proposition was pretty simple: “We’re the only ones who care about you.” Experts recommend finding a “superpower”—and building a culture that supports it.

Proposal 111

Proposal Course Education Association Value 111

GrowthZone

AUGUST 14, 2018

The GrowthZone AMS 1st Annual Association Momentum Awards Competition for Construction Trades and Building Associations yielded extraordinary results, with entrants submitting details of their most inventive and forward-thinking programs. The competition recognizes innovative programs, events, and ideas that challenge the status quo.

CA 74

CA Charlotte Pennsylvania Association Value 74

Smooth The Path

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

And still could be better – when asked when did you realize the value of the association? This association had a very strong Association Value Trigger Point which is key to life-time member engagement and now that they know what their AVTP is they can fully leverage it. members could point to the exact event.

Case Study 104

Case Study Project Association Value Member Engagement 104

Smooth The Path

JULY 26, 2018

We would use all the member insights we gain to develop our member communications, set our strategy, and create an innovation plan. Another core staff value would be to get insanely good a customer service. We would talk with members often, conduct listening tours, and interview them.

Innovation 74

Innovation Member Insights Member Experience Member Engagement 74

Smooth The Path

DECEMBER 1, 2020

The overarching environmental factors that association leaders may want to start scanning. The transformation many associations have already made to become highly innovative organizations. Associations of the Future.

Innovation 88

Innovation Video Organization Member Experience 88

Smooth The Path

MAY 3, 2018

” “When you say the word innovation I worry that the projects will be too big and too risky. I worry about being the board president who killed the association.” I’ve been studying a method to innovate, maybe innovate is the wrong word, bring new solutions to our members.

Innovation 87

Innovation Recruiting Recruitment Leadership 87

Smooth The Path

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Often, associations report on what the average member is doing or the processes of most members. How about if we find our most innovative members, our most successful members and find out what they are doing? Most popular posts this month: Is your association breaking this key rule while trying to engage younger members? .

Innovation 74

Innovation Cost Process Strategy 74

Smooth The Path

JANUARY 21, 2016

If you work for an association that is defined by what it provides: articles, research, the conference; the association may be too heavily focused on optimization. Optimization must be balanced by innovation. Innovation is solving a new key problem that our members are deeply challenged with.

Course 60

Course Innovation Video Conference 60

Smooth The Path

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Depending on the association it could be a new-to-the-profession academy, a webinar series, the mentor program, a research report, or any other benefit. These special associations have what I call an Association Value Trigger Point (AVTP). Dynamic Benchmarking was recommended to me because of their innovative platform.

Member Engagement 79

Member Engagement Industry Survey Member Research 79

Smooth The Path

JANUARY 31, 2019

Association agency services that help members with time-consuming media and content production. Or what about an association service that helps members connect with just the right member. Perhaps what your strategy, marketing, and innovation needs is a focus on how the association can save members’ time.

Innovation 74

Innovation Content Survey Strategy 74

Smooth The Path

MAY 22, 2018

Bring together the innovators – long-time members typically focus on the big issues in the industry or profession like changes in technology, regulation, public perception, etc. Help them connect with other like-minded innovators to facilitate discussions that move the industry or profession forward.

Committee 84

Committee Innovation Conference Industry 84

Protech

MAY 4, 2020

Understanding how each channel provides your association value in making those connections with members, potential prospects and the general public will help grow your revenue. . Whether it’s a 30-year member or a first-time visitor to your website, the experience they have navigating we b pages impacts your association’s brand.

Content 86

Content System Discount Software 86

Smooth The Path

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

While solving the problem we may find we are innovating new programs, content, products and services. When we launch these new innovations we improve that value equation. If our innovations are indeed the solutions young members need to solve their problems word will travel.

Innovation 60

Innovation Content Products Member Insights 60

Smooth The Path

MARCH 16, 2017

Celebrate your association’s smallness and instead of focusing on biggering, focus on bettering. Other posts to check out: Association trend watch: member experiences. The problems we solve for association members. What highly innovative associations know that others do not.

Member Experience 74

Member Experience Innovation Association Value Organization 74

Smooth The Path

MARCH 25, 2021

Members are looking for more meaning in their interactions with their associations. They wish for more meaningful: Connections because small talk doesn’t cut it. Research because overall industry research doesn’t speak to their particular need, but custom does.

Content 148

Content Industry Association Value Member Experience 148

Smooth The Path

APRIL 18, 2019

But the innovators in your industry or profession will want to solve the new challenges, and they will work on addressing these new problems with or without the association. These challenges might demand our members learn new skills, change their behaviors, or experiment with new solutions.

Innovation 60

Innovation Industry Association Value Process 60

Smooth The Path

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Right now, some associations are overreacting. The trouble is, these leadership teams might cut and layoff so severely there may not be enough person-power to figure out how to add member value in this new environment. Brains go haywire in a crisis. Some people overreact, and some people underreact.

Leadership 148

Leadership Team Industry Organization 148

Smooth The Path

APRIL 26, 2016

In these conferences a how-to-rapidly-innovate session can live right next to a how-to-perform-radical-self-care session. Just starting to gain steam are conferences for freelancers and entrepreneurs that bring together all the elements of a good life including sound business practices with sound health and wellness practices.

Class 60

Class Conference Innovation Tips 60

Smooth The Path

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Related: Identifying innovating members. The post Who Are the Stephanies in Your Association? Think about what would happen to your member’s experience if we could identify all the “Stephanies”, nurture or train more “Stephanies” and put them where they will have the most interaction with other members.

Member Experience 60

Member Experience Innovation Association Value Strategy 60

.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

On the other hand, if innovation presents exciting new opportunities, that is another compelling reason to expand your purpose to meet the moment. Taking the time to analyze whether your values statement matches the behavior you want to promote aligns the organization for success. Values create community.

Revenue 88

Revenue Review Guidelines Education 88

Smooth The Path

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Related: Storytelling is the new association marketing. Member strategy, marketing and innovation are not… The post The Hidden Problems in Membership Marketing That Are Stopping You appeared first on Smooth The Path. One or both are not connecting with members. Start here first. How often are we out of sync with members? .

Marketing 60

Marketing Social Media Products Innovation 60

Smooth The Path

JUNE 6, 2017

It is harder, but maybe more useful, to say this association is for the innovators. It is easy to say we are for the senior leadership team, or tax accountants, or the amusement parks industry. Maybe the experimenters. The professionals who know the industry has to change and they are working on changing it. Or focus on the connectors.

Leadership 68

Leadership Innovation Industry Team 68