Association Value Innovation Revenue 
Principled Innovation
MARCH 25, 2013
According to the most recent edition of ASAE’s Operating Ratio Report ( ORR ), membership dues account for an average of 38 percent of total revenue for all associations. No other single revenue category comes close to reaching that number. Keeping dues flat makes for a goodwill gesture to members who are tight on money.
Principled Innovation
APRIL 2, 2013
This post originally appeared on the Associations Now Leadership Blog on March 28, 2013. In Part I of this series earlier this month, I identified the association value gap as an underlying structural problem within membership-centric business models. This is most important conversation your association will have.
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Higher Logic
MAY 29, 2020
While the way you align your proposed member community with your executives’ goals will vary by association, five of the most common priorities you might find in the strategic plan include new member acquisition, member engagement and retention, non-dues revenue growth, advocacy and legislation, and maintaining relevance.
Smooth The Path
JULY 14, 2020
Are you scrambling for revenue-replacing ideas, all while spinning five more plates at home? 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. Related: Teach your members to be indispensable.
Smooth The Path
FEBRUARY 25, 2016
Declining revenues. 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? Less member engagement.
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Data silos can hurt your association causing outdated information, a reporting breakdown, security issues, and a disjointed member experience.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.
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. The problem for associations is that the member market does not really exist. Are you ready to get started?
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