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But the strategy they ended up with was mismatched to the problem they were trying to solve. In fact, offering a free first year of membership has unintentionally created more problems for the association and its newest members. There are many strategies that sound like a good idea. Tools for all the influencing you need to do.
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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.
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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.
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.
And still could be better – when asked when did you realize the value of the association? This association had a very strong AssociationValue 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.
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.
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.
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Is your association’svalue proposition as strong as it could be? Are your governance, operations, and culture aligned to support strategy? And then a lot of times what’s highlighted is that associations are risk averse, and they’re unwieldy. And it’s very difficult to maneuver and innovate the way that we want to.
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