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What We Learned from the 2022 Association Member Experience Survey

Higher Logic

The post What We Learned from the 2022 Association Member Experience Survey appeared first on Higher Logic. For association leaders, the advice is often the same again and again. Find out what your members want. Higher Logic’s 2022 Association Member Experience Report helps you do just that. . The post What We Learned from the 2022 Association Member Experience Survey appeared first on Higher Logic.

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5 Ways to Enhance Your Career Center for a Great Member Experience

Association Adviser

Associations need to find ways to enhance their career centers or job boards to make them as dynamic and enticing as possible. Why? Professionals — members and non-members alike — are attracted to associations through career centers. It’s often the first point of contact with an association. And they’re incredibly powerful tools for converting job seekers into members.

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Striving for Success: Streamlined Processes

GrowthZone

The Striving for Success blog series features entries from our 2022 Chamber Success Competition. We hope you will learn from these user stories and how you can grow member value, increase productivity, and boost revenue while using GrowthZone’s software solutions. The first blog post in the series featured competition entries sharing how using the GrowthZone solution increases member engagement.

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6 Tips to Create Fundraising Videos That Drive Donations

Wild Apricot

Fundraising videos build your case for support, providing viewers with an in-depth look at your organization and inspiring them to take action. It’s no surprise, then, that 57% of people who watch fundraising videos go on to make a donation.

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How to Create a Community Your Members Can't Get Enough Of

Here’s Your Blueprint for Year-Round Member Engagement. Are you ready to transform your association into a thriving, 365-day community? Download GrowthZone’s ebook, How to Create a Community Your Members Can’t Get Enough Of , and learn strategies for leveling out the peaks and valleys of member engagement. This guide provides actionable strategies to create consistent networking opportunities, deliver value-packed content, and foster connections that your members won’t want to miss.

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10 Rules for Generating Value and Growth for Your Education Programs

WBT Systems

The only way forward for association education programs is to improve them and grow them. This is not a time to stand in place. There is no good reason to stand in place.

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2: Strategic Planning v. Strategic Thinking

Spark Consulting

We’re almost at the end of the revisiting of the top ten all-time Spark blog posts in honor of Spark’s tenth anniversary! Coming in at the #2 spot: Strategic Planning v. Strategic Thinking. In the original post, I highlighted Henry Mintzberg’s well-known Harvard Business Review piece “ The Fall and Rise of Strategic Planning ,” in which he encourages us to focus on creating dynamic, flexible visions of the future that accommodate disruption and allow us to rapidly respon

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Filling Your Nonprofit Board Positions: Everything You Need to Know!

Wild Apricot

Every nonprofit needs the keen eye of a board of directors—but what are the nonprofit board positions you should fill? In order to create a board that can uplift your organization’s mission and long term goals, you need all the right players.

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Forecasting For IT in an Unpredictable Climate

.orgSource

It’s a game! It’s a store! It’s entertainment! Nope, it’s the metaverse—a unique amalgam of online obsessions designed to keep thumbs clicking and Venmo accounts begging for cash. Or that’s what the creators of Forever 21 Shop City seem to be aiming for. Check it out. Technology research and consulting firm, Gartner, and Forbes Magazine […]. The post Forecasting For IT in an Unpredictable Climate appeared first on.orgSource.

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Social Advertising in a Cookieless Future

Association Adviser

You’re creating engaging content for your members and posting on your association’s social media pages consistently — nice work! However, have you thought about how your employees' and board members’ online interactions can help or hurt your social media marketing efforts? What your employees and board members say about your association on their professional and personal social media profiles can impact the reputation of your organization — for good or bad.

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How To Build an Exceptional Member Experience | Weds, Dec 11th, 3PM EDT

Speaker: Jessica Bonney from VICA and Jeff Horne from Wicket

What does delivering an exceptional member experience mean in today's world? With the right insights, tools, and strategies, you can identify what truly matters to your members, drive meaningful engagement at scale, and continue to meet the ever-evolving needs of your members. Join association experts Jessica Bonney from VICA and Jeff Horne from Wicket who will share practical insights on how to build an exceptional member-driven experience by gaining a deeper understanding of your members and d

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Association Strategy Trends in 2022

Portage Group

The sheer volume, complexity and diversity of issues association directors and executives must understand and address today is dizzying. In our current uncertain and complex environment, where should associations focus their time, effort and resources in order to maximize impact? TPG’s Fall 2022 Whitepaper summarizes our team’s ‘top five’ list of strategic issues associations today are focused on.

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How are AP Departments within Homeowners Associations Responding to a Potential Recession?

AvidXchange: Association Management

A possible recession has businesses on edge as many are reevaluating costs and priorities in preparation for an uncertain future. For homeowners associations (HOAs), there’s concern that economic hardship could add to the intense pressure they are under to retain and hire the people they need to stay in business. The HOA industry gained popularity in the 1960s and has grown steadily ever since.

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6 Unexpected Pitfalls That Can Snare Your Hybrid Workplace

Achurch

6 Unexpected Pitfalls That Can Snare Your Hybrid Workplace. Throughout your organization’s transition to a hybrid workplace, camouflaged or hidden issues can derail progress and jeopardize success. These organizational pitfalls and their associated problems may not be on your radar yet. That’s natural because “you can’t read the bottle from the inside.

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How Nimble AMS empowers Salesforce administrators

Nimble AMS

You already know that Nimble AMS is for innovative associations looking to blaze technological trails and offer the best member benefits. The association management software (AMS) leverages artificial in telligence , predictive analytics, and automation to assist your staff as they increase efficiency, become data-driven, and improve the member experience.

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2024 State of Customer Education Report

Customer education has become a key driver for growth, retention, and product adoption. Our latest 2024 State of Customer Education Report uncovers critical data and insights from a survey of over 200 industry leaders, offering a look at the evolving role of education in driving business success. Inside, you'll find data on key trends and strategies, including: Strategies for Scaling & Customization: Find out which investments in learning technology deliver the biggest ROI and scalability.

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Demystifying Membership Software Data Conversion

Aptify

Here are the answers to the most frequently asked data conversion questions we get. We talk with associations about changing their membership software systems every day. There is, of course, a lot to consider when making this decision: How much does it cost? How difficult will it be to configure? And, perhaps most important, what will happen to our data?

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Subject Lines that Get Your Association’s Emails Opened

MemberClicks

Whether you’re sending welcome emails to new members, important announcements, or dues reminders, your content is worthless if your emails aren’t getting opened. Don’t get discouraged. A good open rate is about 20% , a great one anything above that. If your open rate is less than you’d like, check out these ideas for improving it. Use a play on words benefitting your audience.

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The Inspiring Philanthropic Work Within Associations

Multiview

The holidays are quickly approaching and for many of us, the question of “how can I help?” tends to come to mind quite often. Is your association offering opportunities to give back to local charities, the community, or your members?

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Overview of Your Culture Assessment Options

PROPEL

If you want your culture to be awesome, you first need to know what it is, and that means conducting some kind of assessment. There are many approaches out there, varying greatly in terms of things like level of effort, expense, and complexity. There are three main options: do it yourself, purchase an assessment, or subscribe to a platform. The simplest form of culture assessment is to sit your.

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Boost Sponsorship, Exhibit, and Ad Revenue

Sales often gets a bad rep. Yet, if securing sponsors, advertisers, and exhibitors is part of your role, it’s essential. But what if it didn’t have to feel time-consuming, uncomfortable, or worse—icky? Join us for the 3-part virtual Sales Accelerator Labs , where customer experience and sales expert Carrie McIntyre will show you strategies to make sales easier, more effective, and dare we say, enjoyable!

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How to Get Potential Volunteers More Invested

Elevating Engagement

What kind of engagement is most challenging? According to the 122 participants of the recent Member Engagement Lab Series put on by the Association Societies Alliance (think your state SAE collaborating with the other state SAEs), volunteer engagement is very, really, exceptionally difficult. Why? Well, it seems no one has any time anymore. The members ideally suited for many volunteer opportunities are professionally and personally busy (not lowercase busy, but BUSY!!!

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Tell them why you want the data

Effective Database

Tell them why you want the data Because data is so easy to collect these days, there's a tendency to try to collect all kinds of data about our members and customers, in the hopes that "maybe we'll use that data eventually.

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Annual Subscription Renewal

Robert Skrob

How do you maximize membership retention for annual subscriptions? Click here to find out. Annual subscriptions increase cash flow and lifetime value. And, while monthly subscriptions renew in small installments each month, membership retention with annual subscriptions is entirely different With annual subscriptions, there’s a big enough revenue opportunity that it pays to implement a membership retention strategy.

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Association Brain Food: 11.11.22

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Learning business growth. WBT Systems offers an association perspective on McKinsey’s ten rules for growth. Their interpretation will come in handy when you’re developing a business strategy for education programs. Recession prep. MemberSuite identifies twelve areas your association must address to survive and thrive amidst challenging economic conditions.

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The Power of Community: Why a Branded Community is a Must-Have for Every Association

Ever wonder why brands like Apple, LEGO, and Sephora are going all-in on branded communities? It’s because online community building is the secret sauce to connecting with audiences in ways that ads and emails simply can’t. But here's the best part—it’s not just for big corporations. Associations can create thriving online communities too. GrowthZone’s eBook, "The Power of Community," breaks down exactly why a branded online community can be a game-changer for your association.