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Blog | How to Build Community in Your Association | Multiview

Multiview

Community is a powerful tool amongst associations. It's used to describe everything from the local chapter meetings to online forums and social media groups. It's the reason people join and stay in your organization. It's why they're willing to pay membership dues year after year. But how do you build an effective community? Let's take a look at some of the most important aspects of a strong community and how they can be used to grow your association.

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How to Build Non-Dues Revenue with Event Tech 

MemberClicks

The backbone of your association’s revenue is traditionally based on membership dues. The need to develop revenue options beyond that core model is increasing and associations are looking for new ways to build non-dues revenue. That’s revenue outside of your membership dues. Non-dues revenue can play a crucial role in your organization’s growth and financial stability.

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10 In-Demand Skills Your Members Need to Learn Now

WBT Systems

Since 2015, the skillsets required for jobs changed by 28% in the U.S. LinkedIn expects this figure to double by 2027. Another recent study says 37% of the top 20 skills requested for the average U.S.

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Association Boards Must Become More: Part I

Association Adviser

Starting today, association boards must become more. Even though it will be difficult work, building fit-for-purpose boards is our community’s best hope for shifting The Turbulent Twenties in a more favorable direction for ourselves, our stakeholders, and our successors. The post Association Boards Must Become More: Part I appeared first on Association Adviser.

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From Payroll Pains to Growth Gains: Streamlining Payroll & HR for Success

Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

In the world of small business management, the challenge of managing payroll & HR efficiently while scaling operations can be overwhelming. Yet, with the right strategies in place, these challenges can become opportunities for growth and innovation. In this session, Joe Sharpe, Senior Director of Managed Payroll Services at IRIS, will reveal practical methods and expert insights for outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes, resulting in substantial time and resource savings.

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Top technology trends to help your association personalize the member experience

Nimble AMS

Today, associations are even more focused on increasing value and providing great experiences to attract and retain members. According to Community Brands research, enhancing the member experience is the top area of focus, and providing personalized experience remains the biggest area associations plan to invest in. Our Nimble AMS product strategy focuses on empowering associations to improve the member experience.

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3 ways to attract the next generation of members to your union

Aptify

The next generations are the future of your union. Here’s how to attract more of these members to your organization. You might not think that your choice of membership management software can impact your labor union’s ability to attract the next generation of members. But it can. Historically, unionization rates in the U.S. have dropped. At the same time, some sources suggest that younger workers might be more open to labor unions than generations before.

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What to Consider Before Launching a Membership Renewal Discount

Associations Now

While a discount might sound like a good way to get more members to renew, consider your options before moving forward. Launching one without a plan could ultimately devalue membership and impact the association’s bottom line. Choosing to offer a discount during a membership renewal campaign can convince more members to stay, but it’s important to do some thoughtful planning before you make that decision.

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Step Up to AI, But Tread Lightly

.orgSource

Ode to Association Marketing Professionals By ChatGPT In marketing’s realm, an executive ponders, seeking AI’s power, new pathways to wander. With data-driven insights, campaigns take flight, Association marketing soars to new heights. AI analyzes trends, revealing new ways, unveiling patterns, unlocking marketing’s maze. Personalization thrives, engagement’s secured, executives empowered, strategies assured.

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The Case for Wellness Leadership

Associations Now

As more companies create C-suite roles around employee well-being, associations can do more to support it for its staff and members alike. Who’s in charge of wellness at your organization? Quite likely, the answer is “nobody”—or it’s an HR department that’s been asked to take on matters of DEI, office arrangements, and health-plan adjustments on top of its usual administrative duties.

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Engage, Empower, Excel: Transforming Performance in the New Era of Work

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Adri Glover

The world of work has fundamentally changed. The series of waves that the pandemic began have rippled through the Great Resignation, quiet quitting, the Great Regret, and other eloquent phrases that boil down to the same thing: people aren’t engaged at work or enabled to perform at their best. The truth is that engagement and enablement is more important than ever, but how we do it is the critical differentiator for many organizations.

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Association Brain Food: 7.21.23

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Association Brain Food is taking off next Friday, July 28 because I’m away all week at my state SAE conference and a family beach vacation. The next edition will go live on Friday, August 4. Member education. It’s impossible to predict the skills we’ll rely on in ten years.

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10 Member Appreciation Day Ideas + 6 Quick Steps to Show You Care!

Wild Apricot

Want to show members how thankful you are for their support? Then hold a member appreciation day! Here's 10 unique ideas to get you started!

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Gardian of the Month: Rebecca McKie

Aaron Wolowiec

Rebecca McKie is our Gardian of the Month! Find out her favorite thing about learning something new and her go-to networking trick. She shares about an experience when she learned something new and applied to her life and a resource that she can't live without. Finally, she shares her favorite summer destination!

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Customer Effort Score: A Key Metric for Association MX

Forj

From customer satisfaction score to net promoter score, there are a variety of metrics an organization can use to gauge its customer experience. But the latest metric gaining momentum focuses less on increasing delight and more on decreasing dismay. That measure? Customer Effort Score (CES).

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How to Scale Recurring Giving for Sustainable Growth

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Is your organization ready to build a recurring giving program that not only sustains but also propels your mission forward? 🚀 In this new webinar with industry visionary Tim Sarrantonio, we’ll guide you through the critical steps to establishing and scaling a successful recurring giving program. Whether you’re starting fresh or enhancing an existing program, this session will provide the strategies you need to deepen donor relationships and secure long-term support!

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We Asked, You Answered: What Are Your Recommended Summer Reads?

Associations Now

From fiction to business topics, association professionals are reading a little bit of everything this summer. Read on for some book recommendations from your colleagues. Looking for something to read on the beach or lake, in the backyard, or even on a plane this summer? Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered. Whether you like fiction or something more directly related to your work, here are some recommendations from fellow readers.

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How to Create a Psychologically Safe Environment for Teams

Achurch

Teams with high levels of psychology safety outperform other teams. Safe environments reduce error, fuel creativity, reinforces shared team values, and improve employee engagement. Leaders can create psychologically safe environments for teams to thrive by: connecting, listening, admitting mistakes, and encouraging input from various perspectives. Psychological Safety is Good for Business High-performing teams feel psychologically safe.

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Why Choosing an Accredited Association Management Company is Crucial for Your Organization’s Success

AMR Management Services

As we discussed in a previous blog post, an association management company (AMC) is a professional service provider that manages and administers the operations of associations, non-profits, and other membership-based organizations. The role of an AMC like AMR is to help the organization meet its goals, run its programs, and grow its membership. However, not… The post Why Choosing an Accredited Association Management Company is Crucial for Your Organization’s Success first appeared on AMR M

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Top Leadership Tips From Women Entrepreneurs

The Journal by EXEC

They say, ‘behind every successful woman is a tribe of other successful women who have her back.’ Strong and visionary leadership is more vital than ever in today's fast-paced corporate market. As we strive to create a more inclusive and diverse workforce, it's essential to learn from the trailblazers who have shattered glass ceilings and paved the way for future generations.

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A Guide To Creating an RFP for a New AMS

Discover how to create an effective RFP for a new Association Management System. This comprehensive ebook walks you through how to create an efficient Request for Proposals (RFP) for Association Management Software (AMS). It offers key elements to include as well as crucial tips, and advice from seasoned AMS selection experts. Download today to learn how to get started with your AMS RFP.

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Women’s Health Group Releases “Accountability, Belonging, and Culture” Statement

Associations Now

New messaging is intended to acknowledge the diversity of AWHONN’s members and their patients. Last month a leading women’s health association made changes to the language around its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) work, reflecting conversations within its own membership and national disputes around the term. The “ Accountability, Belonging, and Culture Statement ” was released in June by the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric, and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN).

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2023 Legislative Review Part 3

Florida Condo & HOA Law Blog

This week we continue our review of the legislative changes concerning community associations. In our last column, we were reviewing the changes to Chapter 720, Florida Statutes in HB 919, the Homeowners’ Association Bill of Rights. In this column, we will finish our review of HB 919 and review HB 437 concerning the display of flags in community associations.

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Association MX Power Trio: Membership, Education & Marketing

Forj

The events of the last few years have deeply disrupted how we live and work and left many associations struggling to adapt. The assumptions that once guided their strategies have, in some cases, been rendered irrelevant. As a result, many association leaders have begun exploring new ways to elevate the member experience.

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We Always Have Permission

Elevating Engagement

My mom and my aunt are big on holding doors for other people. They smile big smiles and wave people through, often making small talk the whole while. Everyone ushered through “their doors” walk on with a big smile. I’ve seen them do this in rural Vermont and busy New York City, and people notice, maybe especially in New York City. I like to think that this is one of the public services that my family does for society.

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Empower Your Nonprofit With Effective Payroll & HCM Services

Managing a nonprofit involves many challenges, but payroll and HR shouldn’t be among them. Our guide, "A Buyer’s Guide to Payroll & HCM Services," helps nonprofits choose the best provider. Efficient payroll services ensure timely, accurate payments, vital for maintaining staff and volunteer morale. Compliance support helps navigate complex labor laws and avoid costly fines.

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How to Repurpose your Annual Conference Content for your CE Program

Freestone

Is your annual conference on the horizon? Make your content go further and expand the reach of your continuing education (CE) program when you repurpose your event. Read on for strategies to repurpose your annual conference content, engage more learners, and increase your CE revenue. Why should your CE program repurpose annual conference content? When you limit your annual conference content to in-person learners, you miss out on an entire segment of attendees.

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Preparing for Extreme Heat: The New Natural Disaster

Florida Condo & HOA Law Blog

The word “hot” has many connotations: it can reveal anger when you say someone is “hot around the collar”; it can invoke personal appeal or desirability “he’s so hot”; it can refer to a disorganized person or situation, hence the description as “a hot mess”; and can also be used to describe an emotional issue or topic as a “hot button”. However, since the earliest of times, the word hot has been used to describe the temperature and we’ve been hearing this word a lot lately in many parts of the U

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Take action…

Effective Database

Take action. "The greatest wisdom not applied to action and behavior is meaningless data." - Peter Drucker This is my favorite quote about data. As I always tell my clients, "Don't collect data you're not going to use." And by "use," I really mean "take action on.

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5 Best Practices for Your Learning Management System

MemberClicks

What is an LMS? A learning management system, also known as LMS, is an essential tool for associations, chambers and nonprofits that provide online education programs for their members. Organizations using an LMS enhance their member engagement, streamline learning processes and maximize benefits for members. Stay with us to learn the following in this blog: What makes a good LMS Choosing the best LMS for you Must have features in your LMS Integration with your AMS Tips and best practice

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Thriving as a Lean & Mean HR Machine

Speaker: Kjerstin Greene and Adri Glover

Feeling like you’re drowning in HR responsibilities? If you’re an HR professional with little or no additional support, or in a non-HR role juggling HR tasks with other responsibilities, you likely wear many hats – from recruitment and onboarding to benefits and employee engagement. This can be overwhelming, but Adri Glover and Kjerstin Greene are here to help!