Association Adviser

JANUARY 20, 2017

When I say the word innovation to you, what feelings does this word evoke? In a recent research study association professionals reported that innovation is synonymous with risk, big expectations, large investments, long commitments and failure. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a guide to association innovation?

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Smooth The Path

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

When we are tired of the tension it may help to borrow the playbook from an innovative company. IDEO, the innovation experts, have a process that makes for a good example because it not only works but also because it has been extensively shared so we know the method behind the magic. Or small innovative events within bigger events.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 11, 2021

Ongoing restrictions on international travel challenged organizations to evaluate their global operations and explore innovative ways of engaging with members and volunteer leaders around the world. Vasan Selliah, Member Insight and Engagement Manager, CSAE. CAE credits. More info/register. Host: Higher Logic.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 30, 2023

Nimble AMS offers instantaneous access to the latest product features helping your organization to enhance your staff and member experience and boost your technology ROI. Here’s why choosing an AMS where all customers are on the latest version is important: Innovation requires it. Better support and quicker fixes. Leading technology.

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 23, 2022

Becoming informed about the overall state of how associations use their member data alerts you to whether your organization should also act. . How to get informed about the state of your member data. Use Nimble AMS’ MyTrailhead , built on Salesforce, to help your employees upskill and optimize your member data. .

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Smooth The Path

JULY 26, 2018

One of the core staff values would be to be intensely member-focused. We would talk with members often, conduct listening tours, and interview them. We would use all the member insights we gain to develop our member communications, set our strategy, and create an innovation plan.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

Hear about the insights and campaign experience that have led to hundreds of viral crowdfunding campaigns. Presenter: Moshe Hecht, Chief Innovation Officer, Charidy. good data for every stage of the member lifecycle. Host: Community IT Innovators. Innovate Like Amazon, on a Lemonade Stand Budget (Alexandria VA Brown Bag).

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 6, 2022

Xperience 2022, a virtual event spanning March 21-23, showcased special guests, key industry trends, inspiring stories, networking opportunities, and the latest in product innovation. For the American Society for the Surgery of the Hand (ASSH,) innovation is crucial in its race for relevance. Riding the wave of Nimble AMS releases.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 10, 2016

Find out with Jeff De Cagna, Chief Strategist and Founder of Principled Innovation. – Measuring: Using Digital Metrics to Gain Member Insight. What does it take to access, anticipate, and adapt your association to the future through the work of foresight? Participate live or view the recording. Tue 6/14 at 3:30 p.m. –e

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Nimble AMS

AUGUST 8, 2022

Leveraging data helps your association gain crucial member insights about learning content and event attendance, boosting member engagement across all avenues. Prioritizing data governance can help you build trust in your organization, attracting new members while also boosting member engagement and retention. .

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Reid All About it

MARCH 22, 2019

Hear about real-world examples of organizations that integrate, automate, and coordinate systems like marketing automation, online communities, and their AMS for improved member insights and reporting. good data for every stage of the member life cycle experience. Rosen, President of ML Innovations, Inc. Host: Impexium.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Jenny Nelson at ASAE highlights three ASAE Research Foundation studies that “provide insight into how leaders can approach change and manage change processes going forward.” How Thriving Associations Are Embracing Innovation and Blazing a New Trail to Relevance. James Marquis, chief innovation officer and CIO, 501Works.

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Smooth The Path

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Sometimes associations hear about the latest trend in technology, a way others are raising funds with sponsorships or in isolation they ideate an innovative benefit. We’re focused on launching a product to bring revenue into the association, the problem is this may not be a product our members find of value. Afraid to Start.

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Smooth The Path

APRIL 7, 2016

They are going through some massive cultural shifts as they reorient the decades old organization toward the future with a new focus on rapid innovation. They created a few formal channels for staff members to submit their great ideas (this is not so unusual). How does this apply to member insights?

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Smooth The Path

JUNE 30, 2016

Related: Members need association help when they face change or start something new. The award-winning process for association innovation. Did you know that member surveys can be risky? The post One Thing We can do to Prepare for Change appeared first on Smooth The Path.

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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’ve been studying a method to innovate, maybe innovate is the wrong word, bring new solutions to our members. I worry about being the board president who killed the association.”

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Smooth The Path

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

The board also has the research results and they are currently developing the strategic plan based on these insights. In the meantime, I’ve been asked to conduct another round of interviews with a different group of members. Related: Slow data vs. fast data.

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Smooth The Path

MARCH 10, 2016

These companies define arch-types and use that arch-type when talking about new strategic, marketing or innovation plans. Welcome everyone but partner with the best members. We can use our data to figure out who our very best members are. They talk with them, they learn their problems, goals and habits.

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Smooth The Path

FEBRUARY 9, 2016

Once we know what their problems are, we can select one problem that is important to members but also one that we are equipped to solve. 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.

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Smooth The Path

JULY 12, 2018

For the members who think of the association as a cause, how should you change the association’s strategy, innovation plans, and marketing to meet their needs? Our point of view is not always our members’ point of view. Related: We join because that is what we do.

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Smooth The Path

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Related: Identify innovating members. We should value the members who value the association the most. Is the association providing enough value to long-time members? The post Whose Feedback Matters Most to the Future of the Association? appeared first on Smooth The Path.

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Achieve

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Studies show that associations are reaping the benefits of their pandemic-era innovations through significant gains in membership. However, there is a downward trend in the number of associations that identify as “innovative,” which could forewarn problems retaining that membership in the future.

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Smooth The Path

APRIL 24, 2018

Our members are self-centered. Our members have… no time. Only organizations that solve our member’s problems, speak their language, and understand them will get their time and attention. Not in a bad way, we are all self-centered. and their attention is scattered.

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Protech

AUGUST 19, 2021

Enhanced member insights: A native community adds layers of vital engagement data that can be used with an engagement meter to better understand your members. . Protech Connect gives you a fresh option for supporting the community structure your association and members really need now. .

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MemberClicks

OCTOBER 23, 2023

These hubs are more than just groups; they are platforms for innovation and growth. These organizations foster collaboration, share industry-focused research, and create spaces where members like you can network and learn. This can offer you insights, data, and trends specific to your industry that aren’t accessible elsewhere.

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Smooth The Path

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The trouble with association boards is they tend to be populated with super-members. Super-members are members who are so engaged, so seasoned, so advanced in the profession or industry they are not like most members. They know everyone and everything.

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Smooth The Path

MAY 31, 2017

Each time you offer members something new you have a choice. You can listen to the feedback from those members who are all in. They are trying their hardest to give you thoughtful, useful feedback. They are well intentioned, and even though it is difficult, they are giving feedback because they want the offering to be even better.

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Smooth The Path

OCTOBER 21, 2021

The Lolcats website has turned into a community. For over a decade, volunteer creators have made and still make memes for participants to read, enjoy, vote on, and pass around. Interestingly the creators and readers developed a language, acronyms, and even spelling unique to the community. Communities do this often.

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Smooth The Path

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Whenever I started a new job, I would schedule one-hour meetings with my colleagues to learn about the organization, their job, their goals, and how I could help them. Rather than feeling like I was wasting time in meetings, I felt like this productively launched my time at the organization.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 10, 2025

Membership Monday: Email Marketing Tips and Tricks for Associations Ambers done 40 email platform audits on association accounts this past year, and there’s one consistent theme: they all needed to apply email design best practices and do testing to ensure it’s what their members want. More info/register. Host: WorkerBee.TV

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Smooth The Path

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Do you ever find yourself wondering why members make the decisions they make? Sometimes member’s decisions seem so irrational. Why are our members so irrational? Why join, but then not engage? Why go to an inferior conference put on by a competitor? Why don’t they participate in the benchmark study when they need the data?

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Smooth The Path

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Two people were talking about the same data represented in a chart, but you wouldn’t know it. The data showed that the organization had a 96% satisfaction rating and that thrilled one professional. The other professional focused on how dissatisfied the remaining 4% were.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 16, 2021

Innovative Remote Workplace. We invite you to participate in our Tech Cluster to talk about Innovative Remote Team Strategies. Amanda Ma, Founder and CEO, Innovate Marketing Group. Presenters: James Marquis, Chief Innovation Officer, 501Works, LLC. Vasan Selliah, Member Insight and Engagement Manager, CSAE.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Learn about sustainable practices and dietary innovations that cater to a diverse array of guest needs. . – Tapping the Latest F&B Trends Explore the latest culinary and beverage trends for 2025 and review how 2024’s trends measured up. Discover strategies to adapt menus to reflect current and anticipated F&B trends. 1 CMP credit.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 16, 2024

Renewals Reinvented: Leveraging Member Insights for Greater Retention Learn how to use member data to supercharge your renewal strategy. Discover the potential of big data and how it can drive innovation within your organization. Participate in a hands-on exercise to map your big ideas to actionable data strategies. .

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 9, 2024

Renewals Reinvented: Leveraging Member Insights for Greater Retention Learn how to use member data to supercharge your renewal strategy. Discover the potential of big data and how it can drive innovation within your organization. More info/register. Host: Zuddl Tue 8/20 at 2 p.m.

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Reid All About it

MAY 5, 2023

Fri 5/5 at 10 a.m.* – Coffee with Innovators: Association Design Circle On the first Friday of each month, an association leader leads a conversation on an association innovation topic. Email Address: Subscribe If you have a free webinar or event coming up, please send me the link by Wednesday afternoon the week before it’s scheduled.

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