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I conduct memberresearch all the time, so I get direct access to the bright spots in our industry. Here are some generous folks who have done the curation for you, connecting you with free resources, conversations, and education. Join us and find new resources, meet new people, and have conversations about important topics.
The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… View from our campsite in the Superstition Mountains Wilderness east of Phoenix. Amanda Kaiser dispels three myths on why people join associations and reveals the real reason—based on her memberresearch. 1 CAE credit.
When it comes to memberresearch, and maybe even feedback, your board is not a reliable source. Board members may: Remember the good old days and want to return the association to that time. Come from a few enormous organizations with extensive resources. Be much more advanced in their careers than the average member.
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The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Membership reset. A new report from McKinley Advisors got me thinking about the role of membership in associations. Too often, membership “just is.” Membership lacks focus and intentionality in execution.” 1 CAE credit. . – More info/register.
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To provide context on what considerations we made in our rebrand, we want to point out a few factors that went into our decision: MemberResearch. In 2016, SMPS engaged a research firm to identify perspectives, opinions, needs, and desires of our members.
Staff member are really excited about innovation and soon everyone is trying to implement more ideas than they can reasonably ship. With our finite resources we can only expect to do so much innovating. With the resources you have maybe only one ideas moves forward this year, maybe three. How much will it cost?
Set them loose on propelling the industry or profession forward and focus your energy on developing great experiences for members with insights from other groups of members, like new members or core members. Related: Move your association from community resource to community leader.
The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. technology, human resources, physical space, leadership, engagement, etc.). Janet McNichol, SPHR, CAE, Human Resources Director at American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Training programs. CAE credits. More info/register. CAE credit.
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With money from traditional funding sources harder to come by, the American Association for Anatomists is stepping in with a new program to fund research by members in areas as diverse as neuroscience, cell biology, and anthropology.
This recent update summarizes what the project team learned from their latest memberresearch; this post goes into why they did it and this helpful guide details how they did it. In terms of the why, I love this quote: “There’s a great untapped resource in journalism, and it’s available to journalists right now.
This way you can easily access and refer to data across your different tools, whether it is for generating a financial report, creating new marketing content, or performing memberresearch. Easier access to association resources. You can even configure a members-only portal to increase your resources’ authority.
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