To fully engage members, your membership management team should know as much as possible about each member and have that information at your fingertips. When members trust you to store information about them, you don’t want to jeopardize that trust by responding to or engaging with them based on inaccurate information. (Association Adviser)
We talk a LOT about the importance of onboarding new members – and that all starts with sending a warm welcome email. But what should you say in that new member welcome email? (MemberClicks)
Every association has a story to tell. It’s how they tell that story (and just how well they tell it) that has the ability to engage and attract members. (Aptify)
As a millennial expert, I get this question a lot: How can we get millennials to engage at our association? I actually remember presenting at a direct marketing conference and getting a similar – and almost desperate – question from the audience about how to get millennials to listen to their marketing messages. My answer was flippant: Start saying stuff worth listening to. (Association Success)
We fielded a survey a few months ago to find out how often associations redesign their website and how they manage their sites. One of the most amazing things we found was this: Nearly 40 percent of associations have not updated their website design within the past three years! (Vanguard Tech)
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LSAE is pleased to announce the second Fall Executive Summit for executives to RENEW, REFRESH, AND REFOCUS. This summit will provide sessions specific to supporting the curriculum set forth by ASAE to obtain and maintain the Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation. Registration for this meeting will only be open to Regular members and to annual and meeting sponsors.
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With each generation, associations need to change their recruitment strategies and overall structure to better attract new volunteers. Generation X is no exception. Organizations must change now if they want these workers to get – and stay – involved.
The new issue of LSAE Resource is now available online! The summer/fall issue is all about building a successful content strategy. Learn how you can create a plan to communicate to your members what they need to know, when they need to know it. Start reading this issue now!
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