Showing posts with label guest blog. Show all posts
Showing posts with label guest blog. Show all posts

Using Member Research to Map Out What We Need to be Doing

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“No. No. No. We define the goals of the research before we pick the method!” she said. This was probably the hundredth time this research ...

Small staff? No problem! 4 Tips for Keeping Up with Content

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We’ve all been there before: Reading a great blog post or sitting in a conference breakout session where the writer/presenter is talking a...

51 Shades of Gray (Hair)

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One of the associations that we work with celebrated their 51st anniversary in 2014 at their Annual Conference and Trade Show.  After the bi...

Why not raise your dues? Some strong - and weak - reasons to keep them frozen

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It’s not at all uncommon for an ED or CEO of an association to tell me that they’re raising dues for the first time in a decade or so. W...

How to set your association apart from the rest

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As an association, you want to be known as the best. You want everyone in your industry to think about you as the go-to source for informa...

Shouldn't a strategic plan actually include a strategy?

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Imagine we were going to sit down and take a look at the strategic plans of, say, 10 associations we know well. Would we be able to match ...

Managing through the Marketing Sea Change

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Meredith Low  provided this guest post.  She is a management consultant, focusing on helping organizations and companies understand how, w...

Engaging the Passive Learner

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Why is engaging the passive learner important? Just as learning can be contagious, one passive learner can spread their apathetical outloo...

Big Trends Impacting Events in 2014

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Lori Halley provided this guest post.  She is the Blog Writer (Engaging Apricot) at Wild Apricot , cloud software for small associations, no...

@Deirdrereid Has Advice for Emerging #Association Professionals

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I never expected to work in associations. Frankly, they weren’t even on my radar. But I was leaving one career and in search of another. I...

5 Marketing Tips for the New Year

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It might be February already, but there’s still time to think about what you’re going to do that’s new, fresh and exciting in the New Year...

Advice for Emerging Professionals

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Like many of you who may be reading this post I fell into association management. My career started when I was 22 years old and I was luck...

In-person events are not a thing of the past. They just need better attendee marketing!

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Scott Oser provided this guest post.  He is the President of Scott Oser Associates Inc , a US-based consultancy working with associations an...

Making All Members Feel Welcome

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Lori Halley provided this guest post.  She is the Blog Writer (Engaging Apricot) at Wild Apricot , cloud software for small associations, no...

Does your 2014 planning really reflect your priorities?

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Meredith Low provided this guest post.  She is a management consultant, focusing on helping organizations and companies understand how, whe...