With so much new technology available, should associations develop an innovation strategy? Not necessarily. Your association might want to understand what strategic initiatives it should put in place in order to drive your organization’s impact on member business outcomes. If technology is a delivery mechanism to deliver impact on member business outcomes, then it’s an…
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Association Loyalty or Engagement Strategy?
In an economy more driven by intellectual capital than ever before, executives actively seek information from multiple sources. Whether it be Greece’s Debt Crisis, market access concerns, or industries seeking new and more opportunistic markets, your members are “in the know” constantly. Is it more impactful to deploy an Association Loyalty Strategy or an Engagement…
Improving Association Retention Performance
What Association doesn’t want to slow down its Member Resignations and improve retention performance? Member losses are difficult especially when an Association loses larger members. Yet the painful lessons from these resignations can help your organization reposition itself and drive accelerated member engagement and achieve improved operating performance. Since member companies are disrupting their industries to…
Association Bored Meetings
Are your board members laser focused on their mobile devices during board meetings? Is there a sense of restlessness at your executive committee and full board meetings? Odds are high that your board members are either preoccupied with business challenges or just plain bored with discussions on Association strategies. One way or another, they might…
Association Outside In Case Study
If your members face top line growth challenges, generational transfer issues, and evolving consumer expectations, how can your Association support member success? Through a strategic planning process that transforms your organization from an inside out focus to an outside in focus. The process starts with a highly engaged and strategically focused board and concludes with…
Strategic Member Engagement: Accelerant to Association Membership Growth And Retention
Strategic Member Engagement: Accelerant to Association Membership Growth & Retention A groundbreaking survey on Strategic Member Engagement shows that Trade Associations and Professional Societies reporting upward 3-year operating results are far more likely to have better data about member issues, have a very high level of board understanding and strategizing about the outcomes members seek…
Can 2 Pain Point Strategies Drive One Society’s Revenue Growth?
Can 2 Pain Point Strategies Drive One Society’s Revenue Growth? Pain point strategies continue to help Associations and Societies deploy services that help companies survive and thrive. Just ask Lawrence D. Sloan, President & CEO, Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA)( http://www.socma.com/). From his arrival at the 200+ member specialty chemical manufacturing organization through today, Sloan…
3 Goals Transform an Association Business Model
3 Goals Transform an Association Business Model. It’s never easy to embrace the hardships of a historic recession or its aftermath. However Tom Dobbins, President at Arlington, Virginia based American Composite Manufactures Association (http://www.acmanet.org/) (ACMA) seized a key moment in time. Dobbins and his team succeeded in closely aligning their organization with its small and large…
1 New Strategy Revolutionizes Association Member Engagement
1 New Strategy Revolutionizes Association Member Engagement. Implementing a board mandate, Security Industry Association (http://www.securityindustry.org), CEO Don Erickson encourages industry collaboration throughout the Association’s landscape. The strategy is reflected in programs and services and visibly connects the Association’s business model to member business objectives. Financial performance metrics reinforce this approach: retention, new members and event participation…
Association CEO Nails Critical Member Engagement Question
Association CEO Nails Critical Member Engagement Question. As the economy grows at what some economists call a “snail’s pace,” an Association CEO who knows the right question to ask is worth their weight in gold. Just ask Julia Hamm, the energetic and passionate President & CEO of a dynamic enterprise, the Solar Electric Power Association www.solarelectricpower.org. In…