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Reasons Why Members Recommend Association Membership To Colleagues

Tweet What influences someone to join a nonprofit association? According to a 2012 association study, recommendations from advisors, colleagues, experts, families and friends has the most influence on a person’s decision to join an association. 32% of association members state that they joined based on the recommendation of another person. 14% received recommendations from families…

How Do You Measure The ROI Of An Association’s Membership Dues?

Tweet How do you measure the ROI of your association membership dues? What is the value of your association membership? What dollar amount would you put on the value of your membership? What tangible benefits do you receive by joining an association? How do you choose which association you’re going to join each year? Is…

Death By Association: Do Association Leaders Consider Social Media Their Competitor, Partner Or Neither?

Tweet On this week’s Twitter association chat #assnchat, Susan Kuhn Frost, @sweetSue, a small business owner, author and blogger who consults individuals, small businesses and organizations, and a former association executive, had an interesting response to moderator Robert Johnson, @rjohnston and me. Robert asked the group “How best to balance association use of base communities…

10 Reasons Why Social Media Is Right For Your Chapter Association

Tweet If you’re like many associations and association chapters, you are not convinced social media is for your organization. Your volunteer and chapter activities already take a lot of time and you have no idea how to get started with social media, or even if you want to add one more thing to your daily…

Participation Is The New Black & Transparency Is The New Gray.

Tweet Blogger Steve Woodruff recently published a free eBook: Build Your Own Opportunity Network: Getting Started In Social Networking with the purpose of helping people that are new to the social space network online more effectively. Woodruff describes social networking as a safety net that provides the greatest opportunities for you to build ties of shared…