Four Ways to Engage Former Board Members

Your board members give a lot to your organization: time, money, and energy. In many…

Getting Things Done for Clubs and Association Leaders (8-minute read)

Member Churn Can Kill Your Growth. Three Tips To Reduce Your Churn Rate

Recruit New Members with These Eight Underutilized Social Networks

Membership Management Software vs. Association Management Software

Good roundup of the differences between Membership and Association Management software, on the Guidestar Blog:

You’re searching for software for your organization, but two different types of…

Membership 180: The Question You Should NEVER Ask Your Members

The question? “What can the Chamber do for you?”

This goes to the heart of how you communicate value to your members. Your organization should know what value you provide, rather than asking…

Associations Now: A More Scientific Approach to Association Membership

Perhaps this all seems obvious, even if Lanke’s model is more carefully spelled out than most, but not all associations take great care to measure their membership tactics. In Marketing General Incorporated’s…

AssociationsNow: Obsessive Innovation — Why Associations Must Keep Turning To What’s Next

Innovation is not often the first thing that comes to mind when you think of associations. Detroit Venture Partners’ Josh Linkner offers “five obsessions of innovators”: get…