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Use This Small Secret to Engage Your Members
There’s a powerful yet often overlooked engagement strategy—micro-permissions.
Start to Notice What is Anti-Engaging to Be Engaging
Doing things the way they’ve always been done can drive people away before they have a chance to get all the fabulous value, so let’s turn everything that is anti-engaging on its head so that you can attract people in droves.
Why Do We Have to Earn Permission?
The permission-based mindset is another strategy to help you engage your members with micro-experiences.
Use the 5-Minute Rule for Engaging Online Events
There are three reasons why the first few minutes of an online event are the most crucial.
Engage with Super Engaging Virtual Meetings
5 ways to improve virtual attendee engagement by focusing on just the first few minutes.
Collaboration is the New Association Content
Most association content is uni-directional. Collaboration changes all that.
How to Engage Different Personalities
When in doubt, design engagement for introverts. Here are three ideas.
What Do You Do About Latecomers?
How do you engage the latecomers, the early-birds, and those who joined Zoom on time—all simultaneously?
Early Engagement is Fleeting.
New members and first-time attendees need different strategies before they will engage.
Our Approach to Membership Needs Something Radically Different
Most organizations, and when I say “organizations,” I mean ALL organizations, for-profit, non-profit, and governments, are not focusing on a critical element that leads to engagement.
Are Your Exhibitors Engaging Enough?
You need to engage exhibitors, and one way to do that is by helping them get a great ROI while they are exhibiting at your event and provide a great attendee experience while they are at it.
Have I ever told you my hat story?
Do you like hats? Well, we wear these two hats every day, and the problem is when we take off one, we forget about the other.
Are People Becoming Too Busy to Engage?
There’s a busyness epidemic, and it is impacting engagement.
We Always Have Permission
You can give yourself, your staff, and your volunteer leaders permission anytime, anywhere.
No Pressure or Nerves are Required (This is Just a Test)
Two more ways to take the pressure off when you are trying your next new thing.
Virtual Connections Ease IRL-Meeting Anxiety
Imagine what engagement could look like if many more in-person events were introduced and extended with virtual events!
Start Creating the Right Community Culture at Your Next Event
We can model the culture that will benefit our members and attendees the most.
Can You Really Measure Soft Fluffy Engagement?
Are our usual ‘hard metics’ up to the task of measuring something as emotional as engagement?