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How to Engage Different Personalities
When in doubt, design engagement for introverts. Here are three ideas.
Members and Associations: Who Supports Who?
Sometimes, associations seem like a lot of time and money for potential members. Here’s how you let them know that you are there to support them.
Got Potential Volunteers Who Are Afraid to Step Up?
Three ideas for creating a more robust volunteer pipeline and great volunteer engagement.
Alternatives to Virtual Onboarding Events
The New Member Engagement Study says virtual onboarding events are crucial to many orientation plans. But they might not work for every member, so here is a pile of alternatives.
What Do You Do About Latecomers?
How do you engage the latecomers, the early-birds, and those who joined Zoom on time—all simultaneously?
How to Out Competition the Competition
How do you engage members when they could also join a large, well-funded association with all the bells and whistles? No worries, you can!
Goodbye Networking, Hello Community-Building
What if we gave networking an upgrade and focused on community building instead?
Early Engagement is Fleeting.
New members and first-time attendees need different strategies before they will engage.
Unusual Lessons Learned
Step 2 in this three-step process is about answering unusual questions to reveal insightful lessons learned.
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.
The Secret to Attracting New Members
Marketing, advertising, emails, and social media might get you more new members. And there’s another tactic that will likely get you the MOST new members.
How Do You Know How Exhibitors Want to Engage?
What kind of ROI are exhibitors looking for?
Scaling New Member Engagement - Part 2
More ideas for warmly welcoming each member (especially when you have many members joining at once.)
Scaling New Member Engagement
How do we help each member feel not like they joined with 1,000 other people but like they are the only ones who joined today?
The Secret for Winning Back Your Long-Time Members
Do you see engagement trail off for your long-time members? This is common, but it doesn’t have to be this way.