Want to throw an amazing association event? Three keys to making it work
Throwing a truly spectacular event can be an enormous boon to your association. However, it’s a lot of work. Whether your association has never thrown an event, or you’ve hosted dozens and are hoping to take it to the next level, events require planning. This is not something that can be haphazardly thrown together at […]
Building a Mentorship Program for your Association
Your association may be missing out on a powerful tool: mentorships. Associations are meant to unite members through a common goal or interest. A mentorship program is merely the next step. Why do I need a mentorship program? Creating a mentorship program provides tangible support of membership benefits. Members join associations, in part, for networking […]
Leveraging LinkedIn for Associations
Social media can be a low-cost tool for associations. The various platforms allow associations to drive membership and engage with existing members. LinkedIn has remained a place for professional interactions since its beginning, and continues to offer valuable resources. It has become a hub of expert advice, networking and awareness. LinkedIn offers helpful step-by-step instructions […]
Division of American Library Association Finds Success with New Publishing App
When it came time for Choice to facilitate a technology overhaul, building a new part was a necessary component. Choice is a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), which falls under the umbrella of the American Library Association. Their publications include Choice magazine and the Choice Reviews database. Updating Technology […]
Announcing an exciting new ebook for associations!
Associations face many challenges, and in this day and age it can be a struggle to survive. Walsworth wants to help, and we’ve done so by creating a new eBook to assist associations with membership growth and retention called Making it Easier. CornerstonesThis eBook builds upon four cornerstones: engage, retain, balance and sustain. It covers […]
Managing the Mix of Print and Digital Communications
More than 40 percent of association members consider industry information a top benefit of belonging, according to a 2016 study conducted by Abila. This ranks ahead of every other benefit except providing a code of ethics. Associations have long been the purveyors of authoritative content about the professions and industries they serve, but the ways […]
How to Improve Association Member Retention to Increase Revenue
“Duct tape,” said Sandra Giarde, CAE, executive director of the California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA), when asked about the secret of her organization’s successful member retention program. All kidding aside, CLCA must be doing something right, given their 87% retention rate. How do they do it? Making member retention easy, well, isn’t that easy. Different […]
How To Engage Millennials and Boost Association Membership
In their book, “When Millennials Take Over: Preparing for the Ridiculously Optimistic Future of Business,” authors Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant enlighten their readers with four hallmarks of office cultures that are well-positioned to attract and retain millennial employees. Increasingly, the authors found that these four hallmarks can also apply to millennials as association members […]
Member Engagement Scoring Made Easy
When it comes to retention, you know member engagement is the name of the game. Industry research proves — unequivocally — that engaged members are more likely to renew. Several AMS database companies include engagement scoring modules in their software, but configuring those modules (determining which actions to score, how many points to assign to […]
