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April 26, 2018 By Amanda Kaiser

Today’s Critical Deliverables Might Not Even Be Worth Working On

Association professionals get bombarded with conflicting demands.

We have to collect new member’s data correctly, but we also have to welcome them warmly.

We have to make sure each attendee gets a badge, and we have to ensure they have a great experience within the first ten seconds of the conference.

We have to send out member marketing messages, and we have to invent the next new benefit.

Do you see where I’m going with this? We have to complete every transaction flawlessly, and we have to, at the same time, deliver exceptional customer service, become innovators, and think like strategists.

The problem is we are so time-starved we tend to focus on tasks that seem to need our attention right now. Often these tasks are transactional. The problem is when we do the transactional stuff, the work our members care about most does not get done.

The next time you are creating your strategic plan assess whether all that time implementing a new AMS, or rebranding your association, or creating tiered membership categories is worth it. Can we forgo some of the big transaction-focused projects this year in favor of some significant member experience, value, or engagement projects instead?

Related:

  • Associations are way more malleable than we think they are 
  • Using association health as a guide to strategic planning
  • False patterns in associations that feel real

Filed Under: Association Strategy Tagged With: association strategy, attendee experience, member experience, member marketing, member value, membership model, technology

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