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March 31, 2022 By Amanda Kaiser

We’ve Been Listening to the Association Community

The super-popular New Member Engagement Study is back and better than ever! Please do join us in today’s launch!

Filed Under: Member Engagement Tagged With: new member, new member engagement, new member experiences, new member onboarding, new member orientation, new member welcoming, onboarding, orientation, welcoming

March 29, 2022 By Amanda Kaiser

Listening to the Untrue and Sometimes Mean Voices In Our Heads

A voice inside your mind encourages you to maintain the status quo, keep your head down, and stay small.

Filed Under: Association Strategy Tagged With: association change, association innovation, forward-leaning staff, ideas, new product ideas, resistance, staff culture

March 24, 2022 By Amanda Kaiser

Uncommon Ideas that Build Engagement

The list of the building blocks of engagement is by no means exhaustive. What feelings, behaviors, or ideas would you add?

Filed Under: Member Engagement Tagged With: association innovation, attendee engagement, attendee experience, being approachable, belonging, connection, conversation, creating member experiences, kindness, member engagement, new member experiences, personal connection

March 22, 2022 By Amanda Kaiser

When Members Are Too Scared to Participate

Help your members by nudging them to early participation. Early participation might help them avoid the super awkward non-participation gap.

Filed Under: Conference, Member Experience Tagged With: belonging, co-creation, collaborate, community, Home - Featured, member participation, networking, participate, problem-solve, virtual networking

March 17, 2022 By Amanda Kaiser

Are You a Lucky Person?

Luck probably shouldn’t be a key ingredient of a strategic plan, but that doesn’t mean we can’t try to attract some.

Filed Under: Association Strategy Tagged With: continuous innovation, creating member experiences, engagement, future, future focused, generous, innovation process, kind, luck, member engagement, member experiences, open

March 15, 2022 By Amanda Kaiser

Fear Makes Us Feel Small

How can you get members and attendees to participate early in the program before fear convinces them to play small?

Filed Under: Conference, Member Experience Tagged With: attendee engagement, attendee experience, conference, conference experience, networking, participant, virtual conference, virtual networking

March 10, 2022 By Amanda Kaiser

How to Simplify When Decisions Are Super Complex

Five questions to ask when things get complex.

Filed Under: Association Innovation, Association Strategy Tagged With: association change, association innovation, barriers, creating member experiences, engagement, forward thinking, future, future focused, member engagement, member experiences

March 8, 2022 By Amanda Kaiser

Rapidly Shift Your Creative Lens

When to shift from pursuing what we think members want to what members want.

Filed Under: Association Innovation Tagged With: beta testing, conference innovation, experiments, feedback, idea process, ideas, innovation, innovation mindset, innovation practice, member feedback, practice of innovation, prototype

March 3, 2022 By Amanda Kaiser

So We Are Super Curious

Might you help us with a tiny bit of feedback?

Filed Under: Member Engagement Tagged With: first impressions, new member engagement, new member experiences, new member onboarding, new member welcoming, welcome, welcoming

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