--- title: "Social Media Roundup: Can’t-Miss Association Website Designs" id: "14632" type: "post" slug: "social-media-roundup-cant-miss-association-website-designs" published_at: "2012-11-29T22:12:17+00:00" modified_at: "2026-11-09T19:21:19+00:00" url: "https://associationsnow.com/2012/11/29/social-media-roundup-cant-miss-association-website-designs/" markdown_url: "https://associationsnow.com/2012/11/29/social-media-roundup-cant-miss-association-website-designs.md" excerpt: "19 association website designs to check out again and again. Also: New tips for membership engagement." taxonomy_category: - "Marketing / Communications" taxonomy_post_tag: - "AssociationsNow" - "Marketing" - "Member Engagement" - "Technology" - "website design" taxonomy_content_format: - "Article" taxonomy_role: - "Association CEO / Executive Director" - "Executive Team" taxonomy_persona: - "Association Professionals" --- [Home](https://associationsnow.com/) » [Articles](https://associationsnow.com/format/article/) » Social Media Roundup: Can’t-Miss Association Website Designs Is your association’s website looking a little tired? Start Googling: There’s inspiration out there. From the big associations to the little guys, there are at least 19 amazing association website designs worth taking a look at for some new ideas. Is yours No. 20? That and more in today’s Social Media Roundup: ### Website Winners [(opens in a new tab)](https://www.facebook.com/AssociationsNow/posts/502785946423030) **Best in show:**Thanks to *Associations Now*[Facebook (opens in a new tab)](https://www.facebook.com/AssociationsNow) fan Devon Hopkins, we spent the morning ogling the designs of [19 association websites (opens in a new tab)](http://socialdriver.com/2012/11/19-best-association-website-designs/) . From the National Rifle Association’s striking bald eagle homepage to the crispness of the American Cleaning Institute and a background full of produce from the National Council of Agricultural Employers, the designs that Social Driver chose as the best of the best speak for themselves. How has your association tried to revamp its website lately? (*Associations Now* blogger [Ernie Smith has been pondering this](http://associationsnow.com/2012/11/go-radical-could-myspace-and-digg-be-role-models/) , too.) ### New Tricks > My latest post: 5 member engagement solutions from [@EricLanke (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/ericlanke?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > (via [@avectra (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/avectra?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > ) [http://t.co/AxvceB6z (opens in a new tab)](http://t.co/AxvceB6z) > [#assnchat (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/hashtag/assnchat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > > — Deirdre Reid, CAE (@DeirdreReid) [November 29, 2012 (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/DeirdreReid/status/274149514464608258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) **The proposal:**Struggling to engage members? In her latest post, Avectra blogger Deirdre Reid breaks down [five tips every association executive should write down (opens in a new tab)](http://blog.avectra.com/five-member-engagement-solutions/) . Her highlights, gleaned from a webinar with Eric Lanke, CAE, CEO of the National Fluid Power Association, include making sure members have some fun, recruiting with a one-on-one philosophy, and loosening up on the structure and micromanagement for volunteers. But don’t have *too* much fun, she cautions. “Think beyond table toys, and stay away from frivolous ideas that aren’t aligned with association goals,” Reid says. (h/t [@deirdrereid (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/deirdrereid/status/274149514464608258) ) What are you talking about online? Let us know in the comments. [Chloe Thompson](https://associationsnow.com/author/chloe-thompson/) Chloe Thompson is a contributing writer to Associations Now. 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