--- title: "Monday Buzz: Big Questions From Small Membership Organizations" id: "23554" type: "post" slug: "monday-buzz-big-questions-from-small-membership-organizations" published_at: "2014-06-09T17:42:50+00:00" modified_at: "2014-06-09T17:42:50+00:00" url: "https://associationsnow.com/2014/06/09/monday-buzz-big-questions-from-small-membership-organizations/" markdown_url: "https://associationsnow.com/2014/06/09/monday-buzz-big-questions-from-small-membership-organizations.md" excerpt: "A sneak peek at a new study focused on the little guys. Plus: What's the deal with cybersecurity insurance?" taxonomy_category: - "Membership" taxonomy_post_tag: - "AssociationsNow" - "Member Engagement" - "Membership" - "Small Organizations" taxonomy_content_format: - "Article" taxonomy_role: - "Association CEO / Executive Director" taxonomy_persona: - "Association Professionals" --- [Home](https://associationsnow.com/) » [Articles](https://associationsnow.com/format/article/) » Monday Buzz: Big Questions From Small Membership Organizations [Wild Apricot (opens in a new tab)](http://www.wildapricot.com/about-us) , which provides membership-management software, is in the midst of finishing its annual “Small Membership Survey Report.” Before the full write-up is released, [the company revealed a preview of its results Monday (opens in a new tab)](http://www.wildapricot.com/blogs/newsblog/2014/06/09/top-10-topics-for-small-membership-organizations) , detailing numerous topics and the questions and challenges at the forefront of organizations’ minds. Today’s findings focus on the following question: “What is the one thing we haven’t asked that you’d like to find out from your peers at other small membership organizations?” And the results range from member retention, sponsorship, and leadership to everything in between. “How do you get grants that actually allow for a payroll—as we are ALL volunteers at our organization?” one respondent asked. “How to keep volunteers engaged and enthusiastic? We have no trouble getting people to get involved, but participation wanes quickly,” another wrote. “How do you reach donors who are in the 50- [to] 60-year-old range and are not tech savvy?” yet another asked. For more questions and concerns, take a look at [Wild Apricot’s blog post (opens in a new tab)](http://www.wildapricot.com/blogs/newsblog/2014/06/09/top-10-topics-for-small-membership-organizations) , and [click here to sign up (opens in a new tab)](http://www.wildapricot.com/membership-insight-survey) for your copy of the report. ### Tweet of the Day > Self-motivated learners are more likely to take full advantage of member education [http://t.co/3oQ0ZHFlBF (opens in a new tab)](http://t.co/3oQ0ZHFlBF) > [#assnchat (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/hashtag/assnchat?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/L9zkQGp25a (opens in a new tab)](http://t.co/L9zkQGp25a) > > — Digitec Interactive (@digitec) [June 9, 2014 (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/digitec/status/476005669326585856?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) So how do you make sure those self-motivated learners are engaged with your association? [Digitec Interactive (opens in a new tab)](http://www.knowledgedirectweb.com/) has a [rundown right here (opens in a new tab)](http://www.knowledgedirectweb.com/secret-to-creating-self-motivated-learners/) . ### Other good reads **Do you have cybersecurity insurance?** Reporters Nicole Perlroth and Elizabeth A. Harris thoroughly examine the ins and outs of the increasingly popular policies [in this New York Times story (opens in a new tab)](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/09/business/cyberattack-insurance-a-challenge-for-business.html) . **Online video is all the rage,** but how accessible is your association’s content to the hearing impaired? [Meetings Focus reminds (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/meetingsfocus/status/475760684274552832) us of the [Federal Communications Commission’s rules (opens in a new tab)](https://www.fcc.gov/guides/captioning-internet-video-programming) on closed-captioning video. **In addition to the events** we highlighted in [last week’s Conference Circuit](http://associationsnow.com/2014/06/conference-circuit-e3-high-score-associations/) , *SocialFish* [points out a few more handy conferences and webinars (opens in a new tab)](http://www.socialfish.org/2014/06/how-associations-are-rebranding-themselves-for-relevancy.html) , including one titled “How Associations Are Rebranding Themselves for Relevancy.” **The dangers of your CEO** not being in the know have been underscored by [four recent incidents of leaders (opens in a new tab)](http://www.scdgroup.net/2014/06/role-of-ceos-in-knowing-whats-happening.html) being left in the dark, according to [Steve Drake (opens in a new tab)](https://twitter.com/SteveDrake) . 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