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Joe Rominiecki
Joe Rominiecki is a contributing editor to Associations Now.
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Model: Why Counting Members Isn’t Always Useful
If you overhaul your association's membership model, what was a "member" before may be something totally different after.…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Automatic Renewals: Pair a Perk With Preferred Payment
Trouble convincing members to pay dues a certain way? One association offers a key perk for free when…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
An Old-School Method for New Member Engagement
When one association saw an influx of new, younger members, one of its primary engagement tactics was decidedly…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Job Listings, In So Many Words
What is today's association membership pro asked to do? A lot, if you go by what words turn…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Memo: Job Description
The words we use to talk about membership pros.
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Rules of Engagement: New Members, New Energy
Wider eligibility calls for fresh member engagement methods.
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
This CEO Isn’t Afraid of Online Community Engagement
An association executive director shares how spending up to 20 percent of her work time in her online…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
What We’re Scoring When We’re Scoring Member Engagement
A tool for tracking and measuring member engagement can be valuable for any association—if you can decide what…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
Online Communities Reap Benefits From Volunteer, Executive Leadership
A report on the habits of highly effective online communities encourages volunteer guidance and CEO participation.
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Slate Plus: What Slate Might Learn From Associations
So you want to launch a membership program for your most avid readers? Associations have a little experience…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Let Your Member Engagement Data Show You The Way
How one association unbundled some of its benefits and packaged them around "clusters of behavior" in its member…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Seeking New Members Through Affiliate Marketing
A new association with big goals for membership gives affiliate marketing a try, in hopes of connecting with…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Craft Beer: Brewers Association Urges Members to Prioritize Quality
As craft beer continues to grow, the association for small, independent brewers is making a push to ensure…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Embezzlement: How to Give Members the Bad News
Associations that have experienced embezzlement recommend early and honest communication to maintain trust and support from members.
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
A Lesson in Quality From For-Profit Membership Programs
Associations may be more similar than we think to for-profit membership programs, where flawless service quality is a…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
More Spring Cleaning Ideas for Membership Pros
Is it finally spring yet? It's time once more to declutter your membership practices, and these five ideas…
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Embezzlement: It Could Happen to You
Recent high-profile cases of embezzlement at nonprofits remind us that fraud is a constant risk. Hear from several…
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Audits: Not What You Might Think
You may not be doing enough to cover yourself from fraud. Some tips to better audit your nonprofit.
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Rules of Engagement: Join the Membership Club
Lessons from associations' for-profit kin, the membership club.
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
The Outsize Effects of Environmental Conditions on Membership
Membership is tough work, and success often hinges on which way the wind blows in your industry. But…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Catching Up With Membership Stories, Part 2
One association professional called all 1,000 of her association's new members on the phone. Another association dug into…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Catching Up With Membership Stories, Part 1
One association launched a tiered membership structure. Another was on a 29-month membership growth streak. I followed up…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
How “Unmembership” Gets Back to the Roots of Associating
A look at one small association that tossed its membership model 12 years ago and has been thriving…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Give Members a Reason to Give You Their Data
Tech giants that swim in big data don't get all that info from surveys. It's time for associations…
