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Lisa Boylan
Lisa Boylan is a former senior editor of Associations Now.
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Tips for Growing Membership in a Pandemic—and Beyond
Bringing in new members with a health crisis in full swing and the economy reeling sounds pretty daunting.…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
Nurses Make a Personal Pledge to End Racism
The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses and the Medical-Surgical Nursing Certification Board are giving their community a platform to…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Key Member Engagement Takeaways From #ASAE20
COVID-19 upended most 2020 member engagement plans. But it also created an opportunity for associations to elevate how…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
In New Code of Conduct, Brewers Association Makes Anti-Racist Commitment
Responding to criticism amid a nationwide movement for racial justice, the Brewers Association updated its governance documents to…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
A New Report Is Bullish on Membership Growth, Even in a Pandemic
Lessons from the past, core principles that lead to associations’ survival, and new trends in member engagement are…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Lighting the Way for Women to Connect
The American Lighting Association saw a need to help women in its industry network better. Cutting to the…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Coronavirus Response: Teaming Up to Boost Supplies
NAM and Business Roundtable partnered to help states and the federal government obtain personal protective equipment and other…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Coronavirus Response: 100 Million Masks
With PPE in short supply for healthcare workers on the front lines, AHA launched a nationwide campaign to…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Education: Analytics for Student Success
NACUBO, AIR, and EDUCAUSE are helping colleges and universities increase their data savvy to drive better educational outcomes.
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
How to Factor Membership Dues Into 2021 Budgets
Trying to put together a 2021 budget based on a nonexistent crystal ball? One association found a novel…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
American Academy of Pediatrics Reckons With Past Racism
In a recent policy statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics openly confronts—and apologizes for—past racism and commits to…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Timeless Member Engagement Strategies
Keeping members engaged is often considered the hard part. One association CEO outlines key membership engagement points that…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Groups Partner to Increase Diversity in Cancer Clinical Trials
Two associations are banding together to seek solutions that will increase diversity in cancer clinical trials to accurately…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Status Change Bolsters Strength and Purpose
In an unpredictable and shifting landscape, the Fragrance Creators Association changed its associate members to active members to…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Collaborative Advocacy Push Gives Pets a Much-Needed Lifeline
An industry coalition came together quickly to ensure America’s pets had uninterrupted access to food and supplies to…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Hitting a Membership Milestone Despite Adversity
One association’s unwavering commitment to achieve a membership goal sustained it through a crisis, allowed it to reach…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
Maryland Breweries Launch Fundraising Effort to Support State Association
Associations are known for making members a top priority. Members of the Brewers Association of Maryland flipped the…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Free HR Hotline Helps Members in a Crisis
An already stressful time got even worse when the pandemic landed during the busiest part of year for…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Success Stories Amid COVID-19
The storm of COVID-19 is not over—far from it—but now is a good time to see what associations…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
A Get-Out-the-Vote Event Will Happen, With a Slight Detour
The advocacy team at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers had impressive plans to mobilize members in a pivotal…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Why Understanding Member Fiscal Health Is Key to Success
Running an association like a business, not a nonprofit, requires a good understanding of the financial viability of…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Sleep Groups Promote Solutions for Insomnia
Sometimes sleep doesn’t happen. Three associations are banding together to raise awareness about effective treatments for insomnia during…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
A New Member Onboarding Success Story
One association switched from a cumbersome, one-size-fits-all new member onboarding process to a more personalized digital one and…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
MLK’s Historic Speech to an Association Still Resonates
Fifty-three years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. addressed the American Psychological Association’s annual meeting during a time of…
