4 Qualities in a Valuable Volunteer

Good volunteers are hard to find…or so we tell ourselves. Maybe we just aren’t looking for the right combination of qualities that make someone a valuable association volunteer. Realistic time commitments We tend to think a good volunteer is one that

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Want to Grow Membership? Ask Why

For membership-based organizations, one of the most common strategic goals is to grow membership. Around the board table, at staff meetings, and among members, there is always much discussion on what the organization is doing to grow the number of

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Free E-Book: Membership Development in Focus

Want to solve all your membership development challenges? A silver bullet to propel your recruitment and retention numbers skyward so you can sit back and bask in the glory as the smartest membership specialist ever to live? Written by Amanda Bureau, CAE, CVA

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Membership 1-2-3

Is your membership flat or lagging? The knee-jerk reaction is to come up with a brilliant plan to fix your recruitment problem. But the fact is recruitment is only one factor in the equation. Picture your organization’s membership program as

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Successful Failures

Now there’s a glaring contradiction if I’ve ever heard one. “Successful failure” makes about as much sense as low-calorie fudge, cool heat, cheap diamonds, or a healthy flu. I’m talking about failures, and what we learn from them; how this

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Is Your Association Riding a Dead Horse?

That’s the craziest thing I’ve ever heard. Who would want to ride a dead horse? Who COULD ride a dead horse? Okay, I’m not being literal here; more symbolic. In this sense, “riding a dead horse” is an interestingly visual

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3 Clues Your Association Has Underappreciated Volunteers

Volunteers are the backbone of associations. Passionate members spend countless hours in tasks from the strategic to the tedious. Many volunteers follow a well-trod path of committee service or elected leadership, which often includes an orientation process based on pages in

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Successful Failures

Now there’s a glaring contradiction if I’ve ever heard one. “Successful failure” makes about as much sense as low-calorie fudge,

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