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It's a great question and one that stumps so many of us. Fortunately, Belinda Moore of Strategic Membership Solutions has some answers. In this article, Belinda shares...
Since 2016, Chapter/Component Benchmarking research has uncovered evolving best practices. In 2022, we amplified insights by bringing in CEOs and chapter leaders. Now,...
In a recent LI post, association pro Lowell Aplebaum, EdD, FASAE, CAE, CPF reminds us that “when the person leading the room is running on empty, the whole system feels...
What if your chapters held the key to better member education? Discover how to build a collaborative content model that taps into volunteer expertise. Associations are...
The 2025 edition of the Association Evolve Journal came out earlier this year! Once again, Mariner SME’s Peter Houstle and Peggy Hoffman were invited to share their...
On March 11, Peggy Hoffman chatted with Kelly Whelan from Higher Logic's The Member Engagement Show on the current state of association volunteer systems. During the...
If you’ve been in the association space for a while, you know change is nothing new. We’ve seen shifts before, but this time it feels different. The pandemic forced us...
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Coming to you with a request – one that will benefit you! We’re proud to partner with Belinda Moore – who’s the editor of the well-regarded Associations Evolve Journal...
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New ASAE Research Foundation report reveals a disconnect between what association volunteers do and the value they deliver. Leaders can, however, close the gap with...
While 2020 may have disrupted many chapters, prompting the question “are chapters worth the effort,” it also opened a door to a new way of thinking about chapter...
A healthy chapter program delivers valuable benefits for an association. It drives member engagement, member satisfaction, and overall member growth. At the same time,...
Associations stand at a crossroads. We have more types and greater amounts of data readily available to us than ever before, and the cost of the tools needed to process...
A Look At What’s Changing for Chapters While we all felt the rumblings in chapters before 2020, the past 22 months have been an exercise in jumping over deepening...
Member Volunteers bring passion to their work... What they don’t always have are the leadership and team skills needed to make the most of that passion. Tapping...
A healthy chapter program delivers valuable benefits for an association. It drives member engagement, member satisfaction, and overall member growth. At the same time,...
Mariner Management in collaboration with Billhighway and researcher Kevin Whorton, Whorton Marketing & Research, launched this second edition of the chapter...
Chapters have been around as long as associations and in quite a few instances pre-date their respective national/international association. The need to have the...
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