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Looking for Chapter Models in Unlikely Places

Sat, 21 Feb 2015 17:55 ESTYet another call came in to Mariner asking about alternatives to the basic chapter model. Like so many other associations, this one was struggling to keep their chapters...

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Sending Love Out To Volunteers

Fri, 13 Feb 2015 08:36 ESTWhen volunteer leaders ask me how can I find more volunteers or how can I get them to do what they promised? My first response is have you shown them the love?We get so mired...

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Volunteer Coordinator: Chapter Resource

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 23:07 ESTAn important key to your chapter's success is cultivating volunteers and leaders. Perhaps the most important indicator for success is strong, enduring leadership. This is no...

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Deciphering the Emerging Volunteer Model

Tue, 30 Sep 2014 09:01 EDTThe conversation on volunteerism in association is shifting – in an exciting way. The questions about how to engage non-traditional volunteers and those on how rethink the...

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Ask the Thought Leader (on Volunteerism)

Tue, 30 Sep 2014 08:51 EDTIn this episode of YourMembership.com's "Ask the Thought Leader" we answer questions submitted during our recent webinar "Reimagining the Volunteer Model in Associations" with...

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Leading Across the Miles

Sat, 27 Sep 2014 13:58 EDTIncreasingly our volunteer teams are spread across town, across the state, across the country and even over country borders. It's tough enough to lead a group of volunteers,...

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Leading a Distributed Team

Sat, 27 Sep 2014 13:55 EDTThe team is spread out across the state or the region or the country - how can you lead the group effectively? This volunteer development presentation examines the must-haves...

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The Phoenix Rising

Wed, 02 Jul 2014 17:41 EDTTwo chapters I met recently are struggling. In both cases, the leaderships have kept their collective eyes and heads down over the past couple of years, muscling through the...

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Volunteers Give ... and keep on giving

Fri, 23 May 2014 16:58 EDTI’ve spent lots of time this week with many different groups of volunteers and close the week with a sense of contentment. It's been brought on by ...read more

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Chapter Performance Dashboard: Right Side up

Sat, 08 Feb 2014 09:59 ESTAs Jack Welch, management guru and former CEO of GE noted, “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” We would add an important corollary to his observation: “You manage what...

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Cultivating Association Chapters - Favorite Posts from 2013

Mon, 30 Dec 2013 17:38 ESTCultivating chapters is a tough gig but there were great ideas shared throughout 2013 to make the gig a little better. Here are a few that I bookmarked. Enjoy and let me know...

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Driving Association Components Success with Dashboards

Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:40 ESTHow can you drive association chapter and member communities success? Use a tool from the business community: performance dashboards. Presented at ASAE's Membership, Marketing...

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Why the Annual Chapter Performance Evaluation Fails

Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:24 ESTWe’ve been doing a lot of work with associations lately who are asking how to better evaluate their chapters. Most are answering that question with an annual review of some...

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Build your Chapter's Value Proposition

Sat, 30 Nov 2013 10:50 ESTTo grow your chapter, you have to have a solid value proposition. This webinar explores how to identify and then leverage your association's chapter's value proposition.

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Building your Chapter's Member Engagement

Sat, 30 Nov 2013 10:47 ESTMembers who engage renew at higher levels and post higher Net Promoter Scores which predict willingness to promote the association (think member recruitment). This webinar...

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Building Volunteer Muscle in Your Chapter

Sat, 30 Nov 2013 09:59 ESTAssociation chapters need volunteers. That's a given. Getting those volunteers is not so much a given. This webinar walks through how to build volunteer muscle in your chapter.

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Understanding the New Volunteer

Sat, 30 Nov 2013 09:32 ESTThe old model doesn't fit - yet associations are cligging to what they know. Explore the new volunteer model and you find answers to drive member engagement.

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The Mission Driven Volunteer

Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:42 EDTImagine this. One of your members has a great idea for a new service your association could provide. It’s innovative, exciting, squarely within your mission, and likely to...

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Building Engagement: ISES DC Follows Members’ Lead

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:06 ESTWe needed a new newsletter editor. The call was answered by an innovative, exciting member … who also happened to be a blogger.read more

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Building Engagement: When Failure Begets Success

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:52 ESTAbout one year ago, the Maryland Recycling Network gingerly began its foray in social media. We followed the best advice we found and marched confidently forward … right into...

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