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Understanding The Association Chapter Member Buying Journey: Why People Join

Updated: May. 4, 2026 | Categories: Membership, Meetings/Events

Learn the four different stages in a person’s decision to join an association chapter. Understand why the journey to membership matters to the person and the chapter.

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Boost Young Professional Chapter Engagement Through High-Impact Events

Updated: May. 4, 2026 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

Learn three ways to change your events to make them more engaging to millennials, the fastest-growing group of association chapter members.

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Seeing a Chapter Slowdown? Are Your Leaders Skipping Meetings?

Updated: Apr. 5, 2026 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Board Productivity

When member engagement dips, it could be due to a lack of board presence at your events. Learn the impact board member absence can have on chapters, how to explain the importance of event attendance to your board, and get ways to make it easier for them t

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Chapter Swag to Engage and Delight the Right Audiences

Updated: Apr. 5, 2026 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

Conference attendees are more interested in free items that are practical, portable, sustainable, stylish, and tech-friendly. Learn about new giveaway options that better align with people’s values and lead to stronger engagement.

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State of The Chapter Meetings Matter—It’s Time to Show Members Why

Updated: Mar. 9, 2026 | Categories: Goal Setting, Meetings/Events

Learn how a State-of-the-Chapter meeting, All-Hands or Town Hall, plays an important role in helping membership understand and discuss the state of the chapter, where it’s going, and how everyone is part of driving a chapter’s future.

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Hosting Chapter Events That Cut Through The End-of-Year Chaos

Updated: Dec. 9, 2025 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

Learn six ways to create year-end association chapter events that break through the clutter, get more people to show up and enjoy themselves.

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Building the Future, One Puppy at a Time: Using a Wellness Lounge to connect Chapters with the Next Generation

Updated: Nov. 10, 2025 | Categories: Membership, Meetings/Events

What if your next new member encountered your organization while petting a therapy dog, painting a picture or drinking tea? Learn why and how a chapter wellness lounge can support students while subtly connecting them to your chapter.

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5 Ways Association Chapters Can Make An Impact Around Thanksgiving

Updated: Oct. 6, 2025 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

Association chapter members want to give back to their communities around Thanksgiving. Get five chapter service event ideas to hold this fall to keep members from choosing between your chapter and other activities.

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Including LinkedIn in an Association Chapter’s Social Media Plan; 3 Ways to Create a Strong LinkedIn Chapter Page

Updated: Oct. 6, 2025 | Categories: Member Communications, Meetings/Events

Learn why LinkedIn chapter pages can be an effective part of a chapter’s social media plan and get three ideas for creating a strong LinkedIn chapter page.

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End-of-Year Chapter Socials Should be More Than Holiday Parties

Updated: Jan. 21, 2026 | Categories: Member Communications, Goal Setting, Meetings/Events

Learn seven ideas for improving your chapter’s end-of-year event. With thoughtful planning, it can strengthen your chapter community, spotlight your achievements and lay the groundwork for what’s going to happen in the next year and beyond.

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5 Ways to Bridge the Chapter Generational Gap

Updated: Sep. 9, 2025 | Categories: Member Communications, Meetings/Events

Learn five strategies to help you recognize, understand and bridge your chapter generational gaps, to better innovate and connect with all your members.

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Bring Your Child to Your Chapter Day

Updated: Aug. 5, 2025 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

Learn why association chapters are a perfect fit for holding take Your Child to Work events and Get five ideas for holding a Bring Your Child to Your Chapter events.

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Could a golf event be right for your chapter? 5 areas to assess

Updated: May. 27, 2025 | Categories: Fundraising, Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

Learn the five benefits of association chapter golf tournaments. See the five questions to ask to know if a golf event is right for your chapter.

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5 Ways to Increase Chapter Virtual Event Attendance

Updated: Mar. 10, 2025 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

Learn five ways to increase attendance at your virtual chapter events, whether networking, educational, speakers or other programming.

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Embracing AI in Association Chapters: Opportunities and Benefits

Updated: Jan. 16, 2026 | Categories: Membership, Meetings/Events

Learn why association chapters should consider using artificial intelligence. Understand how chapters, and their members can benefit from implementing AI for everything from data analysis to event management.

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Celebrating Your Association Chapter Anniversary

Updated: Feb. 3, 2025 | Categories: Member Communications, Meetings/Events

With all that chapters need to do to run effectively, anniversary celebrations tend to sneak up. Learn five tasks that can help you deliver outstanding, repeatable chapter anniversary experiences.

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Give Your Introverts Eight Ways to Thrive in Chapter Meetings

Updated: Dec. 8, 2024 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

Learn eight ways to help members and member guests be more comfortable attending your chapter meetings and events. Self-care and self-promotion don’t have to be uncomfortable for those attending your meetings.

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5 Places to Find Speakers for Your Association Chapter Event

Updated: Nov. 4, 2024 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

You know the kind of speaker you want for your chapter meeting, but do you know where to find them? Learn five sources for effective chapter speakers.

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Turn The Format of Your Chapter Lunch & Learns Upside Down

Updated: Nov. 4, 2024 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

As the time chapter members have, and take, for lunch continues to drop, so does attendance at traditional lunch and learns. Learn four ways to engage members virtually and give them what they need to recharge quickly.

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Ask meeting attendees the right questions to create the events they want to attend

Updated: Oct. 7, 2024 | Categories: Membership, Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

Learn how including expanded questions and answers in chapter registration and follow up surveys can help chapters hold better events.

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How’s your association chapter’s diversity & inclusion programming?

Updated: May. 3, 2024 | Categories: Member Communications, Meetings/Events

To learn how to add the right DEI programming to association chapters, we spoke with Lisa Pecina, CLM, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, and Stephanie Henshaw, Kansas City Missouri chapter of the Association of Legal Administrators.

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Hold cross-industry meetings to expand your members’ perspective

Updated: Apr. 9, 2024 | Categories: Membership, Meetings/Events

Learn about cross-industry association chapter partnerships and how they can benefit members of all the organizations that are involved.

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How to Structure your Virtual Meetings to Engage

Updated: Apr. 9, 2024 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

Learn ways to structure your virtual meetings to give your introverted members what they need to make them feel included and engaged.

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Holding Neuro-inclusive Events That Deliver For All Association Chapter Members

Updated: Feb. 5, 2024 | Categories: Member Communications, Meetings/Events

Learn three ways to better connect with your association chapter neurodivergent members and member guests and make your association chapter events more neuro-inclusive. And learn how to make events better for all attendees.

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2024 Association Chapter Event Ticket Pricing Actions to Take Now

Updated: Jan. 9, 2024 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Revenues

Learn five 2024 association chapter event pricing trends that will help you set the right price for your events and attract the numbers of people you were counting on.

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Make the end of your association chapter year inclusive and enjoyable for everyone

Updated: Dec. 4, 2023 | Categories: Membership, Meetings/Events

The holiday season is a great time to show association chapter members you see them. Make your association chapter end-of-year party and events and activities throughout the year inclusive and enjoyable for all members.

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Bringing more value to your association chapter event registration process

Updated: Nov. 7, 2023 | Categories: Member Communications, Meetings/Events

Learn how adding a question to your online event registration can improve the event experience for members, member guests, sponsors and other audiences, while improving how you serve those audiences outside of the event.

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The checklist to Improve association chapter events and member engagement

Updated: Oct. 9, 2023 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

An association chapter checklist can help you make the most of your association chapter events. Learn the three critical things to include in your association chapter checklist.

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Hold family friendly association chapter events and watch attendance rise

Updated: Jul. 10, 2023 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

Members want to attend association chapter events, but childcare shouldn’t be one of the reasons they give for not attending your in-person ones. Learn two ways to make your association chapter events more parent- and child-friendly.

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Writing the association chapter event descriptions that bring in members

Updated: Jul. 10, 2023 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Website

An association chapter event description could be the only information a potential attendee gets about your event. Here are six ways you can ensure you have strong association chapter event titles and descriptions.

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How to engage young professionals in networking to give them the key to the hidden job market

Updated: Jun. 5, 2023 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement, Decreasing Membership

Chapter networking can help young professional association chapter members find jobs and members fill open positions. Learn why you need to make time for association chapter networking and five things young professionals should know about networking.

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Experience events – the future of in-person association chapter events

Updated: May. 2, 2023 | Categories: Meetings/Events

Association chapters are rethinking events and turning some of theirs into association chapter experiences. Experiences are a highly effective way to bring in members and connect them to chapters.

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Turn Your Meeting Archives Into A Robust Association Chapter Resource

Updated: Apr. 26, 2023 | Categories: Member Communications, Meetings/Events, Website, Low Engagement

Give your association chapter meeting resources a purpose and deliver multiple benefits to your association chapter and all those you interact with.

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Getting members back to in-person events – how to approach the different meeting personalities you need to engage

Updated: Jan. 10, 2023 | Categories: Meetings/Events

There are different types of association chapter in-person event attendees. Provide the information each needs to be comfortable in-person and there’s a better chance they’ll come. Here are ideas for connecting with each type.

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10 Ways to Make Meaningful Connections in Association Chapter Networking Events - a conversation with NACE’s Sarah James

Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 | Categories: Meetings/Events

Sarah James, former NACE Alamo program chair and now member of the NACE national board discusses how to make association chapter networking events engaging, interesting, and relevant for everyone.

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Why You Should Consider Asynchrony for Association Chapter Events

Updated: Jan. 11, 2023 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

It’s important to understand why asynchronous virtual programming may be what your association chapter members are looking for right now.

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Back to Basics: Hold the In-Person Events that Bring in Diverse Audiences

Updated: Feb. 8, 2022 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

What did you do when your chapter was first starting to get people to come to your events? It could be time to incorporate some of that back into your association chapter meeting planning.

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8 Do’s and Don’ts of Successful Virtual Meetings

Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

Here are a few things association chapters should keep in mind as they plan future virtual events to help ensure they deliver a strong event.

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Should Virtual-First be the New Normal for your Chapter?

Updated: Apr. 1, 2022 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

As association chapters look for ways to increase member engagement, some have begun meeting in person again and are exploring the role of virtual events in member engagement.

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Hosting Virtual Lunch & Learns Everyone Will Love

Updated: Dec. 7, 2021 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

Learn ways to hold association chapter virtual Lunch and Learns that are as educational and enjoyable as in-person Lunch and Learns. Create virtual events people want to attend.

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5 Association Chapter COVID-19 Trends Staying and Going

Updated: Oct. 11, 2021 | Categories: Meetings/Events

Many association chapters that adjusted their programming during the COVID-19 pandemic are seeing if these adjustments still give members what they need. Here are three association chapter program trends we believe will continue, and two that may not.

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Include Virtual Continuing Education in Your Membership Engagement Best Practices

Updated: Aug. 10, 2021 | Categories: Meetings/Events

Some association chapters are providing their continuing education virtually. Here are four of the benefits virtual continuing education offers association chapters and their members.

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5 Ways to Make Your Association Chapter Virtual Meetings Introvert Friendly

Updated: Jun. 7, 2021 | Categories: Meetings/Events, Low Engagement

What can you do to ensure introverted meeting attendees feel connected to your association chapter meetings? Here are five ways to make your association chapter virtual meetings more introvert friendly.

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Use Virtual Meeting Training to Improve the Success of Your Virtual Events

Updated: Jun. 7, 2021 | Categories: Meetings/Events

Provide meeting guidance and direction at the start of a virtual meeting, to help ensure everyone understands their role and your expectations. Give a quick overview once everyone has logged on before you start the meeting.

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3 Ways to Improve Networking in Your Virtual Continuing Education

Updated: Apr. 5, 2021 | Categories: Meetings/Events

Learn how to help ensure the networking at your virtual continuing education events, and your other virtual events, better connect attendees to what they’ll be learning, and to each other.

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5 Hybrid Event Ideas for Strong Association Chapter Events

Updated: Jan. 11, 2021 | Categories: Meetings/Events

Hybrid events allow for small local gatherings that are also broadcast to remote attendees and/or remote sites. Here are five hybrid event ideas that can help shape your association membership engagement strategies.

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Your Audio-Visual Kit: Technology Tips for Holding Compelling Association Chapter Hybrid Meetings

Updated: Jan. 11, 2021 | Categories: Meetings/Events

Technology and audio-visual best practices used to improve sound and video quality and the experience of all meeting attendees.

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Association Member Engagement Strategies for Running a Chapter in the “New Normal”

Updated: Dec. 8, 2020 | Categories: Meetings/Events

Association member engagement strategy chapter leadership should consider in their current planning to run their chapters more effectively now and make stronger connections that will survive for the longer-term.

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How to Anticipate Your Association Members’ Event Preferences During Uncertain Times

Updated: Nov. 2, 2020 | Categories: Meetings/Events

The way in which members want to meet today as a chapter might not be the same as what they wanted to three months or even three weeks ago. Chapters need more insight into how your members need you to be operating right now.

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How Can Virtual and Hybrid Event Content Help Association Membership Recruitment?

Updated: Nov. 2, 2020 | Categories: Meetings/Events

Recruiting new members during the pandemic is critical to your chapter’s success. Make your virtual events stand out for potential members through the options you offer existing members.

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