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.

Spring Strategies for Nurturing and Growing Chapter Membership

Updated: Apr. 5, 2026  |  Categories: Membership, Low Engagement  

Learn some of the best practices chapters can use to improve membership and engagement. And hear from Morgan Frideres, PRSA Iowa Chapter - Newsletter & Social Media Chair, about how PRSA Iowa works to better engage members.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Improve Chapter Email Engagement With Behavioral Science: A Primer From Nancy Harhut

Updated: Jul. 7, 2025  |  Categories: Member Communications, Low Engagement  

Learn seven ways to improve association chapter email engagement using Nancy Harhut’s seven behavioral science techniques.

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.

Is taking a summer chapter break right for your chapter?

Updated: May. 27, 2025  |  Categories: Board Productivity, Low Engagement  

Learn the pros and cons of taking the summer off from chapter activities. See how doing a few things over the summer could help keep your board and your members engaged and involved.

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.

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.

Association Chapter Follow Up Calls that Work

Updated: Dec. 8, 2024  |  Categories: Member Communications, Low Engagement  

Learn the important things to include in post meeting phone calls with member guests, including what to ask, what to listen for and how to respond. Build rapport with member guests that could lead to increased chapter membership.

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.

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.

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.

How to Highlight your Industry and Engage Younger Members: a conversation with Madie Kiser, president, CPCU Charlotte

Updated: Sep. 10, 2024  |  Categories: Membership, Low Engagement  

Hear from Madie Kiser, president of The Institutes CPCU Society, Charlotte chapter about using their annual CPCU Insurance Day “I Day” to broaden young peoples’ knowledge of their industry and better engage them. Learn five ways to promote your chapter’s

Could a chapter association recognition day help with recruitment?

Updated: Jul. 25, 2024  |  Categories: Low Engagement, Volunteer Recruitment  

Learn how an association awareness day can give your chapter the visibility and relevance it needs to bring in younger members. Get ideas for holding an effective awareness event.

Increase your chapter member engagement – have you tried a member loyalty program?

Updated: Jun. 3, 2024  |  Categories: Goal Setting, Low Engagement  

Learn how loyalty programs can work for association chapters. Get ideas for creating the right points-based loyalty program for your chapter.

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.

Three Ways To Give Your Association Chapter Members The Local Content They Need

Updated: Mar. 4, 2024  |  Categories: Low Engagement, Lack of Resources  

Learn three ways to get started providing your association chapter members the local content they need through a members-only digital content hub.

The hidden costs of ignoring your association chapter’s online presence

Updated: Oct. 9, 2023  |  Categories: Website, Low Engagement, Decreasing Membership  

Stale websites, inaccessible PDFs and old social media can cause your audiences to think your chapter can’t give them what they need. These perceptions can translate to less traffic, limited reach and decreased engagement and membership.

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.

People join associations for more than continuing education and networking

Updated: Sep. 11, 2023  |  Categories: Member Communications, Low Engagement  

3 ways to embrace generative AI in your association chapter

Updated: Sep. 11, 2023  |  Categories: Website, Low Engagement  

Learn three ways association chapters can use generative AI to make everything they do easier, stronger and more effective. With less effort.

Up your website game and increase local member value

Updated: Sep. 12, 2023  |  Categories: Website, Low Engagement  

If you’re watching your association chapter membership stagnate or drop, your website quality could be part of the problem. Learn five ways to improve your member value and better engage everyone who visits it.

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.

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.

Re-engaging association chapter members after the height of the pandemic

Updated: May. 2, 2023  |  Categories: Low Engagement  

Learn three ways to give association chapter members what they need to engage and (re)engage, with your association chapter, in-person and virtually.

Share Your Association Chapter’s Strategic Plan, And Make Members A More Considered Part Of That Plan

Updated: Apr. 26, 2023  |  Categories: Member Communications, Board Productivity, Low Engagement  

Including chapter membership in the review of your association chapter strategic plan will help ensure the decisions your board makes are the right ones, while getting your membership more committed to your vision.

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.

5 ways to improve engagement through association chapter member new year’s resolutions

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023  |  Categories: Low Engagement  

5 ways to help your members make their new year’s resolutions stick, while tying professional development and chapter engagement to those resolutions.

4 benefits of a public forum on your association chapter website (and ideas for sustaining one!)

Updated: Jan. 9, 2023  |  Categories: Low Engagement  

Four ways online association chapter forums can strengthen chapter communities outside of regular engagement, and give you increased loyalty, retention and growth.

Help your association chapter members justify attending your event

Updated: Nov. 7, 2022  |  Categories: Low Engagement  

Learn why people attend association chapter events, what they want from them, and how they can easily see your event (whether a monthly meeting, networking or a multi-day conference) provides what they need.

7 ways to bring more people to your association chapter meetings and events

Updated: Sep. 12, 2022  |  Categories: Low Engagement  

Update your association chapter event process to make your meetings memorable and the ones people want to attend. Most of these ideas require just a little planning, time, and a volunteer or two.

Association chapter networking – got Millennials and Gen Z members in the room?

Updated: Jun. 6, 2022  |  Categories: Low Engagement  

Networking remains critical to millennial and generation Z differentiation and overall career success. But they’re forgoing traditional networking. Here are ways to give them what they want.

8 ways to make your virtual meeting breakout rooms successful

Updated: May. 2, 2022  |  Categories: Low Engagement  

Breakout rooms add the depth and interest to your virtual events that your members long for. Here are eight ways you can have better breakout rooms at your next virtual meeting.

Hosting a Successful Virtual Panel Meeting

Updated: Apr. 4, 2022  |  Categories: Low Engagement  

Panel sessions can be complicated to manage and execute. But the outcomes are worth it. Here are things to consider as you plan your next panel event to make it the best it can be.

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.

3 Communication Shifts You Should Consider for Your New Member Engagement Planning

Updated: Jan. 10, 2023  |  Categories: Member Communications, Low Engagement  

Don’t miss any chances to gauge your new member needs. Here are 3 ways to ensure you’re giving them what they need as soon as they join your association chapter.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Better Connect with Members Virtually Using a Chapter AMS

Updated: Dec. 7, 2021  |  Categories: Low Engagement  

Learn ways to use association management software, or AMS, to improve the virtual aspects of your chapter and your membership engagement.

5 Virtual Lessons for Association Chapters

Updated: Nov. 8, 2021  |  Categories: Low Engagement  

Many chapters have found creative ways to connect with their association chapter members and guests. Read some of the lessons learned from the abundance of virtual programming.

5 Association Chapters with Strong Virtual Presence

Updated: Oct. 11, 2021  |  Categories: Low Engagement  

Several association chapters stand out when it comes to their engagement best practices during the COVID-19 pandemic; we’ve gathered five of them here. Maybe some of what they’re doing would work well for your chapter.

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.

5 Ideas to Improve Networking for Your Association Member Engagement

Updated: Mar. 28, 2024  |  Categories: Low Engagement  

With all the virtual meetings people are required to attend, for them to choose and actually enjoy your events, you’ll need to kick things up a few notches. Here are some fun virtual ideas for your next association chapter meeting.

When Was Your Association Chapter’s Last Virtual Presence Audit?

Updated: Feb. 5, 2021  |  Categories: Low Engagement  

A virtual presence audit can help get your online presence on track. Here are three areas to review to see how you’re performing, along with some ideas for closing gaps.

Why You Should Consider Including Philanthropy as a Membership Engagement Best Practice in the “New Normal”

Updated: Nov. 3, 2020  |  Categories: Low Engagement  

Here are 4 ideas for supporting your members under significant stress, like what many are experiencing with the current COVID19 pandemic.