Tag Archives: associations

Bean Bites: Follow these 3 essential steps to make content connections through taxonomy

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Layla Masri
Associations Now picked Bean’s brains for the three key steps to building strategic taxonomy for your website. Taxonomy is essential for …
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Ready to disrupt the boring annual meeting and conference experience?

Posted on May 24, 2017 by Layla Masri
I’m not a meeting planner, but I attend and speak at a fair number of events. And I know a …
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The biggest deal in the history of association technology just went down. What are the ramifications?

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Layla Masri
Yesterday Abila, Aptify, and YourMembership were all purchased and put under a single umbrella called Community Brands. This is likely …
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Should your event have its own website?

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Layla Masri
I recently had a conversation with several association executives on the topic of whether it’s best to have a separate …
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Five tenets of gamification planning

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Layla Masri
We just presented at ASAE’s annual meeting on how incorporate game strategy to increase participation, loyalty, user generated content and …
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Five key considerations for associations looking to ditch all-in-one tech platforms

Posted on May 19, 2014 by Layla Masri
Using a single system to run your association’s CMS, AMS, events, community tools, etc. is rarely effective. Here’s how to …
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