The concept of personal brands has been a mainstay in the professional community for 15 years, but few people truly understand what personal brand are, why they are important, or how to evaluate and elevate their own brand. Marny provides a clear guide to managing personal brands in a meaningful and impactful way, including specific steps for making small, simple and consistent changes that help change the way people are perceived by influencers in their careers.
Associations need visionaries to provide breakthrough ideas for their members. But too often, when such employees are found and hired, their tenure is much shorter than anticipated! (And maybe it's happened to you!) Bill Jerome and Curt Powell, authors of "The Disposable Visionary: a survival guide for change agents," have spent over 10 years studying the paradox of why organizations say they want to change agents and then terminate them when they persistently challenge the status quo. They will share their findings and the keys to successfully fighting internal politics and creating an association that empowers and supports new ideas and innovation.
So you have a social media presence. Great! But what is next? How do you keep users engaged? Hear 5 proven strategies from 5 panelists and learn how you can easily implement these ideas into your social media strategy.
Management of healthcare volunteers should be purposeful and strategic. Volunteers are busy with their “day jobs” and already give back to their organizations by contributing time and thought leadership, making efficiency vital. Proper recruitment and utilization of volunteers can be the difference between tremendous success or complete failure. Learn how one healthcare association’s fundraising committee has exceeded their annual goals for more than a decade, setting new milestones and achieving unprecedented participation along the way.
We will collectively discuss strategies and potential outcomes and hear and react to what actually happened. In addition, legal updates will be interspersed throughout the session.
Social media: you hear the word, you learn the strategies, but you still come up short. Get intimate help on your social media issues at this roundtable extravaganza! Topics include event marketing, starting a social account, social membership recruitment, advertising, and analytics. Have a different issue? Come anyway to listen and learn and spark new topics of conversation!
This three-part presentation will focus on the planning and approval processes for model innovation, key factors in implementation strategy, progress to date, and plans for evaluating success.
Boost your post. Advertise. Promote your business. These buttons and communications are easily ignored because of our limited social media budgets. However, boosts and advertisements can fit any budget amount with surprising results. See how you can be efficient with your advertising, reach your target market, and analyze if your promotions worked.
Many medical member societies would benefit from a digital reboot to modernize their marketing efforts and improve their customer experience. In this talk, Todd Unger, CXO of the American Medical Association gives practical digital marketing, analytics, and martech tips to help you cut through the noise while providing a roadmap to consistently recruit more members and increase member retention rates in 2019 and beyond.
There is no “one size fits” all approach to membership marketing. To meaningfully communicate the value of membership and drive member engagement, it is critical to identify your different member segments and understand their values and motivators. Personas – fictional characters created to represent different types of actual members – can help inform these efforts. The presenters will share their experiences synthesizing data from member surveys, censuses, and focus groups to develop member personas, as well as best practices for creating targeted messaging that raise awareness of membership benefits, encourage member participation, and increase retention.