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Member Recruitment and Retention Articles by Ed Rigsbee, ROI Guy & Chief Member Evangelist. Here, you will find help to Grow Your Trade Association or Professional Society

Articles on Association Issues by Ed Rigsbee, CSP, CAE:

Important Note: Ed desires to be extremely helpful to associations and societies in their effort to better serve and recruit members. He has made much of his content available to you at no charge. As such, association staff and leadership must value Ed's unique and original content in the effort to successfully implement his ideas. Much of the content in several of the articles below is directly derived from Ed Rigsbee's forthcoming member recruitment book and from his full-day member recruitment workshop. While the actual text and many lists are available to you at no charge, the true magic of Ed's work is in his live presentations and valuation sessions. It is in these live appearances that Ed's subtlety, passion, and perspective are further revealed. If you find the content of the below articles helpful, make no mistake about it, it is in Ed's live appearances that you will receive the higher-level value; deeper understanding and the impetus to implement. Call Ed today to check his live appearance availability: 805-498-5720. 

 

Permission to Reprint: Ed Rigsbee's articles below may be reprinted hard-copy or electronically in your association/society publications provided that the short bio at the end of each article is included and a copy of the hard-copy or electronic publication is forwarded to Rigsbee Research, 1746 Calle Yucca, Suite 200, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360. Permission given for reasonable editing for space constraints and publication format. For articles electronically published, a live click-able hyperlink to www.rigsbee.com is also required. If the above parameters are not met, a payment of $300 per article, per usage, is expected. Send your check to Rigsbee Enterprises, Inc. at the above address.

The ROI Missing Link (815 words)

The Membership Value Myth (1050 words)

Shift Your Culture to that of Recruitment Evangelism (744)

Knowledge Management Should be a Member-Only Benefit (785 words)

Member Verses Industry Value—What You Need to Know (562 words)

How to Increase Your Member ROI Quotient (658 words)

Helping Your Association Members to Evangelize (645 words)

Why Today’s Associations Must Prove Their ROI (820 words)

The Rigsbee Member ROI Valuation ProcessSM (1061 words)

Selling Strategy for Association Executives (1339 Words)

Smart Member Recruitment; Use Evangelists (679 words)

The Reluctant Board of Directors (1037 words)

Successful Partnering with Contrarian Members (918 words)

Member Engagement: Foster Communities of Reciprocity (776 words)

For Whom Is All the Pomp & Circumstance? (1378 words)

Member Recruitment with an Eye on Assimilation (767 words)

Member Recruitment in a Down Economy (1226 words)

Member Recruitment: Grass Root Volunteers Vs Paid Staff Driven (1170 words)

Industry Supporters and Value Seekers; an Executive Director’s Dilemma (984 words)

Even Membership Evangelism Needs a Little Push (942 words)

Association Members Must Become Evangelists (874 words)

Member Engagement--Does Your Association Do It? (1153 words)

Association Executive Focus—Core Membership or Financial Results (659 words)

Sure Fire Member Recruitment for Trade Associations and Professional Societies (1279 words)

Valuing Your Contrarians; How to Harness Their Vigor to Grow Your Association (798 words)

Associations Deliver Value, But They Don’t Know How Much (486 words)

Can Associations Serve the Industry, and its Members? (532 words)

How Much ROI Value Does American Society for Quality Deliver to Its Members? (544 words & table)

Association Members Ask, “What’s In It For Me?” (947 words)

Project Association Member Value (581 words)

Association Executive Directors Must be Entrepreneurial (1093 words)

Effective Non-Profit Interdepartmental Partnering (829 words)

Sacred Cows in an Economic Downturn (1043 words)

When Sponsor and Member ROI Clash (589 words)  

Meeting Sponsor or Strategic Partner (657 words)

Can You? Will You? (908 words)

Associations Must Either Partner or Perish (1054 words)

Meetings: The Lost Art of Social Contact (828 words)

The Conference Conundrum (879 words)

To Get the Best Deal, Understand What Speakers Want (1430 words)

Free vs. Fee Speakers (927 words)

Videoconferencing—Friend or Foe? (933 words)

 

 


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