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Best practices for livestreaming and rebroadcasting your learning events

Discover best practices for livestreaming and rebroadcasting learning events. Expand your reach, engage more learners, and enhance accessibility with our expert tips. Download now!

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CE Course Creation Made Easy with Freestone LMS

Discover how to easily and efficiently create CE courses with Freestone LMS in this 15-minute on-demand webinar.

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2024 Association Trends Study

Read the 2024 Association Trends Study to discover the latest technology insights and provide greater member value and meet your goals.

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Maximizing Member Engagement Through a Seamless Learning Experience

Maximize member engagement with a streamlined learning experience. Join our expert-led on-demand session to learn how Freestone LMS and YourMembership AMS can transform your association.

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Embrace your association’s future with Artificial Intelligence

How to leverage AI to attract and retain Generation Z members.

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2024 Association Trends Study Reveal Webinar

The results are in! Join Momentive Software (formerly Community Brands) for a deep dive into the comprehensive findings of the 2024 Association Trends Study.

Customer Success

American Society on Aging (ASA)

Find out how the American Society on Aging achieved their dreams with Freestone and NetForum AMS.

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Leveraging Reporting and KPIs for Strategic CE Delivery

Join us on-demand to elevate your CE program with our expert webinar on leveraging reporting and KPIs. Gain insights to improve content quality and learner engagement.

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The LMS buyer’s guide for organizations

Read our guide to discover what your organization should look for when purchasing its next LMS.

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Advancing Professional Excellence: Best Practices for Continuing Professional Education for CPAs

Join us on-demand to learn best practices to elevate your continuing professional education (CPE) program with engaging, high-quality content in a variety of delivery modes to meet your learners’ needs.

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Mastering Medical Education: Best Practices for CME

Learn how to deliver high-quality continuing medical education with our 15-minute on-demand webinar. Gain insights on creating impactful CME programs. Watch now to transform your educational offerings!

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Navigating Legal Education: Best Practices for CLE

Join us on-demand for practical tips and best practices to enhance and streamline your continuing legal education (CLE) program. Discover how the right learning management system (LMS) can enhance your CLE program.

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Monetizing Learning: Strategies to Boost Non-Dues Revenue with Your LMS

Discover innovative strategies to boost non-dues revenue with your learning management system. Join and watch now to learn how to make your LMS a significant profit center.

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Drive non-dues revenue at your continuing education program

Learn proven strategies to meet your learner’s needs and expand your reach while creating additional revenue sources and growing your continuing education program.

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NextGen Learning: Strategies for Attracting & Engaging Gen Z Learners

Meet Gen Z learners’ demand for continuing education and career advancement opportunities with our strategies to capture, engage, and retain these young professionals.

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Unmasking the Bologna of AI for Associations

As association professionals and change makers, the onus is on us to be forward-thinking to meet members’ expectations. Join our panel for a discussion on moving beyond the generative AI hype.

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2024 Event Trends Study: Ignite Event Success

Download the comprehensive findings of the 2024 Event Planners Study – a study of 500+ professionals that are planning events for corporations, government organizations, nonprofits, and associations.

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7 cybersecurity best practices to protect your organization

Take charge of your data and guard against cybersecurity threats by embracing the latest data security best practices.

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Unlock the hidden ROI of your live event

Watch our on-demand, 15-minute webinar and stop cutting your event’s revenue potential short.

Customer Success

Florida Association of Counties Case Study

Discover how Freestone LMS saves the Florida Association of Counties (FAC) staff time and enhances the learning experience.

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Effective and Efficient CE Delivery with Freestone LMS

Join us to learn top tips for bringing your online learning strategy to life as efficiently as possible. Plus, best practices for repurposing available content.

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A checklist to find the best software for your organization

Congratulations—your technology budget has been approved and you can begin your search for new software! Follow these helpful steps to get started.

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Beyond budget approval: Next steps for successful software selection 

Leverage our best practices from 20 years and thousands of technology implementations to research and adopt new technology.

Customer Success

Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association (PCNA) Customer Success Story

Discover how PCNA increased attendance at their annual symposium by 56% and achieved a 99% virtual attendee satisfaction score by using Freestone LMS.

Customer Success

How South Carolina Bar increased revenue and learner retention with Freestone LMS

Discover how SC Bar used Freestone to deliver unique CLE that made them stand out in a competitive marketplace and grew their CE revenue by 600%!

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Give Members What They Want – A Robust Career Center

Provide your members what they’ve been asking for - resources to help grow their career.

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How to Plan for a Powerful 2024 for your CE Program

Watch our exclusive webinar and gain strategic insights to supercharge your CE program in 2024. Learn key performance indicators, revenue-generating sponsor packages, and content calendar best practices and more!

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Unleashing Legal Excellence: How to Keep CLE Content Current and Compelling

Elevate your CLE program with this essential e-book featuring expert strategies to stay ahead in your legal education courses. Learn how to keep your content dynamic, relevant, and engaging.

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Association Trends 2023 Research Study

Do you feel prepared to meet member’s professional development needs? Check out the results of our 2023 Association Trends research study.

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Cybersecurity best practices: A treat for your entire association

How well does your association protect its data? Don’t miss our webinar for data security best practices to guard against cybersecurity threats!

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2023 Association Trends Study Reveal Webinar | Momentive Software 

The results are in! Join Community Brands for a deep dive into the comprehensive findings of the 2023 Association Trends Study.

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PCNA’s Best Practices for Streaming your Annual Conference

Discover the Preventive Cardiovascular Nurses Association's top tip for successfully streaming your annual conference in this 20-minute on-demand webinar.

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2023 EVENT TRENDS STUDY

Download the 2023 Community Brands Event Trends Study – a study of 500+ professionals that are planning events for corporations, government organizations, nonprofits, and associations – to learn why technology will be the game-changer for those looking to elevate and streamline their future events.  

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How to Build an On-Demand Content Library with Freestone LMS

Explore how to build on-demand content and create a content library for additional streams of non-dues-revenue in this on-demand webinar.

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Best Practices for Repurposing your Annual Conference Content

Stretch your content and maximize your annual conference ROI by repurposing your conference content. Find out how in this brief on-demand webinar.

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Law Society of Ontario’s Best Practices for Webcasting to Expand your CE Audience – Ft. Freestone LMS

Join Law Society of Ontario to find how they leveraged Freestone LMS to scale their continuing-education webcasting program and connect their in-person and virtual audiences.

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How to Level Up your Zoom CE Program with Freestone LMS

Are you using Zoom for your continuing-education program? Discover how to level-up your Zoom CE program, reduce staff labor, and improve learner experience in a cost-effective way with Freestone LMS.

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8 Ways to Generate More Revenue from your Learning Management System

Join industry expert Jessica Metzler as she reviews strategies on how to efficiently and effectively generate year-round non-dues-revenue with your LMS.

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How to Maximize Sponsorship Revenue with your CE Webinars

We love maximizing ROI at our continuing education webinars. Follow the strategies in this free E-book to start maximizing your sponsorship opportunities at your virtual events to boost non-dues revenue.

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Growing your CE Program with a YM & Freestone Integration

Discover how to create a seamless member experience and drive non-dues revenue with a YM & Freestone integration in this brief on-demand webinar.

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How South Carolina Bar Grew Revenue & Learner Retention with Freestone LMS

Discover how South Carolina Bar increased revenue & learner retention with their all access "CLE passport" and Freestone LMS's on-demand and webcasting features.

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Learning Trends for Learning Professionals

The Community Brands Association Trends Research Study surveyed association members to learn what they value in continuing education. Read on to learn how you can use this data to increase your learning program success!

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Increase your association’s events ROI

Focus on the member experience to make your attendees love your association’s events again.

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40 tips to boost member engagement in 2023 | Momentive Software

Follow these tips to enhance your member engagement strategy and supercharge your membership goals in the new year.

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CLE Expert Series: Capitalizing on Technology Trends & Member Preferences

Watch on-demand as a panel of CE professionals discuss viewpoints of members and association professionals on the latest tech trends, ideas for embracing technology trends in 2023 and more!

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CLE Expert Series: How to Create High Quality CLE Content

Watch part one of our CLE webinar series on-demand. We’ll sit down with a panel of continuing legal education professionals to discuss best practices, trends and real-world use cases for creating an innovative and effective content strategy.

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CLE Expert Series: Best Practices for Delivering Multi-Modal CLE

Watch part two of our CLE Expert Series on-demand to explore best practices for delivering live online events, repurposing to get the most out of your content, tips for meeting credit requirements regardless of medium and more!

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How to increase non-dues revenue by selling your annual in-person conference content

Are you looking for solutions to create more content for your learning program to engage association members and boost non-dues revenue? Here’s how to get started.

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Member Scoring: Association’s Member Engagement Strategy

Watch this on-demand webinar to increase member retention by becoming a data-driven association and make trends to engage more effectively.

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2022 Association Trends Study Reveal Webinar

Join Community Brands for a deep dive into the comprehensive findings of our 2022 Association Trends Study

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Learning Management System Matchmaker: Avoiding the Dealbreakers

Even the most comprehensive education program goes nowhere without the right learning management solution (LMS). And finding that LMS is no small challenge.

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Discover the keys to your LMS | Unlock your non-dues revenue generation

Unlock the secrets of your Learning Management System (LMS) to generate more revenue for your association. Discover the key ways to leverage your LMS to help create additional revenue streams.

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The dues and don’ts of association pricing strategies

Ready to see what’s on the minds of association professionals and members? Get the latest insights to improve your enterprise association management.

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Marketing 101: Learner Engagement

Learn how to effectively market your learning courses. Whether you're just getting started or need to take your learner engagement up a notch, the best practices in this guide can help.

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Engaging Year-Round Learners

Review a quarter-by-quarter plan for keeping learners engaged with year-round education offerings, and ways to efficiently execute these ideas.

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Creating High-Quality Content for Your Professional Education Program

What makes high quality content? Learn how high quality content can create better learner attendance and engagement in our on-demand webinar.

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2021 Association Trends Study

Ready to see what’s on the minds of association professionals and members? Get the latest insights to improve your enterprise association management.

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Deliver the right learning content the right way at the right time.

Choose the right delivery methods for your learning content and learn how to best leverage their benefits to engage learners and generate revenue.

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Association Trends 2021: Building the Next Normal Webinar

Join us for the big reveal of the Association Trends 2021: Preparing for the Next Normal study.

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Is your learning strategy keeping association members engaged year-round?

Build a versatile learning strategy that keeps your members engaged year-round and creates new revenue opportunities for your association.

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What to Look for in an LMS Solution

Are you looking to create meaningful content for your learners? Get more out of your LMS with this checklist. Join us on-demand to learn more.

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8 Ways to Create a Profitable & Engaging Virtual Event

How can you create a profitable and engaging virtual event for your learners? Join our webinar to learn more about budgeting, content, and execution.

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What every association should know about delivering virtual events

How are organizations using them today, and what can you do to ensure online event success? Download this guide to find out what initiatives you should consider to ensure the success of your virtual events.

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7 Ways to Incorporate ‘Just-In-Time Learning’ with your LMS

Just-in-time learning help your members in their moment of need. Join us for this on-demand webinar to discover how you can deliver this learning option in your LMS.

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Personalization 101: Turning Member Expectations into Reality

Every day, we are presented with some sort of personalized experience. Are you giving your members the same experience? Join us as we cover why it's important, how to use the data you already have, and how you can get started.

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How to Successfully Implement a Learning Management System

Not sure where to start with your LMS implementation? Download these 8 tips for associations to ensure a smooth and successful launch.

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Getting to Know Your Lapsed Members

Read this report to discover insights into why members lapse and how your organization can win back those members that got away.

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Benchmark Report: Preparing for 2021 and Beyond

Uncover insights on strategic priorities, growth outlook and tips on how your association can prepare for the future. Download the report here!

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Preparing for 2021 and beyond: The association business model of the future

Join Community Brands for a on-demand webinar to learn how you can derive opportunity from the disruption of 2020. Hear how to meet today’s member needs, actively engage new audiences, and uncover new revenue opportunities.

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5 Content Delivery Methods to Boost Member Retention

Join us on-demand webinar and we will discuss 5 methods for delivering meaningful learning content to attract and retain learners.

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2020 Association Research Report | Trends and Takeaways 

Incorporating exclusive research and analysis, the report provides an overview of association trends and membership growth strategies.  

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Career Advancement Tip Sheet

In this guide, you’ll learn about three tips and some powerful resources to help you elevate career advancement opportunities for your members.

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Research Study Association Trends 2020

Join us and Community Brands for this on-demand webinar to reveal the Association Trends 2020 study.

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Retaining and Diversifying Revenue in Challenging Times

Need to replace lost revenue from events? Learn how to boost revenue streams and offset losses by changing the way you support your members.

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12 Proven Strategies to Monetize Content

If Coronavirus has accelerated your digital plans, join us September 30th at 1:00 PM ET for a live wbeinar to learn how to monetize your content.

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Checklist for Successful Virtual Events 

With this checklist your virtual event will deliver the experience your members deserve and achieve the most return on investment (ROI). Download here.

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Retaining and Diversifying Revenue in Today’s New Normal

If your organization is facing challenges in retaining revenue this year and you need to think "outside the box" to diversify your revenue streams, join us on-demand for this strategy session.

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Virtual Events Lessons Learned

Watch this on-demand webinar and learn what NOT to do at your upcoming virtual event from the perspective of attendee, sponsor and host.

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Proven strategies to increase member retention

Join us for an on-demand webinar to discover how your association peers are currently increasing retention and how vital it is to convey the value of membership.

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The State of Virtual Conferences in a Changing World

Learn some of the key findings, tips, and strategies to help ensure the success of your association’s virtual conferences in today’s changing world.

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The Member Renewal Timeline to Increase Member Retention

Map out your associations' member renewal campaign starting from the moment a member clicks join. Download our infographic to increase member retention.

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10 Ways to Reduce Member Churn

Retaining members is crucial and less costly than attracting new members. Download our whitepaper here to learn about 10 strategies to keep your existing members.

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Preparing for a New Learning Management System

Purchasing a new learning management system is exciting! But are you prepared to implement? Download our guide today to walk you through it all!

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What every association should know about delivering virtual events

How are organizations using them today, and what can you do to ensure online event success? Download this guide to find out what initiatives you should consider to ensure the success of your virtual events.

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Creating High-Quality Content for Your Professional Education Program

Continuing education is important to the success of your organization. Download our whitepaper here to find out how to create quality content for your program.

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Delivering the In-Person Learning Experience Online

In-person learning events aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. Community Brands’ 2018 Member Education and Career Development Report showed that in-person courses are still popular. But, online courses are popular, too, and they have an important place in your overall learning program.

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How to Personalize the Member Experience

Find out how to start showing your members that your association understands and is keeping up with their expectations as their life stages change.

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LMS Matchmaker: Deal Breaker Edition

Let us shine a light on what to look for in an ideal learning technology partner. Download the guide today!

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Innovation in Continuing Education

Whether your online learning program is new, or you're ready to take your program to the next level, download this whitepaper to get started!

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Gaining Board Approval for a new Learning Management System

Your career center is a source of engagement and revenue for your organization. Are you ready to grow it? Download to discover what powerful approaches will take your career center to the next level.

Infographics

Take Your Event Online With Virtual Conference Software

Are you looking to change your in-person conference into an interactive virtual conference? If so, our Virtual Conference Software can help you.

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The Coronavirus – A Meeting Planner’s Perspective

Join us for this on-demand webinar to hear how organizations are working to address the situation, what to consider for your events, and how virtual alternatives can play a larger role in your overall event plan.

Infographics

The Road to Personalization Success

Start delivering relevant, one-on-one experiences that your members expect. Download the infographic here to find out more.

Infographics

Member Engagement and Loyalty Study Infographic

Download the infographic for your road map to member engagement and loyalty.

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Member Engagement and Loyalty Study Reveal

Join us as we take a look at the findings from our study and provide recommendations on how to use the study’s data to better serve your members

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Setting the pricing strategy for your association’s educational products

Pricing your association’s learning courses can be tricky business. Download the e-book to find out three questions every organization should ask.

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Member Engagement and Loyalty Study

Your members turn to your association for many reasons. Find out what members want from their professional associations and what makes them stick around.

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Digital Evolution Study Reveal

Join this webinar for a look at findings from the study plus recommendations on how to use the study’s data to more effectively employ technology to better serve your members.

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8 Strategies to Modernize Your Association in 2020

Download this eBook to learn how to deliver value to members and empower your staff with innovative technology.

Infographics

Member Personalization and Data Privacy

Community Brands surveyed more than 1,000 association members and 400 association professionals and uncovered that personalization and data privacy are hot topics today.

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Member Value and the Technology Gap

Community Brands surveyed more than 1,000 association members and 400 association professionals and examines the gaps that exist between member value and association technology.

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Digital Evolution Study for Associations

Discover how more than 1,000 association members and 400 association professionals feel about the evolution of association technology and how prepared organizations are to meet member expectations.

Infographics

Supporting the Career and Education Journey

Did you know offering career development and continuing education to your members drives significant value? Take a look!

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Evaluating the Health of Your Association’s Chapter Program

How to tell if your chapter program is truly healthy and how to diagnose what’s in need of repair.

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Guide for Professional Associations

Using your job board and learning management system (LMS) to support your members’ career journey.

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LMS Selection Step-by-Step

Watch this webinar now to learn how to find the ideal LMS solution for your organization.

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Member Engagement Study

Check out our latest Member Engagement Study!

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Members for Life: Fueling the Journey from Student to Retiree

Join Sig VanDamme, Membership Software Evangelist, Community Brands and Reggie Henry, CIO, ASAE as they take a deep dive into the complete member journey. Attendees will earn 1 CAE credit.

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Next-Level Live Online Events: Strategies from Successful Associations

Watch this webinar today to learn from associations who are leading the way in live online events.

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Strategic Pricing for Educational Products

Interested in some tips and best practices in strategic pricing? Watch the webinar today!

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Benchmark Report: Small-Staff Associations

Community Brands set out to answer in a recent survey of professionals from associations with small staffs (10 or fewer). These associations are referred to as “small associations” throughout this report.

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The State of Virtual Events

Are you currently offering virtual events or do you plan to in the future? Watch this on-demand webinar to find out more.

Infographics

Delivering Quality Learning Content

Learn how quality learning content can provide your members with an array of learning opportunities.

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Member Professional Development Study

This study digs deeper to understand when it comes to learning, what really matters to members. Download the study to find out what 1,000 members, and more than 100 association professionals had to say.

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FAC Learning Management Software Success

Join Freestone LMS for top tips for efficiently delivering online learning with a small staff association.