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		<title>Connecting with Your Members – Part 1</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note: This series will be devoted to the Membership Connection Model that I have been developing the past few years. It will be a synthesis of a number of different concepts and ideas I have presented to multiple groups over the past two years. My desire is that this model gives a complete picture of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building a Learning Organization</title>
		<link>http://www.membershipgrowthblog.com/2008/05/15/building-a-learning-organization/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 20:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a member of many different organizations; however some of them get more of my time and most importantly, money, then the others. What separates the organizations that get my money from the organizations that don’t? The ones that get the money are learning organizations helping me gain knowledge, apply the knowledge, and facilitate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be a Part of Something Greater</title>
		<link>http://www.membershipgrowthblog.com/2008/05/09/be-a-part-of-something-greater/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 10:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagine the following scenario, you are given the opportunity to attend a favored local sporting event or you can attend a meeting of a group that might improve your abilities. You can go to one or the other for free? Imagine a grand opening of an IKEA or another major destination retailer or the meeting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Communicating with Members using AVK learning model</title>
		<link>http://www.membershipgrowthblog.com/2008/05/07/communicating-with-members-using-avk-learning-model/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 11:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people talk about A, V, and K learners. That is short for: A – Auditory – Listen, hear, audio V – Visual – See, read, images K – Kinesthetic – Do, touch, feel What the models try to explain is that different people learn in different ways. When communicating with your members, it is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Down or Bottom Up?</title>
		<link>http://www.membershipgrowthblog.com/2007/11/24/top-down-or-bottom-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Nov 2007 14:34:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When trying to reach a corporate or business audience for your membership, do you head straight for the CEO’s door? How is your success? If you are like many organizations, then I am guessing that you are not successful at getting meetings with CEOs of major corporations. Why not?]]></description>
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		<title>How can we serve our membership?</title>
		<link>http://www.membershipgrowthblog.com/2007/11/02/how-can-we-serve-our-membership/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:19:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a good hard look at your membership. Are you serving them or are they serving you? The more I get involved with more organizations; I am finding many that are focused more on themselves then their members. Traveling the country talking to people about what they are doing and why they are doing it, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Be Passionate, Open, and Honest</title>
		<link>http://www.membershipgrowthblog.com/2007/09/06/be-passionate-open-and-honest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 13:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you truly passionate about your organization? If not, how do you expect others to be interested in joining? Passion and purpose are linked when trying to attract new members to your organization. Think about the last time you went into a store to make a major purchase. That is the same attitude that people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conversion Rates</title>
		<link>http://www.membershipgrowthblog.com/2007/08/25/conversion-rates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 19:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is your conversion rate? In Internet marketing speak they call when a user clicks from the front page to a sales page the click-through. In terms of membership organizations, the conversion rate is the rate at which you turn visitors into members? It is a little similar. So what is the best way to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is your organization&#8217;s WOW quotent?</title>
		<link>http://www.membershipgrowthblog.com/2007/08/21/what-is-your-organizations-wow-quotent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.membershipgrowthblog.com/2007/08/21/what-is-your-organizations-wow-quotent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you finding it harder to attract new members? With so many diverse organizations vying for the public’s mind share, I am certain that you working harder to get a few more people to sign up. What if it was easy to attract new members to your organization? Would that knowledge be worth something to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding your niche</title>
		<link>http://www.membershipgrowthblog.com/2007/08/15/finding-your-niche/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:23:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a world of choices, how does your membership organization stand out from the rest? What value do you give to your members that they cannot get anywhere else? What is your niche? Dear Readers, In a world of ever expanding choices, most organizations are going to have to stop targeting everyone and focus on [...]]]></description>
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