The_2019_Membership_Marketing_Benchmarking_Report (1)

SECTION 6 CHALLENGES and Goals

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DUES AND MEMBERSHIP STRUCTURE SECTION 7 Dues and Membership Structure

SECTION 8 Managing Your Association

What type of new membership model(s) has your association adopted?

SECTION 9 The Demographics of Your Association

NEW MEMBERSHIP MODELS ADOPTED

SECTION 10 Words of Wisdom

Total (n = 125)

Individual (n = 55)

Trade (n = 35)

Combination (n = 35)

Tiered

50%

46%

63%

43%

Added special interest (student, retired, etc.) to existing model

22%

31%

9%

20%

Combination (Adding individual or organizational membership)

15%

7%

3%

40%

Group

14%

15%

11%

14%

Electronic

4%

6%

3%

3%

Other

22%

22%

26%

20%

y Among associations that have adopted a new membership model, a tiered structure has been the most common choice (50%).

y IMOs are more likely to add special interest categories to their model (31% vs. 9% for trade associations and 20% for combination associations).

What type of new membership model has your association most considered adopting?

NEW MEMBERSHIP MODELS CONSIDERED

Total (n = 222)

Individual (n = 111)

Trade (n = 51)

Combination (n = 60)

Tiered

43%

41%

49%

40%

Group

7%

10%

2%

7%

Electronic

1%

1%

-

3%

Combination (Adding individual or organizational membership) Added special interest (student, retired, etc.) to existing model

22%

26%

22%

15%

12%

14%

4%

15%

Other

15%

8%

24%

20%

y Among associations that have considered but not adopted a new membership model in the past five years, 43% considered a tiered membership structure.

y Large IMOs (20,000+ members) are significantly more likely to consider a tiered membership model (65% vs. 32%).

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