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Top 10 Tips to Ensure Membership Renewal
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2 Membership organisations have a duty to protect their most valuable resource: their members. And this means not only finding and recruiting members for their groups, but also ensuring they provide a high quality service with clear benefits to ensure retention of the members they already have. Here are our top 10 tips for membership management to ensure you get the renewals you need for your organisation to flourish. 1. Value is always top priority Without a doubt, value is now a far bigger driver than cost for any member considering a subscription to your organisation. Although you will need to keep your costs in line with the marketplace, the critical element that will ensure you recruit and retain the members you need will lie in the value of the service you provide. Key features like integration with your website and finance system means a lot of processes can be automated, saving the membership manager huge amounts of time. This means giving your members the very best you can provide in terms of advice, support and industry information, all of which will ensure they feel proud to be a member and to be loyal to your organisation. By using a membership management support service such as SBMembership, you can even offer CPD and qualifications to members through their easy to use management software solution. 2. Deliver on your benefits You will already have set out the benefits that are available to your members, but ensuring these are delivered in a high quality and organised manner is critical to your success and to your retention and recruitment of members. Depending on your industry and structure, you may be offering posted or ed materials, member events, support or group responses to consultations or even PR opportunities for your members. Focus on the delivery of this service and you ll find your membership and reputation grows in an organic and robust manner. Of all the membership retention strategies you can adopt, a focus on high value, quantifiable benefits to member s ranks up there 1
3 with the most important of all. For help in delivering this to an organised, proficient standard, SBMembership offers a great solution for hassle free, professional membership management from events to marketing and much more. 3. Create a balanced budgeting strategy Setting a budget that favours the acquisition of new members over the provision of value and retention of existing members is a false economy. Whilst it is certainly important to drive new members to the organisation, it is also important to ensure you are providing high value to your existing members to ensure retention of those you have already engaged. Plan for a realistic split of budget between acquisition, retention and growth, with the lion s share being allocated to keeping your existing members happy. When your current member s think highly of your service, your reputation will precede you and new members will be drawn to the organisation with less effort and expense on your part. 4. Be savvy with recruitment strategies To make your recruitment budget stretch further and become more effective, you need to allocate a good proportion of it to research and development of your overarching strategy. Understanding who your target audience are and how to reach them is critical to your success, so make sure you build in plenty of time and resources to strategy development and research. As a general rule, smaller organisations will find electronic methods of communications to be the most cost effective and easy to manage of the options available. However, if you are at the top end of the market or have a membership base in excess of 5,000, then you might want to consider physical direct mail as an option to cement your position as an organisation of excellence. A 2010 benchmarking survey found the majority of organisations with over 5,000 member s favoured direct mail over other methods of membership management as this was deemed to produce the best results. If you intend using or other electronic methods to recruit new members, be 2
4 careful in the planning and execution of this activity. With so many users receiving junk mail in their inbox, your will have to be highly developed and targeted in order to pass the spam filters, and ideally will not be unsolicited. Use social networks or industry related forums to find and target the people who will benefit most from membership of your organisation. 5. Remind, repeat and reiterate Don t leave renewal to chance. Make sure there is plenty of warning for your members, and a wellstructured reminder schedule to ensure they are well 3 prepared for their renewal date. The 2010 Benchmarking Report showed that membership organisations were more likely to enjoy a high retention of members when the renewal programme was well structured and, if possible, when automatic renewals were enabled. 6. Speak their language For many members, the main reminder of the value of your organisation and their membership of it is the regular and high quality communications that they receive from you. To ensure this works for them, you need to understand your demographic and their preference for communication modes and methods from the outset. The means and regularity of your communications should directly reflect the level of investment and the expectations you have already given you existing members. If they expect a monthly newsletter, make sure it happens. Ensure your communications are high quality with no spelling mistakes or grammatical errors and, if needs be, enlist the support of a professional or sign up to a membership management package such as SBMembership to help give your communications the edge over your competitors.
5 tools, which can send personalised e-invites that are also likely to increase attendance. As many software packages now offer the opportunity to create event microsites, it is possible to increase promotional materials in a professional and speedy manner. Microsites are branded, SEO friendly, and can be built per event. Not only does this provide a professional image, it also means that it is easy for those who have been invited to access all the information they need in one place. Easy access to information in itself is a great way to ensure that clarity is delivered, making people more comfortable with attending. Summary When it comes to member management, the use of software will ensure that attendance increases. Thanks to the use of features such as microsites and website integration, it is easier than ever for member associations to deliver clarity and draw in attendees when it comes to events. In addition to this, the financial records associated with events can be streamlined, allowing for each one to fall within a set budget and provide up-to-date data. As far as membership software features are concerned, there are ways to track data and use it in order to make future events more effective. The changing landscape of associations means that knowledge is the key to future success, and by tracking data such as who has responded and who attends, it is easier to evaluate how successful the marketing of events has been. In addition to this, allowing those who attend to manage their own invites increases the likelihood of attendance. For more information on using SBMembership to manage your membership recruitment, renewal and management, please get in touch. We can arrange for a custom one-to-one demo to help illustrate how we can help your association specifically. 3 Call or us on Alternatively, contact us online.
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|Please note: This article is about the student of the Tsangusuri Academy. For other uses of the term, please see Harada (disambiguation).
|Kakita Harada
|Un-named Doji parents,
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Kakita Harada was a shugenja who studied in the Tsangusuri Daigaku school.
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After Harada's Doji parents were killed in the War of Spirits, he was adopted by a Kakita uncle. Harada joined the Kakita Artisan Academy learning to craft small wooden netsuke in the shape of animals in strange or humorous poses. [1]
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Harada was secretly in love with his former sensei in the Tsangusuri Academy, Asahina Yumiko, and tried to impress her with at every opportunity. [1]
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wilberolive replied to wilberolive's topic in Games Business and LawI thought the same thing too. Just wanted to check if anyone happen to know something I didn't about these websites.
wilberolive posted a topic in Games Business and LawI was looking for a specific 3D model for a project I'm working on and I stumbled across this website, which happens to have the exact model I need. http://archive3d.net/ I've seen websites like these before, that host a whole bunch of so called "free" resources. However nowhere on the website does it have any information about who created the model, what the license terms are for it, etc... How do these sort of websites normally work? I'm just trying to figure out if I can use the model I found on there or not.
wilberolive posted a topic in Math and PhysicsIn the past I've always worked on 3D games using proper physics engines and such. However I'm starting on my own game now, which will be a simple 2d game a bit like the old Missle Command. I want to do some simple line intersection tests in 2D, but I don't want to use a physics engine just for this simple ray casting as the game has no need for elaborate physics and collision response. Here is a mockup image I drew of what I want to achieve. Red line is the ground that the game objects will sit on. Green shapes are the collision volumes for the sprites on the ground. Blue lines are what I want to calculate. I would like to be able to specify a 2D start point and a 2D direction vector for the line, then detect the first thing it hits, whether that be the red ground or one of the green shapes. [attachment=28249:image.png] So to achieve this I'm thinking I need to find some math for the following 3 scenarios. line-box collision check line-circle collision check line-ground collision check I imagine scenario 1 and 2 should be pretty straight forward and would just be a matter of looping through the collision shapes and testing the line against each one. Then just returning the hit against the one that was the closest (i.e. the first hit). Does that sound right? Is there any links to this kind of math anywhere or even a basic math library somewhere that can do this? Scenario 3 has me a little stuck, which is why I'm here. I was thinking that I could define a 1-dimensional array to store the height value of each pixel along the red line from left to right, i.e. left side of the red line in the image would be at index-0 in the array and the right side would be index-n. This would effectively give a 1-dimensional height map in a way. How could I test a line against this height map? Is there math for this sort of thing?
wilberolive posted a topic in Graphics and GPU ProgrammingI'm toying with an idea in my head for a 2D game that involves a fluid like substance on the screen that changes color and moves as sprites move over (or "through") it. In my research I came across a few other games that do something similar to what I'm thinking. One that I quite like is an old game called Plasma Pong. Here is an example. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDjseVmruH8 From what I understand in this game he is using proper fluid dynamics, which is probably overkill for what I'm thinking. But the effect is similar. I'm thinking perhaps a pixel shader applied to a full screen quad. Then use a render target to set pixels for the position and color of the sprites on the screen. The pixel shader can then use this render target texture to change the "plasma" so it moves and changes color. Would an approach like this work? I'm not a shader expert so just not sure where to start with this.
Never mind, I discovered that the c++ std library has an exp() function that does exactly what it says on the box. Your solution works brilliantly! I can't believe I wasted so much time trying to solve something that ended up being about 5 lines of code... wow, why don't I come here more often instead of wrestling with these things on my own?!?!
OK, that makes sense, except I don't understand the last line. Not sure what exp(logZoom) means and how it is calculated? I've tried Googling it but have so far not found a reasonable explanation that makes sense to me.
wilberolive posted a topic in Math and PhysicsFor some reason I'm struggling to work out something that I thought would be simple. I'm working on a 2D game and I'm trying to get a zoom working. Here's what I've got to work with. minZoom = 0.2f <-- This is the smallest zoom amount (i.e. so the whole map can be seen on the screen) maxZoom = 4.0f <-- This is the largest zoom amount (i.e. the map is zoomed in 4x its size) My first thought was that I could just linearly interpolate between the two values. I wanted to have something like 10 or 20 discreet steps in between minZoom and maxZoom (I'll decide on how many once I get this working and see how it feels). However liner interpolation doesn't work because with a fixed number of steps, the step size is the same between each step. This means that as you zoom out, the jump in pixel size gets bigger and bigger so the zoom becomes like an exponential zoom, which means that near maxZoom it is very slow (turn the mouse wheel a lot for not much zoom) and near minZoom it is very fast (turn the mouse wheel a little and it jumps a lot). So to solve this problem I need to do some sort of easing I think, so that the number of steps is fixed, but the step sizes are variable. They should start out at size x at maxZoom and then get smaller as you approach minZoom. What size x is and how fast they get smaller will probably require so trial and error to get the feel right so that the zoom feels constant. I'm stuck with working out the math for this. I've tried a number of things but can't get anything to work right. I found the quadratic easing in function here http://gizma.com/easing/#quad1, which seems to do what I want, but the problem with that function is it works over a period of time. I don't know what that "period of time" is. I have my two extreme values (4.0 and 0.2) and the number of steps in between (let's say 10, but it could be 20 or 15). Each time the mouse wheel is "clicked" I want to increment that step by 1 up or down depending on which way the mouse wheel is rolled. I need to come up with a function that will interpolate between 4.0 and 0.2 in 10 steps (inclusive, i.e. step 0 = 4.0 and step 9 = 0.2) but with a variable step size so that it starts with a step size of x, which is reduced in size with each step in order to slow down the zoom.
wilberolive posted a topic in Networking and MultiplayerI've noticed that every since Oculus VR purchased RakNet it seems to have died? The last official release was in June. The github repository hasn't had any real updates since July last year, with a bunch of unattended reported issues. Rakker himself hasn't been active on the forums since March last year (obviously because he sold it) and the RakNet forums are so quiet now. In fact there is more spam on those forums than actual posts. Any actual posts from people looking for help just get no replies. I'm just about to start a new project and am investigating networking at the moment, so have been looking into RakNet, but it just seems to have died now ever since Oculus VR took over? I don't want to start using something that has no support or active development. Does anyone know anything more about this?
wilberolive replied to wilberolive's topic in AngelCodeHey thanks for the reply. I actually thought of the same thing you suggested too. I just wanted to check if there was another way of doing it.
wilberolive posted a topic in AngelCodeI'm just wondering if it is possible to actually create an asIScriptObject in C++ and add member variables to it. I know I can create an AS class and use it to create an asIScriptObject, but what I'd really like to be able to do is parse an xml file of name and type pairs and then build an asIScriptObject from it. For example if the xml had <testMember>int</testMember> in it, then I would like to create an asIScriptObject instance and then do something like testObject->addMember("testMember", "int"). The idea is that latter on I can pass these dynamic asIScriptObjects to AS scripts to be operated on.
I did not realise this. Please excuse my ignorance. That is good news though, and has persuaded my to take another look at it. I also didn't know that it would fall back to regular AngelScript execution if needed, which is also good to know. One point I forgot to mention in my previous post was that the JIT Compiler appears to only support Windows and Linux? I am planning on targeting Windows, Mac and Linux. Do you know if the JIT Compiler would build and run on Mac?
Thanks for replying. Guess I'll just have to keep stumbling along with the @ symbol. I have seen Blind Mind's JIT Compiler, but I was under the impression that it wasn't much supported any more? They don't seem to update it anymore, so I didn't think it was safe to use something that could become broken when a new version of AngleScript is released as the JIT Compiler would need to be kept up-to-date with every new version of AngelScript, right? It shows the last update to the JIT Compiler was for AngelScript v2.27, which is over a year old now. Not to mention if there was a bug, and nobody is around to fix it, then it kind of leaves you on your own. I consider myself a seasoned C++ programmer, but unfortunately not good enough to try and fix a bug in the JIT Compiler if one existed, or to try and keep it up-to-date with AngleScript if I was to use it.
wilberolive posted a topic in AngelCodeI've been working the AngelScript for about 12 months now and am progressively get more tired of the @ symbol. For some reason it always confuses me and trips me up. I've read the documentation a number of times about it, but always seem to struggle with this one aspect of AngelScript. Other than that I've found AngelScript to be really good (except for the lack of a supported JIT compiler, but that's another question). I was just browsing the AngelScript website and noticed the removal of the @ symbol under the "Work in progress" section, which made me pretty happy. Why wasn't this decision made earlier? I would love to see all ref types treated as handles. Aren't they almost the same thing anyway? Is there a reason though why this change is under the "long term goals" and how "long term" are we talking here?
wilberolive replied to wilberolive's topic in Networking and MultiplayerAre you implying that I should save the entire physics state of all objects (including the player's character controller) after every simulation step? Then find the matching historical state for the server correction message, reset the physics state of all objects to that historical state, then replay from there, applying the player's unacknowledged moves?
wilberolive posted a topic in Networking and MultiplayerI've been researching and experimenting with using simple physics in a multiplayer game. Specifically, I'm really only interested in having a character controller move around a 3D environment. To do this, I've been using PhysX, which works great. My game doesn't have any need for more advance physics than that. I have read and followed a lot of the material on Glenn Fiedler's site, which everyone seems to point people to when they start asking these sorts of questions. His material has been really helpful and I've got something working. However, there is one part that I simply cannot get working. That is applying the corrected state on the client when received from the server. Specifically, Glenn says to "rewind" the physics state of the player, apply the correction from the server and then replay the rest of the player's moves. This works fine in a situation where you have explicit control over the player's movements. However, when using a physics engine (like PhysX or Bullet) you have virtually no control over the player character controller's state or the movements it makes. All you can do is apply forces to the player's character controller. It's not possible to rewind the physics state of the character controller to correct it and then reapply the player's unacknowledged moves. How have other games done this using physics engines like these? The best I've been able to come up with so far is to apply corrections using forces. For example, when a correction comes back from the server and I determine that the player's current position is out by a bit from where the server says it should be, I start applying small forces to the character controller to gradually bring it inline with the server over several frames. There's no rewinding going on with this. If the client and server disagree by too much, then I just snap the player to where they should be (rarely happens). Although this "seems" to work, there is a lot of rubber-banding going on when the server says you have run into an object, but the client thinks you haven't for example. Do other games not use entire physics engines for character movement around a 3D level? Do they do something else that gives more control to allow for rewinding and correction?


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Beijing issues new regulations to curb nepotism among senior cadres
The mainland has issued new regulations banning officials' relatives from owning and controlling businesses under their supervision.
The ban is included in three sets of regulations, published yesterday by Xinhua, under which the central leadership has tried to clarify rules relating to a reshuffle of leading positions in the Communist Party and government that started in June.
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Beautiful color (Ocean), perfect for the bedroom where it will be used, but the smell of chemicals was so strong when I opened the package I had to wash it immediately. Even so, the smell did not come out completely, so had to spray it all over with Febreze. Not sure if the smell originated in the material itself, or in the plastic packaging, if itself, not appropriate for a bed. Throw stood up to washing (gentle, cold) and drying (low) but 2 long threads came loose. I can tie them off, but I hope it lasts through another washing.Read More
I love the softness of the throw...it is super super soft and it looks good on my couch...bought it mainly because I have kitties that like to lay on my furniture and this throw looks great and the serves the purpose perfectly.Read More
I bought this throw for some 40+ dollars expecting it to last for sometime. However, as soon as I unpacked it and spread it across my couch, it began to tear apart. It is very loosely woven and is not made to be used. Maybe as a decoration it would be better. And the color yellow is more like a mustard. If you do buy it, make sure you use it for decoration purposes only.Read More
I ordered this in burgundy and it was true to color. It looks good and it is very soft and very light weight.Read More
Bought tomatch colors in a beach house. Looks great with the colors there. It is a nice weight if you are chilled by the air conditioning and just need a little something to pull over you. Have not laundered so am not sure how it will do.Read More
Color not true to picture. Very flimsy. Collor was way off.Read More
I ordered the yellow; however, it is more of a gold. Quality is nice.Read More
The throw is nice. But the color of yellow is totally off. Its more of a gold with brown in it. I was going to put in my bedroom but ended up using it in the living room......Read More
This is a pretty little throw just right for a chilly afternoon! The color is a little darker than I thought but still it is just right for us!Read More
Sheds really bad. Would not purchase this.Read More
This throw is a very nice, "elegant" shade of yellow (not "contemporay" bright yellow for a child's or teenager's room) that adds nice accent detail to our guest bedroom and can supply additional warmth if needed.Read More
too fuzzy. pretty but cannot wash them very wellRead More
Weaving is very large...which makes for an uneven warmth factor when you try to use it as an actual throw cover on the body. However, it does "look" nice as a decorative piece in a colorful room.Read More
This just invites you to cuddle up, so just do it Thank you so much for the great productRead More
this gold throw will work in another room, but I had asked for a yellow throw....disappointed, but will work with itRead More
I use this more for a decoration draped over the sofa. It is soft and has an open weave so if you use it to keep warm, be careful not to catch it an anything. The yellow color is more of a golden mustard color.Read More
The throw is of great qualities and fast shipping. It feels great and gets a lot of use...Read More
This is nice but was wrong color. I thought it was going to be more green.Read More
The colors of the throw are beautiful. It isn't the first throw that people reach for when it's cold but it is the most beautiful.Read More
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This is a portfolio of my commercial outdoor location photographs taken on various assignments in Wyoming, Greenland, Montana, Cape Brenton Island, Colorado and Scotland.
The cover features Charles Gaines, famous fly-fishing author and screenwriter.
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If you notice new facades, solar panels and a fresher look at your local car dealer, there's a reason why.
General Motors and Ford are starting to pressure their dealers to start sprucing up. They're both meeting today with dealers at the National Automobile Dealers Association in Orlando.
For years, Ford and GM saw their sales shrink as foreign brands made inroads. Dealers sold fewer cars, leaving less profit to pour back into making locations look nicer or become more efficient. Now, however, both automakers have succeeded for the moment in reducing their dealer ranks to better match their sales, so both are launching initiatives aimed at dealer improvements.
Ford is encouraging dealers to let it do an energy audit, aimed at improving energy efficiency. By coming in and taking a look under the Go Green Dealership Sustainability Program, Ford officials think they can come up with ideas that cut energy consumption by 20%.
"In keeping with Ford's commitment to the environment, this program is a great fit for our dealers because it provides a variety of energy-efficient improvement options regardless of the current age and design of the facility," says Sue Cischke, Ford's group vice president in charge of environmental stuff.
General Motors says it's launching a program to get dealers to fix up their lots. GM now has about 1,160 dealers, half as many as it had in 2000. GM North America boss Mark Reuss says the program will be case-by-case. Some dealers kept their lots in top shape; others need improvement.
Chris Woodyard is an auto writer for USA TODAY who covers all aspects of motoring. He revels in the exhaust note of a Maserati and the sharp creases of a Cadillac CTS. Chris strives to live a Porsche life on a Scion budget. More about Chris


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AMP plans to ban mortgage lending to most foreign borrowers, highlighting growing lender nerves about fraud and money laundering.
The investment giant blames the tough policy on "changes to the market" without specifying their nature or extent.
"Our standards are continually reviewed with market developments to ensure we remain a prudent and responsible lender. Our criteria for overseas borrowers has recently been reviewed in line with this objective," AMP said in a statement.
It follows complaints from other major lenders about widespread fraudulent applications and fears of money laundering.
"Some of the documentation being used by foreign investor and local residents using foreign documentation to support a loan application [in Australia] now appears to be suspect," said Martin North, principal of Digital Finance Analytics, a consultancy to major financial institutions.
The Australian Financial Review recently revealed overseas mortgage applications using forged income, employment and asset statements on forged Bank of China letterheads.
"The real risk is that it could be part of more organised money laundering operations where overseas players use local real estate agents, brokers and lawyers to make purchases with dodgy funds," Mr North said.
Non-bank lenders are also cutting back on overseas lending, particularly for central business district high-rise apartments.
Major banks are likely to have only between 2 per cent and 4 per cent of their portfolios with overseas investors, so the prospect of systemic risk is considered small. But many of the non-bank lenders, which have been swamped with applications as the majors cracked down, might be more exposed.
There is also the risk that foreign exchange movements and exchange controls could make it harder for lenders to repay the loans.
Under AMP's policy, revealed in confidential documents being circulated to major third party distributors, foreign currencies are split into Tier 1 and Tier 2 categories.
Under the new arrangements, 80 per cent of income and expenses derived from a Tier 1 category is acceptable and 50 per cent from a Tier 2 when assessing a loan application.
Tier 1 category are Canadian dollars, Euros, British sterling, Hong Kong dollars, Japanese yen, New Zealand dollars, Singapore dollars and US dollars.
Tier 2 is the Chinese yuan. Borrowers seeking a loan with Chinese yuan must also provide a 50 per cent deposit. For borrowers with Tier 1 currencies, the maximum deposit is 30 per cent.
"Non-resident" borrowers are now classified as unacceptable borrower types, unless a spouse/defacto is a citizen or permanent resident of Australia or New Zealand and a borrower of the loan," according to an internal statement from the company.
Citi recently advised it will no longer accept key Asian currencies as payment for Australian real estate.


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