2025 - Clowder Blog

Clowder 4.5: A Smarter Profile Experience and More Powerful Event Connections

Alexa Kade — Thu, 07 May 2026 13:42:43 GMT

Clowder 4.5: A Smarter Profile Experience and More Powerful Event Connections

Clowder 4.5 marks a meaningful step forward in how members manage their identity and connect during events. This release brings a fully redesigned profile experience, more intuitive account management, and powerful upgrades to 1:1 meetings and event personalization. Together, these updates make it easier for users to engage, schedule, and navigate their community while giving administrators more flexibility behind the scenes.

Mobile Is the Key to Engaging Younger Association Members

dwillis@advsol.com (Debbie Willis) — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:51:09 GMT

Gen Z and Millennial professionals are building their careers on LinkedIn, Discord, Slack, and Reddit. They use these free communities on their phones, where they network, find jobs, stay current, and discover communities worth belonging to. If your association isn't a meaningful part of this mobile experience, you're already invisible.

How to Use Your App to Convert Student Members to Professional Members

dwillis@advsol.com (Debbie Willis) — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 19:59:08 GMT

Every year, student members graduate without converting to professional membership. The ones who do convert have something in common: they've been regularly engaging with your association, and your mobile app is what kept them coming back. By graduation, joining as a professional member felt like the obvious next step.

Mobile Event Apps: FAQ + 12 Top Picks for Associations

Amanda Cunningham — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 18:19:53 GMT

Conferences and other large-scale events are among the best opportunities for engaging your association’s members throughout the year. However, your events will only reach their full engagement potential if you 1) use the right technology to support your processes and 2) cater to your audience’s preferences.

Association Mobile App Engagement: The Basics + 7 Strategies

dwillis@advsol.com (Debbie Willis) — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:18:49 GMT

Key Takeaways

How to Create a Member Communication Plan

dwillis@advsol.com (Debbie Willis) — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 22:01:51 GMT

Clear communication is non-negotiable for engaging and retaining your association’s members. According to the 2026 Membership Performance Benchmark Report, increasing engagement and retention are the top two goals of membership organizations.

Mobile Apps for Associations: Everything You Need to Know

dwillis@advsol.com (Debbie Willis) — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:45:22 GMT

It’s no secret that we live in a mobile-first world. Americans now dedicate nearly 90% of their five-hour daily phone usage to mobile apps, fueling a global market on track to reach a $755 billion value by 2027.

How to Engage Introverted Members Through Your Mobile App

dwillis@advsol.com (Debbie Willis) — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:33:59 GMT

According to a 2023 YouGov poll, nearly 70% of people aren't naturally extroverted—39% identify as introverted and another 31% as equally introverted and extroverted. Yet walk into any association networking event and you'll see the same setup: name tags, open bar, and closed circles of people deep in conversation in a loud room. That works for some members. For many others, it doesn't.

Your mobile app gives introverted members what they actually want: a way to connect on their own terms when they're ready, in a format that works for them, and with people they choose.

How a Year-Round Mobile App Strengthens Chapter Member Engagement

dwillis@advsol.com (Debbie Willis) — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 22:34:54 GMT

It might sting a bit, but members usually feel more connected to their chapter than to the national association. They want local connections, but remote work, busy schedules, or unwillingness to travel to in-person chapter attendance challenging.

How to Create an Association Event Run of Show

Amanda Cunningham — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:14:51 GMT

Whether it’s an annual conference, webinar series, or one-off panel discussion featuring industry experts, events are likely a cornerstone of your association’s member engagement strategy. However, ensuring your events go off without a hitch can be complicated, especially tech-heavy ones or events hosted in virtual and hybrid environments.

14 Member Engagement Strategies to Drive Association Growth

dwillis@advsol.com (Debbie Willis) — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:58:45 GMT

Two major reasons why members join professional associations include being part of a community of like-minded individuals in their industry and accessing opportunities to develop their skills in the field. Your association can effectively fulfill both purposes by developing a strong member engagement strategy.

Clowder Platform Updates: Live Events 3.0 & Enhanced Engagement Tools

Alexa Kade — Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:04:01 GMT

We’re excited to introduce our latest platform updates — led by Live Events 3.0, a major evolution in how events are built, managed, and experienced in Clowder.

This release focuses on flexibility, clarity, and control. From modular event layouts to smarter agendas, stronger meeting workflows, and cleaner configuration and reporting tools, these updates help teams design engagement experiences that align with real goals- using less workarounds.

Many of these enhancements were shaped directly by client feedback and real-world usage patterns, ensuring they solve the challenges teams face every day.