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title: The Pulse of DB - August 2017
description: We attended our largest convention of the year, launched a groundbreaking new study, and added several, exciting new projects and clients to our schedule
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# [The Pulse of DB - August 2017](https://blog.associationbenchmarking.com/the-pulse-of-db...august-2017)

 Written by [News](https://blog.associationbenchmarking.com/author/news) | Sep 8, 2017, 1:00:00 PM

Dynamic Benchmarking is closing out summer with a bang! We attended our largest convention of the year, launched a groundbreaking new study, and have added several, exciting new projects and clients to our schedule.

 

 

## COMPANY NEWS

**The Latest on Our New Member Engagement Study**

Our [New Member Engagement Study](http://www.dynamicbenchmarking.com/new-member-engagement-study) officially opened in early August, just prior to our attendance at the ASAE Annual Meeting & Expo. We were so pleased by the warm reception of and genuine interest shown by so many of our partners, vendors and attendees at the ASAE Annual Meeting & Expo. Thank you to the many associations who have already shared their data with us. If you haven’t already, please consider [logging in and sharing your data](http://www.dynamicbenchmarking.com/new-member-engagement-study) for the betterment of the association industry as well as your individual organization. All study participants will receive a comprehensive, personalized report on best practices for increasing retention of first year members.

## CLIENT NEWS

**Dynamic Benchmarking Welcomes New Clients**  
Summer has not afforded us much of a slowdown, and that’s fine with us! Please welcome new clients [Association of College Unions International](http://acui.org/) and [Institute for Credentialing Excellence](http://www.credentialingexcellence.org/) to the Dynamic Benchmarking family. Watch for new benchmarking studies to launch from these organizations in the coming months.

## EVENTS

**ASAE Annual Meeting & Expo 2017 Recap**  
As always, the ASAE Annual Meeting & Expo was a stellar event. [Read Rick Malagodi’s recap](http://www.dynamicbenchmarking.com/blog/show-shows-asae-annual-meeting-expo) of the event and be sure to visit our [Flickr album](https://www.flickr.com/photos/138635213@N07/albums/72157685178055284) to see some fun pictures!

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