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Setting Rules for Your Silent Auction: 5 Tips

Achieve

Setting rules or guidelines for your silent auction can save you a lot of trouble. The best place to start when developing effective guidelines for your auction is your organization’s past events. Improve the guest experience through clear communication. Believe it or not, auction rules don’t have to be restrictive for bidders.

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Sample Strategy and guidelines for Group/Affinity Services

Trade Association CEO Blog

Consider these major responsibilities: Membership Development, Membership Benefits, Membership Administration, Governance, Volunteer Development, Meeting/Event Management, Government Affairs, Market Development, Education, Operations, Communications and Cheerleader. Sample Strategy and guidelines for Group/Affinity Services.

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What Burning Man's 10 Principles Can Teach You About Building Community

Higher Logic

When organizing a community, it’s important to clearly define what you expect from your members if you want them to be willing and active participants and advocates. Burning Man co-founder Larry Harvey , who passed away before this year’s annual event, wrote the “ Ten Principles ” in 2004 as guidelines for the newly-formed Regional Network.

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Your Conference Speakers And Racism

Velvet Chainsaw

Around 2004, I faced some extremely difficult situations when a couple of the conference speakers I had secured, both a professional and an industry volunteer, made some discriminatory statements during their presentations. Speaker Guidelines. Sexually Offensive And Racist Words At A Conference. present individuals without bias.

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Insurance Institute: Newer Cars Are Getting Safer

Associations Now

Speaking with CNBC , IIHS Senior Vice President for Communications Russ Rader noted that an institute study coming next month will reveal that a record number of models were not involved in any deadly accidents from 2009 to 2012. Does that mean we’re going to see an end to fatal car crashes?

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Eric Lanke: Stop Calling It Strategic Planning

Eric Lanke

For us, the challenge is less one of process and design and more one about finding the human resources and the time in everyones busy schedules to communicate enough to keep strategy and tactics aligned throughout our organization. Ive never written these guidelines down before, and maybe I should.

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Trade Association CEO Support: Strategic Planning

Trade Association CEO Blog

Consider these major responsibilities: Membership Development, Membership Benefits, Membership Administration, Governance, Volunteer Development, Meeting/Event Management, Government Affairs, Market Development, Education, Operations, Communications and Cheerleader. Sample Strategy and guidelines for Group/Affinity. Communications. (2).