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Association Management - Simplicity + Volume Might Do the Trick

Association Subculture

Association Management - Simplicity + Volume Might Do the Trick. Oddly enough, this article from Fast Company “A Store With Only 3 Products And Other Cases For Simplicity” and this clip from an interview George Carlin did in 2008 converged this morning to remind me of an important lesson. Well, why not? Use language.

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Thanks For Playing: Always the Last to Know: Readz

Thanks For Playing

Seeking community in associations since 2008. Does your association have a magazine or newsletter? Association blogger and general troublemaker. Top association management Blogs. ► 2008. Alltop Association Management. Association Subculture. Association 141+.

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Thanks For Playing: Be a Super Genuis

Thanks For Playing

Seeking community in associations since 2008. If youre familiar with Sernovitz, either from Damn, I Wish Id Thought of That or his WOM newsletter, the book is not going to be revolutionary. Association blogger and general troublemaker. Top association management Blogs. ► 2008. Association 141+.

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The World of Opportunities for AMCs: A YM Perspective

YourMembership

We are proud to be the Platinum Sponsor for AMCi, because Association Management Companies (AMCs) have always been an important part of our success. In early 2000, we were focused on state and local chapter associations, which we viewed as being underserved by the association management software (AMS) providers of the day.

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AE on the Verge: 3 Reasons to use only text in your e-newsletter

AE on the Verge

Association management, meetings and mania. 3 Reasons to use only text in your e-newsletter. Im sometimes asked why our association e-newsletter isnt loaded with a template, graphics, colors, and pictures. Check out what a heavily formatted and imaged newsletter looks like on a very small screen. Categories.

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CMI's Association Management Blog: Get It in Writing

Observations on Association Management

Memorialize the agreement in a newsletter/message to the board/staff memo/etc. and ask parties to the agreement to proof it before pubication : Here is an article for the newsletter/board update/etc.; XYZ Association Treasurer Joe Jones has instructed staff to sell all remaining shares of Microsoft owned by XYZ Association.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Seen Elsewhere: Building Creative.

Idea Architects

In one of my volunteer roles, I write a feature in the ASAE Executive Management Section IdeaLink newsletter called Seen Elsewhere. Summary: A selection of thought-provoking content from beyond the association management realm that offers new ideas for association executives. Oct 2008 (1). Sep 2008 (4).