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How to Address Sinking Engagement

Associations Now

But that’s still above or at the percentage between 2000 and 2013. A recent Forbes article quoted a LinkedIn post by leadership consultant Heather Paterson, pointing out the disconnect. “If But so can better communication of the purpose of their work. So, what does “make it valuable” look like?

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Reads of the Week: March 1, 2013

Reid All About it

One of my favorite posts this week is by Kivi Leroux Miller, a nonprofit communications consultant, author and trainer, who also happens to be a North Carolina gal. We’ll all know once Digital Now’s Technology Leadership Survey is released. Those darn kids and their Napster, look what they’ve done! She writes: . “As I love Waze.

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Best of the Web: November 2013

Association Adviser

How to Communicate After a Train Wreck. SmartBlog on Leadership. Contact us today for an assessment of your current communications plans and non-dues revenue strategies. Association CEO Nails Critical Member Engagement Question. Dan Varroney. Potomac Core Consulting. Bill Rosenthal. Tony Rossell. Membership Marketing Blog.

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Best of the Web – March 2013

Association Adviser

.” Do the publishing experiences of the associations in this article reflect your association’s member communications? 12 Most Out of This World Leadership Lessons from Star Wars. Business 2 Community. R2D2, Princess Leia and Han Solo can teach us a thing or two about leadership. May 29-31, 2013.

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Association Brain Food: 2.9.24

Reid All About it

For Sunday soup night, I made a delicious wild rice and mushroom soup from the January/February 2013 issue of Cook’s Illustrated. Host: UST Education Speaker: Bill Mcglade, President, Community Leaders Institute & epIQ Creative Group Wed 2/14 at 12 p.m. It’s pretty swoony on swordfish steaks or any other fish. More info/register.

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The Seven Leadership Secrets of Great Team Captains

SCD Group

The Seven Leadership Secrets: They took care of tough, unglamorous tasks. They communicated practically, not in grand speeches. “The leaders of history’s most dominant sports teams took risks, engaged in dissent, embraced grunt work and hated giving speeches,” an excerpt from ‘The Captain Class.’ They broke the rules – for a purpose.

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Understanding Generation X: A Guide for Associations

MemberClicks

But Baby Boomers are retiring now, and Gen X now makes up over 50% of leadership roles around the world. If you want them to engage with you, you must keep things simple – your meetings, your communications, your payment processes, etc. They experienced a culture of acceleration unlike any other.