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The Folly of Suppressing Overhead

Eric Lanke

Suppressing overhead suffocates organizations and leads to higher turnover, poorer leadership, and worse service." But any organization that needs talented staff to design and deliver service programs needed by its constituents, must allocate the appropriate resources to recruiting and retaining that talented staff.

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SXSW is here! Association Weekly Wrap-Up for March 8th!

YourMembership

We know that there are key points when recruiting new members to any organization that are crucial to survival. But focusing only on recruitment can be a big mistake if you are ignoring the qualities, characteristics and attributes that attracted members in the first place. by Megan Rockett. by Jeff Hurt.

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Are You Boring Your Association’s Members?

SCD Group

if I looked at your association’s convention program for 2013 and 2003, would I see any differences other than dates and names of speakers? At the bottom of a post about recruiting volunteers, Holly Duckworth, CAE, shared this awesome quote: “Associations fear change when they should fear staying the same.”. Think about it.

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Member Engagement and Association Building Blocks

Eric Lanke

image source Thanks to my co-presenters, Elizabeth Engel and Peggy Hoffman , and all the folks who joined us at our "Walking the Walk of Deep Member Engagement" learning lab at last week''s ASAE Marketing, Membership and Communications Conference. They don''t want to assume a traditional committee leadership role. Thank you!

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The Job of Membership, In So Many Words

Associations Now

In 2013, ASAE’s CareerHQ.org listed 312 job openings for membership positions at associations, and their total word count came to just shy of 87,000. More Words From Membership Jobs Words appearing more than 100 times in membership job listings on CareerHQ.org in 2013: develop. communication. lead, leadership.

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How Smart Associations Grow Membership

Association Adviser

Source: Association Adviser eNews and Naylor, LLC, 2013. That’s what Balko and his leadership team share with the board, which he said has historically looked only at membership. ” Naylor’s annual Association Communications Benchmarking Report seems to bear that out. See Did You Know?

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The Top 30 Charity Social CEOS

Beth Kanter

In 2013, Zoe Amar and Matt Collins, digital strategy consultants for nonprofits, started the “ Social CEOs Award ” after being inspired by LinkedIn’s top 30 social CEOs list. Listen to any feedback your communications staff have about what you tweet. Social media is just another form of communication.