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Study: Nonprofit Investment Returns Lagged Market Benchmarks in 2013

Associations Now

Any way you sliced it in 2013, nonprofits would likely have been better off sticking with a 60/40 mix of traditional stocks and bonds,” according to an executive summary of the results. The key is documentation of the process they undertook to arrive at whatever decision they make,” he said. percent to 13.5 What To Do?

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Social Media Roundup: Demystify Leadership Elections

Associations Now

Try these tips to revamp your leadership nomination practices. New Year's resolution: review your organization's leadership nomination process before your next election. Helping members climb the volunteer leadership ladder can bring in a new crop of ideas. That and more in today’s Social Media Roundup.

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21st Century Leadership Skills Require Collaborative Learning

Velvet Chainsaw

More than 1,100 individuals participated in Skillsoft’s 21st Century Leadership Survey. The aim was to understand what workers today believe were the most effective organizational leadership attributes and capabilities that created success in the past, versus those that will create sustainable success and innovation in the future.

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An Association Rebrand From Start to Finish

Association Success

Rebranding is a lengthy process - but worth every minute. When we had a change of leadership, branding became a hot topic so we jumped on the opportunity to make changes. The Process. The rebranding process took about two years overall. Conversations started in early 2013 among our leadership. Why Rebrand?

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What I'm Reading

Thanks For Playing

Personal branding trends for 2013 (I'm not so sure these are new this year, but they are good remidners). Is there a leadership gene ? Everyone's all excited about Facebook's new Graph Search, aka Facebook takes on Google, including Social Media Examiner , ASAE , and SocialFish. An interesting look at why innovation is so hard.

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A Bright Spot in Chapters

Mariner Management

Your association and chapters probably face the same challenge the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) wrestles with: filling the industry and association leadership pipeline. The first session, led by Charlotte Muylaert of Billhighway gave us a working definition of a bright spot and a process for identifying and sharing.

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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. Operation Efficiency: Streamlining Processes for Associations Discover the key to success for associations in today’s fast-paced world by exploring strategies for optimizing operations and improving efficiency.