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Association Brain Food: 10.6.23

Reid All About it

Another take on the young professional recruitment challenge comes from James Young of Product Community. Competing against niche professional organizations, membership and conference revenue has “slowed to a trickle.” The writing has been on the wall for a long time—follow the link in the story to the 2014 memo written by a former ED.

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I Wasn’t Kidding, LinkedIn is Moving Fast

YourMembership

At the start of 2014, much of the news about the changes on the horizon for the job market was promising, especially for associations with a job board strategy for their members and organization. Meier added that LinkedIn “has a very engaged group of users and they have recruiters coming to the site to find people for their job openings.

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Associations 101

Spark Consulting

This Friday, we’ll be kicking off the 2014 Associations 101 #10in20 webinar series with a presentation by Rob Barnes on organizational culture. Register now and learn how to kickstart your organizational culture in 2014! Same great format (10 tips in 20 minutes), but lots of new content and speakers!

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Coaches vs. Cancer: Groups’ Fundraising Strategy Eyes New Recruits

Associations Now

Here’s why ACS recruited some of college basketball’s top coaches to their team. As we were thinking about a way to engage for donations, we started with the consumer insight that people are really interested in how coaches recruit. Basketball coaches tend to be a passionate bunch, known for their bursts of inspiration. The Coaches v.

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Time to get in the game. There’s a game being played?

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Last week we hosted our monthly Thought Leadership Webinar , featuring a whitepaper published by Association Laboratory entitled Looking Forward 2014: An Environmental Scanning Whitepaper for the Association Industry. In a recent online poll, 83 percent admitted they would be actively looking for a new position in 2014.

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Doubling Down on Association Career Centers

YourMembership

In February, we discussed how social media giant LinkedIn would be a disruptive force in the job board market in 2014. In June, we highlighted that LinkedIn was moving fast towards their goal , yet niche job boards remained highly effective and extremely popular with recruiters. We believe in the power of an association job board.

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The Risk of Not Owning Your Online Brand

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You should keep in mind that the revenue social media networks generate comes from the data they constantly collect – from your members and anyone else who freely shares their personal data by using these systems. LinkedIn generates revenue through three main channels – talent solutions, marketing solutions, and premium subscriptions.