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Association Brain Food: 3.1.24

Reid All About it

Just what you need to pretend you’re elsewhere, a bald eagle cam from Big Bear Valley in California. Drive Engagement Using Ancient Myth, Social Media and User Generated Video The Hero’s Journey powers your favorite movies and books, and has become a key to modern marketing. Nice view, too! More info/register. 1 CAE credit.

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The Future of Fundraising Is Peer-to-Peer

Achieve

Today, in contrast, the professional fundraiser has at his or her disposal a range of options, from social media and dedicated websites to personalized giving pages and text messaging services, that enable him or her to reach many more people, in many more locations, than was possible before. One of them involved.

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On Cusp of Its Second Century, Watermelon Group Focuses on Generation Y

Associations Now

It’s an issue that was front and center at NWA’s annual convention in La Quinta, California, last week. “We The watermelon industry as a whole is struggling to engage Generation Y/millennials,” Sladek said in an email. We want to be on the leading edge of this and engage future leaders.”. “The

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A Case for the Association Summer Internship

Associations Now

knowledge of the use of social media. In another example, the Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association deployed a multimedia initiative focused on bringing more millennials into the workforce. The position requires a candidate with: • excellent verbal communications skills. excellent writing skills. • research skills.

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Solutions for Your Membership Conundrum

Association Adviser

These tactics eclipsed the number of associations that are cultivating a social media presence during their live events (19 percent), offering awards for young professionals (16 percent) or offering separate educational tracks for young professionals (10 percent). “We Tactics for engaging millennials. million and $5.8

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Skip the Sales Pitch: How Destinations Can Leverage Content Marketing

Associations Now

MCIntl says two things are changing the way planners evaluate destinations: the influx of digitally savvy millennials into the industry and the rise of the “knowledge economy.” The third is to use visual media to create impact. First, use social media to share content through both destination-branded accounts and staff accounts.

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How to Tame Technology

Association Adviser

In other words] your PR team will be using more social media, whereas your education department may be using more video conferencing, such as Skyping.” In “Turn Your Social Media Goals Upside Down,” Rappaport argues that advocacy doesn’t just happen by “goosing the social media metrics.”