Association Brain Food Weekly: 2.8.16

Schedule one hour next week to attend one of these webinars, read ASAE Collaborate, or skim the #assnchat hashtag on Twitter for good reads. You can’t get ahead if you’re always behind!

Webinars

Tue 2/9 at 3:30 p.m. – eLearning Strategy, Tactics & Responsive Planning

Pave a clear pathway to building better eLearning programs for your association with this free, monthly webinar series from iCohere Academy, a worldwide professional community of practice dedicated to the evolution of webinars, web meetings and courses, and hybrid/virtual conferences. Register here. (1 CAE credit)

Wed 2/10 at 3:00 p.m. – 5 Tips for Maximizing Non-Dues Revenue from Your Communications Vehicles

Learn tactics to maximize your non-dues revenue earning potential: analyze communication gaps, engage members with advertising, meet advertiser needs, arm your sales team with the right tools, and invest in resources that provide maximum return. Register here. (1 CAE credit)

Thu 2/11 at 3:00 p.m. – How to Build an Amazing Volunteer Recruitment Strategy

Discover the difference between traditional recruitment strategies and the volunteer attraction strategy. Find out how to create the perfect mix of appreciation, recognition, incentive and reward to push volunteers to the next level. Learn about powerful organizational strategies that cultivate future leaders and long-term success. Register here. (1 CAE credit)

Fri 2/12 at 2:00 p.m. – Be Their eLearning Valentine: Capture Your Members’ Hearts in 3 Steps

The Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s marketing manager will share tactics to improve your learning catalog and member experience, while also driving membership and revenue numbers in the right direction. Register here.

Fri 2/12 at 3:00 p.m. – Promoting Online Education & Certification

Explore who’s doing online education effectively, the criteria to make it successful and how you can succeed too. Register here. (1 CAE credit)

Online chat

Have you tried Blab yet? Blab is a live-streaming video platform that’s really taken off in the last several months. A lot of its user-generated content, like on every social media platform, is self-promotional garbage, but there’s good stuff if you know where to look. For example, every Tuesday at 2:00 p.m., consultant KiKi L’Italien hosts Association Chat on Blab. This is the same chat (#assnchat) that used to take place every Tuesday on Twitter – it’s moved to Blab.

Blab is easy to use. You can watch and listen to the hosts and guests who appear in four large boxes on your screen. You can chat in the sidebar with the hosts and other viewers. And, you can even request to go on camera yourself by taking someone’s seat. Social Media Examiner explains Blab in more detail.

This Tuesday, February 9 at 2:00 p.m., the chat topic is: How Associations are Attracting Millennial Members. This time, consultant Amanda Kaiser is hosting with association execs Karen Hansen and Amalea Híjar who, according to Amanda, are doing some really cool things and will bring both small and large association perspectives to the chat.

You can see (and suggest) future topics on the Association Chat Facebook group.

That’s it until next week! If your company or organization is hosting a professional development opportunity for the association community, please let me know by giving me a shout-out on Twitter.

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