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Creating a Sustainable Organization

SCD Group

As I read the story and thought of my early association experience, I saw parallels for associations and the ability of some nonprofit organizations to build sustainable and successful associations. Or, more to the point, they''re the same organization — gold standards of their respective leagues for a generation. A talented staff.

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Add Chapters to Make an Old Association Feel New

Associations Now

Launching a chapter network has helped PEN America, a literary organization with almost 100 years of history, recruit new members and reinvent opportunities for member engagement at the local level. The decision comes at a critical time for the organization, which represents writers.

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Joint Membership: The “Special Sauce” for Chapter Relations

Associations Now

Joint membership can offer big benefits for associations with component relations for both the national organization and state or local chapters. Apparently, there’s another type of special sauce that the association world is craving right now—joint memberships in national organizations and their chapters. I love Big Macs.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Six Principles for Harnessing.

Idea Architects

While Tulgan and Peters are both talking about paid staff in the new economy, associations and other organizations would be wise to note the relevance of their thinking for recruiting, developing, and rewarding volunteers. When competing for volunteer time and talent, organizations need to have compelling value propositions to offer.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Thinking Differently About.

Idea Architects

Theres an i nteresting post (and the beginning of a conversation) going on over at the Acronym blog , focusing on volunteer recruitment and diversity. I think we need to reframe the way many organizations currently view volunteers. In short, we would organize the enterprise for 100% volunteering. Here was the comment I posted.

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Getting Married to Membership May Require Engagement First

Idea Architects

It used to be that you had to pay to play: join an organization and then you can get involved. How would you adjust your recruitment and involvement strategies to capitalize on this potential shift? community that people value and that our organizations market. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Jeffrey Cufaude.

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Flipped Volunteering: The Better Way to Invite and Engage

Idea Architects

Amazingly, very few associations or other nonprofit organizations do that. In fact, many if not most know next to nothing about the talents, interests, and experiences of their members and how those might connect to volunteer opportunities within their organization. Here are the questions changing our model needs to include.