Associations Now
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
'The author of a new book on membership shares how businesses beyond the association realm are rewarding desired behaviors in new users to get them in the habit of engaging. For at least as long as I’ve been working in associations, and probably longer, people in our profession have been worrying about the imminent “death” of the membership model.
Velvet Chainsaw
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
'Traditional conference education models have lost their relevance. The process of distributing a call for session and speaker submissions, selecting experts that transmit and dispense information, and packaging it as professional development for the masses is overdone. One-size-fits-all education doesn’t work anymore. We are in the midst of great workplace disruption, brought on by a new generation of workers, an increasing sophisticated public and rapidly changing technology.
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Associations Now
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
'At its recent annual meeting, the 101-year-old National Watermelon Association addressed the importance of engaging with younger members and outlined the steps it’s taking to ensure the future of the organization. The National Watermelon Association is facing a challenge not unlike many other associations— how best to engage the next generation. It’s an issue that was front and center at NWA’s annual convention in La Quinta, California, last week.
Beth Kanter
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
'Recently, I’ve been reading the ideas from The Presencing Institute (PI), an action-research community that “creates social technologies, builds capacities, and generates holding spaces for profound societal renewal.” The Presencing Institute grew out of the MIT Center for Organizational Learning, which was founded by Peter Senge and his colleagues.
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Associations Now
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
'Another Honoree Also on Sunday, the Alzheimer’s Association paid tribute to country music singer/songwriter Glen Campbell, who suffers from disease, for his Oscar-nominated song “I’m Not Gonna Miss You.” The song was performed during the show by Tim McGraw. “The brave public disclosure of Glen Campbell’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis and coast-to-coast farewell tour … brought Alzheimer’s out of the shadows and on to a stage, bringing much-needed attention to the Alzheimer’s cause,” Harry Johns, preside
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Associations Now
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
'The Empire State’s plan to increase the minimum wage for tipped workers to $7.50—one of the highest in the country—has the New York State Restaurant Association suggesting that its members could consider doing away with tips altogether. Could higher wages for tipped workers mean the end of gratuities in New York? That’s one of the dangers that restaurant employees see as New York mandates a new minimum wage for tipped workers.
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
'A leading international music trade group is on the verge of announcing a uniform release day for new albums—one inspired, by the way, by Beyoncé—but releasing albums on Friday isn’t everyone’s idea of rocking out. The music industry’s “street date” is about to be synonymous with payday for a lot of people. But like a shift in your pay cycle, the new release day could be pretty painful for the people directly affected by it.
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 25, 2015
'Missouri, Compromised? The next state to watch on the plastic-bag front is shaping up to be Missouri, where a Republican state representative, Dan Shaul, has introduced legislation barring cities from passing local plastic-bag bans. The problem, critics say? Shaul also is the state director of the Missouri Grocers Association, which means the bill could represent a conflict of interest, although Shaul disputes this. “It doesn’t affect the organization, it affects the consumer, it af
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