Wild Apricot

APRIL 27, 2015

Spring is here and there are lots of fresh new ideas for non-profits in a host of free webinars popping up this May! Check out the round-up of 17 free webinars.

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Mariner

APRIL 27, 2015

To split or not to split infinitives … it’s a serious controversy! Not really, but there are people that are adamant that you should never split an infinitive. Say thanks to the grammar gods that the creators of Star Trek ignored the rule – because To Go Boldly just doesn’t have the same zing!

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Eric Lanke

APRIL 27, 2015

I introduced a new term in my association last year. Our Strategy Agenda. What is it? Well, as the title of this blog post suggests, it is not another pseudonym for our strategic plan. It is something distinct. Unlike too many strategic plans in the association world, our Strategy Agenda doesn't deal at all with what we intend to do. It deals only with what we intend to achieve, and how we will know when we achieved it.

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Associations Now

APRIL 27, 2015

A new survey of nonprofit board directors found there is room for improvement in board performance and suggests several steps boards can take to better serve their organizations’ needs. Nonprofit board directors often lack in the skills, resources, and experience required to meet the needs of the organizations they serve, according to new research from the Stanford Graduate Business School.

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Velvet Chainsaw

APRIL 27, 2015

It’s time to bring back the luncheon table at your next conference. When attendees break bread together at the table, community is born. It’s where the stories of our profession, our lives, our past and our future are shared, retold, relived and remembered. Too many conferences have made a catastrophic mistake. In the name of conference budget cuts, we have removed attendee gatherings around a meal.

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SCD Group

APRIL 27, 2015

The recovery means fewer people searching for jobs. Boomer retirements (some claim as many as 10,800 per day) suggests more openings for association professionals. The two trends suggest associations are headed for major competition when hiring talented staff for their organizations. So, when my wife shared a friend’s blog related to this topic, I asked if we could use her thoughts for SCDdaily.

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Associations Now

APRIL 27, 2015

Earth Day 2015 is still fresh in our minds, and Green Venue Survey and Report has just launched its second annual survey on sustainability trends in convention centers around the world. What better time to look at how well the meetings industry is doing in the “green” department? The post Meetings Sustainability: Many Shades of Green appeared first on Associations Now.

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Associations Now

APRIL 27, 2015

According to a new study, effective mentoring programs can groom newer members for volunteer leadership as well as help them in their jobs. Mentoring programs are typically considered a member benefit, a way to help students and others new to a profession get their sea legs. But the association offering the program can benefit too, both by building up a pool of volunteers and perhaps creating a more cohesive board.

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Associations Now

APRIL 27, 2015

Get an insider’s perspective into AARP’s social media successes. Plus: an early look at Windows 10’s email features. Just because an association is huge, doesn’t mean it can’t be nimble and innovative. And just because many of its members are in their later years, doesn’t mean that they’re not keeping up with communication trends.

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Associations Now

APRIL 27, 2015

$ 60M The cost of a prior bird flu outbreak that took place between 1983 and 1984 and left more than 17 million birds dead, according to USA Today. Both taxpayers and the poultry industry took on the brunt of this cost. Reports of a widening bird flu outbreak affecting factory farms nationwide are raising questions about how it could affect humans and whether controversial farming practices are to blame.

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