Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

'You asked and our webinar presenters answered! Here are the questions and answers from our Mission-Driven Volunteering webinar.

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Eric Lanke

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

'image source Last week I wrote about a facilitation workshop I recently attended--a workshop to learn how to be a better facilitator and how to teach others to do the same. I got a lot of takeaways that are relevant to the work I and my staff do with our association''s Board, committees, and task forces. Here''s another. When facilitating a meeting of association members, think about what “ice” needs to be broken.

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Association Adviser

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

'And do it on your own terms. The post How to Tackle Technology appeared first on Association Adviser - Best practices, news and leadership strategies for association professionals. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

'The American College of Cardiology is the latest among a handful of associations teaming up with the startup accelerator 1776. As part of the partnership, ACC will help judge an innovation competition and connect regional winners in the healthcare category with attendees at its annual meeting. It makes sense that one of the leading tech incubators with headquarters within shouting distance of K Street is drawing interest from the association world.

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Beth Kanter

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

'Note from Beth: Last week I was in New Orleans for the National Assembly of State Arts Councils meeting. I facilitated a peer session with Public Information Officers and a Mini-Workshop on managing and measuring a social media presence. We covered strategy, especially identifying audiences through personas and key objectives. Most importantly, participants began to think through their content and engagement strategies.

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Plexus Consulting

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

'By Virgil R. Carter Despite the great diversity among non-profit organizations, we all seek effective governance by our boards. A critical starting point is to recognize what a vital resource time is. Recruiting new board members is challenging because volunteers are concerned about drains on their time. Governing well is critical because a board’s time together is limited.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

'In a bold (but not unheard-of) strategy, the animal rights group recently launched its own “animal utopia” on Minecraft. The game server includes a full re-creation of PETA’s headquarters. The staff of Associations Now can guarantee that no animals were harmed in the making of this virtual office. And People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) wouldn’t have it any other way.

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Achieve

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Several years ago, I was sitting in a fundraising meeting agonizing about our year-end mailer. The direct mail piece targeted our older, wealthy donors – and if we didn’t hit the lofty goal we’d set, we wouldn’t have enough time to recover. Needless to say, the pressure was intense, and I was really feeling it. While we talked through our plan one last time, a team member mentioned an article about how Millennials are using technology and social media to change the way nonprofits do fundraising.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

'Why one regular Google Glass user (who happens to write for Mashable ) gave up his device. Also: Meet a nonprofit that’s suddenly $1 million richer. Bad news for people interested in Google Glass: The backlash is here. The device, which has had more than two years in the public eye (specifically, the right eye), is starting to feel the kind of backlash that a lot of technology eventually does.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

'An Indie Agreement Months after YouTube found itself in a public spat with numerous indie labels over royalties, the two sides appear to have made peace. Last week, You Tube reportedly made a deal with Merlin , the trade-group-run distribution service that manages the rights for thousands of indie labels. It came just in time, apparently—days later, YouTube’s Music Key subscription service, which will compete with stalwarts like Spotify, finally made its debut.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

'Is the volunteer talking about his personal needs being selfish—or sending you a message about how your organization can change? “What’s in it for me?” Few profanity-free lines could be more offensive in a gathering of association volunteers and staffers. Those people—and sometimes even members—are trained to understand that they’re all participating in the organization in the name of a greater good.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

'Consumer Confidence While most Americans are well aware of the numerous data breaches that have hit retailers, banks, and other companies, they are not changing their shopping habits, according to a new survey. Data from IT governance association ISACA found that 94 percent of American consumers were familiar with the breaches reported over the past year.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

'As they prepare to take the reins in the Senate in January, Republican leaders say there’s something the chamber can accomplish before the end of the current Congress: forging a deal with Democrats on renewing expired tax breaks. Republican leaders have signaled an interest in renewing dozens of expired tax provisions before they take control of the Senate in January.

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