Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

'If your fall planning includes finding membership management software, here is a guide to help you determine your needs and evaluate your options.

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Jamie Notter

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

'I was at an event last week for association CEOs on finding and keeping top talent. The topic of culture was raised repeatedly (yay!), but in the middle of the panel discussion, a CEO of a large and successful association dropped this bomb (not a direct quote, but my paraphrase of what she said): It takes 8 years to change a culture. If you’re a real superstar, you might be able to change culture in a little less than eight years, but it’s tough.

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Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

'image source This post is part of a series in which I''m analyzing the efforts of my organization to define and embrace core values through the six rules for doing so defined by Francois Nader, CEO of NPS Pharmaceuticals. For the series introduction, go here. For my comments on the first rule, go here. For my comments on the second rule, go here. For my comments on the third rule, go here.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

'Is the secret to Apple’s success its small board size? Perhaps. But it takes more than numbers to make sure your governance runs like clockwork. Everybody’s watching Apple again. Forgive the pun, but it seems appropriate. The company’s attention-getting announcement last week of its entry into the smartwatch business has relaunched a discussion about what it is that Apple is doing right.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

'Ok, you get it – Your Conference is a Brand. You’ve moved beyond the “annual meeting” into something more meaningful to your attendees. You’ve got your conference mission. You know how your conference will advance the profession and what’s in it for your participants. Now it is time to put your hard work into action. Design your conference logo. Adopt a repeatable look and feel (visuals) for communicating the benefits of attending.

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Plexus Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

'By Steven M. Worth, President at Plexus Consulting Group, LLC Strategic values are sometimes defined as the "glue" that holds an organization together. In effect, values act as a sort of constitution that clearly defines what an organization stands for both for those inside as well as outside any given organization. For example, we all instinctively know what McDonald''s Corporation''s values are.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

'When it comes to addressing members’ concerns, why wait until people complain if you’re aware of the problem? Plus: presenting a buffet of social software solutions. The meal may have been a little rough, but there was still time to save the day. Salesforce.com Senior of Manager of Content Alexa Schirtzinger details an experience she had with food-delivery service Sprig.

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Beth Kanter

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

'Photo by BirgerKing. Take a guess. Be honest. How long can you pay attention when working online before your mind wanders? According to the Statistic Brain site list of attention span stats , in 2000 we had a 12 second attention span compared with an 8 second attention in 2013. To put this context, a gold fish has an attention span of 9 seconds!

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

'Smartwatch Etiquette When Apple’s smartwatch hits the market early next year, it’s probably going to be a mega-seller, much like any new product the company releases. So with potentially millions of users strapping a minicomputer onto their wrists, are we in for an etiquette nightmare? Troy Patterson, writing for the website Slate.com , certainly thinks so.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

'Aspiring attorneys say that they often find themselves challenged to afford basic necessities when working at an internship for law school credit—work the American Bar Association says must be unpaid. Critics cite potential ethics concerns. Law students have a message for the their field’s leading professional body: When it comes to internships, don’t make us decide between cash or credit.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

'McAfee and Symantec, bitter competitors in the security arena for decades, have learned to start sharing as part of the Cyber Threat Alliance, a group the two firms helped launch last week. Perhaps it’s a sign of technology’s evolution that Symantec and McAfee, two longtime competitors in the security space, are ready to sit at the same table on a big issue.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

'A big question on culture change—how long is too long? Also: Careful when calling yourself a “catalyst.” A lot can change in eight years—your technology, your culture, your family—but can your association’s culture? One consulting pro ponders the speed of culture change in today’s Social Media Roundup: Eight Is More Than Enough.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

'Fighting Domestic Violence In the days after two major PR scandals involving major stars Ray Rice and Adrian Peterson, the NFL is stepping up its anti-domestic-violence game. The league has hired three officials well versed in domestic-violence and sex-crimes issues, including the former executive director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, to work on a task force dealing with these issues.

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