Wild Apricot

MAY 1, 2015

The April Wild Apricot Update offers a personal message from Chief Apricot Dmitry Buterin about how Wild Apricot is changing and why.

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YourMembership

MAY 1, 2015

I just got back from a great week at Elevate 2015, CalSAE’s Annual Conference located this year in beautiful Lake Tahoe. It’s at events like Elevate that you often realize what a small, small world the association profession can sometimes appear to be. Just a week removed from the last YM monthly webinar Are You Ready for When Millennials Take Over with Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant, CAE from Cultures That Work, I ran into both of them at Elevate.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 1, 2015

Take a look at some of the research and predictions from Hyper Island on how Experience Design is more critical to businesses than price. Applying this research to the business of conferences, paid attendee experience will soon become the unique selling point of conference over price and product. Are you even thinking about designing a conference experience for the target market?

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Associations Now

MAY 1, 2015

Convention and visitor bureaus are making diversity and inclusion efforts an integral part of their strategy. Here’s how and why. As associations continue to expand their diversity and inclusion efforts and make D&I a strategic imperative, so do destinations. These cities want their marketing messages to not only reflect the diversity of their communities but also be welcoming to business and leisure travelers who come from a diverse set of backgrounds and cultures.

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Associations Now

MAY 1, 2015

The ALS Association connects the dots between regional and national fundraising. Plus: A behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to be part of a media firestorm. The Big Give S.A. , a huge nonprofit fundraiser in San Antonio, begins this Tuesday, with the goal of raising $4 million for the lengthy list of participating organizations. But that $4 million barely compares to the $100 million raised by the ALS Association’s Ice Bucket Challenge last year.

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Associations Now

MAY 1, 2015

With independent natural food stores being handed down to new generations, the Natural Products Association is accommodating its younger members with the launch of a new leadership committee. A new generation of business owners—picking up the torch from their parents—are getting the natural food bug, and the Natural Products Association is giving these new members their own voice in the industry’s future.

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Associations Now

MAY 1, 2015

With the release of a set of recent reports, the ATM Industry Association is helping to keep its members on top of the cybersecurity dangers to both operators and consumers. The ATM industry is usually on top of the latest trends—last month, for example, a Polish company combined a vehicle-based ATM with the basic concept of Uber. Just as importantly, it’s also on top of the latest threats.

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Associations Now

MAY 1, 2015

Welcome to this week’s news quiz featuring questions from some of our most recent articles. Find out how much you remember from stories on the aftermath of a 7.9-magnitude earthquake, nonprofit governance, and an organization embracing big data. Powered by Typeform. The post Caught Up on Your Association News? Find Out With This Quiz appeared first on Associations Now.

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