Wild Apricot
APRIL 18, 2016
I like to think that importing your members into Wild Apricot, is like moving your family into a new home. You first want to make sure the house was well built with a good foundation.
Eric Lanke
APRIL 18, 2016
So often in our increasingly inclusive business community, our goals are focused on achieving harmonious and empowered consensus. You want a staff of decision-makers, of professionals capable of finding their own ways of fulfilling your strategy, of service folk ready to react immediately at the site of the customer's difficulty. You're convinced that any structure that requires them to "check with the boss" before acting is one that will fail you far more often than serve you.
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Associations Now
APRIL 18, 2016
Getting to lead doesn’t have to involve scheming and backbiting. But it does require a culture where people are free to be candid and persuasive. We know office politics are a problem because we spend so much time pretending they don’t exist. In a provocative essay in the Harvard Business Review , business-school professor Michael C. Wenderoth throws some cold water on the notion that the way succeed is by hunkering down and doing quality work.
Idea Architects
APRIL 18, 2016
Illustration Copyright: kibsri / 123RF Stock Photo What do restaurant servers and conference participants have in common? They love coming home with lots of tips! Here is a ridiculously simple way you can enable a greater exchange of ideas at your next meeting, conference or event. along with some variations to help you achieve other objectives: trading cards with topical tips from peers.
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Associations Now
APRIL 18, 2016
Launched last week, the Spiritual Care Association will work to better integrate spiritual care—regardless of religion—into a “whole person” approach to healthcare. Education, certification, and advocacy top SCA’s agenda. People experiencing serious illness, grief, or other distress often turn to chaplains for comfort and meaning. The spiritual care that they provide is part of an effort to care for the whole person—mind, body, and spirit—and part of the overall patient experience, according to
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Associations Now
APRIL 18, 2016
Fresh off a new agreement with the cable network, the International Drone Racing Association is ready to bring its sport to televisions and audiences around the world. Up first: this summer’s U.S. national championships. The International Drone Racing Association signed a deal with ESPN last week, which the parties say will bring the sport of drone racing to the public.
Higher Logic
APRIL 18, 2016
Many years ago, when I was underemployed, I’m a little ashamed to admit that I did some writing for content farms. You know the sites I’m talking about: you’re searching Google for information on what to do about that weird rash on your elbow and the first link you click on is a bizarrely useless article stuffed with links. These days, though, you don’t need that kind of factory farmed content--you can get organic, pasture-raised content just like Grandma used to make, directly from your communi
Associations Now
APRIL 18, 2016
What HR Should Know In a recent piece on the tax-fraud crisis , the Society for Human Resource Management suggested that HR professionals should consider purchasing an HR cyberliability insurance policy and follow the suggestions offered by the Internal Revenue Service. “Hackers are sophisticated and relentless so it’s not an ‘if,’ but ‘when’ situation,” said Harris Tsangaris of NFP Property & Casualty Services, in comments to the association.
Associations Now
APRIL 18, 2016
The attempt by UC Davis to hire reputation management firms to hide from online searchers a 2011 image of a police officer pepper-spraying protesters at the school appears to have backfired. Now the University of California Student Association is calling for Chancellor Linda Katehi to leave her post. UC Davis’ attempts to blunt the impact of one of the most notable news photos taken in 2011 were ultimately unsuccessful.
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Associations Now
APRIL 18, 2016
Learn how you can keep your members connected in just a few minutes. Plus: How websites are battling falling ad sales. Building and maintaining a community can be hard work, especially when you’re expected to engage with your members on a daily basis. While insightful stories and member interviews are great ideas, it’s unrealistic for members to expect you to write them daily, as well as unrealistic to expect members to read them daily.
Associations Now
APRIL 18, 2016
The Newspaper Association of America, joined by some of its largest members, has called on the makers of the web browser Brave to stop removing publishers’ ads and replacing them with its own. Brave CEO Brendan Eich argues that his company’s approach offers a fair alternative to more invasive advertising. News publishers are picking a brave fight.
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