Fri.Jan 27, 2017

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Education to Employment #AMA

Spark Consulting

What are you doing Wednesday, February 1 at 12:30 pm ET? If your answer is “eating lunch,” or “nothing much,” I have a better option for you. Shelly Alcorn and I will be hosting an Ask Me Anything (aka “AMA”) on our recent whitepaper, The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm , on the association Slack channel.

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Extreme Makeover: Tradeshow Edition

Associations Now

The Association for Creative Industries completely overhauled its annual conference and tradeshow this year—calling it Creativation. Here are some details that went into the redesign, as well the benefits a tradeshow makeover could bring. I’ve always been a fan of makeover shows, whether fashion- or home-related. I used to love to watch marathons of What Not to Wear , but today my preferences lean more toward Property Brothers and Fixer Upper.

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Why Self-Interested Volunteers are the Best for Nonprofits

Beth Kanter

Note from Beth: The Mobilization Lab at Greenpeace recently commissioned and released this report, Beyond the First Click: How Today’s Volunteers Build the Power of Movements and NGOS. Beyond the First Click examines innovative volunteer engagement work by 35 organisations empowering people to scale change and win by learning and doing more.

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Friday Buzz: Stop Burnout Before It Happens

Associations Now

Don’t let your best employees suffer from burnout. Here are a few ways to prevent it. Also: Create a culture of innovation. Many nonprofits work hard to do good in the world, but it’s easy for even the most passionate employees to get overly taxed and burn out. Beth Kanter and Aliza Sherman, coauthors of The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit , posted several tips on Wild Apricot about keeping your employees happy and energized.

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Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Association Member Education

Unlock More Profit and Smarter Packaging for Member Learning Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your association’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.27.17

Reid All About it

My power went out for several hours yesterday afternoon – the wind knocked a tree down on the lines in our neighborhood. I had just returned from a committee meeting and was ready to start working when…darkness. Once it came back on, I had to choose between making dinner and writing an intro to this post. Sorry, folks, dinner rules. However, I had already selected a few posts to share with you this week.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.27.17

Reid All About it

My power went out for several hours yesterday afternoon – the wind knocked a tree down on the lines in our neighborhood. I had just returned from a committee meeting and was ready to start working when…darkness. Once it came back on, I had to choose between making dinner and writing an intro to this post. Sorry, folks, dinner rules. However, I had already selected a few posts to share with you this week.

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Apple Moves Away from Secrecy, Joins AI Group

Associations Now

The Partnership on AI, a group from which Apple was a notable omission when it was announced in September, has now made room for the phone maker. It reflects a shift in priorities for Apple, which has found it hard to keep up with artificial intelligence innovations while maintaining its secretive nature. Famously, Apple has long had a tendency toward secrecy.

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Transportation Group Hopes Annual List Guides Infrastructure Decisions

Associations Now

The American Transportation Research Institute’s annual list of the most congested areas for trucks offers decision makers information they can use to deal with problem spots on highways. The American Transportation Research Institute recently released its annual list of the 100 worst bottlenecks for trucks nationwide—information that the organization hopes will guide decisions on infrastructure investment as well as help motor carriers and drivers.