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DECEMBER 18, 2014

Last week we held our December Thought Leadership webinar Mindful Associations: Fuel 2015 Success with Vision and Gratitude , with Holly Duckworth, CAE, CMP, recognized speaker and CEO of Leadership Solutions International. Holly joined us to share some very interesting principles and techniques she’s developed and included in her first book to be released in January 2015, titled Ctrl+ Alt+ Believe: Reboot Your Organization For Success.

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Mariner

DECEMBER 18, 2014

'The year is almost done, which means many of us are starting to ponder our New Year’s Resolutions (again!). We’ll spend the coming days in quiet reflection on where we failed in 2014 and how we can better ourselves in 2015. Whether it’s making changes to our physical, mental or spiritual well-being, we’ll forge ahead with a list of resolutions written in the spirit of renewal.

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Optimist Consulting

DECEMBER 18, 2014

'At the recent PARN Communications Special Interest Group, where I was facilitating a workshop session , I saw a great presentation by James Murphy, Global Head of Digital Services at RICS. He talked about strategies and challenges for social media at RICS, the 120,000-member-strong organisation that serves development and management of land, real estate, construction and infrastructure professionals.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 18, 2014

'From content strategy to video to AMSes, five useful insights you can take back to your association from National Harbor. In a way, ASAE’s 2014 Technology Conference & Expo , at Maryland’s National Harbor, was an early Christmas treat—with gifts of useful data and insights from some of the association world’s greatest minds. We covered many of them on our social media liveblog , but I wanted to give special attention to five key points: 1.

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Optimist Consulting

DECEMBER 18, 2014

'I recently helped a client by running some discussion groups with their members about the organisation’s benefit offering. One of the key findings was how much the members valued the Special Interest Groups (SIGs). I have found this elsewhere too. I think SIGs can be an embodiment of an organisation’s USP, bringing together like-minded members to share ideas, challenges and best practice.

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Optimist Consulting

DECEMBER 18, 2014

'The DMA (Direct Marketing Association) has partnered with the Content Marketing Institute on its 2015 UK content marketing report. It is one of the most comprehensive content marketing reports in the world with over 5,000 marketers taking part across the globe. It does include for-profit organisations, but I still think the findings are a good indication of trends in content marketing.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 18, 2014

'2014 was rife with incredible conferences that inspired attendees to think, collaborate, and act. In today’s Conference Circuit, we highlight some of the year’s standouts. There’s an association for nearly everything, and we all know associations love events. Though we don’t have nearly enough space to sing everyone’s praises, we’re using 2014′s last Conference Circuit to look at some of the biggest themes and trends of the past year and perhaps inspire

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Slice-Works

DECEMBER 18, 2014

'How many of you find yourselves “believing your doubts and doubting your beliefs”?!? As you look at the last few months of civil unrest following the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson and Akai Gurley in New York City, or your own personal challenges, it’s easy to understand how doubt and fear could pre-occupy your thoughts. Rather than making predictions about 2015, at SliceWorks we like to choose one word to focus on going into the New Year.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 18, 2014

'The MPAA Responds As Associations Now reported earlier this week, some critics have questioned why the Motion Picture Association of America remained largely silent after the Sony Pictures hacking incident. In comments released this week to the media, MPAA struck a supportive tone. “Sony Pictures is not just a valued member of our association family, but they are friends and colleagues and we feel for them,” the association said in a statement, according to the Los Angeles Times. &#

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Beekeeper Group

DECEMBER 18, 2014

'Have you met Mike Panetta , one of the Partners here at Beekeeper Group? As a proud graduate of American University’s School of Public Affairs, Mike was interviewed to celebrate the program’s 80th anniversary this year. Mike Panetta is an award-winning public affairs campaign strategist who specializes in using digital and social media for creative issue advocacy and grassroots activism.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 18, 2014

'Drones have proven to be a useful research tool for colleges and universities. But Federal Aviation Administration regulations have made it difficult for schools to use them. An interesting, and perhaps unexpected, player has emerged in the debate over how small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS)—more commonly known as drones—ought to be regulated: higher education.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 18, 2014

'A trade group focused on the B2B publication space credits increasing financial stability for the ability to offer free membership. Also: Tips for live-tweeting events. The Christmas presents came early this year for the members of the American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). On Wednesday, the association’s president, Mark Schlack, announced that it would begin offering free membership to new and current members—something the group said was possible due to an improving fi

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