Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'Here are details on the launch of our new Wild Apricot mobile app and our long-term mobile roadmap.

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Aaron Wolowiec

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'Jeanette Stawski, executive director, AORE. Q & A with Jeannette Stawski, executive director of Association of Outdoor Recreation and Education. Q: What’s one thing most people don’t know about you? A: Je parle Francais. Well, I used to know how! I really enjoyed studying and speaking French, and I would love to live in a French-speaking country in the future with my family.

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Mariner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'It’s really human nature to get involved and when we don’t get involved, we don’t have that loyalty or that commitment and so in a membership. organization, involvement is going to be the trigger. I have on more. than occasion suggested we ban the "V" word as in Volunteer because it. causes us (who manage volunteers) and members (who could be volunteers). to be trapped in an old paradigm.

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Aaron Wolowiec

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'Mariama Holman, content marketing specialist for MultiView. This month’s guest blog post is by Mariama Holman, content marketing specialist for MultiView , a digital marketing company for associations. It’s never too early (or too late) to start fine-tuning your organization’s participation in a trade show. The time is now; the fourth quarter of 2014 is filled with a myriad of seasonal events.

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Mariner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'The conversation on volunteerism in association is shifting – in an exciting way. The questions about how to engage non-traditional volunteers and those on how rethink the model from the top down are finally taking center stage. I had an opportunity to keep the conversation going through a webinar with YourMembership.com.

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Association Advocacy Chick

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'In August, ASAE introduced the 2015-2017 Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan as well as new policies on religious diversity and accessibility. We asked the D + I Committee’s Immediate Past Chair and 2008-2009 DELP Scholar Mariama Boney to talk about their important work. Association Advocacy Chick: What are some of the responsibilities for ASAE’s Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Committee?

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'Note: Revised and reposted from a 2011 post. Dear Association Executive: Is education in your organization’s mission statement? If not specifically mentioned, it’s probably in your strategic plan. Isn’t it? If not, it should be! How Much Do You Budget For Education? So let me ask you an important question: If education is in your mission or strategic plan, how much of your budget is dedicated to educating your members?

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'Facing a controversy that could have damaged industry efforts to introduce GMOs to the U.S. wheat supply, two trade groups focused on their messaging to reassure their members and the public. It was a discovery that shook the markets. Last year an Oregon farmer noticed that some of the wheat in his field failed to react to the weed killer glyphosate, popularly known as Roundup.

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SCD Group

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'Lisa Evans recently wrote an interesting piece in FastCompany headlined The Exact Amount of Time You Should Work Every Day. It is important reading for Association CEOs and Association Executives! As a 24/7 “ switchtasker ,” I read this piece with interest. The story talks about new research that reveals how much downtime we should be taking during our work week.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'After a fire closed a major air traffic control center outside of Chicago last Friday, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association offered a status update and assurances that flight operations were safe and returning to normal early this week. The delays and cancellations are expected to continue well into October, but the National Air Traffic Controllers Association (NATCA) on Monday said that its members are keeping the skies above Chicago safe and efficient following a fire last Friday.

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Association Mavens

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'[link]. Stefanie Reeves is an association blogger and the founder of Generation Advocacy, a consulting firm specializing in government relations, lobbying, and PACs. We discuss the challenges she sees facing associations and the role that mentorship can play in developing an association career. Stefanie Reeves is an association blogger and the founder of Generation Advocacy, a consulting firm specializing in government relations, lobbying, and PACs.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'The cable and internet giant Comcast is in the middle of a major shift on customer service, after being dogged about it for years. The odds that it’ll fix the problems right away are slim—and that highlights the role technology infrastructure plays in keeping standards high. Think your user support problems are bad? Try being Charlie Herrin. Herrin, a longtime Comcast executive, has been promoted to perhaps the scariest role in all of business: the man tasked with fixing the company’

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Beth Kanter

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'Click to see the full infographic. Note for Beth: Most of my work over the last twenty years in nonprofit technology has been focused on designing and facilitating capacity building projects, specifically training and peer learning projects that help participants successfully learn and apply skills using online technology, social media, networks, measurement, training design or other topic.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'To account for changes in how people read magazines, the Association of Magazine Media launched a new audience-measurement tool that calculates content consumption across a variety of platforms and formats. The goal: to help advertisers see the big picture. It used to be that magazines would measure consumer consumption of their products by reporting newsstand sales and paid subscriptions.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'While Ivy League colleges and other liberal arts institutions struggle to integrate military veterans into the student body, nonprofits are working to ensure that there’s a path from the military to elite higher education. One of the biggest problems veterans face involves adjusting to civilian life after their tours of duty are over. A good way to make that adjustment is to attend college.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'How two old-school cartoons stay fresh with an occasional twist. Also: Chromebooks get access to Photoshop—no, really. Back in the late ’80s and early ’90s, kids like me adored the old-school Disney cartoon DuckTales , which followed Disney comic-book star Scrooge McDuck and various other members of Donald Duck’s clan on adventures around Duckburg and beyond.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

'A leading association in the growing world of e-sports gives collegiate members an exclusive benefit. What’s the benefit? Digital card backs. That may not sound exciting to you, but for players of the wildly popular online card game Hearthstone , earning alternate designs for the backs of the cards players use is a big deal. The cards are usually given as a reward for a specific in-game action, but members of The eSports Association (TeSPA) have an opportunity to get an exclusive card bac

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