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AUGUST 19, 2016

“ I’ve got the sweetest hangover, I don’t want to get over… ”. Not that kind of hangover. I’ve got the post-ASAE Annual buzz. This is the emotion you want to trigger when marketing your conference—that warm, happy, inspired, charged-up feeling of belonging to a tribe who gets what you do and loves what you love. It’s that buzz you get from discovering and developing new ideas with people sitting across the room or around the table.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 19, 2016

More than two decades after issuing rules and regulations for nonprofits on how to present and share their financials, the Financial Accounting Standards Board hopes to simplify things for these organizations, as well as their donors, by issuing new guidelines. After years of study and outreach, the Financial Accounting Standards Board released new guidelines this week that simplify and improve how nonprofits classify their assets, as well as what they present in their financial statements.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 19, 2016

Tactical board members are focused on the predictability of the past for today, the here and now, and getting through the year. Strategic board members think, prepare and act on challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Why? Because they care about the organization’s future. They know they can play an important role in creating their stakeholder’s future.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 19, 2016

The American Heart Association says that sedentary behavior is risky and could lead to major cardiovascular problems down the line. The association adds that exercise on its own won’t offset the negative health effects of sitting for long periods. Are you sitting down? Well … the American Heart Association says that’s a bad idea. In fact, you may want to get a treadmill desk.

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AUGUST 19, 2016

From : Blog Entry >> Jessica's Blog Entry One of the many association “hot topics” now is how to inspire and engage online communities. There’s plenty of “how-to” articles for creating an engaging brand, but often time you’re still left wondering how you can easily create, distribute and track your content. According to a 2015 Entrepreneur article, the fastest and easiest application used to create and engage your community is TINT.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 19, 2016

Much of the important work at a meeting doesn’t just happen during scheduled events. It also takes place at casual gatherings such as an early morning coffee, a lunchtime walk, or a dinner at a local restaurant. Or even during serendipitous encounters. Connectivity of venues is key to encouraging the kinds of creativity-inspiring engagement that attendees seek with one another.

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AUGUST 19, 2016

Meetings-related sessions at the 2016 ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition discussed how to make your meetings more inclusive and welcoming for every attendee. As I’m writing this post, I’ve been back in the office for only a few hours following the 2016 ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition. If you were also in Salt Lake City, I’m sure your post-conference process is similar to mine: Unpack and do laundry, triage your inbox, decipher session notes, follow-up with new contacts, plus caffeine—lots

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Associations Now

AUGUST 19, 2016

A new initiative by the Direct Marketing Association has the potential to make targeted marketing driven less by the browser and more by the end user—who, by the way, frequently switches devices. Trying to deliver targeted advertising to a single person when he or she is constantly switching devices? That’s a challenge. But it’s a challenge that the Direct Marketing Association and its member companies are doubling down on.

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