Thu.Mar 26, 2015

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Creating Meetings with Impact: Your Questions Answered

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All throughout March we focused on the state of meetings and events for associations. We’ve looked at tips for cranking up the engagement factor at a conference, featuring your online career center to add value to your meetings, and how creating an event microsite can help create a unique brand for your event. We wrapped up March with our monthly thought leadership webinar, Creating Meetings with Impact: The Move Towards Strategic Conversations , with Jeff Hurt , Executive Vice President, Educat

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Doctors Don’t Deliver Alzheimer’s Diagnosis to Half of Their Patients, Report Says

Associations Now

'An analysis of Medicare records and surveys found that doctors struggle to deliver an Alzheimer’s diagnosis to patients and their caregivers—less than half received the tough news. The Alzheimer’s Association hopes to change that and has the resources to help. 5.3 m The estimated number of Americans who have Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association.

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Social Media Measurement Resources for Associations

Mizz Information

'A few months ago I did a presentation about social media analytics for associations. Then Peggy Hoffman asked if I''d come talk about it again at an ASAE Idea Swap in MD, so I spruced up the resources I''d shared a few months ago.and figure I may as well share them here as well. I am in no way a data or analytics guru--I couldn''t even play one on TV-- but I do know where to turn to learn that stuff.

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Embrace the (March) Madness And Other Productivity Tips

Associations Now

'The NCAA Tournament is upon us, and while many reports cite the potential for lost productivity at work, some are claiming just the opposite. Plus, a few other tips to help boost productivity. Many Americans are likely taking part in office pools or sneaking in a basketball game or two while at work during this year’s NCAA Tournament. Both those activities could result in almost $2 billion in lost productivity for U.S. businesses, according to outplacement consulting firm Challenger, Gray, and

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How to Increase Membership Renewal

Dive deep into essential elements that drive member retention. Learn why members may hesitate to renew. Discover actionable techniques to encourage their return and foster lasting engagement. Uncover reasons members choose not to renew. Learn effective tactics to elevate member engagement and communication. Explore methods to encourage member renewal and active participation in your association Download now to take charge of your membership retention strategy!

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Nonprofit Crowd Funding Success Formula: Robust Planning, Networks, and Blessings

Beth Kanter

'After publishing this post about Save the Children’s Crowd Funding Campaign – where I mentioned the Dalai Lama Foundation’s successful campaign , I noticed this tweet in my stream from Brian Rusch the former deputy director for the DLF : Woohoo! The crowd-funding campaign I ran for the Dalai Lama Foundation got a shout-out on @kanter ‘s blog today!

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Retailers Hit New Milestone in Cybersharing Efforts

Associations Now

'$ 10M The amount that Target will set aside to assist victims of its 2013 data breach, one of the largest of its kind, as part of a class-action settlement. Each victim of identity theft due to the data breach will be eligible to receive up to $10,000 from the fund, according to CNET. Piggybacking on an existing system for the financial industry, the Retail Cyber Intelligence Sharing Center earlier this month announced a new portal for sharing cybersecurity threats.

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Thursday Buzz: Facebook Wants to Reinvent Customer Service

Associations Now

'With its new Businesses on Messenger strategy, Facebook wants to help replace annoying customer-service phone calls with less-annoying chat messages. Also: A little help on understanding legislative issues at the state level. For years, Facebook’s Messenger platform has been a useful, yet not always appreciated, portion of the company’s social network offering.

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Conference Circuit: Foodies Unite

Associations Now

'Rundown Attendees: 500. Restaurants listed in the IACP DC Dining Guide: 50. 2015 sponsors: 12. The International Association of Culinary Professionals’ 37th Annual Conference is bound to cook up a lot of innovative and delicious ideas. This weekend, culinary professionals—everyone from food writers, editors, and publishers to event coordinators to restaurateurs and chefs—will gather in the nation’s capital for IACP 2015 to share experience and expertise.