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Free Webinar: Raise More Money with Win-Win Sponsorships

Wild Apricot

'Want to know how your organization can profit from win-win sponsor partnerships? Register for our upcoming Wild Apricot Expert Webinar with Joe Waters – details here.

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Accelerating Member Engagement

Potomac Core

Accelerating Member Engagement. According to a recent CNBC post “earnings are expected to be down by some 4 percent year over year, that is an 8-percent reduction from previous estimates.” How does this or any financial news connect to Association member engagement? What happens today influences how executives make decisions about where to invest their precious time.

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There is No Them

Eric Lanke

'We are all marketers. We are all in membership. We are all meeting planners and facilitators. These are the skill sets that we all must possess if we are going to achieve the things we need to achieve. Turfing things to the marketing, membership, or meeting planning department is abdicating our primary responsibilities. We know who are members are, we know the value of the products we offer them, we know what we want to achieve from each meeting.

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How Your Association Can Use Video To Engage Members

Association Adviser

'There’s no doubt that video is a powerful communications tool. Using social media, email, digital publications and events to promote your videos will help you inform members of this wonderful benefit. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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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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ASAE Sends Comments to Senate Tax Reform Working Groups

Associations Now

'The association community wants to be sure its voice is heard as five Senate working groups get busy drafting tax reform legislation. A top priority: maintaining the royalty income exception of the UBIT statute. ASAE submitted comments last week to the Senate Finance Committee’s bipartisan tax reform working groups charged with reviewing ideas from stakeholders on how best to overhaul the nation’s complex tax code.

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Bar Association Program Aims to Help People Understand Bitcoin

Associations Now

'As the buzz around bitcoin keeps growing, a new program from the American Bar Association will help shed light on how digital currencies work and how they are affecting regulatory policy. The American Bar Association thinks it’s time to educate its members about bitcoin and other digital currencies. A one-day program in June in Washington, DC, will explore what digital currency is and how it works, as well as how law enforcement and regulators are approaching them and what may lie ahead.

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Seize the Power of Video

Association Adviser

'“Carpe Diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.” - John Keating, played by Robin Williams, Dead Poets Society If you and your association staff are not already thinking along the. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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Avoiding a Toxic Board-CEO Squabble

Associations Now

'A public disagreement between the Bitcoin Foundation’s executive director and board leader is an object lesson on setting boundaries. These are, to put it mildly, complicated times at the Bitcoin Foundation. Earlier this month the association, which was organized in 2012 to support the digital currency among developers and regulators , became mired in a public feud about its direction.

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Non-Dues Revenue: Like it or Not, Cash is King

Association Adviser

'Jack Welch, the former hard-charging CEO of General Electric, was famous for boiling down business strategy into basic terms. Take one of his favorites:, “Cash is king.” It’s a simple and elegant. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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2024 Association Survey Results Report

2024 Association Survey Results Report For the 10th year, association professionals across the U.S. and Canada provided a look at the inner workings of their organizations when they replied to GrowthZone’s annual survey. Read the 2024 survey results report to see how your association compares: Top Challenges Retention Rates Non-Renewal Reasons Automatic Renewals Reinstatement Strategies Member Engagement Changes & Strategies Why Members Join Non-Dues Revenue Sources Dues Increases, and more

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Fiscal Firewall: Tech Group Offers Insurance Against Cyberthreats

Associations Now

'The Washington Technology Industry Association, that state’s leading tech trade group, is providing its members a benefit that reflects the times: insurance against technical and brand damage caused by cyberattacks. You’ve read the stories recounting password breaches , stolen hard drives , email archives uploaded wholesale to WikiLeaks , swiped customer credit card numbers , identity theft , and a lot of other nasty things.

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Reason One Billion Your Association Community Shouldn't Live on LinkedIn

Mizz Information

'Despite all evidence to the contrary given my lack of posts over the past months, I’m still here. And yes, I’m still obsessed with the same issues, if maybe a tiny bit less since I just spent the last year working outside the association world. But it seems like no matter how hard I try to un-obsess about certain issues, I can’t help but persist. And sorry but LinkedIn as the home for an association’s online member community?

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Groups Push Ban on Powdered Alcohol in Massachusetts and Beyond

Associations Now

'Powdered alcohol? Yes, there is such a thing. And while the product is currently legal at the federal level, state associations are putting up resistance against its sale, noting the dangers to consumers. Last year, the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau gave the go-ahead for the future sale of powdered alcohol in the United States. The ripple effects have been felt in states ever since—with associations taking a frontline role against a substance they see as dangerous.

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Moore’s Law and Association Development

SCD Group

'Back in 1965, a researcher by the name of Gordon E. Moore published an article titled Cramming more components onto integrated circuits in Electronics magazine. The future of integrated electronics is the future of electronics itself. The advantages of integration will bring about a proliferation of electronics, pushing this science into many new areas.

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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Hispanic Journalists to Assess Race in Spanish-Language Media

Associations Now

'After offensive comments led to a Univision host’s firing, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists is working to address racism within the Spanish-language media industry. When Univision host Rodner Figueroa was fired from the Spanish-language network for inflammatory comments he made about First Lady Michelle Obama last month, his swift removal earned the praise of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

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Meeting Innovations. How a "Silent Party" Changed Networking

Tom Morrison

'If your annual meetings are anything like ours, you have an incredible array of social functions and general sessions that engage the senses and emotions of attendees. Our goal is to deliver an experience that far outweighs the educational content. Yes content is important and is a chief part of the content, but we want our members talking for years about the experience.

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Monday Buzz: When It Comes to Salaries, How High Is Too High?

Associations Now

'The debate continues after a Seattle company raises its minimum salary sky-high. Plus: John Oliver takes on so-called patent trolls. Last week, Seattle-based credit-card-processing company Gravity Payments suddenly announced that it would raise its minimum salary to $70,000. That salary, far beyond the city’s already high $15 minimum wage, will be funded by trimming 75 to 80 percent of estimated profits, and by founder Dan Price’s adoption of that same paycheck.

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Experience Management

The Membership Blog

'A recent article about association trends mentioned the fact that even though things have improved quite a bit in the membership area nearly 40% of membership-based organizations are predicting a flat or declining membership year in 2015. I’m glad that a majority feel that they will be growing this year but I was wondering what these others (the 40%) are doing to change things?

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.