Higher Logic

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Our guest blogger Rachel Happe co-founded The Community Roundtable to support business leaders developing their community and social business strategies. Rachel has spent the last 20 years helping organizations implement emerging technologies to advance their business strategies. We've all been there. You go to an event. A conference. A workshop. You leave inspired - with takeaways, idea lists, a stack of business cards and contacts.

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Socious

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

In an ideal world, every online community would have a perfectly suited team of community managers working full-time to make the community awesome. Unfortunately, the reality of business needs and priorities often means that communities have to prove their value before upper management will commit to a full-time employee for them. This common situation, in turn, makes it difficult to really focus the time and effort that’s needed to get value out of a community.

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Aaron Wolowiec

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

From left to right: Jenny Hill, Aaron Wolowiec and Cally Hill. As Thanksgiving approaches, it’s time for us at Event Garde to reflect on the many things for which we’re thankful. From education to content creation, we’ve had a successful year and have experienced tremendous growth. And we owe much of that to you. Thank you for trusting us to help you learn, network and transfer differently.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

If you’d like to push the envelope with an email message, you might be in for a world of pain. Like web design in general a decade ago, email design remains mired in a set of inconsistent standards and poor rendering support by popular clients. The result is that email marketers are often stuck playing it safe. One thing you may not be aware of about the work I do on Associations Now is that it extends all the way to the daily email we send out.

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Association Adviser

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Results of the 2015 Association Communication Benchmarking Report suggest that associations still struggle with content relevancy, communication integration and using data advantageously to learn. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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Association Adviser

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Experts share tips and best practices for connecting with all-age members and our research backs it up. If you’re a membership director or work closely with one, there’s rarely a day when you don’t. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

After more than half of all U.S. governors said they would not allow Syrian refugees to relocate to their states, a number of advocacy and aid groups criticized the governors for what one nonprofit exec called “small-minded panic.” Meanwhile, one legal group argued that the governors were overstepping their bounds. The challenging politics of the Syrian refugee crisis have become even more so in the wake of last week’s deadly terror attacks in Paris.

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Beth Kanter

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Flickr Photo by TheeErin. The November Nonprofit Blog Carnival is about the theme of how nonprofits can move from a scarcity mindset to an abundance mindset. I’ve been thinking a lot about scarcity and abundance mindsets lately because the first chapter of the Happy, Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout book I’m writing with Aliza Sherman asks this question: “Why do people who work for nonprofits not practice self-care and burnout?

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Student-led protests at the University of Missouri regarding mismanagement of racial issues on campus led to the resignation of President Tim Wolfe and changes in university policy. Among them: the hiring of its first ever chief diversity, inclusion, and equity officer. Following campus-wide protests that led to the resignation of University of Missouri System President Tim Wolfe last week, University of Missouri Board of Curators Chair Donald Cupps announced the university was “taking additiona

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

With the assistance of the group that represents them, freelance photographers will soon have access to affordable healthcare. Plus: An LGBT legal group shows support for Charlie Sheen after his public disclosure of HIV. Professional Photographers of America (PPA) wants to ensure that its members have easy access to something that isn’t always easy to get in the world of freelancing.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The central Florida city, a popular convention site, allows for smoking in local bars and designated hotel rooms, and that’s not sitting well with the American Heart Association. After wrapping up its 2015 Scientific Sessions conference last week in Orlando, the American Heart Association said it might not return to the Florida city. At issue are Orlando’s smoking policies.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

A financial literacy program announced a new book to help service members navigate their educational costs. What is it? There are lots of educational benefits out there for military members and veterans, but it’s hard to find a comprehensive list all in one place. Because of this, SALT , a financial literacy program through the nonprofit American Student Assistance , announced an updated version of its book “ The Military Smartbook for Defeating Student Debt.” The electronic r

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