Fri.Aug 15, 2014

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Actually, It Is Personal: Engaging Your Members With an Old School Approach

YourMembership

Whenever I hear that phrase, I feel my blood pressure start to rise! Of course it’s personal – it always has been. The whole notion that business isn’t personal simply provides justification for treating people poorly in the workplace and within organizations. It works to diminish human interaction and the results are almost always counter-productive.

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Portage Group

'Thank you for visiting the ARC Blog! The Association Resource Centre is a member company of The Portage Group , a consulting cooperative with a shared passion for helping your organization along the various stages of its journey. Our consulting team offers deep sector expertise across multiple service areas that include: Research , Strategy , Search, Human Resources , and Organizational Performance.

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6 Ways to Create a Must-Attend Conference

Associations Now

'Meetings and conferences are a large percentage of nondues revenue for most associations. So you better create one that can’t be missed, right? Here’s how to get started. Here are five words that all meeting planners would love to hear come out of attendees’ mouths when referring to their conference: “I could never miss it.”. If your meeting is fun, you want your messaging to reflect that.

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All Brains Use These Four Things To Survive Conference Experiences

Velvet Chainsaw

'We are born with the capacity for fear and pleasure. Unfortunately, we are not born with the knowledge of what to fear. Or what gives pleasure. We learn those things. Our Brain’s Four Wants At A Conference. Our brains survive most conference experiences. Regardless how good or how bad they are. It is rare to hear of someone dying from a bad conference experience.

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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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DC Tattoo Artists Petition to Stop Proposed Regulations

Associations Now

'For a second time in a year, Washington’s tattoo shops and artists say, the Health Department has proposed rules that show a basic lack of understanding of their work. But this time, they’re ready, thanks to a coalition formed last year. The tattoo industry in the nation’s capital has a big problem: The city’s efforts to regulate the field strike the artists as pretty off the mark.

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What the Doctor Ordered: Healthcare Tech Association Launches

Associations Now

'As IT systems in medical offices grow more complex, providers of practice management software will gain a unified voice and new educational and accreditation resources from the new Healthcare Administrative Technology Association. Patients have become accustomed to the bells and whistles of modern doctors’ offices. But what most don’t see is the technology that drives the back end and connects the office to the vast web of healthcare providers, insurance payers, government regulators, and other

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Friday Buzz: Crowdfunding on the Front Lines

Associations Now

'How one startup turned user suggestions into a way to fund breaking news coverage. Also: event-specific terminology you should learn if you don’t already know it. As our own Rob Stott reported Thursday , the situation involving the death of an unarmed Missouri teenager at the hands of police—and, especially, the ensuing protests—has raised some serious concerns about the way police officers interact with journalists.