Wild Apricot

JULY 19, 2013

'We recently celebrated our 7th anniversary at Wild Apricot where we enjoyed meeting and talking to clients about what motivates them personally in their volunteer and staff roles.

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YourMembership

JULY 31, 2013

'We’ve been attending ASAE Conference for years now but every year is a great new experience for a multitude of reasons. Sure, there are the amazing locations. There are the fun association parties. Oh…and the swag. Gosh, I love light-up pens. Those things are all part of what makes conference a great time but there’s [.] ( Read more. ) The post ASAE2013: Mental Mountain Dew for Associations appeared first on YourMembership.com.

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Spark Consulting

JULY 31, 2013

'Google has made some changes to Gmail, and they WILL affect you. Hubspot has the details. (See below for a great video from John Haydon to help you straighten out your own Gmail inbox organization.). MIT’s Technology Review has some good (and less rah-rah) information on the Gmail changes as well. New data proves that diversity promotes innovation.

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KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

JULY 30, 2013

'Guest Post by Sandra Giarde, CAE. By now you’ve read about what to bring to ASAE. Your travel arrangements are all confirmed and reconfirmed. And your schedule is likely taking shape with sessions and parties identified as “must attend” and “might attend.”. However, there’s one more thing to prepare for at ASAE and nobody talks about it. And it has to do with feelings.

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Aaron Wolowiec

JULY 30, 2013

'Sarah Sladek, founder of XYZ University. We’re in the middle of a generational alphabet soup, a “perfect storm” as Sarah Sladek, founder of consulting company XYZ University , calls it. You’ve probably heard of Generation X and Generation Y , but what about Generation Z ? As a Gen Xer, I’ve grown up listening to how our generation craves economic diversity and demands social justice.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 30, 2013

'Since we have just celebrated 7 years since we released the very first beta version of Wild Apricot, this is a good time to review some interesting statistics related to how we''ve grown, and how organizations are using Wild Apricot!

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YourMembership

JULY 24, 2013

'Yesterday, we covered three of the five most common mistakes made by associations and member-based organizations. Today, we’ll finish with the last two. The beauty of all these “mistakes” is that they can be remedied quickly. 4. Worrying about failure/mistaking stability for direction – it is impossible to learn to walk without falling and while what associations are [.] ( Read more. ) The post 5 Things Associations are Doing Wrong and How to Fix Them (Part II) appeared

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Spark Consulting

JULY 30, 2013

'I know – this slideshow is SUPER long, but it’s also really interesting. Hubspot breaks down the history of advertising, starting in 3000 BCE (yes, really), and going forward the whole way to the future (or at least next year). The Evolution of Advertising: How Consumers Won the War for Their Attention from HubSpot All-in-one Marketing Software.

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Virtual

JULY 29, 2013

'I’m not quite old enough to have seen the television commercials for Fletcher’s Castoria children’s laxative when they aired in the ‘60s. They carried the memorable tag line “Better than Prunes.” The commercials asserted that Fletcher’s Castoria was better than prunes because Fletcher’s removed the guesswork: “are three prunes enough, are six too many?”.

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Mariner

JULY 26, 2013

'I came across the following article by Jason Nazar, Forbes contributor and founder of Docstoc, Inc : 20 things 20 year olds don’t get. And as usual, while reading, I considered how these tips could be applied to association volunteers and leaders.

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KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

JULY 26, 2013

'Attending a big conference can make you feel like a freak. If you aren''t already plugged in to the who''s who of your industry, a huge meeting can make you want to hide out and make origami swans out of your business cards rather than pass them out to people at networking events. ?. There are several ways I prepare myself to make the most of any conference that might help attendees (especially my fellow introverts).

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Wild Apricot

JULY 22, 2013

'Here are 4 key reasons why your organization should have a blog, as well as a Movie Monday video that offers a look at how one organization "built excitement and community engagement" with a blog.

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YourMembership

JULY 24, 2013

'Yesterday, we covered three of the five most common mistakes made by associations and member-based organizations. Today, we’ll finish with the last two. The beauty of all these “mistakes” is that they can be remedied quickly. 4. Worrying about failure/mistaking stability for direction – it is impossible to learn to walk without falling and while what associations are [.] ( Read more. ) The post 5 Things Associations are Doing Wrong and How to Fix Them (Part II) appeared

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Spark Consulting

JULY 26, 2013

'A large chunk of the association universe will be heading for Atlanta for #ASAE13 within the next week or so. I once again volunteered to be a “buddy” for a first-time attendee, and I had a nice conversation with her late yesterday afternoon to try to help her prep. Over the next two weeks, I’ll share some of what we talked about.

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Aaron Wolowiec

JULY 23, 2013

'Kevin Whorton, principal of Whorton Marketing and Research. Last week, Jeff De Cagna explained that in order to thrive, associations must think differently. Simply put: They should accept change rather than shun it. And it starts by asking questions, even if management doesn’t want to hear the answers. Self-reflection is never easy, but this week, Kevin Whorton, principal of Whorton Marketing and Research , will help make the process a bit less painful.

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Eric Lanke

JULY 22, 2013

'image source Last week, in The First Step Is Always to Do a Survey , I continued writing about the process I used to create my association''s values statement, despite some misgivings about the value of values statements I''ve previously shared and still hold. Wanting to create a space where honest dialogue could take place not just about the values we wanted to aspire to, but those--good and bad--that the organization currently held, I circulated an anonymous survey to eveyone on my staff.

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Virtual

JULY 22, 2013

'For a technology consortium that plans to create any type of deliverables — particularly specifications — an intellectual property rights (IPR) policy is absolutely essential. Not having one will almost certainly discourage some or all participants from actively contributing to such efforts. Worse, adoption of your organization’s specifications will almost certainly be limited if implementers are not sure what licensing rights they have or need.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 12, 2013

'Here''s a link round-up of 4 of the top posts on membership and non-profit communications that we''ve bookmarked on Apricot Jam this week.

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YourMembership

JULY 23, 2013

'Associations and other member-based organizations are facing a new set of challenges. These challenges have been blamed on a myriad of things including social media, the economy, and even millennials. The irony is that in a time when everyone seems to want to be a part of a community/social network, many associations are struggling with [.] ( Read more. ) The post 5 Things Associations are Doing Wrong and How to Fix Them (Part 1) appeared first on YourMembership.com.

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Spark Consulting

JULY 25, 2013

'Next week will mark one year in business for Spark Consulting. Thanks to the advice of several wise friends who’ve been down this road before me, I scheduled my first “get outta Dodge” corporate retreat, and spent the early part of this week in Berkeley Springs, WV, reflecting on the past year, planning and dreaming for the coming year, and thinking about the larger “why” of doing this.

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Mariner

JULY 19, 2013

'In the June issue of Real Simple, there is a great article titled 5 Types of friends everyone should have. It didn’t take us long to consider the notion that association need these types of personalities as well.

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KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

JULY 17, 2013

'Association Chat will bring the awesomesauce to Sauciety at the National Harbor next Tuesday, July 23 at noon because sometimes we just need a good networking opportunity to relax. The meeting will be held in place of the weekly online Twitter chat. The in-person meeting is open to anyone and is not a sponsored event, so each person will be responsible for his or her own lunch.

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Aaron Wolowiec

JULY 16, 2013

'Jeff De Cagna, founder of Principled Innovation LLC. As I wrote last week, this month I’ll be exploring some shifts in association management that some might say are extreme. To start us off, I spoke with Jeff De Cagna , founder of Principled Innovation LLC. From what I gather, he’s perhaps one of the most respected experts on new thinking.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 10, 2013

'Here''s an overview of The Value of Community Management, the Community Roundtable''s report on the 2013 State of Community Management.

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YourMembership

JULY 23, 2013

'Associations and other member-based organizations are facing a new set of challenges. These challenges have been blamed on a myriad of things including social media, the economy, and even millennials. The irony is that in a time when everyone seems to want to be a part of a community/social network, many associations are struggling with [.] ( Read more. ) The post 5 Things Associations are Doing Wrong and How to Fix Them (Part 1) appeared first on YourMembership.com.

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