Wild Apricot

JULY 31, 2009

VoiceThread, named one of Webware's top 100 web apps for 2008, is an online media album tool that lets a group of people easily add their comments to a collection of images, videos, and documents. Gayle Thorsen has some great ideas for how non-profits can use VoiceThread to engage their supporters in a compelling, collaborative online story — and you’ll have plenty of your own ideas, when you see what VoiceThread can do!

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Idea Architects

JULY 30, 2009

Heaven help me. August 1 marks the first day of my 35 books in 35 days professional reading marathon. Thank goodness I have a hiking/writing vacation planned immediately after the marathon concludes. In three cases, I will be doing a deeper read of a book I have previously skimmed. I've selected seven themes for the reading, and my plan is to post interesting quotes and insights via Twitter as I read each book.

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GlowGlobally

JULY 9, 2009

GrowGlobally.org. global association strategy, regional planning and local infrastructure to grow your business. Home. About. Channels. MarCom. Market & Biz Plan. Meetings. Membership. Products. Public Affairs. Services. « Final Stop ASAE Study Mission 09 – Abu Dhabi, UAE. MCI Launches E-Learning Services for Non-US Market » Jul. 09. 2009.

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Association 20/20

JULY 30, 2009

You can ultimately achieve social media motives and measurable ROI by keeping the focus on generating value… and, most importantly, valuing the vital role and contribution of participants. . As Susan Scott points out in her book, Fierce Conversations , the “conversation is the relationship.” . Social media is an opportunity to make meaningful connections and build vital relationships by providing something of value and genuinely valuing user-generated participation.

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Guilt by Association

JULY 27, 2009

For the past year, the ASAE and the Center’s Communications Section Council has been working on a list of core competencies that communications professionals in associations should master today. As I mentioned in a post a few months ago , we were updating a document that was only four years old, but already badly out of date. Two things have changed dramatically in the last 10 years: How people learn about the world around them, and how everyone can now be a publisher as well as a consumer of in

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Wild Apricot

JULY 29, 2009

About Wild Apricot Software Wild Apricot web software helps small associations and non-profits to automate the 'boring stuff': managing contact records automating membership applications and renewals handling website updates tracking event registrations and sending out receipts and reminders Wild Apricot starts at just $25 a month with free upgrades and support.

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Idea Architects

JULY 28, 2009

They must be the two most frequently spoken words on the planet: if only. If only we had more time, we could develop better strategies for the future. If only we had more money, we'd be able to add lots of special touches to this project. If only we had a few different board members, we could be much more innovative. But we don't have those things and most likely we won't have those things.

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High Context

JULY 16, 2009

I’m presenting a webinar for the Avectra Academy next Monday titled Easy Web Site Updates: Small Changes That Provide Big Results. Tremendous registration for this one, don’t miss it! These webinars are free to attend although you do need to register in advance. There will be a lot of good stuff in this session, helping you to make a big impact online with relatively small changes to your site.

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Association 20/20

JULY 23, 2009

We already know that ASAE’s 2006 Decision to Join study showed the younger generations value social networking at a higher level than previous generations. In addition, it appears the younger generations remain to see a strong need for associations. Since I have two boys under age 10, let’s dive a little bit deeper into what one might be tempted to label as Generation D, the distracted generation. .

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Associations Live

JULY 9, 2009

O.K. Not the title you expected to see on an Association blog. However, if you haven't yet seen it, I'm sure this story will start to bubble up in the "mainstream" media over the course of the next few days. A little background is in order. A singer/songwriter was traveling on United Airlines, and in the process of doing so a guitar he had checked as luggage was damaged.

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Executive Connections

JULY 7, 2009

Executive Connections. « Why SLA Must Consider a Name Change | Main. | Where Yat, Dawlin? » 07 July 2009. SLA Europe Celebrates the Centennial. I had the great good fortune to join the SLA Europe Chapter for a Centennial Soiree last week in London.  The weather was gorgeous, and the function room and rooftop deck were packed with good cheer.  The champagne flowed, and we all enjoyed three delicious cakes—one for each digit in 100.  An extra thanks to Don Roll and Al

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Wild Apricot

JULY 28, 2009

It’s great to interact with others around the world in social networks — to learn what other organizations are doing, and to reap fresh ideas for your own nonprofit — but what a many small nonprofit often needs most is to connect with potential volunteers and supporters in your own community. Here are a few tools to help you find local Twitter users.( read more ).

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Idea Architects

JULY 27, 2009

I hope you've enjoyed these seven tips/steps to more powerful presentations. Currently I am designing a PDF booklet that expands on each of the tips and provides additional examples and supportive material. I'll announce on the blog when it is available. I'll be doing a three-hour workshop exploring the 7-step design process on Monday, October 19, from 1:15-4:15 p.m. in Washington, DC.

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on Leadership

JULY 7, 2009

on Leadership … by Steven Davis, CAE. Leadership … an Ongoing Discussion. « Leadership … Continued Discussion 6/26/09. Leadership … Continued Discussion 8/3/09 » Leadership … Continued Discussion 7/7/09. In my 6/26/09 post I discussed the importance of communication in effective leadership. In this post I want to narrow that topic to a discussion of how an effective leader communicates about and responds to failure.

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Association 20/20

JULY 19, 2009

Develop “X-Ray” Vision through Market Research and Data Analysis . Gather and maintain a 360 degree view of the direct and indirect opportunities and threats to your association by observing, measuring and monitoring trends and developments through market research and data analysis. Here are some actionable ideas to consider: Get into your member’s environment and shadow them regularly to see the world through their eyes and observe the spoken and unspoken behavioral truths.

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Observations on Association Management

JULY 2, 2009

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thursday, July 2, 2009. Thinking Across Time in Foreign Languages. Let me explain the title. Or maybe I wont. Maybe well see whether—after you read what I have to say—its as obvious to you as it is to me. Experienced association executives, as well as less-experienced but no less committed people who are relatively new to the field, frequently talk about what it takes to be "successful" in association management.

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Association Okie

JULY 28, 2009

What would happen at your organization if you unexpectantly died? Would your staff and/or board know who to call? Where to go? What to do to keep it all working in the first 24 hours, 30 days, or 6 months? In my case, my staff consist of 2 dogs and me. So without proper planning, and written communication, if something happened to me, the two organizations I manage would be slow to recover.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 25, 2009

Do you ever feel pressured to friend someone on Facebook or follow them on Twitter, simply because they chose to friend or follow you? The expectation of reciprocity can turn a pleasant social media connection into an uncomfortable transaction - sometimes against your best interests.( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology nptech online community Social networking social media.

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Idea Architects

JULY 24, 2009

What you eat matters. Building your strength, endurance, and flexibility through exercise matters. How much sleep you get matters. Taking time to relax and rejuvenate matters. Laughing matters. Time with people important to you matters. Hobbies matter. You can read professional journals, participate in webinars, have the very best mentors, and attend all the conferences you want, but if you don't take good care of the person behind the professional, it won't matter.

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Moving through the Association World

JULY 27, 2009

After my first year as an Association staffer I have realized that maybe Vanilla Ice had it right. The first book I read to prepare myself for my role in an Association was Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams. The book details how mass Internet collaboration has changed the way we do business.

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Association 20/20

JULY 9, 2009

Simply put, imagination and the desire to connect on some level are the forces which have fueled the social web. Though it’s been around for years, Twitter has exploded this year because of the convergence between creative users and industrious leveragers. If your association is looking for a little boost in imagination in determining how to best utilize Twitter, here are 5 ways to give your association something to tweet about: 1) Tracking Trends in Real Time – A couple of months

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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.

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Observations on Association Management

JULY 1, 2009

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Customer Service Matters. One of our client associations is very deeply involved in measuring customer experience and its role in companies profitability or lack thereof. From my perspective, then, its very easy to see how the treatment of customers (or members) can have an enormous impact on the success or failure of companies large and small.

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BlogClump

JULY 27, 2009

skip to main | skip to sidebar. BlogClump - Blogging About Associations From a Gen Xer. A Gen Xer giving his thoughts and opinions on the Association world. Monday, July 27, 2009. Finally Something to Blog About. I know I have been very inconsistent, but I have just started reading Chris Andersons latest book Free - which you can read for free in some versions.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 22, 2009

In a recent comment on An Introduction to Twitter Hashtags , Wild Apricot reader 88keyman came through with a really great question: Suppose I’m writing on a topic concerning Iran. If I include the hashtag #Iran, how does that differ from merely using the word Iran in my Tweet? Wouldn’t both come up equally in a search of the topic? Actually, each of these search terms will produce slightly different results.

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Idea Architects

JULY 20, 2009

I've been doing a lot of reading on the power of play and the positive role it plays in learning, strategy development, creativity, and innovation. Doing so caused me to do a little research on the word kindergarten. German in origin, it literally means children (kinder) and garden ( garten ). Friedrich Froebel , the German educator who coined the term, created in 1840 a Play and Activity Institute.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

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