May, 2009

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Is Your Charity Tweeting for Twollars, er, Dollars?

Wild Apricot

Twollars, the Twitter-based "currency of appreciation," stepped into the spotlight this week with a new site design, a write-up at Mashable, and even a mention in Business Week. CharityWater.org scored over $1,500 US from Twollars — but will those virtual micro-donations add up to real-world funds for other charities? ( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology Fundraising nptech Social networking Twitter social media.

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Paying for Results

Idea Architects

I once had a friend who had an interesting idea about her pay when speaking at a conference. In lieu of charging an honorarium for general sessions or keynotes, she envisioned passing an offering plate at the end of her talk and asking people to make a contribution based on how valuable they found her presentation. While she never actually did it, I'm convinced that the quality of her work would have led to much bigger paydays from the participants than the fee she was charging the sponsoring or

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Final Stop ASAE Study Mission 09 ? Abu Dhabi, UAE.

GlowGlobally

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. « ASAE Study Mission 2009 – Dubai, UAE. Emerging Market Strategy Seminars – Chicago and DC in August » May. 05. 2009.

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Standing on the Beach: Google "Wave" : Off Stage

Off Stage

Off Stage. May. 31, 2009 - Standing on the Beach: Google "Wave". 12.00. Normal 0. false false false. EN-US X-NONE X-NONE. MicrosoftInternetExplorer4. I’m not a software developer—heck, I’m not even a real geek. I’m just a dedicated user of the stuff, and my creative juices start to flow when I see how new applications might be used to solve problems and – often – to create new ones.

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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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Meditated Momentum: Community

Elipsis Partners

Meditated Momentum. On associations, technology, parenting, people, meditation, and America. Thursday, May 28, 2009. Community. Tonight, I hosted the monthly dinner for my friends, the members of the Thursday Night Group. Thats not an official name, just how I identify them in my Gmail contacts. About 18 months ago, I was desperate to make contact with people going through what I was going through, coping with separation and the path to divorce.

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Wild Apricot Software News - May 2009

Wild Apricot

About Wild Apricot Software Wild Apricot is all-in-one web software for associations and non-profits. It helps you with the 'boring stuff' such as managing contact records, membership renewals, payments, website updates, event registrations, mass emails and other communications. Wild Apricot starts at just $25 a month, including free upgrades and support.

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Powerful Presentations Tip #2: If Content is King, Context also is Royalty

Idea Architects

After they determine learning outcomes, many presenters immediately identify content segments for their session. Too often though, presenters don’t sufficiently consider context before selecting content, and that’s a missed opportunity. At least four participant contexts should be considered as a part of session design: Their profession or industry What’s happening in the participants’ profession?

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ASAE Study Mission 2009 ? Dubai, UAE ? GrowGlobally.org

GlowGlobally

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. « ASAE Study Mission 2009 – Lessons from Singapore. Final Stop ASAE Study Mission 09 – Abu Dhabi, UAE » May. 04. 2009.

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Work

Associations Live

New word: "Weisure". I saw it in the Star Trib last night on the editorial page, written by Jim Shea for the Hartford Courant. What is it? He explains that weisure time is fitting fun around work, rather that fitting work around fun. Good or bad? I guess we have to all make that decision for ourselves. I for one would like to think that I work to live, not live to work, but that's just me.

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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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Landing Pages: Don't Forget to Cut off the Crusts!

High Context

A landing page is a web page created solely to support traffic that is inbound from an e-mail or online promotion. Landing pages are optimized for the audience you anticpate sending to them, sporting tailored content that helps the prospect to take whatever your desired next action is. They are a critical tool for online marketing. One thing that many people forget about them is that the best landing pages have the crust cut off.

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Executive Connections: On the Road Again!

Executive Connections

Executive Connections. « Weve got your number | Main. | Whats New? » 22 May 2009. On the Road Again! I am finishing up a terrific visit with the members of SLA’s Southern California Chapter.  I participated in a great panel discussion and also spoke to the gro up about all that is new at SLA.  Then I had an opportunity to speak to a group of MLIS students at UCLA.    It was great to hear from both today’s info pros and tomorrow’s.  I do not think a

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5 Quick Free Ways to Set Up Your Own Chat Room

Wild Apricot

For quick consultations with colleagues, or staying in touch with your contacts, free instant messaging (IM) services like Google Chat, Skype, AIM, and many others will fit the bill. But if you need a user-friendly way to interact directly with those online supporters of your organization who aren’t on your contact list, a chatroom might be a useful tool for strengthening your online community.

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Association Starbucks

Idea Architects

Starbucks has long touted that it is as much about community as it is about coffee. But its rapid expansion cannibalized its essential essence and commoditized its brand value and its offerings. Faced with declining revenues, a tough economy, and pricing challenges from high-end coffee-come-lately challengers like McDonalds and Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks is fighting back with revamped product pricing and offerings.

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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.

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AE Education in your Inbox: A Resource List : Off Stage

Off Stage

Off Stage. May. 21, 2009 - AE Education in your Inbox: A Resource List. Many AEs have told me they dont "have time for social media" "When am supposed to Tweet?", they ask. "And keep up a Facebook page? and write a blog? You gotta be kidding, Lindenau!" Well, look--I do understand. But my answer is, listen up! You dont have time NOT to use the social media tools.

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Technology strikes again

Associations Live

Like the short video posted below.The world has most definitely changed. This weekend was a girls get away weekend. Seven of us headed up to Minnesota's newest resort and spa - Chase on the Lake in Walker, MN. Great place. Great fun. Great Spa. This time (we've been doing it for many years) there was something different. We of course kept track of each other via cell phones - but this time when we were discussing old movies, or some trivia that none of us could remember, the blackberries were wh

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Outcomes and Audiences

High Context

Successful web sites have extreme clarity on the outcomes they are built to achieve and which audiences they will need for success. These two factors are more important than almost any other element of the process: if they are off base you’ll never get anywhere no matter what you invest in design or technology. Yikes! Here are a few questions to consider for the next program, product or service you wish to support with the Web: What specific outcomes do we need to create to achieve our goa

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Continued Discussion 5/17/09 - by Steven Davis, CAE

on Leadership

on Leadership … by Steven Davis, CAE. Leadership … an Ongoing Discussion. « Leadership … Continued Discussion 5/1/09. Leadership … Continued Discussion 6/5/09 » Leadership … Continued Discussion 5/17/09. In this post, I want to share a quote from It’s Our Ship , authored by captain D. Michael Abrashoff.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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SociafyQ - Free Social Media Tracking and Analytics

Wild Apricot

By now, even your grandmother knows social media is hot, but what’s the ROI on that social networking? Even for nonprofits on a tight budget, there are plenty of good monitoring tools. But what if you could track stats for all your major networks - free - from your desktop or home page, without giving out your passwords? SociafyQ is designed to do just that.( read more ).

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Powerful Presentations Tip #1: Design With the End in Mind.

Idea Architects

For much of March and April, my professional work involved teaching presentation and facilitation skills to subject matter experts (SMEs). SMEs are folks who know their content inside and out, but aren’t always well-versed in how to help others learn from their expertise. Yet they are the ones that associations, in particular, often rely on as speakers and workshop presenters.

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Transparency in Association Management : Off Stage

Off Stage

Off Stage. May. 20, 2009 - Transparency in Association Management. 22g5rgdg5n. One of my favorite Washington insiders, Chris Dorobek , is a blogger and commentator whom I follow regularly. His insights on government and technology are a good focus point in understanding how Web 2.0 and the accompanying issues are affecting government policy and workings, and – by extension – what lessons we, as association managers, can learn from what’s happening in Washington.

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CMI's Association Management Blog: The Contemplative Sciences

Observations on Association Management

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Tuesday, May 12, 2009. The Contemplative Sciences. Association management is, in and of itself, an odd profession (if, indeed, it is a profession, which I question). When one is employed as a direct staff member of an association, one becomes engaged in a business in which financial profit takes a back seat to many other objectives.

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5 Habits of Growth-Oriented Associations

We’ve identified the five defining characteristics of future-focused associations. Adopting these traits allows your organization to chart a course for long-term growth and success. Find out: Why some organizations are more adept at navigating and overcoming challenges facing all associations. The success formula for thriving associations, including a behind-the-scenes peek at some flourishing organizations.

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Web Strategy for Meetings and Events

High Context

Sue Pelletier of MeetingsNet and the Face2Face blog interviewed me last week about web strategy for event web sites. This previews some of the ideas I will be covering at ASAE’s Annual Meeting in Toronto this August. I was fortunate today to have the chance to speak with Web guru C. David Gammel about what organizations can do to make their event Web sites really get the results they want.

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What Staples Can Teach Associations in a Recession

Guilt by Association

A nice article in the Boston Globe this past week covered how three well-known area companies succeeded during the last recession. They are Staples, Akamai and Thermo Scientific. The lesson from Staples can apply to anyone. Chief executive Ron Sargent told the Globe that during the 2001 recession, he focused on three things: Take care of the customer.

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Member Management Magic: Wild Apricot Launches Version 3

Wild Apricot

Who says membership management can’t be fun? As a company, Wild Apricot believes in making the web as easy and fun as possible — so when it came time to launch Version 3.0, a major upgrade to its website and membership management software for associations and non-profits, the company wanted to find a fun way to present the upgraded features. “This is version 3.0 of the software, and our tagline is Member Management Magic.

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The Role of the Emotional Value Proposition in Cultivating Member Loyalty and Activism

Association 20/20

If there was one thing an association marketing team must do is put the general principles of behavioral economics into practice at all levels of strategy, tactics and relationships. . Behavioral economics reveals the power of emotion in decision-making even in the presence of rational facts. Think of it as what I termed a couple of years ago as Association EQ or the Emotional Value Proposition (EVP).

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How to Design a Seamless & Personalized Digital Donor Journey

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio

The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.