Reid All About it

OCTOBER 28, 2010

This is the 100th blog post on Reid All About It. Woo hoo! In honor of this milestone, I’m revisiting my five most popular posts, and wondering why. 5. The Natives Are Restless – How Do You Respond. I wrote this post not long after I started blogging. I suppose it was my debut, for better or worse, in the association blogosphere. The post resonated with other association bloggers, “the natives,” who, like me, were disappointed in ASAE’s Power of A campaign.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 28, 2010

For many nonprofit organizations, November is an especially busy month, with pre-holiday season preparations and year-end fundraising campaigns underway. Still, you'll find plenty of free opportunities for online professional development all through the month! ( read more ). Tags: Fundraising Marketing Membership management nonprofit non-profit Non-profit Communications Non-profit technology nptech SEO social media Social networking training volunteer management Volunteers webinar.

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Association Subculture

OCTOBER 4, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Monday, October 4, 2010. Suicide and Generation X - The Association Management HR Dilemma. I never realized I was spread too thin. Til it was too late and I was empty within. Cuz Im losing my sight. Losing my mind. Wish somebody would tell me Im fine. Losing my sight. Losing my mind. Wish somebody would tell me Im fine.

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Association Advocacy Chick

OCTOBER 29, 2010

As an association advocacy chick, I wouldn’t be doing my due diligence if I didn’t encourage you to vote on Tuesday November 2. I don’t care who you support. Just make sure you show up at the polls. Encourage your family and friends to do the same. A lot is at stake and as we’ve seen in recent years, your one vote can make the difference.

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Idea Architects

OCTOBER 27, 2010

There are no coffee refills in France. For Americans visiting for the first-time this might seem like caffeine heresy: What? No carafe of stale coffee dropped off at my table? No. Instead of on-demand consumption, they offer on-demand creation, bringing you a fresh cup of coffee when you are ready for it. The quality of the product is paramount to them.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 26, 2010

I don’t go through business cards as quickly as I used to. I don’t collect as many either. I think I know why. Does this scenario sound familiar to you? You’re chatting at a networking event with a new acquaintance and remark on each other’s Twitter handle on their badge. You both pull up your mobile Twitter application, go to the other’s profile, follow them and add them to a list.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Blog posts and articles on Technology , Social Media and Leadership stories came out on top at AssociationJam.org this month, in terms of the numbers of submissions, views and reader votes, with Fundraising, Volunteers and Membership not far behind. Here’s a look at the most popular links submitted to Association Jam in October 2010, by topic category: Membership Are you a membership based nonprofit?

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Associations Live

OCTOBER 28, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Thursday, October 28, 2010. Making the most of change. The MSAE Board of Directors, in preparation for the planning retreat, read "Managing Transitions" by William Bridges, PhD. Since change is inevitable, its good to take time to remember that the psychological transitions that accompany change are stressful.

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Association Advocacy Chick

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Last week, I took a little break and celebrated my birthday with some friends in Las Vegas. At the same time, many of my association colleagues were there attending BlogWorld 2010, billed as the world’s largest social media conference. While I’ve enjoyed many of the conference recaps, my favorite thus far is KiKi L’Italien’s Top 10 Things You Shouldn’t Do at BlogWorld.

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Idea Architects

OCTOBER 26, 2010

I attended a panel discussion last week that could have been a much more powerful learning experience. Interesting panelists were somewhat shackled by an inadequate session design and limiting room set. Panels are always tricky, but they are a staple of industry conferences, so it is high time we made them more compelling. Marketing for most panel discussions highlights the topic, maybe the questions that will be explored, and the panelists who will be speaking.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 12, 2010

October 2010 2 -- Best of the Web The Association Adviser eNewsletter staff rounds up some of the most thought-provoking posts on the social Web this month.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Did you know there’s an easy way to get together once a week with other professionals to talk shop for an hour without leaving your office? If you’re shy or tired, you can sit back and listen. No one will mind, in fact, they won’t even know. And if you can’t be there, you can read a full transcript later. I’m talking about Twitter chats. There are 210 regularly scheduled chats, according to the Google table created by Robert Swanwick.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Busy modern lifestyles mean limited time for volunteer and membership activities after work and family obligations. Nonprofits know this, and have been re-tooling their programs, offering more “value” to recruit and retain members. But there’s another reason why your membership may be declining: your other members.( read more ). Tags: Associations member recruiting membership Membership management nonprofit non-profit volunteer management Volunteers.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Wednesday, October 27, 2010. A Lost Generation of Leadership? Okay. Youre going to think Im crazy or paranoid or both on this one. Ive been slogging through a backlog of articles I thought I might want to comment on here on Hourglass. One that caught my eye is an interview with Bill George that was published on Forbes.com.

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Association Advocacy Chick

OCTOBER 7, 2010

Earlier this week, I had the pleasure of getting together with some of my fellow Diversity Executive Leadership Program (DELP) scholars. At one point, I was looking around at the table and thought Wow, how did I get to hang out with such cool people? How often do you hear that when talking about people you met through a professional development program?

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Idea Architects

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Can someone point me to the day when “trial and error” morphed into “do perfectly or fail”? I know Yoda is the all-powerful — “Try not. Do, or do not. There is no try.” — but I did not know that this declaration in a fictional movie had become management orthodoxy. I’m currently serving on the ASAE Innovation Task Force. As a result, creativity, innovation, and invention are an even greater part of my reading efforts and conversations than usual.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 12, 2010

October 2010 2 -- Advocacy Learn how charitable efforts can fit into your organization’s mission, vision and member value proposition.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 15, 2010

On my personal blog, Grabbing the Gusto , I published a post for Blog Action Day. Blog Action Day: Support Your Local Green Brewer. Today is Blog Action Day. Bloggers all over the world are writing about water with the hope of enlightening others and sparking discussion and action. At first when I heard the topic was water, I didn’t think I had anything to add to the conversation.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 18, 2010

In very small nonprofits, one person often must carry the full workload – but how can the one-person shop "do it all"? How do you handle prioritizing and time management? If you missed last Friday's #smNPchat Twitter chat on the topic, catch up now with a transcript and a free handout on Time Management for Small Nonprofits. Sparked by Seth Godin’s recent comment that “doing a mediocre job on nine things is going to guarantee that you’re mediocre,” last Friday’s #smNPchat Twitter chat tackled th

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Membership Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. Whether you are an association professional or a relationship marketer, join the discussion on the Membership Marketing Blog and share your ideas and counsel. Speaking Engagements.

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High Context

OCTOBER 25, 2010

Here is an easy to implement process for making quick improvements to your website that have a large impact in terms of the number of visitors they benefit and your bottom line in one month. Identify the top 10 pages on your site in terms of number of page views. Go through each page and identify one change you could make to each that would improve the experience for the user.

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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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Idea Architects

OCTOBER 22, 2010

The design of a publication or website shapes the way you read it. A building or park layout influences how we move about the space. This New York Times essay shows how a school lunch line redesign could influence healthier dining choices being made. The environment in which a meeting or workshop occurs influences how individuals engage with each other and the meeting or learning experience.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 12, 2010

October 2010 2 -- Technology Learn the pros and cons of the two primary web traffic analytics tools, and a reminder on why you should care.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Tomorrow I’m spending the morning at TEDx Raleigh , an independently organized TED event. TED’s annual conferences in California and Oxford UK are “riveting talks by remarkable people” with “ideas worth spreading.” TEDx Raleigh runs all day but I’m leaving at lunch to go camping at the beach – unfortunate timing but it’s no fun to set up camp in the dark.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 15, 2010

What’s keeping your organization from doing the very best work possible? Barriers, roadblocks, obstacles – if your nonprofit is like most, you probably have quite a list of “challenges” to overcome! Banish all those “stopping words” from your conversation, says Hildy Gottlieb , nonprofit consultant and author of The Pollyanna Principles: Reinventing “Nonprofit Organizations” to Create the Future of Our World : When we look at these as just empty conditions – they’re not good, they’re not bad, th

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