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Association Learning Blogs: Most Popular of 2016

WBT Systems

As we approach the end of June, and with a little inspiration from last week’s blog on Reflective Learning , we thought it was a good time to look back at some of the most popular association learning blogs of the first half of 2016. Apart from our roundup of the predicted 2016 Trends for Association Learning Technology , which is our all-time most popular blog post, the association learning blogs listed below have generated the most interest and conversation on our social media networks:

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.27.16

Reid All About it

I’ve been thinking about morning habits, again. Last spring, after reading The Miracle Morning by Hal Elrod, I developed morning habits like exercise, meditation, reading, and gratitude journaling that stuck with me for quite a while. Et voilà, my productivity increased. But after a while, I lost my mojo and the habits faded. I picked these habits back up recently and, of course, my energy and productivity increased again.

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How Associations Can Build Better Relationships with Chapters

Socious

Do you remember that Android commercial from last year? It was full of animal friends, from rhinos and sheep walking together to a parrot stealing pasta and for a waiting dog. The point? The animals were different, but they were friends working together to have fun or snag a tasty meal.

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Use Human Centered Design to Make Your Community More. Well. Human

Higher Logic

Your community looks absolutely stunning. The colors, graphics and font all work perfectly with each other. Everyone compliments you. But there’s one big problem. No one can figure out how to use it. It’s not that you didn’t have a great design team. Or that you weren’t trying to be successful. You just got caught up in making your online community look pretty before thinking about how it was going to be used.

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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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Launching a Technical Consortium: Your Checklist for Success

Virtual

You’ve just spent months navigating the formalities of incorporating a new consortium and all the associated legalities and growing pains that will allow you to work with industry peers. Now it’s time to begin the real work of identifying annual goals and objectives. Your chances for success will be much higher if you build a strong foundation. Here is a handy checklist you should have before you begin to operate.

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No Money, No Mission

Eric Lanke

No money, no mission. It's a common phrase in the world of associations. And it's worth remembering, even though, in my experience, it often isn't. Truth is, the culture of many associations continually drives them to try and do more with less. They get trapped into thinking things can get done on a shoestring. But they can't, at least not the big picture goals most associations set for themselves.

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Community Enhances Your Product Enhancements

Higher Logic

It’s simple: online communities are the most efficient tool for knowing what your customers think, predicting what they’ll do or need, and retaining them for the long-term. And that all adds up to a better product. When you listen to your community and respond to feedback, not only do you understand your customers more, but you can take that knowledge to improve what they already love.

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4 Reasons Why Your Association Needs a Content Marketing Strategy

Vanguard Tech

The science is in: on an average, we are exposed to over 5,000 marketing messages per day. Overwhelmed by sales pitches, offers, and ads, your members are trying to cut through the clutter of life by fast-forwarding TV shows, installing ad-blockers and subscribing to ad-free online platforms. To stand out from the noise, you must create messages that your target audience wants to read.

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The Two Kinds of Association Over-Achievers

Smooth The Path

What happens to us when we get stressed out? Under stress people tend to either over-perform or under-perform. The over-performers swing into action. They compile a list and they methodically work as hard as they can to get through everything on the list on or before the due date. Under-performers let the over-performers take over. Under pressure they fall to pieces, projects are left undone, we find holes in their work.

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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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British Groups Join Voices Calling for Preservation at Princeton

Associations Now

An American-based coalition, dedicated to preserving a Revolutionary War battlefield, secures a pair of unlikely allies from across the pond. You might not expect Brits and Americans to agree about anything concerning the Revolutionary War. After all, the Redcoats and the Patriots fought each other bitterly during the late 1700s for control of the New World.

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Member Feedback is Critical to Online Community Success

Higher Logic

Feedback is the way you grow your community -- in size, in maturity and in engagement rates. Out of that growth and collaboration your organization can create better products, a thriving community, a healthy culture and a stronger company. But you can’t grow unless you collect data. And the way you collect data should be strategic, since it will affect all aspects of your community and company -- including growth.

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Can Mentoring Programs Bring Younger Members to Your Association?

Association Adviser

Are younger people just not as interested in affiliating with organizations anymore? Does the ability to conduct their lives effectively online mean that people no longer need the physical support and networking opportunities that large organizations and associations bring? Or are associations simply not engaging young members effectively enough? Back in 2013, the enterprise software company Sage surveyed more than 11,000 small- and medium-sized businesses in 17 countries to assess their attitud

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Is Your Association Ready?

Smooth The Path

Related: Great CEO’s value collaboration. Harness uncertainty to fuel innovation. The daily decision to get to 503 blog posts. The post Is Your Association Ready? appeared first on Smooth The Path.

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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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Why Is Your Association Still Sharing PDFs Online?

Associations Now

Across the internet, PDFs are generally seen as a faux pas for most types of documents. Still, associations use them for all sorts of reasons, including to share articles and press releases. If this describes your content strategy, here’s a plea to change your approach. PDF files are like nicotine for nonprofits: Some associations just can’t quit them.

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Social Media Mistakes You Should Avoid

Membersuite

If there’s one thing to know about today’s society , it’s that we are all infatuated with social media. Associations have been told time and time again that they need to get on the social media bandwagon - and fast. You may find yourself going through the motions with your social media strategy, but are you making some mistakes along the way? It may seem like you can’t screw up social media; unfortunately, that just isn’t the truth.

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So You Want to Host an Online Career Center?

Association Adviser

Hosting a niche online career center not only gives your members a value-added membership benefit, but also allows your association to tap into a wealth of non-dues revenue that is ripe for the. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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Helping Members Answer the Questions that Matter Most

Smooth The Path

There’s an interesting dance that happens with member research. We ask the questions we think we want to know the answers to but members see those questions and find they would rather answer some other more important questions. They want to answer the questions that matter and they are right, we want the answers to the questions that matter most.

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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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Massachusetts Marine Group Gears Up For Future Boaters

Associations Now

The Massachusetts Marine Trades Association, inspired by an association leader who has seen success with a similar initiative at the local level, recently announced its plan to attract youths to boating. A boating group in Massachusetts won’t let the sport fade away. Concerned about an aging boating population, the Massachusetts Marine Trades Association recently launched the MMTA Youth Boating Task Force, a new division targeting young boaters.

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Make Your Blogging Future Bright

Membersuite

It may seem like blogs are taking over the world. Everywhere you look, blogs, blogs, and more blogs. Today, anyone can be a blogger as long as they have something to say. You may be wondering what this has to do with associations? The answer: everything. Blogs are one of the best ways to informally communicate with a broad audience. Whether it’s current or prospective members, your association has the ability to educate and engage.

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Getting Serious About Forecasting Future Conference Topics

Velvet Chainsaw

Savvy 21st Century conference organizers can effectively demonstrate strategic learning alignment of their conference networking and education programming. (Can you?). Smart conference professionals are skilled at articulating the value of their event’s networking and learning opportunities. They can discuss how their programming helps their target market achieve their business goals.

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Designing for Simplicity: The New SilkStart Website

SilkStart

We set out to redefine SilkStart, to show how easy member management can be. We ended up with what we consider to be a spectacular new website. Today millions of associations exists globally. From small and local, to large multinationals, associations connect people to help promote and create change. Although technology has been advancing at a rapid pace over the past decade many associations are being left behind.

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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The Obvious Benefit That Young Members Are Looking For

Associations Now

A new study suggests associations overlook the primary motivation for young members: jobs. But is that a benefit associations are capable of offering? What more can be said about the challenge associations face in attracting young members that hasn’t been said before? We’ve already said a lot , so what else is there to add? Well, here’s a thought: Maybe all this time we’ve been overcomplicating things.

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What's New: Issu

.orgCommunity

From : Blog Entry >> Jessica's Blog Entry Ever wish you could quickly and creatively share an inspirational or funny quote? You can. Introducing WordSwag—a mobile application designed for both iOS & Android devices for creating personalized quotes to share among co-workers and friends. Similar to the PicLab application mentioned in the May 16 blog, “ Social Media Techniques- Part 3: Design & Dash ,” WordSwag allows you to quickly create masterpieces with just a tap of the finger.

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Copycat Cookie-Cutter Conference Or Unique Event

Velvet Chainsaw

You are unique. And the conference and events you plan can be unique too. As a one-of-a-kind meeting professional, you are called to create one-of-a-kind conferences. You have an infinite amount of possibilities to create something new. Something different. Something unique. Thanks to Will Mancini for continually challenging me to think and be different.

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New Article Posted – It’s time for your association to create a data records manager position

Effective Database

Several years ago, I suggested to a client of mine that they needed to add a new position to their staff, a position I called the data records manager. What I meant by this was someone responsible for making sure all the data within the organization was being managed appropriately. Interestingly, since that time, the for-profit arena has seen the rise of a position called Chief Data Officer (CDO).

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Here’s a Powerful Marketing Tool Designed for Associations

Show the Benefits of Membership to Your Toughest Prospects. Download this FREE infographic from GrowthZone AMS, Why Join an Association, and start using it as your go-to recruitment and retention marketing tool. Post it on your website. Use it in sales presentations. Or use it as inspiration to create your own version. Infographics have power. They're a quick read.