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Association eLearning vs Free Online Courses

WBT Systems

There are a multitude of blogs and articles outlining the benefits of taking free online courses for professional development to advance your career, but do these courses actually deliver the value and opportunity they profess to provide to adult learners? Why should adult learners concerned with career development consider Association eLearning programs as providing superior value and career opportunities?

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.11.16

Reid All About it

Back in the saddle—here’s the list of webinars and other events for the association community for the week of July 11. Tue 7/12 at 10 a.m.* – Navigating the Privacy Shield and the General Data Protection Regulation. The EU-US Privacy Shield Framework and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will have a significant impact on associations operating in both the US and Europe.

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How to Spot a Disengaged Employee in Your Association Staff (And What to Do About It)

Socious

The State of the American Workplace report from Gallup estimated that 70% of American workers are not engaged. That’s a troubling statistic. Employees who are not engaged cost employers more money, reduce productivity, and decrease the morale of others around them.

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What Makes a Successful Community Manager?

Higher Logic

Whether you’re a community professional, or looking to hire someone to run your community, it’s important to reflect on what makes community managers successful. Sure, they need some inherent characteristics, like an interest in online communities and a comfort with technology. But, beyond the basics, what makes a community manager successful? Just as there are thousands of unique communities in the world, there are an equal number of unique community professionals making sure they work.

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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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Start with the last first?

Aaron Wolowiec

Ethan Edwards. We’ve written about successful e-learning programs in the past and those of us in the industry often singing the praises of such modules. But from an instructional designer’s viewpoint, what’s the secret to creating a program that works? How can designers help students retain knowledge and then transfer that knowledge to their workplace?

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The Biggest Advantages of AMS Software vs. a Homegrown Membership Database

Socious

Member renewals are important. Member acquisition is important. Creating the best possible member benefits are important. These are priorities that association employees focus on every day. They’re essential strategic initiatives for one very obvious reason: your members are the lifeblood of your association. Without members, your association wouldn’t exist.

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Why Millennials Join Associations and What Associations Can Do to Keep Them

Association Adviser

Eryn Underwood, Naylor Association Solutions. Despite popular sentiment that millennials are disinterested in joining traditional professional associations, young people are uniquely positioned to benefit from association membership in important ways. Many of the things millennials (those born between 1980 and 2000) value most, including connection, collaboration and community outreach, can be integral aspects of membership.

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Start with the last first?

Aaron Wolowiec

Ethan Edwards. We’ve written about successful e-learning programs in the past and those of us in the industry often signing the praises of such modules. But from an instructional designer’s viewpoint, what’s the secret to creating a program that works? How can designers help students retain knowledge and then transfer that knowledge to their workplace?

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Leading a Distributed Team: One Email to Write

Mariner

One commonality among association volunteer leaders is the nature of the teams they lead: distributed. Leading a distributed team presents challenges that many of us don’t have in our day-to-day jobs (although this is increasingly changing) so it’s a skill we need to help volunteers build. In a training for volunteer leaders on the topic, I offer a key ingredient for success: a commitment to communications.

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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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Smoothing the Path to Try Something New at Your Association

Smooth The Path

My husband and I renovated a small antique speedboat that my grandfather bought for my father and uncles when they were teens. Even though the boat was fast for its time, it is not considered super fast now. This makes water skiing a challenge because the skier has to be prepared to get dragged through the water for a few seconds before slowly emerging.

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Bleisure Travel: A Growing Trend for Conference Attendees

Associations Now

Research shows that more business travelers are blending work-related trips with vacation time. Here’s why association meetings may want to make the most of the trend. Back in April I had the opportunity to attend ASAE’s Great Ideas in Association Management Conference, Asia-Pacific , in Hong Kong. I spent my first few days doing what I normally do at any ASAE conference: attend sessions, talk to members, and write meeting-related news for Associations Now. 60 % The percentage of int

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Boost Your Numbers: Tips to Increase Event Attendance

Membersuite

One of the biggest incentives to join an association is to partake in its events. Almost every association hosts some type of annual conference and/or meeting. This is a great way for members to convene and connect - while your association spreads its message. As technology has advanced and social media has become prominent, association professionals have had to change the way they approach events.

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7 Webinar Insights That Will Benefit Your Association Marketing Strategies | BeaconLive

Beacon Live

Use These Statistics To Host Webinars That Promote Your Association’s Brand For associations to thrive in today's fast-paced technology era where access to information is just a few clicks away, there must be a shift in the way we approach membership acquisition and retention.

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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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How Lonely are Your Members?

Smooth The Path

Many association members are directors, VP’s and CEO’s. At their company or organization, there is just one of them. Which means they are lonely. They are lonely in the professional sense. There is no one to benchmark against. There is no one to share best practices with. There is no one with which to feel a sense of collegiality. They are also lonely in the personal sense.

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Retailers Cheer After Appeals Court Overturns Swipe Fee Settlement

Associations Now

Trade groups representing retailers believed that a multibillion-dollar antitrust settlement concerning credit and debit card transaction fees didn’t go far enough. Now an appeals court has handed them a victory by throwing the deal out. A huge legal settlement that has been a major point of contention between the retail and financial sectors for years has been thrown out, and retailers couldn’t be happier.

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Prove Yourself: Show Your Membership Value

Membersuite

Proving the value of your membership: This sounds fairly easy and self-explanatory. Your association offers great benefits and cool perks, this should be simple, right? If so, then why do so many associations struggle with this? If you want to recruit and retain members, then proving your value is critical. By offering unique benefits - you’re already halfway there.

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Get friendly with your data

SilkStart

Member data is inherently difficult. Whether you’re entering, updating or just trying to find it, the process of managing data is sure to be frustrating. Stop stressing about your data and focus on improving your association with these four quick tips: Document. Document your processes to ensure everyone is aligned and comfortable when managing your database, even if your “database” is a series of spreadsheets.

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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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Summer School? No, Time to Evaluate LMS Performance

.orgCommunity

From : Blog Entry >> Michelle's Blog Entry How to ensure School’s NOT Out for Summer Those dreaded words from years ago….summer school. The mere mention of them sent chills through students that were just getting by. No vacation, no trips to the beach with friends, just you and the almost as miserable teacher. The last thing you wanted to do on the summertime was more learning!

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Time to Declare Independence From Social Media?

Associations Now

The reason that Facebook has become such a powerful and important social media outlet is its wide reach and ability to drive lots of traffic and conversation. But as Facebook changes its strategy once again, here’s a question worth asking: What would your marketing look like if you deemphasized Facebook in a big way? I use my Facebook feed to read news—with sites like Gawker , Vox , and Mental Floss near the top of the list.

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New and Improved Data Visualization Tool: Maps for Media Funding

Beth Kanter

Click to See Visualization. Nonprofit data nerds will love this new resource from Media Impact Funders and Foundation Center called “ Foundation Maps for Media Funding ,” a free, interactive mapping and research tool that shows the full scope of philanthropically funded media projects worldwide since 2009. This version of the tool is a significant upgrade to the tool launched previously by Media Impact Funders.

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Campaign Development Process: History

Slice-Works

© Thinkstock. How often do you interact with creative firms? Do you outsource to a creative firm or agency for your business’ graphic and website design? How has your experience been, working with creatives? Do you find them unpredictable, inconsistent? Since 2004, we have polished an approach, called the Campaign Development Process , to take the mystery out of the creative.

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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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3 Ways Your LMS Facilitates Reflective Learning

.orgCommunity

From : Blog Entry >> Michelle's Blog Entry Reflection is an important part of learning, allowing us to process and comprehend new information, taking time to consider it in light of our experience, which helps us to create meaning and knowledge that can be applied to improve performance. In this modern world of ‘information at your fingertips’, how can your Learning Management System (LMS) help you to incorporate reflective learning in your education programs?

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Best Benefit Ever: Here Comes the Sun

Associations Now

The Oregon Farm Bureau gives its members a big discount on high-output solar panels designed specifically for farming or ranching. What is it? The Oregon Farm Bureau, teaming with the regional solar panel installer RS Energy , is offering its members a discount on solar-panel systems specifically for farmers and ranchers. The group will offer access to five different solar panels.

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Curiosity Kills Bad Work Habits

Beth Kanter

The topic of habit change is something that Aliza Sherman and I researched and experimented with as we wrote “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Impact without Burnout ” over the last year. Habit change research was one of our favorite rabbit holes to explore. It lead us to discover the works of Gretchen Rubin , Charles Duhigg , BJ Fogg , and others.

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Is Your Online Community Sitting in Summertime Silence?

Higher Logic

It’s that time of year again. Summer is in full swing and it’s too nice to sit at your desk all day -- and the proof is in your engagement numbers. What’s happening? For unseasoned community manager, it can be hard to tell if your lower engagement rates are early signs of a long term downtrend, or just a temporary lack of energy. Don’t worry -- you’re probably experiencing the summertime silence.

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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.