Sat.Jul 23, 2016 - Fri.Jul 29, 2016

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Catch Spark at #ASAE16

Spark Consulting

I’ll be presenting two sessions at the upcoming ASAE Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City in a few weeks: Unsession: The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm, Sunday, August 14. Deep Dive: The Lean Startup Changes Everything, Tuesday, August 16. For the unsession, join me and Shelly Alcorn ( Alcorn Associates ) for a town hall-style discussion of how associations are being impacted by and can in turn impact trends in education and employment.

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The Wikipedia Effect: Why People Volunteer

Higher Logic

Wikipedia is one of the best examples of user generated content on a massive scale. Almost the entire site -- one of the most used websites in the world -- is content made by extremely dedicated volunteers. It’ the only way Wikipedia, a non-profit funded by donations, could survive -- they depend on volunteers for their entire existence. But how do they do it?

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KiKi's Unofficial ASAE Annual 2016 Party List (a.k.a. How to Never Be Alone at #ASAE16)

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

Every year, for the past several years, I make it a point to attend the ASAE Annual Conference. This conference is where anyone involved with associations and nonprofits can connect with others working in that space. Why? Because it is the best way to catch up with the "Who's Who" of the association world. To be sure, ASAE Annual promises opportunities in learning and networking.

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Bonus content – Event Garde e-news – August edition

Aaron Wolowiec

Stephanie Wohlfert. Courtesy of Michigan Meetings + Events. Q & A with Stephanie Wohlfert , meetings coordinator, MSAE. Q: Learn: What’s one subject you’d like to learn more about? A: Nutrition Science – Throughout the last several years I’ve become more conscious about health and wellness and what my family and I eat daily. I focus on eating non-processed foods without all the fillers and preservatives.

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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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Association Brain Food Weekly: 8.1.16

Reid All About it

Here’s the list of webinars and other events for the association community for the week of August 1. The association webinar scene is quiet during vacation season and in the run-up to the ASAE Annual Meeting in a few weeks. Since the pickings are slim, please let me know if your organization has a webinar scheduled for August – I’ll be happy to feature it as long as it’s not product-centric.

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July Update: Wild Apricot Turns 10

Wild Apricot

Wild Apricot turns 10 years old, four new email templates, an update on our mobile app, and more.

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Bonus content – Event Garde e-news – August edition

Aaron Wolowiec

Stephanie Wohlfert. Courtesy of Michigan Meetings + Events. Q & A with Stephanie Wohlfert , meetings coordinator, MSAE. Q: Learn: What’s one subject you’d like to learn more about? A: Nutrition Science – Throughout the last several years I’ve become more conscious about health and wellness and what my family and I eat daily. I focus on eating non-processed foods without all the fillers and preservatives.

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From Panicked to Productive: How to Lighten Your Load While Getting Your Om On

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

Welcome to this week’s Association Chat, your weekly online discussion for the association community where we warm ourselves by the virtual fire with the topics of the day, welcoming thought leaders and trailblazers alike to join up in this online home for the community. I am your host, KiKi L’Italien, CEO of Amplified Growth digital marketing and longtime host of this weekly chat that has been around since 2009 on Twitter, Blab, and now Huzza.

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Why Do I Keep Blogging?

Eric Lanke

I had a great experience this past week. I was asked to participate in a special episode of KiKi L'Italien's Association Chat , featuring her favorite association bloggers and podcasters. If you're interested, you can watch the recording of the session here. I'm near the end, but there's plenty of even smarter people to see and listen to before I come on.

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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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The Message in Flex Working for Associations

Mariner

It seems that everywhere I look there are subliminal messages supporting major changes to the traditional association chapter model. The latest comes from a blurb I saw in AssociationsNow.com. referring to a CMSWire piece that nearly half of all workers tend work in more flexible environments , outside of a traditional office.

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Improving knowledge transfer in your organization in 3 stages

Aaron Wolowiec

Karla Gutierrez, marketing manager and digital strategist, Aura Interactiva. The following guest blog post is adapted from a recent blog post by Karla Gutierrez on SHIFT’s e-Learning blog. Learning transfer is challenging because it’s difficult to predict how each person will respond to a course. The most powerful reason learning transfer is ineffective, as was revealed during the ATD International Conference & Exposition 2016, is that 90 percent of training is designed without a well-define

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Want More Engaged Members? Clean Up Your Data

Association Adviser

To fully engage members, your membership management team should know as much as possible about each member and have that information at your fingertips. When members trust you to store information about them, you don’t want to jeopardize that trust by responding to or engaging with them based on inaccurate information. Having their up-to-date contact information, as well as their association involvement history and other professional preferences, helps you build a positive membership experience

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Why CEOs Shouldn’t (Always) Embrace Their Staff Cultures

Associations Now

A new study suggests that CEOs whose cultural values match those of their staffs’ can struggle. That’s not license to be a contrarian, but an opportunity to think about what’s missing. You’re about to be hired as CEO by an organization that’s excited about a lot of things you offer: your experience, your understanding of strategy, your wisdom about the industry, your poise as a public speaker.

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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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MCI Sessions @ ASAE in SLC in August

GlowGlobally

If you are travelling to ASAE next month, be sure to check out the following sessions which all take place at the Salt Palace Convention Center in room 250DEF. Expanding into China: Strategy, Tactics and ROI. Sunday, August 14, 2016 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM. Venue: Salt Palace, 250DEF. Many “global” associations have no formal global strategy, are conducting little local marketing, and are disappointed with the results of their international partnerships.

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Improving knowledge transfer in your organization in 3 stages

Aaron Wolowiec

Karla Gutierrez, marketing manager and digital strategist, Aura Interactiva. The following guest blog post is adapted from a recent blog post by Karla Gutierrez on SHIFT’s e-Learning blog. Learning transfer is challenging because it’s difficult to predict how each person will respond to a course. The most powerful reason learning transfer is ineffective, as was revealed during the ATD International Conference & Exposition 2016, is that 90 percent of training is designed without a well-define

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Luggage Tags and Breath Mints: How MSAE Refreshed Itself As Associations North

Association Adviser

Angela Kisskeys, Associations North. Most associations wouldn’t risk offending or confusing their members by giving them air freshener and breath mints, but earlier this year the Midwest Society of Association Executives handed out plenty of both to members in celebration of their “fresh,” new name, Associations North. The air freshener and mints, along with luggage tags, were lighthearted but meaningful symbols of a months-long journey an association task force had just completed to update the

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Positive Signs for Association Membership in a Chaotic Year

Associations Now

An uptick in association membership growth, driven by a rise in member-recruitment rates, highlights findings from the latest Marketing General benchmarking study. The past year in the United States has been a weird one, to say the least. The economy is up by some, if not all, indicators; technology has continued its march toward consuming our lives; and the presidential election is simply inescapable.

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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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Taking Risks So Our Members Don’t Have To

Smooth The Path

What if we took the risks so our members didn’t have to? I attended the Engaging Associations Forum last week and the event hosts do just that. Much of the conference is an experiment in plain sight. Not only are they trying new formats, floor plans, sessions, speakers, food and ideas they also share how they did it. On the second day we tried out a (maybe first ever?

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Association CEOs: How They Have Evolved

Membersuite

Today’s society has changed the way the association world is run. From member communications to your association management software, things are bigger and better. What about an association’s CEO? It’s safe to say that their functions and responsibilities have shifted in this day and age. The association space has evolved, and that includes the role of the CEO.

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Association Leaders Weigh in About Member Challenges, Millennials, Talent Development and Pivoting for the Future

Association Adviser

Our colleague Eryn Underwood’s recent article Why Millennials Join Associations and What Associations Can Do to Keep Them has been republished by a number of state society publications, so it appears we struck a nerve. To that end, we asked a panel of association leaders: How they are connecting with industry up-and-comers, How they’re retaining members once they acquire them and.

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Researchers Funded by Ice Bucket Challenge Discover ALS Gene

Associations Now

Fundraising can be large part of propelling an organization’s mission forward. And for the ALS Association, the Ice Bucket Challenge has done that as the funds it raised helped researchers discover a new ALS gene. In 2014, social media feeds were filled with people, including celebrities, pouring ice cold water over their heads for a viral fundraiser.

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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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Overcoming Association Change Fatigue

Smooth The Path

What do you do if you are coming to an association that has a recent messy history? Perhaps the CEO’s desk has been a revolving door. Or the board has been particularly dysfunctional. Or many strategic planning efforts have been started but never brought to completion. Or the association has been redirected over and over with every new whim or vision.

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Listen to the Voices of Your Members

Membersuite

It’s no secret that members are what keep the lights on for associations. These individuals actively pay for memberships, attend events and look forward to receiving information from your organization. From the looks of it, it appears members do a lot for associations: What do associations do for them? If associations don’t actively listen to the voices of members, then they aren’t doing much.

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Member Retention through Communications

Association Adviser

The ability to communicate effectively is crucial to making sure the members of your association understand all that you offer. In the latest episode of Association Adviser TV , we spoke with Carl Good , vice president of membership, marketing and business development at the National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA). Good shared several strategies for ensuring that the right information reaches the right members at the right time, including: Targeting different segments within your members

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Hispanic Media Group Lauds First Latina Disney Princess

Associations Now

Elena of Avalor sings and wears a crown like other Disney princesses, but she’s also a guitar-playing, sword-wielding heroine who the Latino community can claim as its own. Last Friday, Disney Channel premiered the show Elena of Avalor , which features the first Latina princess—a step toward diversity that the National Hispanic Media Coalition celebrates.

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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.