Wild Apricot
JANUARY 15, 2018
If your organization is looking for more funding opportunities, here are five of the best ways nonprofits are generating earned income to support their missions.
WBT Systems
JANUARY 16, 2018
Every January, articles about trends take over the internet. You’ve probably read a few yourself—including, we hope, the one published here last week about six non-obvious online learning trends for 2018. But every association has a distinct audience who may behave differently than how trend-spotters predict. If you want to identify the most relevant trends for your membership, learn how to think like a futurist.
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Reid All About it
JANUARY 19, 2018
The weekly list of free educational events for the association community… It’s that time of year again. Marketing General Inc. is inviting associations to participate in their 10th annual Membership Marketing Benchmarking Survey. Of all the benchmark reports released in the association community each year, this is one of my favorites. The deadline is February 2.
Blue Sky eLearn
JANUARY 15, 2018
Myke Kudlas is the Associate Executive Director of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists and has been a champion of eLearning for over 15 years. 1. How long have you been involved with eLearning? I first took an interest in eLearning in 2001, but became more involved in 2003, when I was the Program Director for the Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Radiography Program. 2.
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Wild Apricot
JANUARY 19, 2018
I’ve seen nonprofits set toxic and downright annoying work culture expectations that ultimately deter the creation of a strong, functional team. If you’re at an organization where you actually want to build a strong nonprofit culture of teamwork (and attract professional and talented staff), here are three common traps to avoid and what to do instead.
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Higher Logic
JANUARY 16, 2018
Associations are usually labeled as “small” for one of two reasons: they have a small staff or a small budget. Many have both. But that doesn’t mean terms like “small org” are always on-point. The small associations we work with have large memberships and far-reaching effects. Year after year, they consistently make a bigger impact with fewer resources.
Eric Lanke
JANUARY 15, 2018
I attended an educational conference last week and a wonderful thing happened to me there. I got a new idea. I don't know yet if it's a good idea or a bad idea. Maybe you can tell me. But that's not the point. The fact that something new and novel occurred to me while attending this conference practically made it worth the price of admission. Here it is.
Aaron Wolowiec
JANUARY 19, 2018
With older professionals retiring from the institutional investment industry, tapping into blossoming chartered financial analysts has been key to CFA Society Minnesota’s growth.
Forj
JANUARY 17, 2018
Date: March 27th, 2018. Register Here. In this session, Filament Games CEO Dan White will discuss the potential of Virtual Reality (VR) to facilitate interactive, inquiry-based learning. Through the lens of Filament’s VR research, development, and ongoing dialogue with leading VR manufacturers like HTC, Oculus and Google, White will demonstrate how VR can engage users in authentic learning through identity, embodiment, and immersion.
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Events hold the power to create lasting impressions and meaningful connections. They are not only occasions for celebration but also valuable marketing opportunities. Event marketing has become an essential component of successful business strategies, enabling organizations to engage with their target audience and create memorable experiences. However, behind every successful event lies a well-thought-out marketing strategy.
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Higher Logic
JANUARY 18, 2018
Email is an important component of any modern marketing strategy. But, email is just one piece of the modern marketing puzzle. Marketing automation might sound fancy, but it's really just an extension of the functionality that email marketing already provides – the ability to create, deliver and track messages to an audience. What good is an email campaign without the ability to send relevant and personalized content, segment your audience, and deliver the content individual subscribers want and
Association Success
JANUARY 18, 2018
How do we maintain an accord between volunteer and staff leadership? One thing that associations all have in common is a sense of purpose. A vision of a common good is the axis upon which the internal workings of an association spins – or at least should spin. This distinctive aspect of the industry is disturbed by the fact that associations are also unique in their design: they have to rely heavily on volunteer efforts to move forward in pursuing their goals.
Aaron Wolowiec
JANUARY 17, 2018
Workplace culture is about more than beanbags and flex hours. It’s about company values and ensuring sure those values shape success, writes Jamie Notter, partner at WorkXO Solutions, in his new e-book.
Idea Architects
JANUARY 19, 2018
About once a week, I tweet a current favorite question for use as a meeting icebreaker/conversation catalyst. I find having a supply of these on hand makes it easier for me to introduce one when doing so is the right call in a meeting or conversation. Too often, we make breaking the ice too complicated. While longer community-building activities or icebreakers are valuable, they are not the only option available to us.
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Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’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.
Smooth The Path
JANUARY 16, 2018
Shirley looked at the metrics of her 6-month new member email campaign. The first email generated a 40% open rate and the second email did even better with a 47% open rate. The rest of the emails were decent each getting between 33 and 38% open rates, except for the 3rd and 4th email. They had 14% and 19% open rates respectively. These results were baffling because both the 3rd and 4th email offered highly valued content and education.
Jamie Notter
JANUARY 19, 2018
I had two remarkably similar conversations last week with two organizations that could not be more different from each other. One was a large, global corporation, and the other was a small nonprofit, but they were both struggling with the same issue: not enough time. Everywhere I go, it’s the same thing: we don’t have enough time. We don’t have enough time to run experiments or do beta tests.
Association Adviser
JANUARY 17, 2018
We recently caught up with Jeffrey Shields, FASAE, CAE, chief executive officer of the National Business Officers Association , the only national association focused exclusively on supporting independent school business officers and business operations staff, and fostering financial and operational excellence among independent PK-12 schools. Their membership numbers more than 1,300 schools across the United States, as well as international schools in Canada, Mexico and 23 countries around the gl
Velvet Chainsaw
JANUARY 19, 2018
How does your conference treat its participants? How do you and your leadership team view them? Are your conference customers more like tourists? Seeking conference swag, amenity room drops, welcome bags and quick ideas? Or are they more like explorers? Craving authentic experiences, no matter the size, that enhance their lives and change their attitudes, behaviors and skills?
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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
Smooth The Path
JANUARY 18, 2018
Have you ever tried to do something online that should have been easy but wasn’t? This issue could be with your cell carrier, or computer company, or utility. Maybe you cannot figure out what link to click. Or you click the right button but nothing happens. Or you click a link, and then another, and another just to end up right where you started.
Association Success
JANUARY 19, 2018
We're back. Even better. Underpinning all our efforts at AssociationSuccess.org is a thesis: that the best, brightest, and boldest ideas come from minds meeting. Early November saw this thesis in action, with the unfolding of SURGE 2017, our free virtual summit, and our vanguard experiment in collaborative innovation. SURGE 2017 was a three-day virtual event, during which attendees had exclusive access to pre-recorded sessions focused on cutting-edge solutions to our shared problems.
Association Adviser
JANUARY 17, 2018
We recently caught up with Jeffrey Shields, FASAE, CAE, chief executive officer of the National Business Officers Association , the only national association focused exclusively on supporting independent school business officers and business operations staff, and fostering financial and operational excellence among independent PK-12 schools. Their membership numbers more than 1,300 schools across the United States, as well as international schools in Canada, Mexico and 23 countries around the gl
GrowthZone
JANUARY 18, 2018
GrowthZone surveyed over 1,000 association professionals across. the U.S. and Canada. And the results aren’t what you think. Register Now. LIVE Webcast: Wed., Jan. 24 th | 12 pm CST. Join the upcoming, live webcast with Teri Carden of ReviewMyAMS.com and the GrowthZone team for the first public look at the 2018 Association Trends Survey findings.
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.
Beth Kanter
JANUARY 18, 2018
Note from Beth: I’m honored to be a member of the Leap Ambassadors Community , a group of people in the nonprofit sector who care deeply about high performance. A recent work product from this community includes “ Small, But Mighty ,” created by a small group led by Debra Natenshon and Karen Walker, the guest post authors. Often, we think of “high performance” as something only for large organizations, but smaller nonprofits can apply the ideas too.
Association Success
JANUARY 16, 2018
Why we need to go beyond a tracker. Brand is the personification of your association. Its purpose is to create an identity for your association that people can relate to. In the best of times, it is your biggest asset. In the worst of times, your biggest liability. The health of your brand functions just like personal health: it is vitally important and susceptible to neglect.
Association Adviser
JANUARY 17, 2018
We recently caught up with Jeffrey Shields, FASAE, CAE, chief executive officer of the National Business Officers Association , the only national association focused exclusively on supporting independent school business officers and business operations staff, and fostering financial and operational excellence among independent PK-12 schools. Their membership numbers more than 1,300 schools across the United States, as well as international schools in Canada, Mexico and 23 countries around the gl
GrowthZone
JANUARY 16, 2018
We were busier than ever this past year producing over 100 blog posts for our amazing audience of association professionals (that’s you!). Didn’t have time to read all 100? Of course not, so here are the top 5 most popular posts of the past year. (Most of the articles can be read in less than 3 minutes!). 3 Ways to Quit Wasting Time in Worthless Meetings ».
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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