Help Getting Ready For 2014 – New Year Planning Checklist
Wild Apricot
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'If you are overwhelmed with closing out this year and planning for the next - check out our New Year Planning Checklist.
Wild Apricot
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'If you are overwhelmed with closing out this year and planning for the next - check out our New Year Planning Checklist.
Aaron Wolowiec
NOVEMBER 26, 2013
'Throughout the last couple weeks, my kids have been making cute turkeys. We made them in my daughter’s Daisy troop with pinecones and feathers. Then she made one at school and wrote for what and for whom she was thankful on each feather. Also at school, my boys wrote thank you poems and sang Thanksgiving songs. It touches me to hear how thankful they are for simple things like pouring their cereal, or as my daughter wrote, “my brothers and drinks, like pop.”.
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YourMembership
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
'Thanksgiving offers us an opportunity to reflect and give thanks. This Thanksgiving is my second with YM, and I want to express my gratitude for your hard work and dedication to our customers. Given the demands of our work, we too often get caught up in the pace of everyday life and don’t take the [.] ( Read more. ) The post A Thanksgiving Message… appeared first on YourMembership.com.
Virtual
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
'I recently read a great article in The New York Times about how challenging it will be for Microsoft to find its new CEO, given the diversity of businesses that the company represents. The article ends with a quote from Harvard Business School professor, David Yoffie: “I think the fundamental question for the next CEO of Microsoft is, what is his vision for Microsoft?”.
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Wild Apricot
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
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Jamie Notter
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'A lot of organizations talk about culture, but not as many actually create cultures that actually drive results. The reason for this gap frequently boils down to one word: Clarity. Because “culture” is a fairly broad and messy concept, we are generally content to keep the conversation about it broad and messy. We say we want a high-performance culture where we hold people accountable and achieve excellence.
Eric Lanke
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'image source Two weeks ago, in Reading Between the Lines , I continued writing about the process I used to create my association''s values statement, despite some misgivings about the value of values statements I''ve previously shared and still hold. In reviewing the suggested revisions that four of my staff members had made to the draft values statement that had come out of staff retreat, I had identified what I perceived to the common concerns and priorities of the people most willing to part
Wild Apricot
NOVEMBER 29, 2013
'Here''s a link round-up with some great tips and ideas for year-end fundraising.
Association Leaders
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'Sometimes the best leadership lessons are not positive examples of what great leaders are doing but rather examples of what poor leaders are doing – in other words, what not to do. I read an article today entitled, “The Three Habits of Highly Effective Demotivators” The article suggests there are three habits de-motivating (DM) leaders have: 1.
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Associations Now
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'CEOs don’t need to be tech experts, AIIM CEO John Mancini says. But they do need more expertise in how technology can simplify (or complicate) the member experience. If you’re the head of an organization, how much do you need to know about technology trends? Detailed specs on the leading hardware and software tools? Just enough to understand what your members do every day?
Velvet Chainsaw
NOVEMBER 26, 2013
'Conferences, events and meetings are evolving. We live in a time where change is the constant. Disruptive innovation is the name of the game. If the institution can be disrupted, it will be. Here are three ebooks that discuss some of those event game changers. Mobile Apps: The New Event Essential. Mobile is everywhere and growing. We can’t live without our mobile devices.
Mariner
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
'Awesome Association Volunteers! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
SCD Group
NOVEMBER 24, 2013
'7:29, 12:48 & 9:02 Central Drake Time Board time is a non-renewable resource. So is staff time! Yet, American culture and practice says you don’t need to get to a 9:00 am meeting until 5 or 10 minutes after 9. And, recognizing this, many meeting chairs don’t start the meeting “until a few more members arrive.” This represents a ridiculous waste of time and resources.
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Associations Now
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
'As the end of the year approaches, do you have a bunch of vacation days stockpiled? If so, you’re not alone. Two new studies found that the average American worker lets anywhere from three to four vacation days go unused. Many employees seem to want to reserve vacation time, saving it for the next year, if they are able to roll over time from year to year.
Velvet Chainsaw
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'Are we failing to cultivate innovation in our conference planning process? Do we focus so much on the details and logistics that we unknowingly sabotage our brains’ potential to cultivate innovation and creativity? Keeping our minds engaged and inspired in the creative process is critical to conference innovation. Yet too often, we default to following the same process to create our conferences year after year.
GlowGlobally
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
'Connecting Minds, Creating the Future. Dubai was selected today as the host city for the World Expo 2020. Dubai has a long history of facilitating connections and pioneering new ideas and Dubai Expo 2020 would be no different, with a predicted 70 per cent of the expected 25 million visitors originating from outside the host nation, making it the most international event in the history of Expo.
SCD Group
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'Obama May Have Twitter, But Lincoln Was the First President to Go Viral By Devon Maloney via Wired Lincoln’s address that afternoon, which came after a two-hour speech from famous-at-the-time orator Edward Everett, contained just 272 words, a shockingly short length that allowed it to be transmitted rapidly and become, arguably, one of the first messages from a U.S. president to go viral.
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Associations Now
NOVEMBER 26, 2013
'Not a High-Flyer Speaking of air-travel annoyances, a proposal by the Federal Communications Commission to allow people to make phone calls during flight drew a strongly negative reaction last week , with the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA in particular criticizing the idea. Soon after the suggestion started drawing fire, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler seemed to backtrack , saying he agrees with those who favor keeping the ban on in-flight calls.
Velvet Chainsaw
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
'Change can be hard! All organizations face challenges of maintaining employee or volunteer engagement and motivation in the midst of uncertainty. Organizational change is challenging even in the best situations. According to McKinsey Quarterly, 2010, only about 30% of organizations are successful with organizational change. For many people, the unknown is extremely frightening.
Association Adviser
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'But relax. You don’t need to be such an extremist with used car audio. First things first. Look for some prices. One of the first places to look on is Ebay. You may find a good price on a complete used car audio kit. Another option is retail stores Some years ago I found a complete kit: receiver, speakers and amplifiers for 60% of the price. Why?
SCD Group
NOVEMBER 26, 2013
'Quick: Who was the second man on the moon? Who was runnerup to last year’s World Series? Who was the second person to fly non-stop, solo across the Atlantic? We’ve been told for decades that it is important to be first to market with a product or service. At the 2012 Content Marketing World Conference, Sam Sebastin, Google’ Director of B2B Markets, talked about the Zero Moment of Truth.
Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker
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Associations Now
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
'Facing negative media depictions and a lack of knowledge about their profession, the American Association of Professional Landmen launched campaign to help the public—especially landowners—get to know them. Early returns have been promising. What are landmen, anyway? With the help of their professional association, they’d like to introduce themselves.
Mizz Information
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
'Image by Rob Enslin on Flickr. I admit when I saw Microsoft’s “Scroogled” store , I thought it was kind of funny. But their new Scroogled campaign against the Chromebook? Just no. As I’ve blogged before , I love my Chromebook. It’s tiny (if a bit too tiny for aging eyes.sigh), it’s light, it’s cheap, and it can do 99% of what I need a laptop to do.
Beth Kanter
NOVEMBER 25, 2013
'I’m taking off my red hat off on #GivingTuesday (Dec. 3) to celebrate NTEN , a small nonprofit, and its work to support the largest and most caring community of nonprofit techies to do their best work. Join me for a chat on #GivingTuesday, December 3 at 9:00 am PST on my LinkedIn Influencer blog with NTEN CEO, Amy Sample Ward. We’ll be talking about NTEN’s great work, # GivingTuesday , and why collective action and community participation is so powerful.
SCD Group
NOVEMBER 27, 2013
'Happy Thanksgiving! In recognition with this holiday, we will not be publishing SCDdaily again until Monday, December 2. Sort of our way of "boycotting" Black Friday. And, getting ready for the Ohio State - Michigan football game! O.H! Go Bucks!
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