Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Many hands make light work, and many voices can make for more interesting reading. Yet, getting your board members to contribute to the organization’s blog can be like pulling the proverbial hens' teeth! Let’s take a look at what lies behind that reluctance to blog, and how you can help your board members get past those roadblocks to blogging. But first things first -- Why should Board members contribute to your nonprofit’s blog?

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Association Advocacy Chick

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

If you’ve worked for an association for any length of time, then you’re well aware of how your members are treated. You know whether their dues money is either being used for the purposes intended or wasted. You know if the staff will work on their behalf or just for a paycheck. Armed with this knowledge, ask yourself the following question: If you were given the opportunity, would you join the association you work for?

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Idea Architects

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

I'm just a bill. No, not the Schoolhouse Rock song. Although I should now wish you good luck on getting that tune out of your brain. I'm talking about the financial kind of bill, specifically the dues invoice or "membership renewal." My American Society of Association Executives membership renewal just arrived. As bills go, it's good enough. It's easy to read and understand, and updating my information and preferences is pretty simple.

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GlowGlobally

SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

GrowGlobally.org. global association strategy, regional planning and local infrastructure to grow your business. Home. About. Channels. MarCom. Market & Biz Plan. Meetings. Membership. Products. Public Affairs. Services. « Penetrating or Expanding Global Markets through Meetings. The Association World in China » Sep. 18. 2010. A Guide to the Association Market in China.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Can you imagine asking for $100, and telling your donor up front that $80 will go to the telemarketing company that interrupted his dinner, and only $20 to your non-profit? You know that it takes money to raise money for a cause. And your donors, for the most part, can accept the reality that some part of their donation must go to cover overhead expenses.

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Membership Marketing

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. Whether you are an association professional or a relationship marketer, join the discussion on the Membership Marketing Blog and share your ideas and counsel. Speaking Engagements.

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GlowGlobally

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

GrowGlobally.org. global association strategy, regional planning and local infrastructure to grow your business. Home. About. Channels. MarCom. Market & Biz Plan. Meetings. Membership. Products. Public Affairs. Services. « A Guide to the Association Market in China. Secrets to Market Share and Product Sales Growth » Sep. 20. 2010. The Association World in China.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

We're extremely pleased that Wild Apricot version 4.0 is coming out next week! And to help our customers better understand what this means to them, we're offering a free webinar tomorrow (Tuesday, September 21) from 3 PM - 4 PM EDT. You can sign up now at: [link] This webinar is for current users of Wild Apricot to get them acquainted with the new version 4.0 and ensure a smooth transition.

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Off Stage

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Off Stage. Sep. 24, 2010 - The Elephant Climbs up on the Table. Last week was an adventure—a new and fun experience. I was asked by the North Carolina AEs to be a featured speaker at a ‘Fireside Chat’: the AEs submitted questions and I (retired and “experienced”) responded with shoot-from-the-hip answers. I hope the AEs found it useful—it was certainly helpful to me as a review of past issues and still-meaningful concerns in association management.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Whats Your Innovation Readiness? Part 2. For Part 1 go here. The Innovation Task Force of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives (which I chair), is trying to develop an assessment tool for association executives to use in determining the "innovation readiness" of their associations.

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Associations Live

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Breathing Space. These days, it seems that were all beseiged by too much competing for our attention and Robert Heinleins observation seems most appropriate: "In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

When WildApricot Membership Management Software lunched four years ago, Chief Apricot DmitryButerin made it our mission to help simplify running small member-basedorganizations. Now, over 3,000 WildApricot customers are spending more time with their members and less time ontedious things like updating contact files, sending emails, and processing member registrations andpayments.

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Off Stage

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Off Stage. Sep. 22, 2010 - Riding the WAV: Useful Whitepapers for AEs and Brokers. For an information junkie like me, White Papers are the greatest thing since encyclopedias. Usually, they are the authoritative report or guide that often addresses issues and how to solve them—and they may be used in marketing to explain the uses and benefits of a specific product or solution, or to provoke deeper thought and analysis of trends and behavior patterns.

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ChatterBachs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Social media is a two-way street. If it’s treated merely as a platform for pushing the organization’s agenda, you’re missing the point and the real value of social media. If you’re not listening, you”re not truly connecting with your customers. Let’s look at Twitter. A few impressions (not scientific, mind you, but observations nonetheless) from my own experience… First, if I see an account’s Twitter feed that’s only filled with their announ

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Experts in Membership Marketing

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

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ChatterBachs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

I thought this blog provided some interesting insights on traditional media and the emergence and relevance of social media so I asked Bill’s permission to add it to the ChatterBachs blog for the benefit of our readers. by Bill Ives (reprinted with permission). Mike Frey through Social Media Today provided an insightful post on How Traditional Media Created Social Media.

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