Wild Apricot
MAY 26, 2014
'One of the biggest problems we encounter in decision-making is the problem of asking the right question. In this guest post, Elizabeth Engel and Peter Houstle introduce their newly released white paper, Getting to the “Good Stuff”: Evidence-Based Decision Making for Associations.
Spark Consulting
MAY 27, 2014
'I’m presenting a session at ASAE’s upcoming Marketing, Membership, and Communications Conference, to help you create rockin’ marketing materials. I totally stole the idea from Lowell Apelbaum , who facilitated a similar session at last year’s summer CESSE conference that everybody really enjoyed and had fun with. The concept is that I’ll open the session with 10 quick tips to use in evaluating marketing materials, and then participants will have the chance to go ar
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Aaron Wolowiec
MAY 27, 2014
'Elsbeth Russell, senior editor, Naylor, LLC. This month’s guest blog post is by Elsbeth Russell, senior editor at Naylor, LLC , who works with association executive clients to produce content-targeted print and online publications. Contact Russell at erussell@naylor.com. As an editor who works exclusively with societies of association executives, much of the content that crosses my desk each day involves different theories and trends based on the same core areas.
Association Leaders
MAY 27, 2014
'I read several business related blogs. One of them is called Leadership Freak, written by Dan Rockwell. Today Leadership Freak had an interesting post about what leaders do to energize (and sometimes de-energize) their teams. Read the post here. The theory behind the post is that everyone has energy inside them. A leader’s job is to exploit that energy and build on it.
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Wild Apricot
MAY 28, 2014
'We''re hosting the Nonprofit Blog Carnival for June and we want your submissions on nonprofit inspiration and innovation!
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Eric Lanke
MAY 26, 2014
'image source Here''s a little quiz. A member of your association Board is on the phone. He forgot to register for the upcoming conference and has now missed the early bird deadline. He went to the website, but if he registers there, he is going to get charged the higher registration fee. He would like you to make an exception and get him registered at the early bird rate.
YourMembership
MAY 29, 2014
It is the age-old challenge for all associations – how do I successfully recruit new members and keep the ones I have? Value and relevance lead to recruitment and retention. That seems to be the equation we are working from today. However, generational changes are requiring organizations to reexamine how they accomplish these tasks. Special campaigns and marketing gimmicks may not be getting you the results you are expecting, or needing.
Wild Apricot
MAY 29, 2014
'This month in Software News, we look beyond Version 5 to see what''s ahead on our product Roadmap.
Jamie Notter
MAY 27, 2014
'Jack Dorsey, one of the Twitter Founders and now CEO at Square, sent a quick memo to his employees (that he also posted publicly on Medium ) about something that may sound somewhat unimportant: using other people’s names to push ideas. In other words, coming to a meeting and saying “Bob says we should do this” or “Collette is behind this idea” while you are discussing something.
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Mariner
MAY 29, 2014
'I love Peggy’s post from the other day - Volunteers Give. and keep on giving. There’s no question that volunteers are an important part to any organization, whatever its purpose. And as I work with association volunteers on a daily basis, I see firsthand the dedication and time each pours into his/her volunteerism; a dedication that is not always an easy task.
YourMembership
MAY 29, 2014
It is the age-old challenge for all associations – how do I successfully recruit new members and keep the ones I have? Value and relevance lead to recruitment and retention. That seems to be the equation we are working from today. However, generational changes are requiring organizations to reexamine how they accomplish these tasks. Special campaigns and marketing gimmicks may not be getting you the results you are expecting, or needing.
Wild Apricot
MAY 28, 2014
'Here''s an update on our newly launched Small Membership Advisory Community - and details about how you can join in.
Jamie Notter
MAY 28, 2014
'Do Lead: Share your vision. Inspire others. Achieve the impossible. by Les McKeown. Do Book Co, 2014. In Chapter 3 of Humanize , Maddie and I take to task the authors, experts, and even “gurus” on the topic of leadership. As important as the concept is, we point out that our historical emphasis on individual leadership is holding us back, and comes from our misguided perspective that organizations should be run like machines.
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Associations Now
MAY 28, 2014
'Does your email marketing need a boost? A new report highlights some of the latest email trends and insights. One takeaway: Brevity rules. Before you send out your next marketing email, you may want to make it as short and sweet as possible. That’s according to a new survey of more than 1,000 email users that found the longer an email’s subject line and body length, the lower the clickthrough rate.
Velvet Chainsaw
MAY 29, 2014
'Are you bald yet from pulling your hair out dealing with recent social medial platform changes? Or perhaps you’ve spent all afternoon biting your nails wondering how to adapt your conference social media strategy to the platform changes. Social Media Platform Changes Yet Again. In the past few months, Facebook has dramatically changed how company page posts appear in our newsfeed.
Membership Marketing
MAY 28, 2014
'In the coming months, I am presenting two sessions on the transitions and opportunities that are taking place in the packaging of association memberships, otherwise known as membership models. What an increasing number of organizations are doing is re-packaging their traditional membership offering to appeal to new market segments and to adjust to new business realities.
SCD Group
MAY 27, 2014
'During a marketing communication agency’s research presentation to one of my clients, I watched the client’s board members and leaders as the agency showed a detailed report about its communications. The research walked the client through the staggering disconnect between the client and its target audiences. It was pretty simple: Here’s what you are saying Here’s what they are hearing The disconnect was huge.
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Associations Now
MAY 29, 2014
'Competency-based certification is gaining traction in the association community. Should your organization get on board? How does it compare to knowledge-based assessments? One expert sorts out the differences. The Society for Human Resource Management caused a major splash in the HR community earlier this month when it announced it will launch a new competency-based certification program for HR professionals and move away from a knowledge-based program that the group helped develop years ago.
Beth Kanter
MAY 28, 2014
'Last week, I had the pleasure of designing and facilitating the ultimate social media practitioner panel at the Social Media on Purpose Conference hosted by Stanford Social Innovation Review. The panelists included: Cindy Johanson , Executive Director, Edutopia. Matt Fitzgerald , Attention Lab Director, Upwell. Humberto Kam , Director, Online Engagement & Marketing, Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Beekeeper Group
MAY 28, 2014
'LinkedIn, the professional networking site home to over 300 million users, is traditionally thought of as being most beneficial to individuals looking for employment but its benefit to companies in the public affairs and trade association industries shouldn’t be overlooked. Companies looking to hire top-tier professionals commonly use the site to find high-quality applicants by looking at those working for industry peers and by searching relevant trade and skill-based networking groups.
SCD Group
MAY 29, 2014
'Crowded email in-boxes compounded by expanding social media headlines make it difficult for association messages to get through. One association CEO shared with me that he is convinced half of his board doesn’t read association emails. “During our strategic planning session, I discovered many on my board don’t fully understand what all the association is doing for its members.
Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker
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Associations Now
MAY 27, 2014
'Six in 10 meeting planners have used a mobile event app at their conferences in the past two years, according to a new study. While that’s an impressive number, organizations can make better use of these apps, especially at smaller meetings. While more meeting planners are employing mobile apps at their events, there is room for greater adoption, according to a new study released last week by IMEX Group and QuickMobile.
Plexus Consulting
MAY 30, 2014
'By Steven Worth These days, there is hardly a sector where for-profit organizations have not made in-roads into areas that were once the exclusive domain of nonprofit organizations. Whether it is in supplying blood to US hospitals or offering the public for-profit alternatives to nonprofit and government sponsored schools, for-profit organizations are often beating nonprofits at their own game by providing more creative, effective and efficient alternatives.
Beekeeper Group
MAY 29, 2014
'There are a few PACs in Washington that I’m sure will see a boost of activity, and not just because of mid-term elections. Attendees of the recent Women in Government Relations: PAC, Politics & Grassroots Conference learned new ways to inspire support, participation and increased contributions to meet their PAC goals thanks to the following speakers: Lisa D.
SCD Group
MAY 25, 2014
'I hope you will pause this Memorial Day Weekend to consider those who have served and died in the service of our country. I offer these two stories worth your reading: Faithful Warrior by Wayne Worden from May Guideposts. LifeLessons From Navy SEAL Training , a great commencement speech by Adm. William H. McRaven, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
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