Thanks For Playing

JULY 10, 2012

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 10 July 2012. Sections Instead of Breakouts. A few ASAE calls for proposals have hit recently, and its gotten me thinking about conference sessions. On the one hand, associations want to recognize the expertise and knowledge our members hold and give them a platform to shine and a chance to share that knowledge and expertise with their peers.

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YourMembership

JULY 10, 2012

Membership Software Association Management Software. Home. Solutions. Associations. Nonprofits + Foundations. Chambers + EDCs. Corporate + Social. Education + Alumni. Advantages. Branding. Control. Add-On Products. Support. Pricing. Company. News + Press. Customers. Technology. Management Team. Partner Programs. Corporate Responsibility. Inside YM. Careers.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 11, 2012

How can your association stay relevant and deliver meaningful experiences to your members? We're previewing an article by Trish Hudson (Melos Institute) that offers tips on changing your perspective to change your association's outcomes.

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Principled Innovation

JULY 10, 2012

Jeff De Cagna FRSA FASAE, chief strategist and founder of Principled Innovation LLC, has been elected to the American Tinnitus Association (ATA) Board of Directors. ATA, located in Portland, Oregon, exists to cure tinnitus through the development of resources that advance tinnitus research. Tinnitus is the medical term for the perception of sound in one or both ears or in the head when no external sound is present. 50 million Americans experience tinnitus to some degree.

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Thanks For Playing

JULY 12, 2012

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 12 July 2012. We Are STILL Doing It That Way. Or, to quote Marshall Goldsmith: "What Got You Here Wont Get You There.". Ive been thinking a lot about the long-term prospects of associations recently. Will we survive the changes - technologically driven, generationally driven, ecologically driven, socio-economically driven, etc. - occurring in our global society?

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Wild Apricot

JULY 13, 2012

If you are looking for ways of surveying your members, here are 5 tips for effective online surveys as well as an overview of online survey tools to consider.

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Association Subculture

JULY 9, 2012

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Monday, July 9, 2012. Winning by Failing Big. At the risk of jumping the shark (and for those of us old enough to remember where that saying came from lets just try to forget the Fonz was involved in that debacle.) I cannot let this idea go even though July 4 is well behind us now. This clip might be old news for everyone, but it shows a new vantage point on the epic failness from the San Diego fireworks show of 2012.

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Thanks For Playing

JULY 13, 2012

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 13 July 2012. Friday Top 5. Its mid-July, so you know what that means? Fringe Fest ! For the seventh year running, DC is hosting the amazing Capital Fringe Festival, July 12-29. Top 5 Best Things About Fringe: Fringe Fest is cheap. Shows cost $17, or less if you buy one of the passes.

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Principled Innovation

JULY 11, 2012

During the more than twenty years I have worked in and with associations, it is my guess that organizations throughout our community have committed millions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of hours of staff and voluntary leader time to generate tens of thousands of pages of strategic plans and related documents. I have been thinking about the net impact of this extraordinary investment of time, money and effort, and while there are some exceptions, here is a brief list of the outcomes I see

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Wild Apricot

JULY 9, 2012

We've just released Version 4.4 of Wild Apricot! Here's an overview of the updates and enhancements included in this release.

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Eric Lanke

JULY 9, 2012

Eric Lanke. Association executive and author. Pages. Home. Leadership. Innovation. Member Engagement. Generations. Books Read. Fiction. Monday, July 9, 2012. Too Many Choices. image source. Anyone whos had dinner with me knows I hate restaurants with too many things on the menu. When the waiter hands me something thats spiral bound I know Ive come to the wrong place.

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Thanks For Playing

JULY 11, 2012

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 11 July 2012. What Im Reading. 10 Skills for the future workforce. Want to reward your readers? How about a cookie ? Do you do press releases? (you know you do) PRSA can help you write better boilerplate (although I’d probably avoid the alliteration thing).

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Principled Innovation

JULY 8, 2012

In early August, Principled Innovation will launch Serious Questions, a regular electronic briefing for senior association leaders. Each month, Serious Questions will explore a new “serious question” facing the association community, provide a curated selection of useful readings for association executives and share other announcements and offers from Principled Innovation.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 10, 2012

We're offering a free webinar on Wed. July 11 - Managing Your Membership Database in Wild Apricot.

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Jamie Notter

JULY 12, 2012

Blog. Consulting. Speaking. About. Contact. Generations. Humanize. Books: Jamie Notter. Leadership insight.right when you need it. Strategy Means Change. Posted July 12, 2012. in Change , Strategy - 1 comment. Tweet. I did some strategy work with a client this week where they were drilling down below the level of core strategic principles and actually figuring out what they were going to do differently to move in their desired direction.

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Thanks For Playing

JULY 9, 2012

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 09 July 2012. Always the Last to Know: Kickstarter. Kickstarter, which was identified this spring as one of Technology Review s top 10 emerging technologies , allows people to crowdfund anything from a book to an album to a computer game to hardware. Kickstarter is not exactly new, so why did the TR team pick it now?

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Association Navigator

JULY 12, 2012

There’s a fascinating feature in the current Washington Business Journal about gourmet catering and small business innovation. Nancy Goodman and Joel Thevoz, the married business partners at Main Event Caterers in Arlington, Virginia have created an aquaponics system for growing vegetables and raising fish – in their warehouse! The article is called Aqua-profits and it includes a fun photo gallery.

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Idea Architects

JULY 13, 2012

Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects. Jeffrey Cufaude is an architect of ideas. custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. He also teaches presentation design and facilitation to subject matter experts. Friday, July 13, 2012. Facilitation Friday #28: "I Wonder If. ". Youre the staff liaison to a committee or the board and the chairperson is running a pretty ineffective meeting.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 9, 2012

Tweet. Consider your own mobile device habits. Much of your web surfing, online purchasing and information sharing routines have changed. A large portion occurs from your smartphone or tablet. Here are 10 reasons why your organization needs a mobile site. 10 Reasons Why You Need a Mobile Site Infographic by AD:60. How is your organization tracking and leveraging Mobile-commerce (M-Commerce)?

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Association Adviser

JULY 11, 2012

July 2012 -- Marketing & Communication We explore some of the more popular video and chat programs associations can use to bridge the nonverbal gap that makes up 93 percent of communication.

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Association Navigator

JULY 8, 2012

Be sure to read today’s New York Times Business Section article on organic food. You want to do it with a critical eye however because the reporter Stephanie Strom wasn’t able to resist the opportunity to bash “Big Food.”. Can someone tell me why it is acceptable to use the term “Big Food” in a newspaper article? Ms. Strom doesn’t have much positive to say about organic, she’s apparently appalled that big companies are making organic foods and the critics think “Big Food” has too much to say ab

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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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Idea Architects

JULY 11, 2012

Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects. Jeffrey Cufaude is an architect of ideas. custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. He also teaches presentation design and facilitation to subject matter experts. Wednesday, July 11, 2012. The Wooden Hanger Theory of Productivity and Satisfaction. $50 of wooden hangers from Target.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 13, 2012

Tweet. 1,700+ CEOs in 64 countries identified collaboration, agility, mining connections and relationships, and innovation through partnering as the top critical traits that their employees need today. According to CEOs, the top four personal characteristics most critical for employees success were: collaboration, communicative, creative and flexible.

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Association Adviser

JULY 12, 2012

July 2012 -- Association Spotlight This month’s spotlight on communication excellence falls on the Western Retail Lumber Association (WRLA) and the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association (MHEDA) for their bold forays into online video.

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Mizz Information

JULY 12, 2012

Mizz Information. Thursday, July 12, 2012. Musings On Influence in the Association Space. So it being almost Friday and me not having blogged in a while and also overdue for a good rant, Im going to go here. "Here" being the top 10 Most Influential & Authoritative Association Professionals Online lis t posted by an association vendors marketing director this week.

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