Wild Apricot
JUNE 20, 2011
Your non-profit website is supposed to help new people – prospective donors, members, and advocates – find your organization online. But what if it’s not showing up in the search engines? ( read more ).
Reid All About it
JUNE 23, 2011
I know that you’re all on the edge of your seats waiting for the next installment of the Writing for the Web series, but first I want to catch you up on some of my blog posts elsewhere. Over on Grabbing the Gusto , my food blog, I’ve posted recipes in the last few weeks for some very tasty dishes: Coconut Citrus Tilapia , Mexican Shrimp Cocktail (the critics swooned), Kung Pao Chicken with Vegetables , two hearty dinner salads (just what you need in this hot humid weather) and more.
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Association Leaders
JUNE 22, 2011
As a business and association leader, planning is a skill and a process I have come to know well. In particular, I have developed a process for facilitating the development of strategic plans for organizations that seems to work quite well. As a result, whenever I have the chance to learn something new about planning, I take the opportunity. Recently, I read a Harvard Business Review blog titled, “Making Your Strategy More Relevant” by Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi of Booz &
Golden's Rules for Association
JUNE 20, 2011
Conflict! Treachery! Betrayal! Passion! No, I am not talking about your last board of directors meeting. I am talking about opera. And before you start rolling your eyes and dismissing opera based on the parodies or send ups you’ve seen (Marx Brothers’ “Night at the Opera,” anyone?), allow me to provide a short, painless and mostly lighthearted [.].
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Wild Apricot
JUNE 24, 2011
Can word clouds help you create more effective grant applications? Focusing on the words that appear more frequently in grant requirements, might help your application get noticed.( read more ).
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Mizz Information
JUNE 22, 2011
Mizz Information. Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Facebook Blocks Page Admins from Posting Legit Links. Ive blogged before about why Facebook will never replace your website, but in case youre still thinking Im full of it and using Facebook as your corporate website is a good idea, allow me to share yet another reason giving a third party control over what/how you post online is a bad idea.
Wild Apricot
JUNE 22, 2011
Two new research reports - Heart of the Donor (Grey Matter/Russ Reid) and 2011 donorCentrics Internet and Multichannel Giving Report (Target Analytics)- offer interesting insight into donor behavior.( read more ).
Idea Architects
JUNE 23, 2011
Our beliefs and mental models deeply influence the choices we perceive available to us and the expectations we need to meet. In a new workshop entitled Toward a More Sustainable You , I've been offering four of the current beliefs that I believe inhibit our effectiveness and four alternative beliefs that, if adopted and implemented, could lead to a personal and professional life that is robust, yet more sustainable.
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Mizz Information
JUNE 24, 2011
Mizz Information. Friday, June 24, 2011. Why the Foursquare/AmEx Deal is the Least Likely Thing to Prove Social Medias ROI. Photo by Cometstarmoon. I always wonder, when I read articles like these , whether the author actually uses Foursquare him/herself. Because, as someone who does use Foursquare-- against my better judgement --Im here to tell you that the idea of it being the thing that is going to prove anything other than that location based services, in their current form at least, offer u
The Hourglass Blog
JUNE 20, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Monday, June 20, 2011. Join Your Customers on Their Journey. Here’s a great post from Adam Richardson of the global innovation firm frog design about something called a customer journey map. What is a customer journey map? A customer journey map is a very simple idea: a diagram that illustrates the steps your customer(s) go through in engaging with your company, whether it be a product, an online experience, retail experience, or a service, or any combinatio
Idea Architects
JUNE 20, 2011
Every Monday, I offer a leadership limerick, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. Searching for leadership limerick will identify previous posts. The tough calls can be a source of pride But brutal facts aren't something to hide As a group you’re more able With all the info on the table When you have something big to decide I can no longer be trusted with a half-gallon of ice cream.
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Plexus Consulting
JUNE 20, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Plexus Consulting Group® For health, education, workforce, finance and other non profit and public service organizations that want to leverage resources and strategically plan for U.S. or international market expansion. Monday, June 20, 2011. The Four-Hour Workweek Phenomenon—and How It Can Work for Your Association. by Virgil R.
Mizz Information
JUNE 21, 2011
Mizz Information. Tuesday, June 21, 2011. United Breaks Guitars.and Still Treats Passengers Like Crap. These days, who hasnt heard the United Breaks Guitars story? Or the Delta Charges Soldiers Returning From Afghanistan $2,800 to Check Bags story? What do you figure the total cost of the crisis management/damage control for each of those fiascos was?
Membership Marketing
JUNE 18, 2011
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.
Off Stage
JUNE 24, 2011
Off Stage. Jun. 24, 2011 - Opportunity Knocks. Normal. 0. false. false. false. EN-US. X-NONE. X-NONE. On June 20, 2011, ICANN (the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the Non-Governmental Organization that coordinates unique web identifiers/addresses across the World Wide Web) announced that it had approved a plan to increase the number of domain endings which can be used by websites as unique identifiers.
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Beekeeper Group
JUNE 22, 2011
Smackdown? Yes, smackdown. The idea behind the “smackdown” was to demonstrate the power of one of the tactics suggested in our community building presentation itself. Using humor!
Associations Live
JUNE 21, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Tuesday, June 21, 2011. more social media. It takes a while to stay current with everything, maybe everyone else already knew this - but you can schedule tweets via hootsuite - and its simple. Learned this via an MSAE Membership Networking group from Eric @ Corporate Compliance.
BlogClump
JUNE 18, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. BlogClump - Blogging About Associations From a Gen Xer. A Gen Xer giving his thoughts and opinions on the Association world. Saturday, June 18, 2011. Our Latest Project - Event Mobile Site. It isnt anything new, but we are just dipping our toes in the mobile water. We created our first app late last year. This year I am building a mobile website for attendees to visit while on site at our meetings.
AE on the Verge
JUNE 20, 2011
AE on the Verge. Association management, meetings and mania. Monday, June 20, 2011. Working from Home - Is it for You? Guest post by Marcia Bartol, EO, Greater Bangor Association of REALTORS® More than ever, many employers and employees are considering the pros and cons of working from home. The greatest advantage to the employer is that there is no overhead such as mortgage or rent, heat, electricity and other costs associated with maintaining or renting space.
Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker
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Trade Association CEO Blog
JUNE 20, 2011
Trade Association CEO Support. The role of association CEO is diverse and whether youre a volunteer or a paid staff executive director this blog is the starting line for concepts and ideas to solve your leadership challenges. The Role of Association CEO. Whether your association budget is large with many staff or your budget is small with few or no full-time staff, the responsibilities of the CEO are common and many.
Experts in Membership Marketing
JUNE 19, 2011
Off Stage
JUNE 22, 2011
Off Stage. Jun. 22, 2011 - Introduction to Search Engine Optimization. Normal 0. false false false. EN-US X-NONE X-NONE. Recently it seems that several of my association clients are involved in rebuilding their organization’s websites. They know the sites need a change: the appearance is no longer fresh, the information is outdated, and nobody really visits there anymore.
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