Sat.May 12, 2012 - Fri.May 18, 2012

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How Moose Became King of the Forest: 5 Tips for Recruiting

YourMembership

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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Summer Marketing Internship at Wild Apricot

Wild Apricot

Here's a great internship opportunity for an up-and-coming marketing professional in Toronto’s growing technology sector. Wild Apricot is cloud-based membership software for small associations and nonprofits. Our marketing philosophy revolves.

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Thanks For Playing: The 1000th Post

Thanks For Playing

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 17 May 2012. The 1000th Post. Actually, the 1000th post was yesterdays What Im Reading. I just realized the milestone was approaching - well, passed - today. Oops. Ive been writing this blog since July 2008 - almost four years. I still have 65 subscribers, same as when I reported on my 500th post (hm, probably ought to try to promote subscribing a little harder).

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Word of the Day: Truthiness

Reid All About it

Is that even a real word? Yes, it is, says Dictionary.com : truth·i·ness [troo-thee-nis] (noun): “the quality of seeming to be true according to one’s intuition, opinion, or perception without regard to logic, factual evidence, or the like: the growing trend of truthiness as opposed to truth.”. And Wikipedia says: “Truthiness is a quality characterizing a “truth” that a person claims to know intuitively “from the gut” or because it “feels right” without

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Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Association Member Education

Unlock More Profit and Smarter Packaging for Member Learning Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your association’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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Handling Social Media Strife & Other Unpleasantries

YourMembership

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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Thanks For Playing: TED Talk: Try Something New

Thanks For Playing

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 15 May 2012. TED Talk: Try Something New. Working frantically on slides and handouts for three presentations over the next three weeks, so todays post is a VERY short but inspiring TED Talk video on the benefits of trying something new: Share on FriendFeed.

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Association Subculture: Don't Sweat the Small Stuff - Thoughts on.

Association Subculture

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Friday, May 18, 2012. Dont Sweat the Small Stuff - Thoughts on Loss. It struck me yesterday how many of us seem to be suffering losses of different sorts. Whether parents, siblings, pets, friends or colleagues each loss seems very immediate. We tend to feel a certain sense of melancholy when we lose celebrities we dont even know.

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Eric Lanke: I Don't Want to Serve on Your Committee

Eric Lanke

Eric Lanke. Association executive and author. Pages. Home. Leadership. Innovation. Member Engagement. Generations. Books Read. Fiction. Monday, May 14, 2012. I Dont Want to Serve on Your Committee. image source. This may come as a shock, I know, but I dont view it as an honor. I view it as a timesuck, and its not clear to me what kind of value (if any) Im going to get out of the experience.

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What We All Can Learn About Membership From Ryan Crowe

Wild Apricot

Here is an overview of an article by Patricia Hudson, who responds to a recent graduate's opinions about associations and offers some suggestions on how to become more responsive to members.

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2024 Association Survey Results Report

2024 Association Survey Results Report For the 10th year, association professionals across the U.S. and Canada provided a look at the inner workings of their organizations when they replied to GrowthZone’s annual survey. Read the 2024 survey results report to see how your association compares: Top Challenges Retention Rates Non-Renewal Reasons Automatic Renewals Reinstatement Strategies Member Engagement Changes & Strategies Why Members Join Non-Dues Revenue Sources Dues Increases, and more

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Thanks For Playing: Always the Last to Know: Nicira's Network.

Thanks For Playing

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 14 May 2012. Always the Last to Know: Niciras Network Virtualization Platform. OK, this weeks ATLTK is REALLY geeky, I admit, but this is worth it. One of the main flaws with the construction of the Internet has always been that it was made to prefer stability (as in, the whole thing wont go down) to security (as in, your network wont get hacked).

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8 top tips for great new member lunches

Optimist Consulting

I was talking to a membership contact last week and we were discussing the success of their lunches for new members. I have also found this a helpful way to introduce members to the organisation. Typically these lunches are fairly informal and are a chance for new members to hear directly about the organisation’s benefits and what the organisation is planning over the coming months.

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Discipline

Jamie Notter

Blog. Consulting. Speaking. About. Contact. Generations. Humanize. Books: Jamie Notter. Leadership insight.right when you need it. Discipline. Posted May 16, 2012. in Humanize , Leadership , Managing People - 5 comments. Tweet. In Belgium a couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of hanging out with Olivier Blanchard. He is ridiculously smart, and a fellow Que author–his book is called Social Media ROI.

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Fresh Links on Apricot Jam This Week

Wild Apricot

Here are some of the articles and posts we've bookmarked on Apricot Jam this week.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

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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Thanks For Playing: Friday Top 5

Thanks For Playing

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 18 May 2012. Friday Top 5. For those who havent heard, DC musical legend Chuck Brown, the Godfather of Go Go, passed this Wednesday night, May 16. I dont recall the first time I heard Go Go, but Im guessing it was Browns Bustin Loose, DCs unofficial city anthem.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Quotes About Change, Resilience.

Idea Architects

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. Monday, May 14, 2012. Quotes About Change, Resilience, and Transition. Nancy Margulies , theworldcafe.com. “The primary way to prepare for the unknown is to attend to the quality of our relationships, to how well we know an

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Creating Planned Serendipity For Your Conference Success

Velvet Chainsaw

Tweet. Networking: there’s more to it than business professionals speed handshaking while exchanging business cards. It’s an opportunity to connect and link with others as you share information, services and ideas with each other. Attendee Networking Expectations Increase. There is no doubt about it. Conference attendee networking expectations are on the rise!

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Do's and Don'ts of Website Redesigns

Vanguard Tech

Next week is ASAE’s Marketing, Membership and Communications Conference where Ray van Hilst from Vanguard will be co-presenting Association Website Redesign and CMS Migration: Best Practices (and Horror Stories) with Ceela McElveny from the American Society of Radiologic Technologists and Tobin Conley from DelCor Technology Solutions. The session will cover a number of web redesign best practices including managing expectations, timelines and project management tools as well as an in-depth case

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Thanks For Playing: What I'm Reading

Thanks For Playing

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 16 May 2012. What Im Reading. Another short but solid list: Joe Gerstandt urges us to bring empathy back. Copyblogger points out common call to action mistakes that cost you sales. Acronym provides a list within a list with another great edition of Quick Clicks.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Seen Elsewhere: Building Creative.

Idea Architects

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, May 16, 2012. Seen Elsewhere: Building Creative Capacity, Emerging Education Models, and Group Decision Making.

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Creating Community, Identity And Reflection With Your Conference Space

Velvet Chainsaw

Tweet. Have you ever seen a movie that starts with a fast action scene? Immediately, you are pulled into the middle of things. Screenwriters call this media res or in the middle of a plot. They know that they can pull their viewers into the story by placing the action at the beginning. This same principle can be applied to your conference and its space.

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Living In the Age of the Hashtag | KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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Mizz Information: Who "Owns" Content?

Mizz Information

Mizz Information. Thursday, May 17, 2012. Who "Owns" Content? Seems like every other thing Ive read this past week has been about curation and/or content marketing. Call me a snob, but something about the word "content" makes the writer in me cringe just a lil bit. Is that what writing has come down to--a delivery mode for marketing messages?

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From Relevance to REVOLUTION. It's NOW or NEVER: A Life.

Tom Morrison

From Relevance to REVOLUTION. Its NOW or NEVER. Today, its not good enough to be relevant. People want to join a revolution. They want an exciting experience that engages them in a profound way that will have a positive impact on them and their business, while providing a rewarding experience that fulfills their souls. I write about things that help associations achieve true transformation for the future and build a REVOLUTION.

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Why Many Experts Make Bad Presenters, Especially For Novice Audiences

Velvet Chainsaw

Tweet. When I was a new teenage driver, I learned not to ask my father for directions. (Remember we did not have Google Maps yet.). Our discussion would go something like this: Jeff: Dad, what exit do I take off of the freeway to get to Valley View Mall? Dad: You get on Peters Creek Road and head north for a few miles until you see Mill Mountain Highway.

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SCD Group: Does GM's Facebook decision impact your association?

SCD Group

Pages. Home. About. Contact. Causeaholic. AMR Management Services. Stronger by Association. Thursday, May 17, 2012. Does GM’s Facebook decision impact your association? You may have read that GM (General Motors) has decided to stop buying ads on Facebook. (They have been spending about $40 million on Facebook ads in the last 18 months.). Because Facebook’s IPO was pending when the GM decision went public, some commentators jumped to the conclusion that Facebook might be in trouble.

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Here’s a Powerful Marketing Tool Designed for Associations

Show the Benefits of Membership to Your Toughest Prospects. Download this FREE infographic from GrowthZone AMS, Why Join an Association, and start using it as your go-to recruitment and retention marketing tool. Post it on your website. Use it in sales presentations. Or use it as inspiration to create your own version. Infographics have power. They're a quick read.