Wild Apricot
MARCH 14, 2011
Two new volunteer websites - GetInvolved.ca & GetVolunteering.ca - are part of an initiative launched by Volunteer Canada and Manulife Financial. These websites offer information, resources and a Matching Tool to help Canadian volunteers and volunteer-seeking organizations.( read more ).
Association Leaders
MARCH 13, 2011
We can all agree that Google has had a meteoric rise to mega successful company status. Certainly there are many reasons for Google’s success. One that shouldn’t be minimized is the way Google treats its employees. We’ve all heard stories of the company owned child care services, the corporate cafeteria, stock options, casual work atmosphere and more.
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Reid All About it
MARCH 16, 2011
A moment of unexpected bliss came to me this week while watching the trailer for the documentary, Desert of Forbidden Art. If only this film were coming to the NC Museum of Art (hint hint). In the 1950′s and ’60′s, Igor Savitsky traveled throughout the Soviet Union to collect (and save) 40,000 works of avant-garde art. The Stalin regime tortured, imprisoned and killed the artists responsible for what it called “decadent bourgeois art.” Savitsky stored his collection far f
Association Advocacy Chick
MARCH 15, 2011
I consider myself fortunate to be surrounded by talent. This week’s AAC post is from a rising star within DELP and the Association community. Her name is Artesha Moore and she’s Senior Director of Membership and Technology Services for APIC, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology in Washington, DC. Artesha is a member of the 2010-2012 DELP class and one of the most honest, straightforward people you’ll ever want to meet.
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Wild Apricot
MARCH 18, 2011
Today we’re tackling some questions on tools and tactics for volunteer management that were asked in the most recent Wild Apricot blog reader survey. The reader questions fall into three areas: scheduling volunteers, tracking volunteer hours, and how to hold volunteers accountable for the work they’ve committed to do. Scheduling and Tracking Volunteer Hours There’s a fair bit of overlap between tools for scheduling and time-tracking volunteers, so it’s important to consider what features you rea
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Association Adviser
MARCH 14, 2011
March 2011 -- Features Research says yes, but more resources don't always mean better communication. However, preliminary research from the 2011 Association Communications Benchmarking Survey indicates that membership size has a significant effect on communication success.
Wild Apricot
MARCH 16, 2011
This is the first post in our 3-part blog series on membership database selection. This blog series is designed to help small organizations: identify your membership database requirements (Part 1); understand the options available (Part 2); and choose the solution that meets your specific needs (Part 3).( read more ).
Idea Architects
MARCH 14, 2011
To break things up a bit in 2011, I will be offering a leadership limerick each Monday, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. Making things better should be our aim Learning from mistakes, not assigning blame Suggesting changes big and small Working daily to improve all Is that improvement or innovation in name?
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The Hourglass Blog
MARCH 12, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Saturday, March 12, 2011. A Modern View of Leadership. Heres a short, 5-minute video from HBR where a group of "expert thinkers" discuss the crucial skills needed by tomorrows leaders. As near as I can tell by listening to their comments, those skills are: Trust. Authenticity. Empathy. Devotion to others. Explaining why.
KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup
MARCH 16, 2011
Association Law
MARCH 14, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. This blog focuses on legal issues of interest to association leaders, including executives, volunteers and members. It is NOT intended to provide legal advice, but rather to share my informal thoughts on legal issues commonly faced by trade and professional associations, as well as foundations and other charities. This blog does not focus on homeowners associations or religious organizations.
Mizz Information
MARCH 17, 2011
Mizz Information. Thursday, March 17, 2011. Importing Member Emails into Facebook--Just Because You Can, Should You? I just read on Facebook that they have created two ways to allow admins of Pages with fewer than 5,000 "likers" to use email contacts to "build" their Pages. You can either upload a contact file into Facebook or import email contacts who are already on Facebook then suggest your Page to them.
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Membership Marketing
MARCH 14, 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.
Associations Live
MARCH 16, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Wednesday, March 16, 2011. A Tour of Google Analytics. If you know how to use it - Google Analytics can save you a lot of time and money. This free tool offers users features such as: visitor trends, traffic sources, content guides, goals and reporting. Here are the top tips to think about when using Google Analytics.
The Hourglass Blog
MARCH 17, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thursday, March 17, 2011. Fear and Loathing in Association Leadership. Heres another HBR post that got me thinking. This one is about "social" CEOs — leaders of multinational corporations who are comfortable with social media. They blog, have Facebook pages or Twitter accounts, or engage with the public using YouTube.
Mizz Information
MARCH 13, 2011
Mizz Information. Sunday, March 13, 2011. Shiny New Things. Im not going to lie: being benched for a week due to surgery wasnt too shabby. I wasnt in too much pain, just woozy, so I was able to accomplish something Ive been meaning to do for years: watch Dexter. The entire first season and half of the second, to be exact. Suffice it to say Im obsessed with the show now.
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Plexus Consulting
MARCH 14, 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, March 14, 2011. Wrestling with Burnout. By Virgil R. Carter. As a CEO, and the top leadership interface between your organization’s members, customers and staff, have you experienced burnout?
High Context
MARCH 18, 2011
The New York Times has announced a new paid content model for their online content. The announcement is here: A Letter to Our Readers About Digital Subscriptions – NYTimes.com. The upshot is that occasional website visitors will not have to pay for anything but people who read many articles online with the Times will be asked to pay after using up a monthly free quota of content.
L&M Association Management
MARCH 16, 2011
" Benefits of a Five-Member Board " in the March issue of Associations Now (AN) should be read with a high degree of skepticism. I've reread the article several times over the past week and I don't know who deserves more criticism: the authors for promoting a "one-trick pony" as a panacea for the industry-wide malaise that seems to have hit EVERY association (one of their many unsubstantiated claims); or AN's editorial staff for choosing such a weak treatment of an otherwise important topic for
Mizz Information
MARCH 16, 2011
Mizz Information. Wednesday, March 16, 2011. Silos and SEO and Spam. This post about blog comment spam and the consequences of keeping your social media people and marketing people in silos was so good I had to share it. Its like the perfect storm of what not to do, why SEO stuff like blog comment spamming and social media dont mix, and why its especially important not to do stupid stuff like this if youre in the business of providing social media or PR-related services.
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Associations Live
MARCH 15, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Teachable Moments. Sad and horrific images from Japan. Lets hope this is a teachable moment, across the world, around the expansion and safety of nuclear power plants. Posted by Kathy Johnson. at 8:37 AM. Labels: Policy , Politics.
Moving through the Association World
MARCH 14, 2011
Working with associations means that you interact with volunteers on an almost daily basis. I quickly realized that it can be hard to see the issues through a volunteer’s eyes until you get involved as a volunteer through your professional organization yourself. It has been a major goal of mine over the past two years to become more involved and volunteer some time to an association I belong to.
Beekeeper Group
MARCH 14, 2011
A recent AP article we found in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution demonstrates the growing value of text and social media generated donations for crisis relief around the globe.
Experts in Membership Marketing
MARCH 17, 2011
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