Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
Hooking new members for your nonprofit takes the right bait, offered patiently and repeatedly, not to mention the challenge of landing them when you do get a bite! But the best tools and most canny tactics won’t be effective if you’re casting for new members in a fished-out pool.( read more ).
Association Subculture
FEBRUARY 13, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Sunday, February 13, 2011. Association Management - Building a Vision for Your Conference. Just a quick post for this week. Recently, I saw that ASAE had a program where they were discussing setting a vision for your conference. That is a really great concept and a few months ago I had the good fortune of helping one of my clients actually develop one.
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Association Advocacy Chick
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
One of my first AAC blog posts discussed the ASAE’s 2010 annual meeting and what I learned from it. One of my points highlighted a lack of government relations programming. Knowing that more than a few of my GR colleagues attend annual as well as association executives prepping for the CAE exam, I felt that we were being shortchanged. So, I did what anyone in my position would’ve done: I decided to submit a proposal for 2011.
Idea Architects
FEBRUARY 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. You say that it's no longer fun So perhaps your time here is done When your energy is drained And your expression is pained Toward new challenges you probably should run Even the most interesting work with the best colleagues can be draining, except that the sense of depletion comes from giving it your all toward something that you
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Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
As I was preparing a series of blog posts on member engagement and communications (the #1 issue facing organizations in 2011 according to our Blog Reader Survey), one of January's Nonprofit Blog Carnival posts - Nonprofits and Information: Sharing Our Stories - caught my attention. In this post, Jennifer Hoyer (of the Edmonton Social Planning Council), notes that those of us in the non-profit world often take for granted the information that we work with each day, and forget that those outside o
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GlowGlobally
FEBRUARY 12, 2011
GrowGlobally.org. global association strategy, regional planning and local infrastructure to grow your business. Home. About. Channels. MarCom. Market & Biz Plan. Meetings. Membership. Products. Public Affairs. Services. « Legal Issues That Are Important To Any International Strategy. KFC’s Recipe for Success – It’s All Local » Feb. 12. 2011.
Association Adviser
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
February 2011 -- Features Associations often lack the preparation, stamina and measurement tools to sustain new initiatives. Adequate preparation and honest self-assessment of your organization’s resources and competencies is the only path to success in our hyper-competitive communication age.
Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
In our recent Blog Reader Survey, membership growth/acquisition ranked as the second most important issue facing small membership-based organizations for 2011, just behind member communications and engagement. But before you start brainstorming ideas for member engagement and recruitment strategies, there is an important building block that you need to have in place as a foundation - an effective member/contact database.( read more ).
Mizz Information
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
Mizz Information. Monday, February 14, 2011. Klout as a Tool for Community Managers: Why I Dont Buy it. Ive recently been seeing a slideshare presentation about Klout for Community Managers making the rounds to general fanfare. No offense to the authors of that presentation, but I totally dont buy it. The biggest factor that goes into a Klout score is Twitter use.
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KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
Association Adviser
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
February 2011 -- Marketing & Communication When it comes to a new branding and design decision, who is the real expert? Involve your internal and external customers in goal and objective setting for your communications to ensure your association will stand out while still serving its primary audience. By Dana Plotke.
Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
Wild Apricot is offering a new FREE Webinar: Setting Up Your Wild Apricot Website - on Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 3 pm EST. In this webinar, we'll dig deep into the website portion of our Wild Apricot, Membership Software - designed for small associations, non-profits, clubs and subscription websites - and demonstrate key operations related to website setup, customization and page editing.( read more ).
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Membership Marketing
FEBRUARY 16, 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.
The Hourglass Blog
FEBRUARY 15, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Tuesday, February 15, 2011. The GenX Bridge. In my first post of 2011 I issued a kind of challenge to GenX association professionals. Convinced that we have a unique perspective and that our approach to leadership is something that should be more widely shared and developed, I offered The Hourglass Blog as a venue for a broader community of GenX leaders to share their ideas and experiences.
Plexus Consulting
FEBRUARY 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, February 14, 2011. Responding to Discord in Meetings. by Steven H. Davis, CAE, Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
AE on the Verge
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
AE on the Verge. Association management, meetings and mania. Wednesday, February 16, 2011. Fundraising with Balloons. A recent event included a balloon fundraising event. Helium balloons were tied to chairs, and those who contributed had their balloons popped during the program. Those who gave at the break had their balloons popped later in the day.
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Associations Live
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Friday, February 18, 2011. MSAE Speakers Showcase. Yesterday MSAE hosted its 6th annual speakers showcase. It was a great day. I personally had the opportunity to sit in on 13 unique and different presentations. What an efficient way to get new ideas, hear prospective presenters for future sessions, and network and learn from other colleagues who are dealing with similar issues and concerns.
Moving through the Association World
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
Here is a quick post for this week. The past few weeks I have had a few interesting conversations with a couple of colleagues regarding small staff associations and staff structure. The conversations have been geared towards what is a good structure for a small staff and how involved the staff-lead is involved with everyday process. My experience has shown me that I have a preference for small staff’s.
ChatterBachs
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
Over the years I’ve written on a variety of topics. Having a background that includes work with education, educational finance, associations, tech, and government as well as personal interests in ministry, drama, travel, history, politics, and sports helps. I still consider myself to be a teacher at heart and when you’re a teacher, you’re really a student.
Trade Association CEO Blog
FEBRUARY 12, 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.
Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker
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Associations Live
FEBRUARY 13, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Sunday, February 13, 2011. yikes. watched it. the grammys. fake hair, fake boobs, fake nails, fake butts, fake teeth, tatoos, baggy pants. I guess theres no butts to fill those pants. Idea. Lets all be real. Posted by Kathy Johnson. at 10:02 PM. Labels: change , common sense.
Experts in Membership Marketing
FEBRUARY 16, 2011
ChatterBachs
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
Community management should mean community engagement. Here are several ways to make sure you’re reaching this optimal level of community engagement, whether online or offline: Demonstrate value. People have a seemingly unlimited number of resources to draw from. Why should they be committed to your community? What are they getting from it?
L&M Association Management
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
On May 21, 2007 the leadership of the ASAE and AMCI announced joint support for a single accreditation program based on the more rigorous AMCI program. The ASAE announced at that time that their program would end in 2010. More. Despite the fact that ASAE's AMC Accreditation program ended on 12/31/10, some AMCs continue to prominently display the logo and promote that having attained it somehow makes them special.
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