YourMembership

MAY 10, 2013

'Categories: Member Engagement + Retention Tags: member engagement , member retention Engage has become quite the buzzword. You can’t go to a conference or read an article about membership or member organizations without someone telling you about the importance of engagement. We even do it here. A lot. But engaging your members has become one of those phrases that has lost its meaning to many and [.] ( Read more. ) The post Member Engagement: you’re already aces appeared first on You

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Wild Apricot

MAY 10, 2013

'This membership link round-up offers: tips on how to overcome the association value gap; a reminder about what’s good in associations; insight into rapidly growing associations; and a look at why many online communities fail.

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Spark Consulting

MAY 8, 2013

'Big data, the quantified self, predictive apps, personal analytics and privacy (yes, they’re all related ). The innovation matrix , and is post-Jobs Apple in trouble (also related)? What can we learn from successful educators to make us better staff people, better bosses, better friends, and ultimately better people? Steve Drake asks: are you a doer or a thinker ?

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Association Leaders

MAY 7, 2013

'A common belief is that efficient and effective workers are great “multi-taskers” – able to juggle multiple tasks at the same time. Many people believe that the most effective leaders are the greatest of multi-taskers. If you think about it, everyone must multi-task in order to accomplish anything in these times. If nothing else, technology has made multi-tasking a requirement.

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Jamie Notter

MAY 8, 2013

'I delivered a webinar with Brad Palmer of Jostle yesterday titled “Transforming Your Workplace Culture from Toxic to Humanized.” It was a great event, with 140 people viewing and listening online, many of whom had GREAT questions. It’s the first webinar I’ve been a part of where we ran out of time to answer the audience questions.

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Spark Consulting

MAY 6, 2013

'These days, most people don’t bother with watches anymore – we all have phones in our pockets than can tell us the time, and a bunch of other stuff, too. The problem with that is that your phone is IN YOUR POCKET (or your purse). And if you’ve ever fumbled around trying to grab your phone just to see who is calling or texting or what the weather is or why your calendar is beeping at you, you may have thought, “isn’t there an easier way?

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Portage Group

MAY 7, 2013

'If so, you''re not alone! We operate in an association environment where the game is changing rapidly when it comes to delivering member value to an increasingly diverse membership base who now have more options then ever when it comes to what associations they belong to, where they access information and how they connect with their peers. If you have ever wondered how other associations are grappling with these issues and how, if at all, they are evolving their membership models in order to co

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Golden's Rules for Association

MAY 6, 2013

'It is something of a commonplace to refer to associations as a kind of family or even to think of our mission-driven efforts as in some ways similar to a religion: an effort to organize like-minded individuals who share a common cause … a cause that is integral to both who they are as individuals [.].

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Wild Apricot

MAY 8, 2013

'Here are highlights of the 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study.

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Mariner

MAY 7, 2013

'May 7, 2013. I just finished reading an ASAE listserv exchange on social media policies and am prompted to ask why can’t chapter affiliation agreements be as simple? In the past year, Peter and I have worked with or helped six different organizations refresh their affiliation agreements. Our mantra continues to be focus on the mission not the organization.

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Jamie Notter

MAY 6, 2013

'I saw a blog post the other day that said it is “almost cliche” now to point out that employees are not motivated by money, as if everyone now knows that is true. Dan Pink perhaps leads the way in advancing this idea in his awesome book, Drive. He’s got very compelling evidence that people are NOT motivated by money , at least not in the ways we tend to think in organizations.

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Idea Architects

MAY 10, 2013

'I love May in Indianapolis. While much of my home city wraps itself in the black and white of the Indianapolis 500, the well-designed landscaping bed surrounding my bungalow bursts with color. Every day I awaken to some new growth emerging, some new form taking shape, some glorious color crying out to me. Because of the talent of the landscape architect who planned this cycle (definitely not me), the seemingly never-ending sequence of growth and color unfolds for several weeks.

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GlowGlobally

MAY 8, 2013

'Join MCI & A Panel of Association Execs from ACP, MDRT, PMI, and SLAS. on May 16th for a three hour deep dive on recent trends and effective management practices for growing business in emerging markets. Deep Dive Exploration: Navigating the Emerging Markets. Thursday, May 16, 2013 8:00 AM – 10:45 AM; ASAE International Conference @ DC Convention Center.

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Mariner

MAY 10, 2013

'May 10, 2013. So now that National Volunteer Week is over, here’s a look at how some organizations thanked their awesome volunteers: American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE) sent a Thank You email to its volunteers expressing appreciation for their service. (Sometimes a small gesture speaks volumes.). read more.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 8, 2013

'The experience matters! It is one of the most (over?) used business phrases today. Most business professionals agree that the experience matters to consumers. As consumers, we even agree that our experiences with brands and organizations drive our future buying decisions. So why is it that most conference organizers do not focus on designing the best conference experience possible for all of its stakeholders?

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Associations Now

MAY 9, 2013

'When looking to hire someone to fit your organization’s culture, hire for behavior rather than personality, advised one ASAE Finance, HR & Business Operations Conference presenter. How important is a job candidate’s personality during the hiring process? A recent study published by the American Sociological Association [PDF] found that hiring managers put a lot of emphasis on personality: they are typically more focused on hiring a job candidate they’d want to have a drink with as opposed t

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Idea Architects

MAY 8, 2013

'Retailers have long understood the value of samples and two-fers. When Proctor and Gamble was introducing their home dry cleaning product, Dryel, they shipped free samples to thousands of sorority houses, a target market they perceived as being a natural fit for the new product. Visit any Sam''s Club or Costco on a Saturday and you can essentially eat a complete meal if you accept samples given at the end of almost every aisle.

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Association Advocacy Chick

MAY 6, 2013

'You may have noticed that my blog posts have slowed down to a crawl. My goal when I started Association Advocacy Chick was to produce fresh content at least twice a month. However, it seems like I’m lucky to get one post up per month. While the mind is willing, the time just isn’t there right now. Don’t worry. I have no plans to stop Association Advocacy Chick (or blogging for that matter) any time soon.

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Membership Marketing

MAY 6, 2013

'Probably the most frequent question I get asked from clients and inquirers is how to calculate renewal rates. I think the confusion stems from getting lost in the trees instead of starting out looking at the forest. Let me explain. In very simple terms, an organization’s renewal rate calculates how many members remained with the organization from twelve months earlier.

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Associations Now

MAY 10, 2013

'67 % The percentage of respondents who are more optimistic today about the meetings industry than they were a year ago. Even with the effects of sequestration and rising travel costs looming, two new pieces of research show that the meetings and exhibit industries are moving in a positive direction. If you think sequestration-related meeting cuts and rising travel costs have meeting professionals only thinking doom-and-gloom thoughts about the industry, think again.

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SCD Group

MAY 7, 2013

'This photo from Google Images and is NOT the guy on the plane in this post! I overheard a cellphone conversation on a plane last week. Ironically, as you''ll see in a minute, I was flying to Charlotte to give a presentation and facilitate a discussion on generational differences. Based on what I could hear, he was the CEO; the other party was an HR person/recruiter.

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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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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 10, 2013

'“How much are our attendees willing to pay?”. It is a question that many conference hosts and organizers frequently ask when they begin planning their events. It’s like asking the question, “What topics do you want to hear at next year’s conference?” Instead of asking, “What’s keeping you up at night?”. Challenge is that this stumble is classic. It is something that happens all around us on a daily basis.

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Beth Kanter

MAY 10, 2013

'Source: Gemma Correll – I Love Charts. Note from Beth: I just knew that I was going to start obsessing about charts and graphs after my Excel spreadsheet obsessions started. I thought if I set up a tumblr blog curating great nonprofit spreadsheets , but the next logical step is create visualizations of your data. What better way than in Excel.

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Associations Now

MAY 8, 2013

'A report highlighting some negative viewpoints of nonprofit work leaves out all the inherent advantages of association management. Time to fill in the gaps. When I was young, sometimes I picked on my kid brother. Nothing terrible, just your typical sibling rivalry stuff. We liked to push each other’s buttons. There was a brief period, though, when he had some troubles with a bully picking on him on the bus.

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SCD Group

MAY 5, 2013

'When I owned an association management company, my weekly staff blog ended with a quote of the week. My staff liked them. So, I thought quotes of the week might be something to share via SCDdaily. Let me know what you think in the comments section below. The focus this week: change. “I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.” – composer John Cage.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

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