Reid All About it
JUNE 16, 2014
'If you’re on the fence about attending the ASAE Annual Meeting in Nashville , let me tell you: Nashville will pleasantly surprise you. No, that’s not quite right. You are going to have a blast in Nashville! What a cool city! That’s more like it. In May when I attended the digitalNow conference in Nashville, I wasn’t expecting to fall for the city like I did.
Wild Apricot
JUNE 16, 2014
'We''re looking for blog posts about non-profit inspiration and innovation for the June Nonprofit Blog Carnival. Here''s a look at a personal inspirational moment.
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Spark Consulting
JUNE 19, 2014
'It’s the annual awesomeness from Mary Meeker. This is a DENSE and long slide deck, but it’s worth checking out the whole thing: Mary Meeker’s 2014 Internet report from dmccarthy104. My top takeaways include: Although growth is slowing in other areas, mobile and tablets continue to grow at an exponential pace. What is your association doing to respond?
Association Leaders
JUNE 16, 2014
'Interesting post recently from the Leadership Freak titled, “ 32 Things to say to Young Leaders “ Read the list. I’m sure you’ll agree with several and disagree with a few; you’ll also probably have more you could add to the list. One thing should be clear from reading the list, though – Future Leaders are important to your organization and its your job as a current leader to develop them.
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YourMembership
JUNE 19, 2014
I am writing this post from beautiful St. Paul, Minnesota, where I spoke at the Midwest Society of Association Executives 58 th Annual Meeting and Expo. I was invited to be one of eight presenters at MSAE’s IGNITE session appropriately titled “Grant Me Insight, and Make it Fast”. I love these IGNITE sessions, or as I like to call them “presenting with your hair on fire.
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Spark Consulting
JUNE 18, 2014
'Committees can still provide valuable volunteer opportunities for your members, as long as the work they’re doing is meaningful. Annoyed about Facebook’s ever-increasing page rank changes? Eight tips to fight back (one of which is “quit relying on Facebook for your social media interaction” to which I say TRUTH). Life logging : the tech isn’t there yet, and that may actually be a good thing, as there’s value in forgetting.
Jamie Notter
JUNE 16, 2014
'In case you hadn’t heard yet, Maddie and I are doing some research for our next book, and we are looking specifically for the perspectives of Millennial employees in the workforce (even more specifically, ages 25 to 30, but we’re somewhat flexible). Millennials: we want YOU. There are two ways to participate in the research. First, if your organization is interested in getting an advance view of the research results, then we will create a specific Survey Link to send to people in yo
Association Navigator
JUNE 14, 2014
'Verto Solutions , with friends and families, went sailing today on the Chesapeake Bay. The conditions were perfect with clear skies, a brisk wind, and great company. Verto Solutions Summer Outing on the Chesapeake. Captain Lila has the wheel.
Wild Apricot
JUNE 19, 2014
'Wild Apricot is proud to be ranked #1 Membership Management Software by Capterra.
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Spark Consulting
JUNE 17, 2014
'I’m in St. Paul today presenting for the Midwest Society of Association Executives’ annual meeting today. Two of my sessions are on familiar topics: The Mission Driven Volunteer and my Carpe Annum IGNITE session. But one’s new: Your Membership Dilemmas SOLVED! In it, I plan to share the great secret of consulting. Of course, not everyone can be in St.
Jamie Notter
JUNE 19, 2014
'Strategic moves can be copied, or at least emulated. We can study what other companies do strategically, and then copy, to some extent, their approach within our context. Strategies and the organizations they are attached to are complex things, so it’s not as an easy task and there’s always a lot of adapting you need to do. But the learning process does contain that copying element.
Association Subculture
JUNE 17, 2014
'Well, now this is a gem of an idea that I just ran across. What do you get when you cross mobile phones, sustainability concerns and publishing? You get things like this new digital wallpaper. Better yet, all of the associations out there struggling with the time, talent and treasure spent on setting up bookstores at your conferences, may have a new option on the way.
Associations Now
JUNE 19, 2014
'Best-selling author David Maxfield explains why it’s important to hold one another accountable at work and how we can do so. Holding someone responsible for their actions, or lack of action, is easier said than done, especially if that person is someone you work with. Accountability in the workplace is not the norm, according to David Maxfield, vice president of research at VitalSmarts and coauthor of Crucial Accountability Tools for Resolving Violated Expectations, Broken Commitments, and Bad
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Spark Consulting
JUNE 16, 2014
'I’m a little late on this, as MIT’s Technology Review published this earlier this spring, but you definitely owe it to yourself to check out their 2014 list of 10 breakthrough technologies. The list includes: Agricultural use of drones. Smartphones with high levels of security and privacy protection built in. Brain mapping. Computer chips that can morph like your brain does.
GlowGlobally
JUNE 16, 2014
'On June 3 rd , MCI and the ASAE Foundation released the results of the first year of a multi-year series looking at how successful US associations are growing their business globally. Over 300 associations took part in the first year research effort that uncovered several major trends and common practices among associations who reported growth in membership and product sales in the last three years.
Idea Architects
JUNE 20, 2014
'At its most basic, facilitation makes it easier to get things done. Effective use of facilitation skills helps build better relationships and discussions which then yield better decisions, greater commitment, and hopefully, improved results. But we still think of facilitation as a specialist role, usually an individual brought in from the outside to help a group.
Associations Now
JUNE 17, 2014
'Anthony Shop, co-founder and chief strategy officer at Social Driver, outlined three techniques associations can use to help ensure successful social strategies and greater connections with members at ASAE’s 2014 Marketing, Membership, and Communications Conference. Despite popular rhetoric and opinion, it is people, not technology, who are the driving force behind the fast-paced changes and advances of the 21st century, said Anthony Shop, co-founder and chief strategy officer of digital innova
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Association Adviser
JUNE 17, 2014
'Tara Ericson, Naylor. Our world consists of a never ending barrage of deadlines. It’s hard enough to complete the core high priority tasks for your members on any given day. So why should we make the time to call an employee to congratulate him or her on their recent promotion or write a short note of gratitude to commemorate a team member’s four-year company anniversary?
Mizz Information
JUNE 19, 2014
'On Tuesday, Ray van Hilst and I presented at ASAE’s Marketing, Membership and Communications Conference--it was fun (as far as public speaking gigs go) and great to see so many association friends. If you want to see our five quick tips for improving your website in five minutes, you’re in luck-- here’s the link to our presentation. I didn’t see Joe Pulizzi speak about content marketing, but Associations No w wrote about his presentation, and that he pointed out that associations are, for the m
Velvet Chainsaw
JUNE 18, 2014
'Dear Meeting And Association Professional: Here are some of my personal reflections, shaped by many of the people I read and those that have touched my life that I recently shared with NACE 2014 participants. I ask you the same thing I asked them…. What Are You Becoming? What Are You Becoming? from Jeff Hurt. What are you becoming? We might be shaped by our pasts but our futures are always open.
Associations Now
JUNE 16, 2014
'The leading social network will host a private event—part education, part recruiting—ahead of this year’s American Sociological Association conference. Its appeal? Really big data in the form of a massive social graph. It makes sense that the world’s largest social network would want some help from sociologists. And it’s going straight to the source to get it.
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Association Adviser
JUNE 17, 2014
'Whether they’re mid-career, just out of school or long-ensconced in the C-suite, career advancement continues to capture the attention of association leaders across North America. According to our third annual Association Communication Benchmarking Study , career or professional development topics garnered four of the Top 10 topics deemed most important for association leaders.
SCD Group
JUNE 19, 2014
'A growing number of organizations (companies, churches, associations) have begun using Throwback Thursdays (TBT) as a social media strategy to promote elements of their organization. What is Throwback Thursday ? Throwback Thursday, better known as #TBT, is a weekly reminiscent photo movement that has taken off globally, particularly on Instagram. Here are some examples: Recent #TBTs from St.
Velvet Chainsaw
JUNE 17, 2014
'You may have noticed that our blog post frequency slowed down a bit in May. Our team was busy upgrading and converting our blog and website. We’re happy to announce that work is complete and the resources available to the industry we love are more accessible and plentiful than ever! We appreciate and value, you, our blog readers and subscribers! If you’re reading this via email or RSS feed, you may not have noticed the changes and additional resources available on our homebase – Velvet Chainsaw
Associations Now
JUNE 18, 2014
'Associations have embraced the business of content marketing, but there have been growing pains along the way. According to content marketing expert Joe Pulizzi, speaking at ASAE’s 2014 Marketing, Membership, and Communications Conference, it’s because they aren’t being strategic enough. Nonprofit organizations are all in on content marketing. A recent study by the Content Marketing Institute proved that.
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