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The Power of the Crowd: Using Crowdsourcing as an Association Event Planner

YourMembership

One of the savviest trends event planners are experimenting more with this year is crowdsourcing. Mashable defines crowdsourcing as distributed problem solving. By distributing tasks to a large group of people, you are able to mine collective intelligence, assess quality and process work in parallel. Daily Crowdsource event, Crowdopolis , describes crowdsourcing as getting a crowd of people to help you with a task that used to take one person.

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Advice for Keeping Donors Coming Back

Wild Apricot

Here's a look at the February Nonprofit Blog Carnival - hosted by Marc Pitman the Fundraising Coach - about keeping donors wanting to come back.

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Announcing Association Summer Jam 2013

Association Subculture

So hey all you Association Subculture blog readers.in the immortal words of Jeff Spicoli - hey bud, let's party ! On Saturday, June 15th some friends and I are starting the Association Summer Jam and here is how it works (it's TOTALLY simple) -. We'd like to find ten party hosts to throw a bash at their house on June 15, 2013. Could be a pizza party, dinner party, Beer and BBQ, potluck, pool party, low key yoga party - whatever floats your boats.

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Reads of the Week: March 1, 2013

Reid All About it

On Monday, it looked like all the smarty pants in DC were tweeting from the xPotomac conference. Search for the #xpotomac13 hashtag to get a taste of the brain candy, or check out Jay Daughtry’s notes and links to other xPotomac posts. Hopefully, if your job requires you to develop relationships with the media, you use Twitter to do that. If not, start by creating Twitter media lists.

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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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Propelling Associations Forward – Weekly Wrap-Up for March 1st!

YourMembership

Happy Friday and Welcome to the Weekly Wrap Up brought to you by the team at YourMembership.com! The weekly wrap-ups are a great resource to find industry provoking articles, blog posts, upcoming events, fun facts, and provide up-to-date news and tips found throughout the association and workforce space each week. Please feel free to leave a comment, ask a question or just enjoy the week’s top ten picks!

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What I’m Reading

Spark Consulting

What you can – and can’t – learn from A/B testing. Another fantastic, challenging post from Joe Gerstandt on actor-observer bias and the myth of reverse discrimination. Fear = lunch. No really, stick with Jeff Haden here. The insights that define innovators. Hearing “we already tried that and it didn’t work” DRIVES ME CRAZY.

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What I'm Reading

Thanks For Playing

What you can - and can't - learn from A/B testing. Another fantastic, challenging post from Joe Gerstandt on actor-observer bias and the myth of reverse discrimination. Fear = lunch. No really, stick with Jeff Haden here. The insights that define innovators. Hearing "we already tried that and it didn't work" DRIVES ME CRAZY. Eric Lanke asks: why are we so afraid to talk to our members ?

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What is the Association Value Proposition?

Eric Lanke

Lego Value Meal Another subject we tackled at the dinner I mentioned in a previous post was the much-reported sickness of the association value proposition. We had both association executives and consultants to the association community present at this dinner, and I couldn't help but notice that the battle line seemed to be drawn between those two camps and the perspectives they each brought to the table.

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Highly Engaged Boards, Value Vertigo, Technology Mastery and More

Wild Apricot

Here are five of the tastiest posts we've bookmarked on Apricot Jam this week.

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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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Always the Last to Know: Apps for Creativity

Spark Consulting

Another roundup-style post on cool technology, this time of apps to help you be more creative (courtesy of Innovation Excellence , which you really should check out). The only one I’ve used personally is E vernote , and I live and die by it, so if the others are of that same quality, you really can’t miss.

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Always the Last to Know: Apps for Creativity

Thanks For Playing

Another roundup-style post on cool technology, this time of apps to help you be more creative (courtesy of Innovation Excellence , which you really should check out). The only one I've used personally is E vernote , and I live and die by it, so if the others are of that same quality, you really can't miss.

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My new Associations Now article is now live!

Principled Innovation

My brand new Associations Now article on boards and business models is now available online. The magazine has given the article the title, “Trapped in The Past,” although I refer to it as “Five Reasons Why Boards Are Killing Association Business Models.” In addition to the article, I hope you will check out the companion piece I wrote as web extra on “Five ‘Next Practices’ for Board Business Model Stewardship.” While the article shares deeper reaso

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TED Bound

Virtual

I’m currently sitting in an airport lounge in Boston waiting to board a plane to Chicago, then Palm Springs (note: if I ever become President, I will federally mandate that all airport lounges must have Walker’s Shortbread Cookies). I’m used to being in airport lounges—I flew something like 150,000 miles last year—but not used to [.

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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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Best of the ARC Blog: Top Reads for Associations and Nonprofits

Portage Group

I thought it might be worthwhile to round up some of our most popular posts based on traffic for the last month or so. From member engagement, to association sector trends, social media and innovation, I hope you'll agree these are some pretty good reads! Enjoy!

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Can associations vote by email?

AMR Management Services

by Brian Reuwee. Recently, a question from a client arose regarding whether email voting or online balloting is permitted by the association's board of directors. Although this area of association law continues to evolve, the answer remains somewhat complicated. Most state non-profit corporation statutes, including Kentucky where AMR Management Services is headquartered, only permit boards of directors to act through a meeting (in-person or via teleconference) or through “unanimous written conse

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It’s all about boards and business models in March!

Principled Innovation

In support of my new article, “Trapped in the Past,” a.k.a. “Five Reasons Why Boards Are Killing Association Business Models,” that will appear in Associations Now next month, I have a few activities on the calendar to which members of the association community are invited. Here is a list of what is planned so far: March 6– P.I.

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A wealth of data … but is it all real?

Golden's Rules for Association

Seven years after the ASAE Foundation first published Seven Measures of Success it has become a whole lot easier to be a “data-driven” association. In 2006, the cost, systems and infrastructure needed to do what the remarkable 9 associations did with data was a major challenge. Less than a decade later, even the smallest association [.].

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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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How Predictable Is Your Annual Conference?

Velvet Chainsaw

Has your annual conference become predictable? Do attendees show up to the general session late because they know it starts with business for 20-30 minutes before the keynote? Predictable Meetings, Routine Conferences. Predictable: behaving in a way that is expected and can be predicted; can be prophesied; can be foretold; to declare or indicate in advance; especially: foretell on the basis of observation, experience, or scientific reason.

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A Scandalous lesson in social media

Association Advocacy Chick

I’m a huge fan of the hit ABC drama Scandal starring Kerry Washington. Washington plays Olivia Pope, a person who makes a living “fixing” things whether it’s covering up a liaison in a congressman’s office or throwing a presidential election. With its legions of fans taking to social media daily to discuss all things Scandal, the show decided to embrace the chatter.

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5 For Friday: Darwinism and Evolution for Associations and Websites

Vanguard Tech

Welcome to this week’s issue of the 5 For Friday series. Starting with one of last week’s links about evolving your skills, I’ve been thinking about how associations and those of us who work with them need to continually adapt and evolve in order to stay relevant. This applies to web design, engagement, programs and everything we do. Digital Darwinism.

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Are Gen Xers the Prince Charles of Association Leaders?

SCD Group

Prince Charles (left) is in waiting for the Queen Mum while Prince William looks on. For decades, the 80 million Boomers (those born from the mid 1940s to the early 1960s) have been the core of association leadership (both staff and volunteers). For the last decade, most authors have been focusing on the huge incoming Generation Y, the 77 million millenials (those born in the 1980s and 1990s).

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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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Is Your Conference Wounding Its Attendees?

Velvet Chainsaw

Are you perpetually wounding your conference attendees with a one-way controlled experience that demands obedience over engagement? Do you view your attendees as a threat that can disrupt the controlled conference experience that you have designed? Enforcing Obedience Over Engagement. I was reading the March/April 2012 Harvard Education Letter on school culture by Meira Levinson.

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Better Association Conferences With The Conference Catalyst: Interview With Speaker and Author Thom Singer

Association Mavens

Many of us attend conferences with a goal to network with other professionals who can help us grow, stretch, and think beyond our day-to-day activities. However, what often occurs is that we settle into something comfortable and spend most of our time with the people we already know. This is where the Conference Catalyst comes to the rescue! Speaker and Author Thom Singer , talks with me in this interview about his unique Conference Catalyst program while highlighting how he’ll use the pro

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Can associations vote by email?

AMR Management Services

Recently, a question from a client arose regarding whether the association's board of directors is permitted to use email voting or online balloting. Although this area of association law continues.

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Solving association problems may mean stepping back.

SCD Group

The screen makes the "up close" view fuzzy; stepping back clears your view. Have you ever faced a major issue in your association and realized that the more you focus on it the less focused it becomes? I thought about this the other day when I was looking through the lanai (a screened-in cage) to see the golf balls across the lake. I stepped forward to try to get a better view of the balls. and realized that the closer I got to the screen, the less I could see.

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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.