Spark Consulting
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
'Thanks in part to the recent release of the Looking Forward 201 4 survey by Association Laboratory, associations execs are once again thinking about our members’ experience of information overload. According to the Association Lab survey, the association executives who responded believe that information management, including both volume and quality of information, is their members’ top concern in 2014.
Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 12, 2014
'Here are some tips and ideas to help you take your event sponsor relationships to new heights.
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KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup
FEBRUARY 10, 2014
'After spending 12 years working in the association world, I am no longer considered an “emerging association professional”. I could throw in a joke about this just meaning I’m getting old, but instead I wear it as a badge of honor! People from all walks of association life offer lunch or coffee, looking to me for advice on how to successfully maneuver the mysterious and well-acronymed ocean that is the association industry!
Aaron Wolowiec
FEBRUARY 11, 2014
'As a former journalist, I love data. And trend data are even better. So when I came across “Association Learning + Technology 2014,” a recent report by Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele , founders of consulting firm Tagoras , imagine my delight! Young or old, technology has redefined the way we learn and work. As 8-to-5 days at the office have slowly turned into 24-hour social media networking from the car and virtual meetings during the kids’ soccer practices, social media has filled in the gaps.
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Spark Consulting
FEBRUARY 12, 2014
'Trends for 2014 , via Shelly Alcorn/CalSAE. Are we really becoming an economy of free agents? Maybe not. How to gain confidence (as a freelancer, but I really think it applies to everyone). Outstanding advice on writing from Kurt Vonnegut (who knows). Deirdre Reid says: “ Stop using stock photos !” (and she’s WAY right). Need some customer service advice?
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Eric Lanke
FEBRUARY 10, 2014
'image source I''m just coming off what I think is still a unique experience in the association community. My own association held a Board meeting and Annual Conference last week. As the CEO, it was my job to lead from the staff perspective--frame, but don''t decide. Speak, but only for the consensus developing around the table. And the day after I got back, I found myself conducting another Board meeting, this time for an association where I serve as the volunteer chair.
Jamie Notter
FEBRUARY 10, 2014
'“So how does that show up here?” I ask this one all the time. People tell me about things that are either good or bad in their workplaces in the course of my consulting, but the descriptions are fairly broad. They are at the concept level. Things like, people have a lot of freedom here, we respect each other in this workplace, or senior management is too controlling, we don’t support each other enough here.
Spark Consulting
FEBRUARY 14, 2014
'In case you missed today’s outstanding Associations 101 #10in20 webinar “ Fundraising is not a 4-letter word ” with Michelle Powers Keegan from ALS Association, here are the tips she shared: It starts at the top and the bottom – your leadership has to support your efforts, but your line staff are often your best resource. Communication is the key – you have to meet your potential donors where they’re at.
Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 10, 2014
'We''ve just launched the 2014 Small Membership Survey - and hope you''ll participate!
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Mariner
FEBRUARY 8, 2014
'As Jack Welch, management guru and former CEO of GE noted, “You can’t manage what you don’t measure.” We would add an important corollary to his observation: “You manage what you measure.” The latter is especially important because most associations’ chapters typically count the metrics that are easy to count rather than the metrics that should be counted.
Jamie Notter
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
'I attended a session this week about leadership development in the association world. We talked about different leadership styles, and the need to adapt your style to fit the context, and then we talked about leadership development programs for volunteers. The conversation–particularly the second part about developing volunteer leaders–really got under my skin.
Spark Consulting
FEBRUARY 10, 2014
'Spotted thanks to a link from the always-full-of-good-information Maddie Grant , Buffer simplifies social sharing via a site , a browser extension and even an app. I still plan to post a roughly weekly blog roundup, but expect to see a lot more interesting content from me on Twitter and possibly some of my other social platforms.
Optimist Consulting
FEBRUARY 11, 2014
'I was delighted to present a workshop at CHASE 2014 on generational differences and what membership bodies need to do about it. You can download my slides here - OC CHASE 2014 generational differences seminar FINAL Feb 2014. Do contact me if you would like to know more about this issue and how I can help your organisation meet the challenge of the different generations.
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Associations Now
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
'It’s almost Valentine’s Day, so what better way to celebrate than by exploring why people should love associations. Happy Valentine’s Day Eve. In honor of this beloved, or not so beloved, holiday, and taking inspiration from this Washington Post article on 14 reasons to love DC, here are 14 reasons to love associations: 1. They tap the volunteer spirit.
Jamie Notter
FEBRUARY 11, 2014
'So if you’ve been thinking about getting my ebook on Culture, now is the time! Snippet is making Culture that Works the featured Snippet this week , which means you can download it FOR FREE. This does require you to have an iPhone or an iPad, and to download the Snippet app (also free). I like the app, personally. It’s a nice way to read short ebooks, and as you will see from mine, Snippets often have video and audio clips woven into the text, which is a nice change of pace.
Association Adviser
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
'Christina Motley, On Point Marketing. In Part 1, The Emergence of the Chief Data Officer , I mentioned my belief that all marketing efforts are measurable and data is not only one of associations’ most valued tools, but a must-have marketing tool. That said, data provides information. Information provides insights. Insights provide guidance in making mission-critical decisions that impact your bottom line and associations’ growth.
Velvet Chainsaw
FEBRUARY 11, 2014
'Pirates are treasure hunters that don’t always play by the rules. As an association education professional, you too can buck tradition by searching for hidden treasures of content and delivering them to your members. The Pirate Spirit. Many of us have negative images of pirates as shipmates that pillage and rob other vessels. Some of us think of the children’s version of Captain Hook in Peter Pan or of Johnny Depp’s drunken, flamboyant Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Associations Now
FEBRUARY 14, 2014
'Sharing information, starting conversations, or giving your attendees some optional homework to do ahead of time could actually create better learning, discussion, and community onsite. This week I came across a new whitepaper from Freeman XP, “ Unleashing the Power of Community.” In it, the Freeman XP team discusses the importance of creating a better sense of community at meetings and events.
SCD Group
FEBRUARY 11, 2014
'I wrote earlier this week about two friends and their reluctance to serve on association boards. I’ve mentioned before the impending rapid turnover of board members as Boomers retire. Engagement of Gen Xers and Millenials as volunteers and board members represents the key to filling board seats and volunteer positions that Boomers currently occupy.
Beth Kanter
FEBRUARY 11, 2014
'As a trainer and facilitator who works with nonprofit organizations and staffers, you have to be obsessed with learning theory to design and deliver effective instruction, have productive meetings, or embark on your own self-directed learning path. Learning theory is an attempt to describe how people learn. There are many learning theories and can be categorized in different ways: External: These theories take into account self-learning and learning in groups.
Plexus Consulting
FEBRUARY 10, 2014
'Steven Worth, Plexus Consulting Group, LLC “If a person who speaks three languages is called tri-lingual and a person who speaks two languages is called bi-lingual, what is a person called who speaks only one language?”—the answer, the Europeans like to tell us, is “an American!” It is the height of irony that a nation built of immigrants from every country on the planet should be so weak in languages—the logical consequence of living on a continent where just about everyone speaks the same lan
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Associations Now
FEBRUARY 11, 2014
'37 % The percentage of corporate respondents using Windows XP that plan to stay with the platform after the support deadline ends in April— despite the security risks —according to a recent Tech Pro Research study. Another 38 percent plan to move to Windows 7, but respondents are more than twice as likely to switch to Linux (11 percent) as they are to switch to Windows 8 (5 percent).
SCD Group
FEBRUARY 9, 2014
'With impending huge turnover in association leadership (from Boomers to Xers & Millenials), a couple of conversations I had last week illustrate some of the potential problems the association professional will face in the coming years. One colleague shared with me his dilemma while the other shared a past experience. The first had reluctantly accepted the “opportunity” to become the president of a national association.
Beth Kanter
FEBRUARY 13, 2014
'Flickr Photo by Yung Tsai. Note from Beth: Many nonprofits do not have dedicated teams for social media and social media strategy and implementation is typically only a part of a someone’s job. With limited time, how should that resource be invested to for best results? Often, it can be choice of what channels to go deeper on and what channels to ignore.
Jamie Notter
FEBRUARY 12, 2014
'Wyatt Jenkins, a VP at Shuttestock, wrote a great HBR blog post about A/B testing and creating a culture of experimentation. In it, he makes an important point that is not made enough in all the books and blog posts that are promoting new and better ways to lead and manage our organizations: every answer has a down side. Every time you figure something out, you’ve also created a problem.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
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