Jamie Notter

DECEMBER 17, 2019

In case you missed it, Maddie and I released a new white paper earlier this month about our new maturity model for culture management. The title of the paper is the same as this blog post, The New Work of Culture, and we chose that title because we’re trying to wake people up a little bit here.

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Freestone

DECEMBER 12, 2023

According to the latest Community Brands Association Trends research, 71% of association professionals listed non-dues revenue as a top strategic priority in the coming year. Leveraging your learning management system (LMS) to generate non-dues revenue is the perfect way to prioritize your goals throughout the year.

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Jamie Notter

DECEMBER 17, 2019

In case you missed it, Maddie and I released a new white paper earlier this month about our new maturity model for culture management. The title of the paper is the same as this blog post, The New Work of Culture, and we chose that title because we’re trying to wake people up a little bit here.

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Spark Consulting

AUGUST 22, 2016

Over the next week, I’ll be blogging about and sharing excerpts from The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm , the eighth white paper in the ongoing Spark collaborative series. Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants. The Mission Driven Volunteer (co-authored with Peggy Hoffman , CAE), available at [link].

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Eric Lanke

OCTOBER 3, 2016

I just finished reading the latest white paper from Elizabeth Weaver Engel of Spark Consulting, this one written with Shelly Alcorn of Alcorn Associates Management Consulting, entitled "The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm." The white paper is a good read, with real practical advice.

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Elevating Engagement

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For some potential members, associations, societies, and even online communities from afar might look like a lot of work, time, and money, especially if they are watching colleagues or managers grinding away on association “work” while not understanding the value. We can support them with one (or all) of the 3 C’s.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 19, 2024

If you work with chapters, components or affiliates, this post will give you a sense of how it will feel to hang out with your community at CEX: Association Component Exchange hosted by Billhighway, Impexium and Mariner Management in Chicago on May 7 or in DC and online on May 10. Education + mentoring. AI for associations. CAE credit.

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Eric Lanke

JANUARY 22, 2018

Spark Consulting is out with another white paper -- this one on what associations can learn about relationship building, campaign management, and attracting Millennials from charitable fundraising organizations. Automated, impersonal reminders generated from association management software.

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Jamie Notter

JUNE 4, 2020

We re-designed and re-recorded our two skills-based courses: Managing Conflict with Confidence , and Why Generations Matter. Right now I’m working on a pilot course that I hope to announce in the next few weeks to train managers in Rapid Culture Change ( contact me if you are interested in being part of that pilot).

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Jamie Notter

DECEMBER 12, 2012

Well, it’s sort of complicated, and I’m working on a white paper that will spell it all out (too long for a blog post), but here’s the short version. This represents cutting-edge management theory, by the way. Much of our management theory is based on a mechanical view of organizations. image credit.

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Eric Lanke

JUNE 12, 2017

A few weeks ago I mentioned that Spark Consulting was out with another white paper -- this one on the sometimes challenging topic of diversity and inclusion -- and that it was another thought-provoking read for association CEOs. To be fair to the authors, they admit in the text of the white paper that things are not really this linear.

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Elevating Engagement

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For some potential members, associations, societies, and even online communities from afar might look like a lot of work, time, and money, especially if they are watching colleagues or managers grinding away on association “work” while not understanding the value. We can support them with one (or all) of the 3 C’s.

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AssociationChat

JUNE 7, 2022

Expect a mix of technical, management and professional development topics designed to meet your needs as an Association Executive. Transformation is Coming in the Association Management System (AMS) Market. Transformation is Coming in the Association Management System (AMS) Market. Curious about the type of content available?

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AvidXchange: Association Management

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Michael Pizzico, Vice President & Business Line Executive, HOA, AvidXchange What threw the industry for a loop and continues to vex HOA management is The Great Resignation that emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. While HOAs have been remarkably resilient to economic challenges, the future is largely a guessing game.”

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Jamie Notter

JUNE 3, 2013

Some consultants in the UK sent me a copy of their white paper entitled “ Unleashing the Future of Work.” ” I’m always happy to find kindred spirits, which was immediately apparent in this case, since the first line of the paper is “It’s time to re-think management.”

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YourMembership

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Associations, and almost any membership organization, continue to be challenged by change management. Change management is a tough subject that isn’t going away any time soon, so how can we be proactive about it? Books are written about it and a lot of time and effort has been spent talking about how to deal with it.

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Experts in Membership Marketing

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

From the development of content to driving membership, when properly designed and managed, components become essential channels through which associations develop and deliver their value. What is necessary in the management of a component? But exactly what is a component? How can they be used to increase membership?

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Spark Consulting

JULY 30, 2017

I’d been in the biz for 14 years at that point, had my CAE and an MA, had worked in a wide variety of functional areas in association management leading a variety of different types and sizes of teams, and had even served as an acting CEO for a small association.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 1, 2024

In this success kit from Nimble AMS, you get four resources: two half-hourish webinar recordings about AI for associations and two white papers, one an introduction to AI for associations and one on developing an AI strategy. Host: UST Education Speaker: Sam Bush, Senior Partner Marketing Manager, FloQast Tue 3/12 at 1 p.m.

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Multiview

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

White papers, blogs, social media posts, and more, seem to be the simplest forms of content marketing, so it shouldn’t be hard, right? Within your association management system, you should already have key data points – information – on your members and prospects. Let’s start with the basics.

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Jamie Notter

JUNE 4, 2020

We re-designed and re-recorded our two skills-based courses: Managing Conflict with Confidence , and Why Generations Matter. Right now I’m working on a pilot course that I hope to announce in the next few weeks to train managers in Rapid Culture Change ( contact me if you are interested in being part of that pilot).

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Spark Consulting

AUGUST 12, 2013

I’m excited to announce the third Spark white paper – The Mission Driven Volunteer – co-authored with Peggy Hoffman , CAE, President of Mariner Management. This week, I’ll be blogging about the contents of the whitepaper. The basic premise is: Associations’ current model of volunteering is broken.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 8, 2014

A new white paper offers pointers on picking a new membership and donor management system. So in today’s Social Media Roundup, we highlight a new white paper geared specifically to explaining membership software. You can access the white paper by signing up with ASI right here.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 30, 2021

Talk to any meeting owner who has managed a large virtual event this past year using a skilled emcee and he or she will tell you it made all the difference. The white paper will give you lots of ideas on how to leverage the role of an emcee to enhance your event. Having an emcee at your event was a nice-to-have prior to 2020.

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Association Adviser

JULY 13, 2016

If your association needs help bridging the staffing gap or creating effective, engaging communication plans, outsourcing content management could be a viable, cost-friendly option. Areas to outsource can include anything that involves creating content, such as: White papers, eBooks and infographics. Social media. eNewsletters.

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Membersuite

MAY 26, 2022

Brian Birch, chief operations officer at the Snow & Ice Management Association, warned that you don’t want to be the one saying to the board, “We can’t do that.”. Don’t purchase an AMS to manage the exception or answer one person’s complaint. Manage the expectations of colleagues and leaders up front.

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Eric Lanke

AUGUST 12, 2013

image source I was interviewed and my association is featured as one of the case studies in the new white paper--The Mission Driven Volunteer--from Mariner Management & Marketing and Spark Consulting. Well, according to the white paper itself. What is mission-driven volunteering?

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AMR Management Services

MAY 4, 2018

As association professionals, we all engage in written communication pretty much all day every day, whether it’s writing emails, articles, social media posts, press releases, blogs, white papers,

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Association Adviser

JUNE 27, 2018

At RIMS (the Risk and Insurance Management Society), we know that more than 60 percent of our members join for access to information and to increase their risk management knowledge. RIMS publishes 10 issues of our Risk Management magazine annually, each with about 15 feature articles. Don’t have a large magazine archive?

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Associations Now

JANUARY 10, 2020

The Consumer Technology Association teamed with the Heart Rhythm Society to produce a guide on how to best use wearable devices to monitor and manage personal health, unveiled in a special health tech education track at CES.

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Higher Logic

APRIL 20, 2016

If you’re vocal about your expectations and how you currently use and love the community, then that feedback will translate to community managers and admins. Set up a separate “vendor resources” library for your partners to upload brochures, case studies, white papers and more. Featured resources.

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Socious

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

The white paper, “ Innovate the Lean Way: Applying Lean Startup Methodology in the Association Environment ,” written by Guillermo Ortiz de Zarate and Elizabeth Weaver Engel, hit the association world back in October of last year and if you haven’t had the chance to read it, you need to.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 15, 2011

Here is a round-up of five free reports, white papers and e-books offering insight on fundraising, resource-raising and mobile phone usage.( read more ).

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Associations Now

APRIL 13, 2020

As digital strategist Marianne Kay explains in an EContent article: “Omnichannel content is the creation, management, and delivery of content to multiple marketing channels in a cohesive, customer-centric way. The experience across these channels must be coordinated and seamless too. A rich content program must continually evolve.

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Eric Lanke

MAY 22, 2017

Spark Consulting is out with another white paper -- this one on the sometimes challenging topic of diversity and inclusion -- and it's another thought-provoking read for association CEOs. Our view was that association management was a profession dominated by women at the manager level, and dominated by men at the executive level.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 13, 2019

In a 2019 survey of high-tech companies, more than 40% of the respondents said they hire Customer Success Managers , according to an article in the Harvard Business Review. I know of at least one AMS company that assigns a Customer Success Manager to each of their clients. Brad Egeland, Association for Project Management ).

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Association Success

MAY 16, 2017

I’ve been in many roles where managing users was one of my duties, and a major frustration I’ve had is explaining the need for secure passwords. All of these articles, white papers and presentations are having an effect! This obsession only got worse when it became my actual job to ensure the security of networks.

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