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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.9.16

Reid All About it

This one’s for my North Carolina association community. Facilitator: Tom Purdy, IT Director, North Carolina Board of Nursing. Host: KiKi L’Italien, Amplified Growth. Wed 5/11 at 9 a.m. AENC Technology Roundtable on Security. In this case, what you don’t know can hurt you. hours CAE credit. More information/registration.

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Study: Internet Leaving Low-Skilled Workers Behind

Associations Now

A study from North Carolina State University found that the internet created a disparity in how employers recruit that favors already skilled workers over those who want to find a better job. The internet has certainly created changes in the ways that people find new jobs, but are those changes always for the better?

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5 Unexpectedly Thoughtful Ways to Thank Your Association’s Volunteers

Higher Logic

The North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA) sends their volunteers an entire book. Experienced volunteers may work with new recruits to help them learn the ropes, for example. Put a fun twist on your thank you letters by stocking up on cheap Valentine’s Day cards in February. Make Them Leaders.

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Coaches vs. Cancer: Groups’ Fundraising Strategy Eyes New Recruits

Associations Now

Here’s why ACS recruited some of college basketball’s top coaches to their team. In one legendary example, the late Jim Valvano, who coached the North Carolina State University basketball team to an NCAA championship in 1983 and later died from cancer, said, “Don’t give up. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.”.

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Three Small-Scale Ideas for Free Membership

Associations Now

Many associations have experimented and found success with small-scale strategies that balance existing members’ needs with the recruitment potential of a free membership offer. The North Carolina Medical Group Management Association offers a transitional membership category for members who experience a job loss or change.

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Association Brain Food: 10.27.23

Reid All About it

We spent last weekend at my niece’s, who lives just down the road from the Intracoastal Waterway, across from uninhabited Masonboro Island in North Carolina. But you have to admit when you do. Crabbing, clamming, and feasting were on the agenda. 1 CMP credit. More info/register. Host: Personify A2Z Events Thu 11/2 at 3 p.m.

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Three Small-Scale Ideas for Free Membership

Associations Now

Many associations have experimented and found success with small-scale strategies that balance existing members’ needs with the recruitment potential of a free membership offer. The North Carolina Medical Group Management Association offers a transitional membership category for members who experience a job loss or change.