Association Success

MAY 16, 2017

Password entropy is the term we use when we are wanting to refer to the measure of predictability of our password…. All of these articles, white papers and presentations are having an effect! After years of this, I’ve wound up with my own personal cybersecurity soapbox… Password Entropy. I have a message, and I want to share.

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Association Success

JUNE 10, 2018

In 2016, Elizabeth Engel and I co-authored our white paper entitled ‘The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm’. Since writing the white paper, we have actually seen the trends we highlighted accelerate. Even jobs that were thought to be irreplaceable or secure for the long term have been affected.

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Association Success

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

In terms of graphics, we put light bulbs next to the things we wanted people to remember and warning signs next to the items that we see the most frequent violations on. Once we had the simplified version of the document, we broke it down further into one-page white papers for each policy. It took two years.

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Eric Lanke

JANUARY 30, 2012

At a recent WSAE meeting I was asked to explain what we meant in our white paper on Innovation for Associations when we referred to the "mind of community." Had I had a copy of the white paper with me, I could have quoted from it directly. The added emphasis is mine, not the white papers. image source.

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Smooth The Path

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

When members use the term mentor in this sense, they are not necessarily talking about one on one relationships, so the formats for mentoring are nearly limitless. Member author book lists, blog lists, and link lists to member-written white papers and resources can all help members get the awareness they need.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 26, 2016

Please sign up to attend only if you are interested in making a long-term commitment to this group and if you currently work for a small staff association or AMC. At this monthly lunch, attendees share ideas and ask questions about other associations’ best practices. More info/register. 1 CAE credit.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 15, 2018

The Government Blockchain Association is hoping to juice up engagement by, fittingly, offering tokens to members as part of a long-term experiment. The more active members are, the more they accumulate tokens—which will have value on a member exchange in future years.

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Blue Sky eLearn

JULY 31, 2017

Or, form a short-term structured mentoring opportunity between certified community members and those preparing to become certified – like the CAE mentor chats. What if learners submitted case studies and the community co-created solutions resulting in a white paper? The year after earning my CAE I participated as a chat mentor.

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Spark Consulting

APRIL 2, 2019

They’re also looking for the opportunity to demonstrate expertise, whether formally through things like conference presentations, research projects, “how to” guides, and white papers, or informally through interacting with your members. Is it short-term and transactional or long-term and loyal?

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Higher Logic

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Creating content (blogs, FAQs, white papers, webinars). Long-term community member. Contributing to discussions and answering questions. If your community members are engaged, it can be a sign they’re satisfied with their community experience and see it as an important asset. Examples of a satisfied member.

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Eric Lanke

JUNE 10, 2013

In my case, I was willing to get engaged in a volunteer capacity, but I wanted to do it on my own terms. I even used terms I knew they would understand. They would help perform the research for the white paper. I also knew how I wanted WSAE to help me explore it. So I approached them with a proposition.

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MemberClicks

MARCH 15, 2024

If your mind draws a blank when hearing the terms Customer Relationship Management System (CRM) or Association Management Software (AMS), you’re not alone. This is especially true when describing their roles and defining their differences in terms of what they offer a company or an association.

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Associations Now

JUNE 6, 2013

Online research and white papers from professional associations and industry groups was rated more valuable and trustworthy among business buyers than vendor content, according to a new study on content marketing. Only 9 percent of business buyers highly valued vendor white papers.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

A new white paper says that meeting planners and marketers can apply Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs to engage attendees on a deeper level. They are, according to a new white paper from brand experience agency Freeman XP. They are, according to a new white paper from brand experience agency Freeman XP.

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Spark Consulting

AUGUST 29, 2019

A few months ago, Shelly Alcorn ( Alcorn Associates , Ubiquity University ) and I released a white paper titled Blockchain for Associations: Separating the Hype from the Promise. What it is and how it works (in terms a non-tech person can understand). Katherine and I talked about: Where blockchain came from.

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Eric Lanke

AUGUST 27, 2012

Indeed, in the WSAE White Paper on Association Innovation , we defined the stewardship position an association had for its profession or industry as one of the unique advantages it has that could be leveraged for innovation. I think associations naturally attract and are frequently comprised of these advocates, or superfans.

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Associations Now

APRIL 5, 2017

These are traditional volunteer roles governed by terms or bylaws. A good example might be serving as a content reviewer for a white paper. Strategic volunteers serve on the board of directors or support the board on a committee, while operational volunteers typically serve on a member advisory group. Micro jobs.

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YourMembership

JANUARY 16, 2012

Give any visitor to your site a taste of something they’ll enjoy on their terms. Your (potential) audience wants to get to know you a little better and that just can’t be done through white papers. Use podcasts as a way to “personify” your blog. Let them hear a voice to represent your organization.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 12, 2018

His book is a larger jeremiad about making long-term changes to the nature and value of work. But in the near-term he’s put a spotlight on the kind of disengagement that employees feel when they’re relegated to grunt-work, make-work, and so on. For the immediate moment, though, your members have reports to produce and meetings to plan.

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Associations Now

JULY 26, 2013

The white paper, “The New Rules of the Road: Marketing Data Governance in the Era of ‘Big Data,’” is based on a survey of more than 130 marketers, publishers, marketing service providers, technology developers, and policy experts. You can download a free copy of the white paper on the DMA website.

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Associations Now

JULY 24, 2017

Last month Vetted Solutions released a white paper, Diversity and Inclusion: Core Values Among Associations [PDF], that exposes similar challenges in the association community. What does your organization do to put your D&I program into action, particularly in terms of supporting employees?

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Forj

JULY 25, 2017

Post-residency education has traditionally been known as CME (continuing medical education), but leaders in the profession increasingly prefer continuing professional development (CPD) as a term that is not MD-specific, and therefore better fits the need to educate teams in the health workplace.

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GlowGlobally

DECEMBER 22, 2010

At stake is not just the long-term financial viability of a company or industry but, in its widest context, the very survival of the planet itself whose natural resources are under threat from a rapidly growing worldwide population with an ever greater appetite to consume and seek an enhanced standard of living. This post has no tag.

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Eric Lanke

JUNE 2, 2014

Progress made in all three areas Good discussion with Mark Johnson – responding to RFI White paper from Dan Helgerson – discussion with Jay Wrobel and John Smegal Still orbiting the goal, but feel like we’ve moved into a lower orbit Obviously, there''s a lot of specific terms, acronyms, and people''s names in there, but I think even an outsider can (..)

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Associations Now

JUNE 30, 2015

In a recent white paper [PDF], the association called the diplomatic shift “[t]he biggest and most disruptive pebble to be dropped into the Caribbean pool in 50 years.”

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Associations Now

JULY 18, 2016

Working from research and interviews of 25 association leaders, West recently wrote “ Creating and Sustaining a Strategic Board ,” a white paper that highlights the values of assisting a board to achieve this goal. Don’t think short term. To start, says Dean West, president and founder of Association Laboratory, Inc.,

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Beth Kanter

OCTOBER 28, 2020

In general terms, Philanthropic advising usually consists of identifying: . Before the pandemic, Rhodri Davies, head of policy at Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), authored the 2019 white paper, “ Machine Made Goods: Charities, Philanthropy, and Artificial Intelligence ,” describing the opportunities. “If

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 10, 2014

IDEO’s Empathy On Edge white paper. IDEO’s white paper points to the fact that organizations have to find ways to help their employees sustain empathy for their customers. What You Are Doing Today Probably Will Not Drive Your Long Term Conference Growth.

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Virtual

APRIL 2, 2015

Fear, uncertainty and doubt abounded concerning “investment level” and “long term commitment” to the technology, etc. Numerous white papers were commissione that focused on the benefits of the platform in real life computing environments. Competitors were having a field day. The challenges were great and the time-frame short.

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Associations Now

JUNE 30, 2014

The webinar is a valuable educational, communication, and promotional tool, but has the term “webinar” become an awkward one-size-fits-all title for any session your association holds online? Meredith Low Consulting has a new white paper on that very topic. You can download the full paper here.

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Membership Marketing

JULY 20, 2017

Similarly, associations are maintaining membership growth over the longer term. Specifically, there has been a rapid adoption of online digital marketing including Facebook paid advertising, search engine ads (pay-per-click), lead generation content marketing (White Papers), and paid banners on other websites.

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Associations Now

MAY 27, 2015

If it’s primarily to drive renewals and revenue, then keep on asking members to engage with you on your terms. The newest effort to foster that philosophy in associations is an in-depth white paper from Anna Caraveli, Ph.D., Member engagement, as I and plenty of other haves suggested before, ought to be a two-way street.

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Association Subculture

JUNE 12, 2014

CAE, CEO and Chief Strategist at Spark Consulting LLC and Peter Houstle, CEO, Mariner Management and Marketing, LLC released a white paper on decision making processes that you can download for free here: Getting to the Good Stuff: Evidence-Based Decision Making for Associations. Recently +Elizabeth Engel , M.A.,

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Associations Now

AUGUST 11, 2014

The trade group sees a number of benefits to this strategy, including a potential for cost savings onmaintenance and fuel, safety benefits for utility crews, the ability to work more hours in areas with noise restrictions, and a reduction in carbon emissions.

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Associations Now

APRIL 22, 2015

This gap in perspectives was crystallized for me as I read “ Engaging Young Association Members ” [PDF], a white paper published by Association Laboratory in early April. That’s why that line in the Association Laboratory white paper is so important.

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Associations Now

MAY 29, 2015

Attendees were live-tweeting the event’s closing general session, which looked at how millennials are changing the event landscape in terms of technology, participation, and so forth. I came across a number of other blog posts, articles, and white papers that tackled it, too. . — CadmiumCD (@cadmiumcd) May 27, 2015.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 29, 2010

In one of my last posts I shared the principles of innovation weve drafted as part of the "innovation for associations" white paper being written by the WSAE Innovation Task Force. Im sharing the draft pieces of the white paper here on Hourglass to hopefully get some feedback from a broader cross-section of the association world.

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