Reid All About it

APRIL 26, 2024

As we come to the end of National Volunteer Week, take a few moments to explore ways volunteers can enhance your association’s online education programs. Freya India explains how her generation is nostalgic for “a time we never knew.” We had each other.” The survey’s FAQ offers more information. Volunteers. Content marketing.

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.orgSource

APRIL 8, 2024

We are quick to see it as a faceless villain itching to lay waste to our future prospects. We call that type of change innovation. Greg Larkin, who was a guest on a recent Association 4.0 The first group is punks who are masquerading as “suits.” They are executive leaders of large organizations who are wired differently.

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Aaron Wolowiec

JULY 1, 2022

Your top people who are thinking about leaving are more likely to stay when they see that your existing culture is actually pretty great. So that’s the challenge now: if we want to keep the people who are already looking to leave, we need to make our culture awesome—REALLY quickly.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

We need another word for networking because the word induces anxiety or eyerolls for many. GrowthZone’s guide to selecting a credit card processor is perfect for those of you who need to understand the players and their roles, terminology, fees, rates, hard and soft costs, and security issues. Who knew there was such a thing!

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Spark Consulting

MAY 9, 2022

As I wrote nearly ten years ago: The world has changed to one of mass customization, and we aren’t keeping up with people’s expectations and experiences. Meanwhile, we’re offering them a model T. We’re membership organizations. How have things changed? That may not be fair, but it is a fact. I do get it.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 4, 2022

Most of the associations we have spoken with are returning to in-person meetings and conferences in 2022. For example, you may have wanted to ask questions like: “What if we hosted our event for free?”. What if we offer an online-only experience?”. After two unprecedented years, it feels like things are getting back to “normal.”

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Spark Consulting

DECEMBER 17, 2021

My MAIN takeaway was that it was very good to see friends and colleagues in the industry who, for the past two years, have appeared only as small rectangles on my computer screen. I also REALLY enjoyed presenting in person to other human beings who were in the same physical space as me. I even combed my hair and put on some makeup!).

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Higher Logic

JUNE 29, 2020

The rule goes something like this: User participation in any online internet community generally follows the 90-9-1 rule : 90% of community members are lurkers who read or observe, but don't contribute. But we see communities generating impressive results for their organizations every day. Here's a sneak peak of what we found.

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Blue Sky eLearn

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Summary: We have some incredible people here at Blue Sky eLearn, so we’ve decided to share some stories and observations from someone who’s been with us through thick and thin: Jocelyn Taylor, our Senior Director of Sales Operations. When I started working at Blue Sky, we were already running webinars and hybrid events.

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Association Analytics

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

In this blog, we outline how you can use the same framework to improve new member acquisition at your association. Target new audiences – We focus on member experience, satisfaction, and retention, but what about the more tangential groups we touch as an organization?

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.orgSource

MARCH 11, 2024

A mission team—like any team, anywhere—needs competent people who work well together,” Bell advises. “In In our models, we assume that astronauts are intelligent, that they’re experts in their technical areas, and that they have at least some teamwork skills. This process ensures that we hire the right people.”

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Association Analytics

MARCH 1, 2023

Look Beyond Top Line Revenue Most people define success by revenue generated, but in today’s economy, we need to go beyond the numbers. Go beyond viewing traditional demographic segments like young professionals or length of membership and dig deep into behavioral segmentation like members who have never attended an in-person event.

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2024

She was talking about how unprepared we were for the dramatic changes we experienced. We now understand that on this ship nothing is nailed down and the sea is getting rough. Right now, there are areas where we are significantly changing our operations and others where things are staying the same.

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AvidXchange: Association Management

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Azar suggested that BTR properties work well for Gen Xers and Millennials who prefer to stay liquid, spending money on experiences rather than homeownership. Build-to-rent (BTR) is a hot topic in real estate today. What is Build-to-Rent? BTR homes are single-family homes in a planned community built with the intention of renting.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

We’re a board of eight. After we identify our strategy together. We let the board know how we’re doing, where we’re succeeding, and where there are challenges. We’re open and honest about initiatives that didn’t work. They know that we’re going to fix the problems.”

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 6, 2022

We feel at ease with people who are like us. But CEOs who head exceptional teams reject an […]. When you are the leader, you drive the team dynamics. Others take their cues from your behavior. This is an unavoidable consequence of being the boss. So, it’s easy to promote this self-centered perspective without realizing it.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 2, 2024

We have dental schools that are members, and individual memberships like faculty and students, as well as allied members who aren’t dentists but in the profession like dental technicians or hygienists.” You want to be collaborative and involve people who represent different pillars of the association.

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Elevating Engagement

APRIL 22, 2024

Using Matchbox’s Design Session template, I set up a Google Doc with three columns: We introduced the Lab participants to the document during the first Lab and reminded them periodically about it. We had eight pages of terrific questions and answers by the third session. Nope, but those who did found it engaging.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

At.orgSource we call that collection of wisdom our Association 4.0 Many of the characteristics we identified are the same skills that entrepreneurs use to grow start-up ventures. To put our ideas into real-world context, we interviewed leaders who are using this approach to grow their organizations. Association 4.0:

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Aaron Wolowiec

APRIL 30, 2021

One year later, as we continue to watch the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in the United States, there is hope that we may start to see in-person meetings and events return in the near future.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The centerpiece of the “Be Seen” campaign, launched February 20 , is a one-minute video featuring Michael Benzaia, who is also a medical imaging professional—and has played one on TV, on programs like General Hospital —showcasing the work that professionals in the field do. “We We had to have a serious oversight internally.”

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MatrixG

MARCH 25, 2024

We assume that the market for a product or service is influenced by marketing alone, i.e., once a member or customer gets past the marketing email or landing page to convert, the software will take care of the rest and it’s marketing moving the needle. Does your AMS have an abandon report that tells you who started to convert but abandoned?

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Associations Now

MARCH 26, 2024

The larger picture, the business case, is that since we want to grow ACM, the way we grow ACM is by attracting people and show them what goes on, and you can’t really do that with a paywall,” he said. “We In the past, there were a couple articles per issue that were open access on the web, but it was frustrating,” he said.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

People who signed up for Symposium Replay gained access to presentations, product showcases, and networking opportunities. SIMA looked at it as a value-add for those who attended in person, and good promotion for those on the fence about attending next year, said COO Brian K. One association’s hybrid conference play wasn’t a success.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Over a lifetime, we spend approximately 90,000 hours working. Wouldn’t it be great if we could invest a bigger portion of that significant time in giving and receiving joy? Why don’t we turn some of that awesomeness back on each other? Ask how a colleague who is going through a rough patch is doing. How easy is that!

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

It gives us an added capacity by multiples from what we’ve ever had before. Our board and staff determined that we needed a more robust platform to tell stories and engage the public,” he said. “Our Our board and staff determined that we needed a more robust platform to tell stories and engage the public,” he said. “It

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Associations Now

JANUARY 24, 2024

That’s according to association pros who commented on a recent conversation in ASAE’s Collaborate community [member log-in required]. On the profile, we added a question about whether they watched the video. Those who click ‘no’ get a link to the videos,” Pickler said. “We

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Aptify

APRIL 15, 2024

We are excited to announce Aptify at AuSAE Demo Days event on April 17th at 1:30 PM AEST. This event will showcase the latest innovations in association technology software, and we’re thrilled to be a part of it. We can offer guidance and support specific to your region.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2023

We advocated fiercely for our members to get protective resources. We were invited to the White House and sought out for forums and opportunities to make new partnerships. But the relationships we cultivated over years were critical in the early days.” “But COVID reinforced that lesson. Here’s an example from my experience.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

As ever with hot-button topics, it helps to tune out the politicized chatter and focus on first principles: Why do we put an emphasis on board diversity in the first place? They cite one excellent generative question boards should ask: “What are board members seeing that we as an organization don’t yet know?”

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

NCARB was already positioned as a thought leader in the industry,” said Matthews, who is currently NCARB’s assistant vice president of data and analytics. But we wanted to get into conversation with our data and determine that 2.0 But we used data to show how the accommodations were already helping ESL candidates.” conversation.”

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 24, 2023

i nternal self-awareness , represents how clearly we see our own values, passions, aspirations, fit with our environment, reactions (including thoughts, feelings, behaviors, strengths, and weaknesses), and impact on others. “ Discover Yourself Both views are important for leaders who want to create positive cultures and strong teams.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 31, 2024

“Most providers advocate for customers to authenticate their mail because it’s the best way to prove to recipients that the mail is from the person who claims to be sending it. And it’s not a bad time to look at your list acquisition process and ensure you’re emailing people who want your mail,” he said.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 4, 2023

It’s hard to deny the fact that we are drawn to people like us. Be Intentional What can we do to facilitate more deliberate mentoring relationships? How can we support women, people of color, and other minorities in achieving leadership roles? When we interviewed her for our book Association 4.0: are Asian, and 3.8%

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 26, 2023

With that in mind, we asked readers what their organizations are doing to nurture a workplace culture that values mental health. Knowing these statistics and with World Mental Health Day celebrated earlier this month, we asked readers what their organizations are doing to support employee wellness. What frustrations did you have?

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Associations Now

JUNE 18, 2023

So we got a cadre of volunteers—it ended up being 44—who met with our program and our membership teams.” We reached out to specific individuals who we had heard from who wanted to make these spaces,” Sanders said. “We Associations understandably deal with a lot of stress when it comes to volunteers.

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Associations Now

MAY 24, 2023

Since there are so many high schools across the country, there are probably thousands of potential members out there who don’t know about us.” Additionally, any member who participates in the initiative receives an educational softball video bundle package of their choice. These initiatives also have big benefits for the new members.

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