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Leveraging strategy to amplify education initiatives

Aaron Wolowiec

In an article I wrote in June 2002 for Associations Now , I encouraged readers to take a break from the daily firefighting we’ve come to expect and instead approach tasks with more reflection, strategy and collaboration. We’re likely all feeling the pressures of time, competition, money and technology.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Making Sponsorship Special Again

Idea Architects

reduced cost courtesy of others’ doing the underwriting. As a result, the registration fee or product cost individuals have been paying hasn’t had to carry the full value proposition of the event or product itself. need to pass on more of the real cost and finding members and customers. Dec 2002 (6).

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California Association Turns Farm Workers Into Farm Owners

Associations Now

An article at NPR profiles 45-year-old Raul Murillo , who leases a three-acre strawberry farm from ALBA. Historically, field workers like Murillo have faced difficulty transitioning and prospering because of language and cultural barriers, the high cost of land, lack of resources, and institutional exclusion, ALBA says.

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Thinking and thriving

Aaron Wolowiec

After serving as an association executive for more than 10 years, De Cagna launched his company in 2002 to challenge association boards, CEOs and executives to build their organizations to thrive in an uncertain future. Time away from family, the office and customers are also costs that our stakeholders must bear.

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

During those 15 years, we’ve worked with a lot of organizations, done a lot of research, published hundreds of articles and podcasts along with numerous reports , hosted more than a hundred Webinars , and run multiple events , online and off. The E-learning Cost Cliff. More on current costs to produce e-learning here.).

Course 101
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Email Marketing Trends: What’s Hot in 2017

Associations Now

A recent article in Digiday underlines this point pretty well. But this is where things get interesting: A number of startups are offering front-end interfaces to SES, giving them the sheen of MailChimp without the cost. Think popups at the bottom of articles, stuff like that.) Problem is, SES isn’t easy to use on its own.

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Big Data: Big Headache or Big Opportunity for Associations?

Association Adviser

Slater and other experts consulted for this article agreed that 10 to 15 minutes is the upper threshold for an online survey. Know what you’re really asking members to tell you and consider doing more frequent, less comprehensive surveys throughout the year, rather than one big tell-me-everything study. Not knowing your audience.

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