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Vital Switch-Up: Associations Navigating the Ebb in Volunteer Numbers

Rejuvenesce

Census Bureau and AmeriCorps survey, the figures tell us that volunteer participation slid down by a whole 7% between 2019 and 2021. Now that's the steepest dive since the survey took flight in 2002. Volunteerism, that sturdy backbone of associations, seems to be doing a rather worrying disappearing act. we're faring just fine!"

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Interview with an Expert: Beth Hayson, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons

Blue Sky eLearn

Since I began working at AAOMS in 2002. Survey your membership and specifically those who attend your eLearning programs to provide relevant learning experiences. She’s been working with AAOMS for the past 14 years and has spent 20 years working in education in some capacity at associations.

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New data: Volunteerism at an all-time low

Aaron Wolowiec

This figure is the lowest since the bureau started the survey in 2002. Data were collected through a supplement to the September 2013 Current Population Survey, sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Other key findings of the BLS survey: Married people volunteered at a higher rate.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: People Are Starved for Real.

Idea Architects

These full-day labs (preceded by significant pre-work and surveying and post-event coaching and support) will use design thinking and user experience principles to help lab participants imagine and rapidly prototype new possibilities to immediately execute. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3).

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Facilitation Friday #25: Five Keys to Strategy Discussions

Idea Architects

We survey members. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3). Jul 2002 (3). Jun 2002 (2). May 2002 (4). Whats the necessary amount of pre-work? Create iterative feedback loops. A planning committee discusses results and develops a plan. The plan is released. Repeat again.

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Report: Terror Risk Tops Safety Concerns for Business Travelers

Associations Now

According to GBTA’s survey of business travelers for Risk on the Road , 45 percent of respondents ranked terrorism as their top concern, above street crime (15 percent), illness or disease outbreaks (13 percent), and property crime or theft (12 percent). Media coverage of terrorist incidents in the U.S.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Facilitation Friday #2: Behavior is.

Idea Architects

Think about the design and contents of the materials involved in this effort: the agenda, pre-reading, any advance homework or surveys, name badges or nameplates, and items you might have on tables to engage participants (toys, markers, notepads, Post-It’s). Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3).