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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.4.22

Reid All About it

in agreement because that’s what I did and I haven’t applied for a job since 2004. He’s not just tearing things apart; he also suggests how to improve the hiring process. Agnes Amos-Coleman, MBA, CMP, education, conference, event, certification consultant, Amos-Coleman. I can just see you reading his post and yelling “Yes!”

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5 Effective Web Design Strategies to Attract New Members

Fonteva

When it comes to inspiring potential members to join your association, an attractive and easy-to-use website is an essential component of the process. The foundational step in the process of creating an excellent website is choosing the right content management system (CMS). Integrate your website with your AMS.

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Should Associations Care About Blockchain?

Spark Consulting

Is the current system prone to errors due to manual processes or duplication of effort? That leads to all sorts of “friction”: slow, expensive processes to verify credentials, faked credentials, challenges dealing with non-traditional or micro-credentials. Now, that probably sounds like every single thing you do.

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Members Get Members. Staff? Not So Much.

Trade Association CEO Blog

I have always been jealous of those trade associations with a powerful membership hook, like a killer price on an insurance program or a government mandated certification that members must have for employment. My Volunteer Board President and his fellow Directors recruited more members in a month than I did in seven years on the road.

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

Facebook (founded 2004), LinkedIn (2002), and Twitter (2006) were still in their infancy at the point when we founded Tagoras, and sites like Instagram (2010) and TikTok (2016) had yet to come along. The Spread of Social.

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How WhatsApp Is Being Used by Nonprofits in India

Beth Kanter

I was there for seven and a half years, and I had a fascinating time applying what had worked for me in the for-profit sector, including scaling up various systems and processes, to the non-profit space. I then got into the non-profit sector in 2001 when I joined GiveIndia, the first and leading online giving portal in India.

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What Burning Man's 10 Principles Can Teach You About Building Community

Higher Logic

Burning Man co-founder Larry Harvey , who passed away before this year’s annual event, wrote the “ Ten Principles ” in 2004 as guidelines for the newly-formed Regional Network. Decommodification,’ then, is to reverse this process. To make the world and the people in it more unique, more priceless, more human.