Eric Lanke

JANUARY 1, 2018

As we end another year, here's a look back at the five posts on this blog that received the most page views in 2017. In laying out the guidelines that govern our activities, I realize that only one term makes any sense--association management.

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Spark Consulting

MAY 11, 2020

Steal Like a Fundraiser: Innovations in Cause-Oriented Fundraising for Associations (PDF), co-authored with Sohini Baliga, December 2017. Include Is a Verb: Moving from Talk to Action on Diversity and Inclusion (PDF), co-authored with Sherry Marts, PhD, S*Marts Consulting, May 2017.

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Eric Lanke

DECEMBER 26, 2016

Stop Calling It Strategic Planning This has been on every year-end list since it was originally posted in January 2012, and keeps getting a ton of traffic, including as the page through which the highest number of people enter my site. As the authors continually remind the reader, people play differently when they are keeping score.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 19, 2019

From news to opinion to quirky features about creative association pros, these are some of the stories that have made a splash with Associations Now readers over the years. Read them again for an end-of-decade reminder of why you love associations. It features Andy Freed, CEO of the association management company Virtual, Inc.,

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Association Advocacy Chick

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

In August, ASAE introduced the 2015-2017 Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan as well as new policies on religious diversity and accessibility. Association Advocacy Chick: What are some of the responsibilities for ASAE’s Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Committee? MB: We used the principles of scan, plan, implement, evaluate.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

In the past few years, there has been a noticeable push by associations to leverage enterprise constituent relationship management (CRM) platforms from Salesforce or Microsoft as the platform for their association management software (AMS). This push has been driven by multiple factors, including the need for: CRM.

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Leading Learning

MAY 24, 2022

It has also meant that integration between learning platforms and other platforms like customer relationship management systems, association management systems, Webinar platforms, and marketing automation systems has become dramatically easier and less costly. billion acquisition in 2015.

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