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Revisiting the Top Ten

Spark Consulting

Here’s the original list: Membership 101: The Welcome Series (2017). Strategic Thinking (2013). Getting the Most Out of Your Consulting Partnerships (2013). 10 Tips for Creating an Effective Marketing Piece (2013). One: I was clearly ON FIRE in 2013 and 2014. Strategic Planning v.

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Help Your Members Find the Signal in the Noise

Spark Consulting

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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Report: How the Meetings Space is Evolving Over Time

Associations Now

In 2013, the International Congress and Convention Association released a report highlighting five decades of consistent growth for the global meetings industry, comparing the event industry of 1963 to that of 2013. where an estimated 2 million people took part in more than 5,000 meetings between 2013 and 2017.

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Top Ten

Spark Consulting

Original Post (2013). Original Post (2013). Original Post (2013). Original Post (2013). Original Post (2017). All in one post/place! Five Tips for Success with Ad Hoc Volunteers. Original Post (2014). Updated Post (2022). Why Is Membership the Only Relationship? Updated Post (2022). Original Post (2018).

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Strict Compliance vs. Substantial Compliance – Not Knowing the Difference Can Cost You!

Florida Condo & HOA Law Blog

2d DCA 2017). The association sent the owner a notice, dated May 23, 2013, informing him that a hearing would take place in front of the fining committee on June 5, 2013. Executive Estates of Boynton Beach Homeowner’s Association, Inc. 23 858 (Fla. The owner failed to respond or appear at the hearing.

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Hotel 911 Law Takes Effect, With Help From Associations

Associations Now

In 2013, Kari Hunt Dunn, a Texas mother of three, died after she was attacked by her estranged husband during a arranged visit in a hotel room. Pai became and advocate for the proposal, and Congress passed “Kari’s Law” in 2017. “We We are all taught from a very young age to dial 911 for emergencies.

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Is There a Science to Word of Mouth Marketing and Going Viral? A Q&A With Dr. Jonah Berger

Higher Logic

He’s going to take Super Forum 2017 attendees through a deeper dive into his research, but we wanted to share with you a Q&A before then. HL: Your book Contagious: Why Things Catch On , was first published in 2013. It's easier to be part of a larger conversation that's already out there.

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