Virtual

JULY 2, 2014

First, the birthday of Virtual itself – July 6, 2014 marks 15 years, and we are grateful to have been a part of many global technology movements that have since transformed the lives of consumers and altered how businesses function. We’ve had a good run, sticking to our roots as a technology-focused association management company.

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Ungrated

JUNE 23, 2021

We are proud to share with you that the Ungated blog is one of three CAI publications recently honored with EXCEL Awards , an annual program that recognizes excellence and leadership in nonprofit association media, publishing, and communications. Our flagship publication, Common Ground?????

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YourMembership

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

This week YourMembership.com is “on the road” in Tempe, Arizona attending the 2014 AMC Institute Annual Meeting. We are proud to be the Platinum Sponsor for AMCi, because Association Management Companies (AMCs) have always been an important part of our success. Economic Pressures.

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Association Adviser

AUGUST 7, 2017

What should I know about your industry from the last 20 or 25 years?”. That relentless curiosity and desire to learn from other association professionals is what has driven Robinson, president of Eisenman & Associates, Inc. Read on: Association Adviser: Tell us about your path into association leadership.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 9, 2017

You have a choice: You can hold your conference in a city that is building a culture of innovation in a bid to attract startups and cutting-edge industry, or one that’s not. In 2014, Bloomberg Businessweek anointed the city “the new tech hub.”. A bit of a no-brainer, right? Case in Point: Vancouver.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 19, 2019

The most successful piece published on Associations Now over the past decade, this 2014 guest post by Lori Porter, MBA, IOM, CAE, part of a series from ASAE’s Ethics Committee, discussed the fundamental issues around building an ethical culture. 5 Future Trends Affecting the Events Industry. iStock/Thinkstock).

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Spark Consulting

MAY 5, 2014

Last week, Associations Now did a story on my awesome client NICSA and the new membership model project we worked on together last summer. They’ve graciously given me permission to reprint it below: By Joe Rominiecki / Apr 30, 2014 . The winter of 2014 brought a lot of cold weather and snow to much of the United States.

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YourMembership

APRIL 24, 2014

Last week we shared the most noteworthy association management concepts from the Xperience2014 Customer Conference, held March 31 – April 1, 2014 at the Vinoy Renaissance Resort in St. Improve Your Association’s Marketing Efforts. Petersburg, FL. Utilize NeuroMarketing Strategies.

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WBT Systems

APRIL 25, 2017

In managing member profiles, associations can proactively solicit, track and analyze data to identify missing skills at all levels of professional competence. Competency Models: To some degree, many associations have already defined skill and competency models for their industry. National Wood Flooring Association.

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Associations Now

MAY 5, 2019

When Catherine Prather joined the staff of the National Tour Association in 1994, she was the quintessential person who “just fell into” association management. As it was for countless industries, 9/11 was a transformative moment—especially so for NTA members, who work in international travel. Know when you’re ready.

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Associations Now

JULY 8, 2016

Back in April I had the opportunity to attend ASAE’s Great Ideas in Association Management Conference, Asia-Pacific , in Hong Kong. I spent my first few days doing what I normally do at any ASAE conference: attend sessions, talk to members, and write meeting-related news for Associations Now.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Industry experience vs. association experience. Some debates have a way of enduring, and we’ll likely never settle the question of whether an association CEO is better off coming from a background in association management or hails from the industry the association represents.

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Associations Now

MARCH 7, 2014

92 % The amount of associations who reported they are optimistic for 2014, according to the latest “Economic Impact on Associations Study.” Ninety-two percent of the roughly 300 respondents reported they are optimistic for 2014, an increase of 5 percent from last year. Granted, there are caveats.

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Higher Logic

AUGUST 11, 2016

The North American Association of Subway® Franchisees (NAASF) uses online community to advocate for members and solve industry problems for fast food franchises. It found a new email host and contracted with Abila netFORUM for its association management software (AMS). Some members dropped off of discussions entirely.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 7, 2015

Changing organizational culture is a difficult job, but associations are in a special position to influence culture—the 2014 Merriam-Webster Word of the Year—among both staff and members. Last month, before we all checked out for the holidays, dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster announced its 2014 Word of the Year : culture.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

An association management system maker who designed a custom AMS before getting into the biz explains the pitfalls he encountered. Your association management system (AMS) has to carry a pretty big workload, so it’s important to get the dang thing right. — Deirdre Reid (@deirdrereid) September 22, 2014.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 18, 2014

From content strategy to video to AMSes, five useful insights you can take back to your association from National Harbor. — Jennifer Bly (@jennbly) December 16, 2014. — Ernie Smith (@ErnieSmithAN) December 16, 2014. — Hilary Marsh (@hilarymarsh) December 16, 2014. "Every Legacy is a limiting factor.

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SCD Group

NOVEMBER 20, 2014

based professionals from a wide range of industries in its workplace surveys, there was no more than a 10% difference between how millennials responded versus how other generations responded." There’s a lack of confidence in their cooking skills utilizing beef,” Russell Woodward, the council’s senior marketing manager, told the Texas Tribune.

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Associations Now

MARCH 18, 2014

Also: What’s holding the event industry back, anyway? According to the Event Manager Blog ‘s Julius Solaris, quite possibly a lot. 10 Reasons It’s Hard to Change the Meetings Industry [link] via @sharethis #meetingprofs #eventprofs. — William Thomson (@williamevents) March 18, 2014. Tweet of the Day.

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Associations Now

JULY 14, 2014

If associations need an example of the kind of talent development opportunity offered by today’s disrupted education market, they need look no further than Germany’s national soccer team, which just completed a remarkable run at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, capturing its first championship at the global tournament since 1990.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Each day this week, young professionals from around the association industry will share their perspectives in their own Associations Now guest blog series. If you were in Nashville for the 2014 ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition and were tuned in on Twitter, you might have noticed a new hashtag— #YPImpact.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

Admittedly, hybrid clouds, which mix corporate-owned remote storage with outside solutions such as Amazon Web Services, aren’t new— I last covered the topic in 2014 —but they faded from the conversation in favor of private cloud solutions or even public clouds. An association management system, or AMS, is a great example of this.

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Associations Now

APRIL 10, 2014

Clearly, in that list, an association head stands out. Beckerman, who put in time on Capitol Hill before jumping into association management, described his style this way: “You have to meet the norms of Capitol Hill, but still represent your industry,” with uncompromising flair, he says. Expert Mediation.

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Associations Now

APRIL 17, 2014

— Votenet Solutions (@votenet) April 16, 2014. Your association’s biggest unsung heroes may be on the Board Development Committee, or whatever you call the functioning body in charge of ensuring your board is as strong as it can be. .” Kudos to the Board Development Team. LinkedIn stragglers, take heart.

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Associations Now

JUNE 25, 2015

Associations around the globe are more self-assured than ever when it comes to social media, according to the third “ Social Media Impact Study ” from association management and communications company Kellen. “In Almost three-quarters of associations are using YouTube, up from 64 percent in 2014.

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SCD Group

APRIL 25, 2013

As a trade association, the Learning Centers supported our mission to facilitate trade and support the industry in a way that far surpassed the traditional dynamic of exhibitors handing out brochures and price lists. We are expanding the concept for the 2014 convention! Louis, Missouri.

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Association Adviser

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

To help your figure out where to devote your tech energies for 2014 and beyond, we reached out to some of the association world’s best technology minds for guidance. Digital has changed everything,” observed Michael Hoehn , a vice-president at healthcare association management firm CM-Innovators. Sound familiar?

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Associations Now

APRIL 30, 2014

How one association unbundled some of its benefits and packaged them around “clusters of behavior” in its member engagement data. The winter of 2014 brought a lot of cold weather and snow to much of the United States. And, with apologies to polar vortex , it also brought us one of my favorite new words: sneckdown.

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Association Adviser

JULY 10, 2017

This month, Association Adviser sat down with Andy Curliss, chief executive officer of the North Carolina Pork Council (NCPC), to chat about a job he was tapped for in November 2016 after 20 years of working as an investigative reporter and editor for The News & Observer (Raleigh) and as a division head for Gelia, Wells & Mohr, Inc.,

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Off Stage

DECEMBER 29, 2011

Lucky for the "gloom and doom guys" that this industry still finds ways to support them. At the local level anyway, there should be absolutely no reason why every AE cannot be able to forecast membership for 2012, 2013 and 2014. Financial Management. Managing Volunteers. Association Marketing. Personnel Management.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Here’s a look back at the most popular Associations Now stories of 2014. You, dear readers, have covered a lot of ground in 2014. We took a look at our web-traffic data to get a snapshot of what you found most interesting, most compelling, and most buzz-worthy this year at Associations Now. The solution worked.

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GlowGlobally

JANUARY 31, 2014

To begin 2014, we are featuring a new MCI white paper authored by Nikki Walker, MCI’s Vice President for its global association management and consulting practice, based in Dubai, UAE. Have you ever wondered how your association’s brand is perceived specifically by the international community?

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Association Mavens

APRIL 7, 2014

Teri Carden is behind a new online resource called ReviewMyAMS.com and we talk about the reason why she started the site, what the response has been from the association industry—plus a ton more about the need for such a review site. Once they give a review then they will be able to read reviews from other association professionals. [no

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YourMembership

APRIL 14, 2015

For some folks it started with YM’s acquisition of Job Target’s career center business unit in 2014. These moves alone changed the conversation for a lot of people looking at the Association Management Software (AMS) industry, as it exists today. And once again, it looks like timing is everything.

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Higher Logic

MARCH 29, 2016

This was a new tool for us to monitor the pulse of membership — it allows members to get involved in our committees and stay connected with industry happenings, without having to attend a meeting. We merged it with our main www site, implemented single sign-on (SSO) for all members, and re-launched with these updates in October 2014.

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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. Facebook acquired Oculus in 2014.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Associations are built on annual cycles, but serving the members of an industry focused on a single day of the year isn’t as scary as it sounds. It must be a busy time for the Halloween Industry Association (HIA), the trade association for manufacturers and distributors of costumes and other Halloween products.

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