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Music City, Our Thought Leadership Team, and a Memorable 2014

YourMembership

When we started the Resource Center in 2011 the emphasis was on the written word. In 2014 the emphasis turned to video and webinars. We covered topics ranging from online communities, the 2014 job market, gamification and Gen Y, and a try before you buy membership model, just to name a few. Xperience 2014.

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How to Convince Employers to Pay for Professional Development

WBT Systems

According to the 2014 Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement survey of the Society for Human Resource Management, 40 percent of employees rated job-specific training as “very important” to their satisfaction, and 36 percent rated professional development the same way. Reason #2: Employers don’t value professional development.

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The 5 Best Resources to Improve Your Social Media Influence By 35%

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

We've all heard the statistics about driving engagement on social media by using pictures, but questions abound about how to use this information to really move the needle on social media outcomes. You have to try a few of these resources out and see how they impact your social media strategy. 10 new photos every 10 days.

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How to Lead a Successful Spinoff

Associations Now

It’s been remarkably successful: Balek says the organization attributes 11 million eye exams since 2014 to its efforts, with 300,000 people searching its database of eye doctors so far this year. The post How to Lead a Successful Spinoff appeared first on Associations Now. But that doesn’t happen in a vacuum.

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How to Avoid PCSD: Post Conference Stress Disorder

YourMembership

I just returned from the 2014 ASAE conference in Nashville, TN and I was thinking about how rewarding going to conferences can be. Here are a few ideas about how to avoid PCSD and to spread knowledge you learned at your most recent conference effectively. So many interesting people to meet. Petersburg, FL. 1) Relevant.

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Help Your Members Find the Signal in the Noise

Spark Consulting

A list of “how-to” guides and curation tools. An extensive list of resources in case you want to dig deeper on any of the topics addressed. Getting to the “Good Stuff”: Evidence-Based Decision Making for Associations (PDF), co-authored with Peter Houstle, Mariner Management, April 2014.

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Networking Group Day 2014

Associations Live

50 members made the cold, snowy trek to join MSAE for our second annual Networking Group Day on January 30th, 2014. It was a great way to kick off 2014, showcase and participate in six of MSAE''s networking groups, connect with members and share ideas. Be allies -- refer to your competition, use them as a resource. Be proactive.

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