Higher Logic

APRIL 18, 2017

of the US population volunteered in 2014. Budgets rarely cover everything we want to do and recruiting volunteers is one way your association can meet more of its goals. Many hiring companies and recruiters are looking for professional experience and, in this case, less is not more. And what brought them to your door?

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Associations Now

AUGUST 28, 2017

In “ The Overcommitted Organization ,” an article in the Harvard Business Review , leadership scholars Mark Mortensen and Heidi K. Gardner, point out that what they call “multiteaming”—having multiple employees on a variety of projects—is rife with potential weaknesses. Too Many Commitments.

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Associations Now

MARCH 5, 2015

A new survey of nonprofits forecasts employment growth within the sector in 2015, but many nonprofits report they’re struggling with recruiting and retaining employees. Meanwhile, government relations and advocacy positions came in with the lowest projected growth, at about 11 percent.

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Association Adviser

MAY 20, 2014

There’s an eye-opening chart you’ll see soon from Association Adviser’s 2014 Association Communications Benchmarking Report. Think of your members as belonging to a tribe, with your leadership as the elders. percent agree); member recruitment (10.8 That’s a huge missed opportunity. Rappaport, Stephen D.,

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

This year I’ve noticed that our 2014 Associations Now Volunteer Leadership Issue continues what you might call a peculiar streak, now going on nine years: It has never included an article about membership. Topics like fiduciary duty, conflict of interest, and strategic leadership take precedence.

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Higher Logic

JANUARY 29, 2019

Try this: You’ve set up overall goals for your member engagement strategy, but set little goals that you can track and measure for the smaller projects within your strategy. Now it’s time to take this to your leadership (whether it’s your boss, board, or executive team) and show them why engagement is a priority and why your plan will work.

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Leading Learning

JULY 2, 2020

I first posed this question in a post published in 2014. With the right leadership and positioning, there are clear upsides to embracing what Baxter characterizes as “the forever transaction.”. The Need for Leadership. Roll forward eight years, and the questions seems even less if crazy – if crazy at all. It’s a powerful idea.

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