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Why Building Teams Doesn’t Always Result in Teamwork

Associations Now

Individual employees pay a big price as well. Indeed, Associations Now put the question to CEOs directly in 2014, asking them how best to manage a culture of seemingly perpetual multitasking. They often experience stress, fatigue, and burnout as they struggle to manage their time and engagement across projects.”.

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A Collaborative Solution for Engaging More Student Members

Associations Now

He told me SPE had been spinning its wheels in recruiting student members for all the presumable reasons. ” SPE decided to run an experiment in 2014, eliminating the $31 membership fee for plastics engineering students, “to see if the modest dues were a roadblock,” he says. Sure enough, students came pouring in.

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Friday Buzz: Going Out With a Bang

Associations Now

— Modern Healthcare (@modrnhealthcr) December 16, 2014. The cloud is getting cheaper, thanks in part to big price drops by Amazon and Google, CMS Wire reports. Making Reddit work for your association isn’t exactly easy, but Recruitment Advisor has some association-specific tips. New Association of the Day.

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Lunchtime Links: Peyton Manning’s Omaha Shoutout

Associations Now

— Official Omaha Info (@VisitOmaha) January 12, 2014. The CVB’s response, shown above, gave the city a great PR victory—one it hopes to extend by potentially recruiting Manning for a few promotional ads. The all-star pitchman might be a little out of their price range, though. Omaha, Omaha!

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Auto-Renewal and Monthly Payments: The Perfect Mix?

Associations Now

The first came in Susan Carawan’s Learning Lab “Is the Price Right?” ” In outlining various alternative pricing models associations could pursue, Carawan, chief marketing officer at HighRoad Solution, pointed out the American School Counselors Association, which offers two auto-renewal options : $12.95

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2104 Summer Recommended Reading

Holly Duckworth

Summer 2014 Reading List: Each summer I find many of my association leaders “check out”. Here is the 2014 Leadership Solutions International Summer recommended reading list. They take the summer off. A few might ask me for what book I am taking on my vacation. Association Leadership: The Art of Membership, Sheri Jacobs.

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Big Data: Big Headache or Big Opportunity for Associations?

Association Adviser

READER NOTE: Association Adviser is in the final stages of preparing the 2014 edition of the annual Association Communication Benchmarking Study. If it can, then they will pay a premium price for it—think Dyson (vacuums), iPhone (smartphones) and Nest (thermostats). It’s also a great member benefit and new member recruiting tool.

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