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Did You Know? Associations Plan to Focus the Most Effort on Improving Membership in 2017

Association Adviser

As 2017 begins, respondents to our latest reader poll have told us they plan to focus more on membership than on other areas of association operations. As demographics and technology change, many associations are re-examining the perks of membership to ensure they’re still relevant in 2017. Non-members can join these classes for a fee.

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Which Association Learning Trends Predictions Came True in 2016?

WBT Systems

Which association learning trends will still be important as we move forward into 2017? Associations are increasingly looking to social learning initiatives to help them connect with and develop an engaged community of members and learners. Looking Ahead to 2017. What will be the big association learning trends in 2017?

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Daily Buzz: Bridge Your Industry’s Soft Skills Gap

Associations Now

In the 2017 edition of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ CEO Survey [PDF], 77 percent said the biggest threat to their businesses stems from underdeveloped soft skills. Similarly, LinkedIn’s 2018 Workplace Learning Report says the top priority for talent-development teams is training workers in leadership, communication, and collaboration.

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Did You Know? Associations Prepared for a Natural Disaster or Cyber Attack, But Not Other Potential Crises

Association Adviser

The registration area of MPINCC’s 2017 Annual Conference & Expo at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. MPINCC spent extensive time updating their event emergency crisis plan prior to the 2017 event. Unfortunately, the Jewish Community Center knows firsthand the value of having a workable event emergency plan.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.21.16

Reid All About it

After completing the survey, you’ll have the chance to win one of five registrations to Learning • Technology • Design 2017 – and, if you win, I’ll be very envious. Several people in ASAE’s Professional Development section are auditing this 5-week online class on design thinking. Here’s another link to the survey. Wed 10/26 at 2 p.m.

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Farmers and Ranchers Alliance Announces “New Faces” Program

Associations Now

Farmers and Ranchers Alliance unveiled its newest class of “Faces of Farming & Ranching,” an initiative aimed at connecting consumers with real farmers. What we found is that consumers—they trust farmers and ranchers,” said Paul Spooner, USFRA’s affiliate relations and ag communications manager. Last week, the U.S.

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Love in the Time of Naylor

Association Adviser

“Jamie started in the June 2008 sales training class in Atlanta; I had started in February. Shaun would tell you we met when I stole a sale to one of his one-contacts, but we were both part of the first Naylor SEAL training team which worked together to strategize about various member communication projects.

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