Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Your association, annual conference, and governance are all institutions. That’s a decline of 14 percentage points from the 2017 report. One of the sacred cows for associations and their annual conference is attributing notoriety to the office of the president, board chair or annual conference committee chair.

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Association Adviser

JANUARY 19, 2017

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. Want to increase your membership?

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Associations Now

JUNE 22, 2017

The American Dairy Science Association’s 2017 Annual Meeting will begin on Sunday in Pittsburgh. Conference: 2017 ADSA Annual Meeting. If you’d like us to consider your meeting for an upcoming Conference Circuit, contact Samantha Whitehorne at swhitehorne@asaecenter.org. Rundown Attendees: 1,700. Symposia: 20.

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.orgSource

MARCH 20, 2023

Continuously Improve Quality Digital transformation is a process of continuous quality improvement. There is no near-term end to monitoring and updating issues like these: Identifying manual processes that should be automated. Those statistics were not surprising in 2017. It’s a journey that begins with leadership and strategy.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 10, 2017

In order to design relevant education and networking experiences at our conferences, we need to be focused to the point of obsession with our target audience. Over the past 18 months, we’ve carefully scrubbed and analyzed the attendance of 20 major conferences. Who has the professional development budget to attend every year?

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Associations Now

MARCH 28, 2019

Conference badges can give a lot of information: name, title, social handles. At ACES: The Society for Editing’s 2019 Conference, attendees could add preferred pronoun stickers to their name badges. Such a great example for all conferences and events! If not, it might be time for a new process. Other Links of Note.

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WBT Systems

DECEMBER 13, 2016

With just a couple of weeks to the end of the year and a huge variety of association learning solutions being showcased this week at ASAE Technology Conference 2016 , it’s a good time to look back at the association learning trends that were predicted for 2016 and see which of these are still relevant. Looking Ahead to 2017.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Tue 11/7 from 12 to 4 p.m.* – SURGE 2017. I’m looking forward to SURGE 2017, a virtual summit with a thesis: By joining together thousands of association professionals, we can collectively innovate and push our industry forward. SURGE 2017. Choosing a Mobile Event App: How to Find the Best for Your Meetings & Conferences.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 23, 2017

When considering long-term conference or organizational strategy, it’s wise to future-cast the impact major workforce trends may have on your profession, particularly because conferences are about people first and content second. They are less likely to pay full freight to attend a premium conference experience. Job Hopping .

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 26, 2017

The next steps in the healthcare reform process are patient-centered, meaning reimbursement will be dependent on patient outcomes and quality of value-based care instead of treatments, procedures and tests. Impact on Healthcare Conferences? Tip: Conference organizers are increasingly embracing a combination of curation and submission.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Does Payment Processing Have You Confused? Get a look into the world of payment processing. According to the Community Brands’ 2017 Member Loyalty Study , there are four key measures that indicate member loyalty: member satisfaction, likelihood to renew, likelihood to recommend, and connectedness. More info/register.

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Association Success

JUNE 3, 2019

billion dollars to do its job and in 2017 the IRS had 76,832 employees. What taxpayers see today is a highly confusing, almost mystifying process for calculating what we owe. Directions are misleading, language is ambiguous, the process is arduous, and help is hard to find. In 2009 the IRS spent 11.7 But our members see it.

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Forj

JANUARY 23, 2018

Don’t you hate when you get out of a conference session feeling all pumped about an idea, but by the time you get back to your workplace you realize that you have no idea how to do the thing you were so excited about? Start with me Sunday, March 25 th , at the Learning Solutions 2018 conference in Orlando, Florida !

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Reid All About it

JUNE 23, 2023

WBT Systems goes over some ChatGPT basics, brings up some concerns—like why you shouldn’t rely upon it to do all your work, and explains how association professionals, including education teams, are using ChatGPT to save time and jump-start the creative process. Our AI future. Renew: Is Your Member Renewal Journey Magical or Miserable?

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Higher Logic

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Zenoss debuted its new community in April 2017 at its annual conference, GalaxZ, complete with an updated brand and a new crowdsourced community name, courtesy of its Austin roots: TechZen. JB: The entire implementation process was smooth. HL: How does TechZen feed into your product management process?

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WBT Systems

DECEMBER 5, 2017

If you’re attending the ASAE Technology Conference next week, please stop by our booth (719) and we’ll give you a look at the latest release of TopClass LMS. Traditionally, a CRM manages customer relationships while an AMS manages an association’s business processes. CRM vs AMS. How is a CRM different from an AMS?

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Higher Logic

APRIL 9, 2020

Although development post acquisition was assumed for Jive-x, it didn’t happen, and there have been relatively no improvements on the Jive platform since 2017. Our experience and mindset will help create a smooth migration process. Product Innovations.

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Leading Learning

MAY 5, 2020

When we put together a Webinar called “A Why-To and a How-To: Virtual Conferences in the COVID-19 Era,” we reserved ample time for Q&A. How do you ensure engagement of attendees in learning the content versus just having it [a virtual conference session] on in the background?” “Our Defining Virtual Conference.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 20, 2017

Inquiring minds want to know: where’s association management software heading in 2017? After conducting in-depth interviews with more than 300 members, Amanda Kaiser learned that the membership process is not a year-long cycle. Research shows that 89% of conference attendees use search for purchase decisions. 1 CAE credit.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 20, 2017

Inquiring minds want to know: where’s association management software heading in 2017? After conducting in-depth interviews with more than 300 members, Amanda Kaiser learned that the membership process is not a year-long cycle. Research shows that 89% of conference attendees use search for purchase decisions. 1 CAE credit.

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Potomac Core

JANUARY 31, 2017

The 2017 PWC 20th annual CEO Survey , fourth quarter domestic GDP numbers and the 2017 Conference Board Global forecast of 2.3% By adding these 4 Association Disruption Strategies in your planning process, your organization becomes an important part of everyday conversations. 4 Association Disruption Strategies.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 21, 2016

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. Mon 10/24 at 2 p.m.* – Developing Conference Radical Hospitality. 5 Keys to Association Website Success in 2017 (Columbia MD Idea Swap). Tue 10/25 at 12 p.m. –

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Optimist Consulting

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Adopt a candidate-centred recruitment process – have a clear idea of what the process will look like and who will be involved. In terms of responding to enquiries, processing applications, timelines for shortlisting, interview dates and feedback make sure that everyone involved in any part of the process understands this too.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Connect with fellow Component/Chapter Relations Professionals (CRPs) to network and discuss current chapter challenges, such as how to measure and increase the health of chapters; best practices for chapter operations (volunteer tools, processes, etc.); – 2017 Learning Trends, 2018 Learning Forecast. Lunch provided. 1 CAE credit.

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Smooth The Path

APRIL 9, 2019

billion dollars to do its job and in 2017 the IRS had 76,832 employees. What taxpayers see today is a highly confusing, almost mystifying process for calculating what we owe. Directions are misleading, language is ambiguous, the process is arduous, and help is hard to find. In 2009 the IRS spent 11.7 But our members see it.

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Reid All About it

JULY 28, 2017

Hack Your Conference: Connections Between Classrooms and Session Rooms. Hack your conference by unlearning what you know to be true, just as our rock star educators are doing in today’s classrooms. Find out how your email processes stack up to your peers. Nick Hare, CEO and co-founder, Cue Career. Wed 8/2 at 2 p.m. 1 CMP credit.

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GrowthZone

JUNE 21, 2021

Automated renewal process. Online payment processing. Mobile credit card processing. In 2017, the chamber-focused Weblink Connect became a smaller subsidiary of MemberClicks. Conference and event app . It was designed to generate non-dues revenue and streamline work processes. Online payment processing.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… If you’re going to the ASAE Technology Conference next week and see my name badge walking toward you, snap me out of my daze, I mean, big thoughts, and say hello. Before you go, check out DelCor’s Guide to the 2018 ASAE Technology Conference.

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.orgSource

MARCH 6, 2023

The Leadership ColLAB conference was an opportunity to bring professionals together around what we believe is a critical question. We structured this conference based on feedback from.orgCommunity’s fall Solutions Day participants. ENA brings objectivity to the process by using the net promoter score as a tool to measure success.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 9, 2017

Tue 6/13 at 1 p.m.* – 2017 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. Find out about the latest association growth trends revealed in MGI’s 2017 membership marketing benchmarking survey. – How to Report Live from Nonprofit Conferences and Events. 1 CAE credit. Tue 6/13 at 1 p.m. 1 CAE credit.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 3, 2017

Personalization—it seems to be the 2017 buzzword for nonprofit associations and conferences. Data and technology can help make your conference more configurable. Personalization of a conference experience is a much deeper and complex ambition than making it configurable. Yet, personalization is more than technology.

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Potomac Core

AUGUST 29, 2017

Geopolitical uncertainty and technological disruption are dramatically changing Traditional Trade Association Strategic Planning processes. Reflecting upon the process, he notes “Our team is aligning itself with Industry and the entire value chain. We now can become the leader which our members and the industry need.”.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 26, 2020

Meet our sixth “Planner of Productivity”: Alice Mathu, vice president of exhibitions, conferences and sales at IAAPA, the global association for the attractions industry. IAAPA moved its worldwide headquarters to Orlando in spring 2017 to be in the global epicenter of the theme park and attractions industry.

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GlowGlobally

DECEMBER 8, 2017

As of October 31, 2017, a total of 242 foreign NGO (FNGO) offices have registered successfully in China. Among these 242 FNGO registrants, they combined to register 344 temporary activities in the last 10 months of 2017. Reported by Maria Tong, Director Association Management & Consulting, MCI China. Beijing 80. Shanghai 57.

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Association Adviser

JANUARY 30, 2018

The results are in: As in 2017 , membership remains the top priority for associations to evolve and improve. Finally, what about innovating the member onboarding process? More than 35 of those new members attended the following year’s conference.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Since it’s the season to be merry, here are 99 reasons why 2017 was, in fact, a good year. WBT Systems pulled some lessons from the opening keynote at the ASAE Technology Conference. Thanks for being a loyal reader of Association Brain Food Weekly. Wishing you and yours a merry holiday season! Lunch provided. 1 CAE credit.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

Learning · Technology · Design (LTD) is a virtual conference designed for those of you who work in the business of lifelong learning, continuing education, and professional development. The registration for individuals and organizations is quite affordable when you compare it to all the expenses required to attend an in-person conference.

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