Smooth The Path

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Too late to reflect on 2017 and plan 2018. Happy holidays and may 2018 be a wildly successful year for you! The post Start Preparing Your Association Now for 2018 appeared first on Smooth The Path. When we come back to the office January 2nd, it will be too late. That sounds odd, doesn’t it? Surely it cannot be too late.

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Higher Logic

JANUARY 9, 2018

They’re massively popular and older than you might think – Starbucks will celebrate its 47 th anniversary in 2018. Starbucks is one of many companies that’s using crowdsourcing to take innovation directly to their customers. 4 Steps to Crowdsource Product Innovation at Your Company. How do they come up with their offers?

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Associations Now

JANUARY 28, 2020

To create innovative and interactive meetings, planners around the nation are raising the bar on productivity and capitalizing on attendee experience. The Church signed its first-ever multiyear contract with the City of Orlando, holding its international meeting there in 2010, 2012 and 2014 and again in 2018.

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Higher Logic

MARCH 6, 2020

Some impressive 2019 stats from their robust community: 28% increase of logins since 2018. 12% increase of posts since 2018. 12% increase of unique contributors since 2018. Jason, Broadcom’s Senior Community Manager, shared tips and lessons learned from this process in a recent webinar. Could This Be You Next Year?

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 18, 2018

To find the right person, you have to tweak the recruiting process. Instead of wasting time and money hiring the wrong type of person, your organization should create small tweaks in its recruiting process to ensure you’re attracting people who have the right professional and people skills. Kujawa in a post on Association Success.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Before you go, check out DelCor’s Guide to the 2018 ASAE Technology Conference. 2018 has been a year of innovation and evolution, especially in the world of event technology, but have these new advancements proven effective for live experiences? Presenters: Jared Schwartz, VP of Innovation (Moderator). More info/register.

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SBI

JANUARY 2, 2019

To celebrate the beginning of a new year, we’re reflecting on what we accomplished in 2018. What a year 2018 was for SBI! We took strides toward adopting new technology, honing best practices, and exploring new innovations to improve our clients’ member experiences – and had fun while doing it! Cheers to that! Giving Back.

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Association Adviser

JANUARY 31, 2018

Innovation has been a common buzzword for the past few years – and not just in the association world. There’s been a lot of talk about how organizations can create a culture that drives innovation, how great leaders can spur innovation and how associations need to innovate to survive. Who will this innovation benefit?

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Association Adviser

JANUARY 31, 2018

Innovation has been a common buzzword for the past few years – and not just in the association world. There’s been a lot of talk about how organizations can create a culture that drives innovation, how great leaders can spur innovation and how associations need to innovate to survive. Who will this innovation benefit?

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Nimble AMS

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

The member base is active duty, retired, and veteran Marines with over 77,000 individuals, providing hundreds of member resources. MCA&F has been a Nimble AMS client since 2018. AI can improve processes and enhance staff productivity. Revolutionize membership renewal processes.

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Associations Now

JUNE 12, 2017

The National Corn Growers Association is relying on some friendly competition to crowdsource innovative ways to use corn products. billion bushels, the National Corn Growers Association is hosting a global open innovation challenge to explore new solutions for turning the crop into bio-sustainable chemicals and molecules. “We

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Mon 12/10 at 1 p.m.* – ASAE Gold Circle Awards – 2018 Winners Webinar: Marketing Edition. Hear the 2018 award winners detail the process of carrying out their project, challenges and successes, and what made them decide to submit for the Gold Circle Award. Payroll for Nonprofits & Libraries: 2018 Law Changes that Affect You.

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WBT Systems

JANUARY 16, 2018

You’ve probably read a few yourself—including, we hope, the one published here last week about six non-obvious online learning trends for 2018. Unlike trends, signals “turn our attention to possible innovations before they become obvious…, they often focus our attention at the margins of society rather than the core.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 26, 2018

Their paper, Steal Like a Fundraiser: Innovations in Cause-Oriented Fundraising for Associations , shares the secrets to charity fundraising success: Building relationships with donors at all levels and how that relates to membership relationship building and management. Make Your Marketing Technology Resolutions for 2018.

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Delcor

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

ASAE’s 2018 Technology Conference & Expo ( #asaetech18 ) is packed with sessions led by industry experts that will provide valuable information about current technology trends that you can take back and put into action in your own association. Consider adding these five tactics to your mix to improve your members’ customer experience.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 11, 2019

All the “most popular posts of 2018” posts that come out this time of year, like this one from MemberSuite , provide good intel. We’ll focus on themes like the role of components in the association ecosystem, harnessing innovation from your chapters, and addressing the volunteer issue. Are you new to the accreditation process?

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Tue 12/5 at 1 p.m.* – Fostering a Culture of Innovation at Your Association. Have you ever wondered how your association’s culture impacts your ability to be innovative? 2018 Industry Forecast: Strategies & Tips for the Year Ahead. – After Appagedon: Your Event App and 2018. Tue 12/5 at 2 p.m. s trends report.

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Potomac Core

DECEMBER 27, 2017

Members hire Associations, Members fire Associations is what the new mantra will be for Association Executives in 2018. Cyber & nuclear threats, disruptive innovation, and increasing competition for market share will continue to reshape how members view their memberships. Will not be hired by your prospective members.

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Potomac Core

MAY 3, 2018

Economic uncertainty , disruptive innovation, & political gridlock can sometimes be the strategic equivalent to a toxic “triple cocktail.” In March of 2017, a Task Force comprised of the Board of Directors and Staff Leadership launched a Strategic Planning process. Industry Engagement and Survey Research.

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Higher Logic

OCTOBER 30, 2018

The new community platform introduced innovative collaboration capabilities, enhanced overall user experience, and provided scalability to support the rapid membership growth. JB: The entire implementation process was smooth. HL: How does TechZen feed into your product management process? HL: How did the implementation go?

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

Don’t let your eyes gloss over the news about the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which takes effect in May 2018. 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. Tue 11/7 at 12 p.m.

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Your innovation potential and the success of your association depend heavily on the platform your AMS is built on. Associations can now move beyond traditional AMS systems to leverage modern technological innovation. CRM platforms spend millions of dollars delivering this level of innovation. billion on research and development.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 19, 2018

Discover innovative methods to advance professionally, despite these new challenges. – Wow Your Members with a New eLearning Program in 2018. 10 Event Trends for 2018. Creating Competency-Based Microlearning, Following an Agile Development Process. Discover how this process helps save money. 1 CMP credit.

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Eric Lanke

MAY 7, 2018

I participated in a SURGE Spring 2018 session on co-creation. Don't know what SURGE Spring 2018 is? Sessions were recorded and were broadcast May 2-4, 2018. I already talked about two: The Process is the Product Design Constraints Make Innovation Happen Here's another. Who is in and who is out of your association?

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 17, 2023

That’s probably why more organizations don’t have a process for evaluating the board of directors, or if they do, that assessment is not continuous. In 2022, 52% of companies in the S&P 500 disclosed that they conducted a combination of full board, committee, and individual director evaluations, up from only 37% in 2018.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 5, 2018

I wish you a very happy and healthy 2018! I wrote guest posts for many nonprofit publications, including the Stanford Innovation Review, Asian NGO, NPEngage, Guidestar, Giving Compass and others. When I look back on 2017, it was a very rich and productive year. And, I expect no less in 2018. What about you?

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.orgSource

JULY 10, 2023

If you need proof that this profession boasts its share of innovators, read a few chapters of our Association 4.0 During 2018 and 2019, my business partner, Kevin Ordonez and I, interviewed approximately 50 association executives. Could your association benefit from replacing its strategic plan with some other type of planning process?

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Association Success

JUNE 11, 2019

Upwork’s 2018 study , Freelancing in America, finds that the number of contract workers in the United States has increased by 3.7 As a management consultant, I learned a long time ago that in order to introduce innovation, it’s helpful to break it down in terms of the significance for people, processes and technology.

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Blue Sky eLearn

DECEMBER 28, 2018

Technology has paved the way for innovative methods of generating non-dues revenue while providing significant value to your members. During the LMS selection process, one of the essential areas of functionality you’ll be examining is the LMS’s eCommerce capabilities. Recently, that number had decreased to a mere 30%.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 18, 2018

The 2018 National Parking Association Convention & Expo begins next week in Las Vegas. Conference: 2018 NPA Convention & Expo. He’ll discuss how innovating a process like parking can help attendees maintain price, gain customers, and grow their business even in a climate of intense competition.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 30, 2018

rohitbhargava and innovation at #AtWork18 @ASAEcenter pic.twitter.com/F0m2ISX5a1. — Marvin Webb (@marvinwebb) October 30, 2018. At ASAE’s Associations @ Work conference, Rohit Bhargava, an innovation and marketing expert and the founder of the Non-Obvious Company, explained how to turn creative brainstorming into action.

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Potomac Core

AUGUST 2, 2018

Utilizing proactive and innovative strategies will determine whether or not Private Equity Hires Associations, Private Equity Fires Associations. investment in Private Equity skyrocketed to $57 billion in the first quarter of 2018 alone. Private Equity Investment is Exploding. Click here to receive future blog articles.

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Delcor

DECEMBER 18, 2018

It’s clear from reading the Harvey Nash/KPMG CIO Survey 2018 that CIOs all over the world are facing the same technology challenges as association CIOs. The CIO Survey 2018 report is based on responses from nearly 4,000 IT leaders on issues like board priorities, technology strategy, and the role of the CIO.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Learn why leaders and employers should prioritize their employees’ well-being as one of the most effective ways to make broader impact in 2018. That’s why we’ve scoured the ends of the earth to come up with ten innovative ideas and actionable tips to help you create your most memorable event ever. 1 CMP credit. More info/register.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Discuss what worked, share lessons learned, and talk about what we’re planning for 2018. 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.);

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Potomac Core

APRIL 23, 2019

Have Fearless implementation in their DNA – Fast moving culture with energized staff in a time of innovation and rapid change. Grow the Industry – Consistently engaging Industry Leaders and the value chain through innovative programming to build and design Unmanned Systems future.

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Membership Marketing

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

In addition to looking at the tactics and strategies that typically correlated to success, we also asked respondents to rate how innovative their association is and what level of value that they are delivering to members. So if innovation and value are so important, how are associations innovating and providing additional value to members?

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