Associations Now

AUGUST 12, 2019

“Learning” and “education” are not synonymous. Also: an adorable moment at the 2019 ASAE Annual Meeting. They say knowledge is power, and in this case, it’s never too late to get in the know on the difference between “learning” and “education.”. Education, on the other hand, is just one structured option within this process.

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Associations Now

JULY 1, 2019

Strictly speaking, that’s true, but educating supplier members has benefits for your membership culture and association,” writes the WBT Systems team on its blog. That’s where an affiliate education program comes in. What Online Communities Do for Your Team—and Members. Livestreaming your next conference?

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

And though your association might consider those educational opportunities a member benefit, they are worth marketing out to nonmembers, too. “If If you’re like most associations, the biggest segment of your market is nonmembers, not members,” says the WBT Systems team on its blog. — Aventri (@AventriSoftware) September 12, 2019.

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Associations Now

MARCH 21, 2019

The University Professional and Continuing Education Association’s 104th Annual Conference begins next week in Seattle. Organization: University Professional and Continuing Education Association. New for 2019 is the UPCEA Emerging Leader Program. Attendance is expected to top 700. Conference: 104th UPCEA Annual Conference.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 18, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter have a new book coming out, The Non-Obvious Guide to Employee Engagement. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week. Jimmy Daly at Animalz describes three big challenges to producing great content.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 11, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… It’s time for Marketing General Incorporated’s (MGI) 11 th annual Membership Marketing Benchmarking Survey. I also like perusing posts on 2019 trends. Three ways content marketers can provide value to the sales team. Host: KnowBe4.

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Higher Logic

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

You’re on the same team. Naylor’s 2019 Association Communications Benchmarking report is full of so many insightful nuggets that it’s worth reading the full assessment, but here we’ll cover 10 stats from the report : #1. “For Tip : Education paves the way to understanding. Cheer for each other. Where does yours stand?

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Spark Consulting

MAY 11, 2020

A series of thought questions for you to use to spark discussion with your team. And don’t forget to check out the other FREE Spark collaborative whitepapers, too: Blockchain for Associations: Separating the Hype from the Promise (PDF), co-authored with Shelly Alcorn, CAE, April 2019. A list of “how-to” guides and curation tools.

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Delcor

MARCH 15, 2019

Make sure the people on the project team don’t think it’s a horrible, overwhelming chore. It’s your association’s job to educate vendors about your goals, requirements, and processes – not the reverse. You can’t expect staff to fit this big project into their packed schedule alongside their regular work.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 28, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Credentialing programs. Before developing a certification exam or any type of education program or pathway focused on a specific job role, you must do a job analysis. 1 CAE credit. More info/register.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 21, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Maggie McGary shares insights from the Community Roundtable’s 10th Annual State of Community Management report and cross-references them with findings from MGI’s Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. But for 2019, we came armed with data.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 21, 2018

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Reading and learning may be the last things on your mind right now. B2B content marketing predictions and trends for 2019. Webinars are on hold until after the holidays, so here are the educational events scheduled for early January.

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Higher Logic

JANUARY 7, 2019

If so, how committed am I to building a strong and sustainable community in 2019 and beyond? Is it educational growth? The hard truth is: most people, whether they’re your leadership team or your potential members, don’t automatically understand what an online community is , much less why they should be willing to spend money on it.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 13, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… I just bought a wreath at the farmers market and I’m listening to the Christmas Cocktail Jazz playlist on Spotify. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week. Randy Jones, VP of Business Development and Strategy, eThink Education.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Learn how the American Library Association redesigned its all-staff postmortem meetings to boost morale and help the team focus on ways to improve future events. Typically, these postconference debriefs were all-staff meetings where everyone gave feedback to the meetings team. The feedback could be very critical and very public.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Digital marketing for education programs. Quick hits before we get to the list of next week’s free education. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week. Welcome to the last Association Brain Food of 2020. every Monday.

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Spark Consulting

JUNE 1, 2021

A series of thought questions for you to use to spark discussion with your team. Blockchain for Associations: Separating the Hype from the Promise (PDF), co-authored with Shelly Alcorn, CAE, Ubiquity University, April 2019. An extensive list of resources in case you want to dig deeper on any of the topics addressed. Steal This Idea!

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Associations Now

APRIL 9, 2023

The study, Closing the Gaps , explores efforts among educational and healthcare nonprofits in the Philadelphia area, and identified a few bright spots: Women trustees and trustees of color have increased between 2019 and 2022, but diverse board chairs are rare, and some boards remain exclusively white. How to do that?

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Reid All About it

MARCH 15, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Back in my restaurant general manager days, I went through a serious bout of burnout. I pulled myself out of it by reading about leadership—educating myself and getting inspired to make some positive changes at work. Cooking my way through it.

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Associations Now

MARCH 7, 2019

Also: Market your educational offerings to employers. That’s according to The Infinite Dia l 2019 [PDF], a survey from Edison Research and Triton Digital. Education, Employers, and You. Become your industry’s educator of choice by partnering with member employers,” the team writes.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 10, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… ChatGPT. WBT Systems explains how you can use ChatGPT to manage and market your association’s education programs. Your AMS should be a utility player on your membership team. Small staff challenge. Journalism’s decline. 1 CAE credit.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

A 2019 Adobe research report showed that 61 percent of Americans find diversity in advertising important, and 38 percent of consumers are more likely to trust brands that do well with showing diversity in their ads. Offer Self-Care and Well-Being Education. What it takes to connect with diverse audiences through inclusive marketing.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… What do you do at the end of a long, stressful day at the office? If so, consider offering wellbeing education and resources , as many medical and legal associations have. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week.

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Association Success

AUGUST 20, 2020

What started with the Micro-School Coalition fighting to transform traditional education into an innovative and personalized learning experience through intimate educational gatherings has evolved into parents world-wide rallying behind pandemic pods as an alternative to post-COVID-19 education methods.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 2, 2023

In July 2019, Roy Evans, the first president and CEO of PCMA passed away, and we wanted to make student membership complimentary to commemorate his legacy,” said Meredith Rollins, PCMA’s chief community officer and executive director of the PCMA Foundation. “Our student members just aren’t as reachable through email as some of our other members.”

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Associations Now

MARCH 12, 2019

The benefits of association membership act as a counterweight to those burnout risk factors,” writes the WBT System team on its blog. But your association’s mentorship program, training, or other educational materials can fill that gap. Planning on attending a conference in 2019? A surprising remedy: association membership.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 1, 2021

Most Q3 and Q4, 2021 conferences are reporting attendance numbers that are 40 – 60% below 2019. If you’re like most, quite a few of your team members have not traveled since the beginning of the pandemic. In some cases, they have experienced high turnover and may have fewer team members who know and understand your event.

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Protech

MAY 13, 2020

By The Protech Team . When the COVID-19 pandemic brought in-person events to a halt in early 2020, the Protech marketing team joined so many others in the association community in scrambling to shift gears. Within five weeks, we were able to switch formats and still provide our customers with a fantastic educational experience.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 26, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Millennials and Gen Z are joiners but only if they believe the ROI your association offers is worth the short-term sacrifice to their budget. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week. Rock, Narratively Secret Lives ).

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Associations Now

JANUARY 9, 2020

And the International Food Information Council’s 2019 Food and Health Survey found an increased interest in plant-based diets. After embracing a “meatless Monday” campaign at past annual conferences, the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education introduced an all-vegetarian menu in 2017 for its 2,000 attendees.

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Ungrated

AUGUST 5, 2021

Karen Martinez, chief executive officer at ASPM-San Diego, says a transition to cloud-based technologies in 2019 facilitated remote work for its administrative staff. View the complete education session lineup and event schedule at www.caionline.org/2021AnnualConference. 18–21, in Las Vegas.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 12, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… If you’re at the digitalNow conference next week and see me wandering around, please let me know you read Association Brain Food, you’ll make my day, plus I’d love to meet you if we’re not already acquainted. 1 CMP credit.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

If 2019 is your organization’s year to update its software toolkit, Tim Forbes from the Care2 blog recommends emphasizing the following areas: Focus on integration. Using tools that integrate with your CRM can dramatically simplify day-to-day logistics for your team, but its biggest benefit is streamlining data management and analysis.”.

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Velvet Chainsaw

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As we progress through the event industry’s recovery to 2019 levels, conference organizers must have a laser focus on helping potential attendees make their business case for attending their events. How to leverage technology or build a better team could be learning objectives in nearly every session.

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MatrixG

MAY 1, 2024

HOW we do our work hasn’t changed either – we’re still committed to client education, we’re still fanatic about delighting our clients, we still like to go deep with our clients, and we work hard to keep the same team working with clients over time and across projects. Just how often should you be checking in with your team?

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… This got me thinking and maybe it will get you thinking too… How do you measure progress in your career? Here are the educational events scheduled for next week. How to Scale Education Experiences Beyond the Classroom.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Don’t leave your team hanging: When transitioning to remote work, provide resources to help employees adapt. The obvious answer is the technology that makes it possible for people to work together while apart,” says the WBT Systems team on its blog. You might need to help team members navigate a new work-life balance, too.

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