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Association Brain Food: 5.19.23

Reid All About it

Association executives want their organizations to evolve and take advantage of new opportunities, but something is holding them back. Future of Work from Anywhere Learn how to define the role of hybrid-work in your organization and the best technology approaches to ensure security, productivity, collaboration and cost-effectiveness.

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Association Brain Food: 5.26.23

Reid All About it

How to Contract with and Manage State Lobbyists Does your organization have a strong grassroots presence or is your board a team of grasstops influencers? The Community Check-In A weekly community chat on Slack for black professionals working in the events industry. Host: Leverage Assessments, Inc. Tue 5/30 at 12 p.m. –

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26 ways association professionals find problem-solving inspiration

Association Success

We asked what newsletters, organizations, podcasts and even TV shows they found helped them work harder and smarter. . Complacency isn’t an option, regardless of the organization you work with. . Sister associations: Many local level associations have “sister” organizations in other states and cities. to California. “You

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How An Informal Nonprofit Employee Champion Program Can Benefit A One-Person Communications Dept.

Beth Kanter

Are you an one-person communications department? Perhaps you can relate to this chart from Gerard Matthews , Communications Director of Arkansas Advocates for Children and Families. As a one-person communications department, your workload, which includes doing the social media, is always increasing. How did you do it?

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Advocating for a Better Legislative Flow

Association Adviser

Now that I’m on the outside [with AWWA], I understand what the regulatory interests and concerns are from utilities and how to best communicate those to the EPA insiders. GTM: The Beaver (Arkansas) Water District has put in a rate increase for source water protection through landscape protection.

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Transforming Nonprofit Staff Into Champions on Social

Beth Kanter

A champion is an individual that supports a nonprofit organization or cause. They are passionate about your organization and social change, and will talk about it to anyone who will listen. One Person Communications Department: Arkansas Advocates for Children has a one-person communications department.

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Powering the Nonprofit Community through Customer Support

Beth Kanter

At Blackbaud , we get very excited and inspired by our nonprofit customers’ successes and breakthroughs –it constantly drives us to look for ways to improve our technology and customer service to ensure organizations can focus on their vital work while operating and communicating as efficiently and effectively as possible.