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If You Build It –and Communicate It– They Will Come

Virtual

In the film “Field of Dreams,” a voice in Iowa farmer Ray Kinsella’s cornfield convinces him to turn his acreage into a baseball diamond, and sure enough, once he’s done it, the ghosts of the 1919 Chicago White Sox do appear. “If you build it, they will come.” The First Step in the Technology Adoption. View Article.

Iowa 124
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Association Brain Food: 12.15.23

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Association management. I’ve been dipping into Associations Evolve 2024 —find it on the front page of Answers for Associations. Host: Volunteer Managers of Central Iowa Fri 12/15 at 4 p.m. More info/register.

Iowa 256
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For Member Onboarding, Think Outside the Inbox

Associations Now

Some associations recognize this and are testing alternative methods to reach new members. Jane Nassiri, director of customer success at MemberSuite, an association management software service, challenges membership professionals to think outside the email inbox. The Iowa Lean Consortium took that approach last year.

Iowa 89
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We Asked, You Answered: Mentors You Admire

Associations Now

Working for ARC set me on my path in association management and ingrained in me the importance of teaching to prevent issues as well as being prepared to run toward the crisis to help. Tammy is still with ARC, as the executive director of the Greater Northwest Iowa Area. Christina Martin.

Iowa 79
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Association Brain Food Weekly: 6.18.21

Reid All About it

Jennifer Schap, Allison Whitley and Kari Messenger, Association Management Center ). Ernie Smith, Associations Now ). The Ultimate Board Approval Checklist: Gaining Board Approval for New Membership Management Software. Sue Ramsett, Vice President and General Manager, KWQC TV-6, Davenport, Iowa. Quick hits.

LMS 369
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Made to Stick: Examples for Associations

SCD Group

The other day I received the following email from an association management colleague: “In case you are not aware, you are quoted in a new book by Nina Teicholz called “The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet”. All our materials and public relations branded us as: Clarke the Woman’s College.

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CEO of Small Association Responds to Staffing Small Nonprofits

SCD Group

After having spent most of my career in trade associations managing orgs with staff sizes of 8-10.) Knopf is executive director of the Asphalt Pavement Association of Indiana. APAI ASAE association boards association executives association leadership SCD Group' You get what you pay for.

Iowa 40