Association Adviser

MARCH 14, 2018

Christina McCoy, AMPED Association Management. Do you remember how you started working in associations? This month’s Corner Office professional, Christina McCoy, CAE , landed her first association job literally hours after taking her last college exam. She currently works for AMPED Association Management in Madison, Wisc.,

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Reid All About it

MAY 14, 2021

Some of the highlighted trends are alarming: leaders are out of touch with employees and need a wake-up call, high productivity is masking an exhausted workforce, Gen Z is at risk and will need to be re-energized, and shrinking networks are endangering innovation. I’ll be happy to feature it as long as it’s not too product centric.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Is your association innovative? Are you increasing staff productivity through AI and predictive analytics or are you sticking to your values by highlighting your member benefits? Yet it’s not enough for just your leadership team to embrace these innovative principles. How to elevate your stakeholders to think like innovators.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 2, 2018

Finally, the free professional development events for the association community scheduled in next week or so. I’ll be happy to feature it as long as it’s not product-centric. Tue 3/6 at 2 p.m.* – The Influencer Economy (Association Chat). Thu 3/8 at 2 p.m. – #ReviewChat Online Customer Product Reviews. Lunch provided.

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Eric Lanke

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

I've been doing site visits for as long as I've been in association management--23 years at last count. Leadership is passing from one generation to the next. The Millennials are there, but not yet in positions of leadership and influence. Millennials sign up for the golf tournament. Is it true?

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Virtual

APRIL 30, 2015

In looking at how to attract younger members, it’s useful to take a look at what drives millennials (who are primarily in their mid- to late 20’s and 30’s) and how that might affect their participation. In general, millennials are not “joiners” in the same way that baby boomers have been, either socially or for business purposes.

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Virtual

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Rivera is a product of the New York Yankees farm system. (If you’re not a baseball fan, the farm system is a network of minor league teams that supports the major league teams—it’s where talent is developed). In some groups, this means the path from first volunteering to leadership can be measured in decades.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 9, 2018

Now for the main event: upcoming free professional development events for the association community. I’ll be happy to feature it as long as it’s not product-centric. Presenter: Kevin Yanushefski, Product Marketing Manager, Cvent. – Adapt to Attract Millennial and Gen Z Talent . More info/register. Host: PCMA.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 27, 2021

Learn how volunteer scenarios and training gap analysis can help your association identify the type of content you need to develop and offer to prepare chapter members for volunteering and leadership. So, in Psyche , Cort Rudolph says, “Quit the millennial bashing!”. Thought Leadership Session: Associations’ Future Strategies.

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Reid All About it

MAY 5, 2017

I’ll be happy to feature it as long as it’s not too product-centric. Is your association starting to focus more on innovation? Microlearning is targeted learning in bite-sized chunks that focus on a specific product, feature or service in easy-to-consume learning modules. Guest: Seth Kahan, founder, Visionary Leadership.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Here’s the list of free professional development events for the association community scheduled for next week. I’ll be happy to feature it as long as it’s not too product-centric. Host: ASAE Association Management Company (AMC) Section. Host: American Marketing Association. 1 CAE credit. More info/register.

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The Hourglass Blog

MARCH 17, 2011

Fear and Loathing in Association Leadership. is to ignore the most relevant raw material for improving your products and services. Labels: Association Management , Leadership , Social Media. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Leadership. Management.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 5, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… When I was in charge of getting a new AMS back at my old association, I had no idea how to approach selection and implementation. If only I had read a post like this one from the DelCor team about buying association management software.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

I’ll be happy to feature it as long as it’s not too product-centric. Tue 9/19 at 9 a.m.* – Fiduciary Training for Associations/Nonprofits: The How To’s of Investment Oversight (Washington DC). Presenter: Dan Stark, Director of Product Strategy, NimbleUser and former Executive Director of American Public Gardens Association.

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Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Association executive and author. Leadership. Possible opportunities for adaptation to association management, maybe? good design makes a product useful. good design makes a product understandable. is the CEO of the National Fluid Power Association. Leadership. (22). Eric Lanke. Innovation.

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Reid All About it

JULY 15, 2016

Innovation today is moving at light speed and to deliver a world class member experience your association needs to be able to leverage a strong platform to take you there. – Preparing Yourself and Your Association for the Looming Staff Leadership Deficit. From Millennials to Boomers: Connecting with Members at Every Age.

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Association Subculture

AUGUST 2, 2011

is the bane of association leadership. The WIFM idea is very well established and will continue to have a place in discussions regarding the value proposition we offer to member-citizens in associations. Then infuse volunteer leadership with WIFU first and discuss the WIFM as a secondary, bonus outcome. Heres why.

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Association Adviser

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Scott Wiley, CAE, head of the Ohio Society of CPAs , and newly elected Chair of the ASAE board, shares his thoughts about advocacy, millennials, member engagement and the importance of financial literacy in an exclusive Association Adviser interview. . AA : How would you describe your leadership style?

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 29, 2011

Loyalty, Sierra argues, is not something customers have for the products they love, but for the way those products help them better realize their own potential and their own vision of who and what they want to be. What looks and feels like loyalty to a product, brand, company, etc. Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Possible opportunities for adaptation to association management, maybe? good design makes a product useful. good design makes a product understandable. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX. Management. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

MARCH 22, 2011

Your association wants to deliver new innovative products that meet the needs of your members, so you ask and poll them incessantly about their needs, wants and desires. The idea is to embrace "rapid-prototyping" for new association products and services. Association Management. Leadership.

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 21, 2011

Its mission is not to create innovations directly, but to provide employees who are otherwise occupied with day-to-day business with the resources they need to move something forward: time, money, experts, input from leadership and colleagues, and the companys knowledge base. Association Management. Leadership.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 11, 2011

As recently discussed on the Innovation Hub for Associations, innovation is fundamentally about change, and Schrage is asking us to consider not the change we would make within our own organizations to be more innovative, but the change we can create in our marketplaces to better accept our innovative products. Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 23, 2010

Haque says more for-profit organizations are figuring this out and are getting better at delivering meaningful social experiences instead of just products and services. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX. Management. Management.

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SCD Group

DECEMBER 9, 2012

I once managed an organization through its centennial celebration as well as a major foundation grant to help determine its future. Unfortunately, its leadership chose not to make changes toward the future and the nonprofit flounders and struggles to remain relevant. Here goes: 1. Innovate, Innovate, Innovate. a global consulting firm.

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The Hourglass Blog

MARCH 27, 2011

Your association wants to deliver new innovative products that meet the needs of your members, so you ask and poll them incessantly about their needs, wants and desires. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX. Management. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

Unpacking the history of most innovative products and services will reveal a long track record of failure where innovators attempted many different (failed) ideas and approaches on their way to create high-value solutions. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Leadership. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

” Then I read this post from Andrew McAfee about how the connected habits of Millennials are benefting organizations. The younger generation, in contrast, shares information constantly, and use blogs, microblogs and social networking software to broadcast not only their finished products, but also their work in progress.

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Association Adviser

AUGUST 27, 2013

Tremendous insight, vision and leadership capabilities despite being introverts, according to Susan Cain , best-selling author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking. For example, he said mobile won’t get you more members per se, but a good product or service that’s delivered via mobile certainly could.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 3, 2023

Jamie Notter, Propel ) Five ways thought leadership content drives higher search rankings. I’m happy to feature it as long as it’s not too product-centric. Our topic this month is association finance innovation. Quick hits Real accountability at work requires better metrics across the organization. More info/register.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

The first, discussed in Part 1 of this post, is "Does your leadership embrace innovation as one of the strategies necessary to achieve your goals?" If you can confidently answer "yes" to that question, then ask yourself the next question: Do you have a defined process for how innovation will function in your association? Leadership.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 26, 2011

Heres the relevant quote from Jeffs article: Associations must learn who their stakeholders are and what moves them as people, not just where they work or what products and services they buy. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Leadership. Leadership Potential of GenX. Management.

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Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

As you know from my last blog post, I recently experienced the Groundhog Day Effect when reading about different topics in association management published in books back in 1985 but which could have been written yesterday. About a thousand similar statements are regularly promulgated to describe Gen Y/Millennials. And this -.

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 16, 2011

In my current world of trade associations I see the same dynamic, and my strategy with these businesses is simply to put them on a watch list, waiting for a change in leadership at the top that may signal a willingness to take another look. Labels: Association Management , Membership. Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Millennials? But even those, I find, are being sure to include Baby Boomers in their campaigns, even when the products being sold appeal to much younger demographics. Where's the list of punk and grunge songs being used to sell products to GenXers? Has the person who wrote this never watched television? Chuck Nyren.

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The Hourglass Blog

DECEMBER 8, 2010

Are association members generally "smart" or "stupid"? Well, using Schrages definitions, Id have to say most in my experience have been "stupid," in the sense that they generally dont know the true cost of the association products and services that they access and use. Labels: Association Management. Leadership.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2011

And like a lot of manufacturing companies, they operate very close to the margin, using a variety of human and mechanical systems to strip inefficiencies and wasteful practices out of the process of making the product and shipping it to the customer. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Leadership.

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