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How to Find Sponsors for Events: The Essential Guide

MemberClicks

When you pitch sponsorship opportunities to companies, you can promote the chance they’ll have to connect with Millennials and Gen Z. If you’re able to prepare a short, personalized proposal for the companies and organizations you’re contacting, you might have a better chance of sealing the deal—and sooner.

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The Technological Divide: Leap or Fall?

Association Adviser

Sociologists and psychologists have proposed each generation’s psychographic (behavioral) characteristics. Four distinct generations of adults are now socializing, communicating and actively participating in the workplace. Gen Y or Millennials. Grew up with all media (including cable, VCR, video). Baby Boomers.

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The Hourglass Blog: The Bedrock of Innovation

The Hourglass Blog

These failures are a necessary on the path of innovation and executives and managers need to build an organizational culture that has a high tolerance for failure so that that their staff dont second guess big risky ideas and instead propose incremental bets. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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The Hourglass Blog: The GenX Bridge

The Hourglass Blog

What follows is a guest post from the first such professional to take me up on that offer-- Je nnifer Alluisi , Director of Educational Programs at Custom Management Group , an accredited association management company in Charlotteville, Virginia. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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The Hourglass Blog: Innovating 20% of the Time

The Hourglass Blog

In other words, give your employees the freedom to experiment, test and propose new ways to better serve your members, and then choose the best ones (according to established criteria understood by all) to be further developed into actual programs and services. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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The Hourglass Blog: Surprising Barriers to Membership

The Hourglass Blog

Shelly Alcorn interviewed me last Friday for her Association Executives: Provocative Proposals for Future Change project. I surprised myself (and her, too, I think) with my answer to: What barriers are keeping your association from achieving 100% membership market penetration? Labels: Association Management , Membership.

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The Hourglass Blog: How to Tell if You Have a Bad Board

The Hourglass Blog

I propose that a "bad board" suffers from different shortcomings: 1) The board doesn't understand or accept its responsibility for stewardship. 2) The board doesn't understand the strengths and weaknesses of the association's business model. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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