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From Wishlist to Winning Bids: How to Procure Auction Items

NXUnite

Step 1: Lay out a procurement plan and timeline. Collaborate with your event planning team to answer these questions: When will the auction happen? Step 2: Review your donor data. Before you start brainstorming actual items to procure, it’s important to review your data. What is the auction’s revenue goal?

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2: Strategic Planning v. Strategic Thinking

Spark Consulting

We’re almost at the end of the revisiting of the top ten all-time Spark blog posts in honor of Spark’s tenth anniversary! Coming in at the #2 spot: Strategic Planning v. The post 2: Strategic Planning v. Strategic Thinking. If we’re willing to change “the way we’ve always done it.”

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Top Membership Management Software Options & Reviews

Fonteva

In this guide, we’ll review membership management software basics and describe top options to give you a clear picture of how to proceed. You might not think that event management is essential for membership software, but think again! We’ll cover these topics: What is Membership Management Software?

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Association Brain Food: 12.8.23

Reid All About it

The blog recommends roasted potatoes with dill as a side. Subscribe to Blog via Email Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Discuss variables that the hotels consider when reviewing your overall business value. Another keeper. 1 CMP credit. More info/register.

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Association Brain Food: 4.14.23

Reid All About it

Ex Ordo takes you through the steps of implementing conference and abstract management software for medical, technical, scientific, and academic events. They discuss configuring software for abstract submission and peer review, issuing the call for papers, designing the conference program, and more. CliftonStrengths.

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3 Creative Ways Associations and Nonprofits Can Use Volunteer Management Tools

Higher Logic

Then, find creative ways to recognize contest winners through your member newsletter, via your community homepage, or by publishing a congratulatory blog post. For example, when members “apply” for an opportunity to leave an online review, you can have them send a screenshot of their review to show they completed the task.

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Association Brain Food: 4.28.23

Reid All About it

Learn how an online community can help you attract, engage and retain members, and read their useful plan for launching and managing a community. Matt Mayberry, Harvard Business Review ) How to increase email open rates: 13 key success factors with examples. Quick hits You don’t need to be “the Boss” to be a leader. More info/register.

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