NXUnite

APRIL 5, 2024

However, all event organizers know there’s a chance that something will go wrong, such as the internet going out, your check-in software malfunctioning, or attendees getting lost. While you can’t always prevent these issues from popping up, you can prepare yourself to tackle them head-on and ensure your event remains a success.

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JANUARY 22, 2021

Amanda Kaiser, Member Engagement Specialist at Kaiser Insights LLC, and Arianna Rehak, CEO and Co-Founder at Matchbox Virtual Media, have cooked up a fantastic-looking experience during which you can learn how to radically strengthen your virtual events by offering meaningful, quality networking opportunities for members and attendees.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

If you know an association professional or board member who needs a wake-up call, this MemberSuite post should do the trick. Resist the magical thinking that if you can hold out long enough, everything will be okay. Skip down to the list of free webinars if you prefer take-out. Accepting reality. Gamification.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Make sure you go through this list before making any decisions about recording upcoming events. Both groups need to know how your association could fit into their educational plans, either by serving as an alternative to college or supplementing what they learn there. Gen Z education. Scientific society events. Users groups.

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

iMIS invites you to participate in their 9th Annual Membership Benchmark Survey. In seven minutes, you can help our community learn about association industry trends in membership engagement and retention levels, digital transformation, the adoption of AI, generational priorities, and more. But you have to admit when you do.

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JUNE 26, 2020

There’s much work to be done and I hope that at last we’re all ready to do it. How the pandemic put a magnifying glass on sponsorships. How to run a Zoom cocktail party—and have better classes, conferences, and meetings too. Imagine floating/kayaking/rafting down the Nantahala River in Bryson City NC—or watch someone else do it.

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MARCH 17, 2023

Learn what elements of engaging and effective online learning you must build into your live and on-demand programs. A quote from James Clear, the author of Atomic Habits , got Billhighway thinking about chapter practices: “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”

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MAY 19, 2023

If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.” Here’s a conundrum: How can members ever feel like part of their chapter community if they don’t attend chapter events? William Penn Chapter events.

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JUNE 30, 2023

Navigate CES describes how your association can improve the customer journey for sponsors, exhibitors and advertisers. What do you do when employees are begging for new timesaving tools or want to adopt modern systems to replace under-performing ones? Quick hits How to make your event habit-forming.

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Chicago Newsletter Revenue Education 205

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JANUARY 5, 2024

To help you along, Britt Andreatta shares ten reflective questions to launch 2024. If you want a meaningful connection or relationship with members, you have to get more granular—and he explains how. If any of these topics are on your mind, you’ll find lots of good reads on their blog. Predictions for 2024.

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Revenue LMS Price Education 277

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

TopClass LMS wants you to know about the coalition supporting legislation to extend the use of tax-exempt 529 savings plans to association credentialing programs. TopClass LMS wants you to know about the coalition supporting legislation to extend the use of tax-exempt 529 savings plans to association credentialing programs.

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LMS Revenue Arlington Education 256

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Virtual sponsors/exhibitors. In conversations about virtual conferences, one question always arises: how to provide value to virtual sponsors and exhibitors. Good eats—skip down to the list of free webinars if you prefer take-out.

Montana 322

Montana LMS Revenue Recruiting 322

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AUGUST 21, 2020

This ten-minute survey will help all of us get a better, bigger picture of just how equitable the association industry is for everyone in it. Sometimes you know where your career is going and sometimes you don’t. The report also includes a sample virtual event prospectus to give you additional ideas.

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millennials Montana Class Education 307

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APRIL 28, 2023

Before developing a certification exam or any type of education program or pathway focused on a specific job role, you must do a job analysis. WBT Systems explains what’s involved and what associations need to know about using a job analysis to design and market programs. Member recruitment. Frankly, we’re smarter about it now.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Thank you for reading and sharing Association Brain Food with others in the association community this year. Wishing you and your loved ones a happy, healthy holiday season! How are your chapters really doing? If you attended PivotFest at ASAE TEC, you heard Reggie Henry mention the tri-bid event model.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

In a changing world and uncertain economy, if you want to hold on to a job—or find a new one—you need to acquire and demonstrate mastery of new skills. WBT Systems explains how to market your association’s credentialing programs in a crappy economy. Member engagement. How to teach an old blog new SEO tricks.

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Montana Certificate Conference Content 350

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… What do you do at the end of a long, stressful day at the office? Billhighway explains how to prevent the worst from happening when chapters outsource services and hire staff. How to become an Excellent Public Speaker.

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Chicago Baltimore Education Content 243

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MAY 15, 2020

Your participation will help associations understand how others in the community are navigating communications in the current climate. You can’t market as usual right now, you must market carefully and caringly , says WBT Systems. Virtual event sponsors and exhibitors. Marketing virtual/online education. Impexium ).

Puerto Rico 370

Puerto Rico Montana Revenue Strategy 370

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OCTOBER 15, 2021

ASI invites you to participate in their 7th annual benchmark survey on membership performance. The survey explores how association executives are managing member engagement and retention, achieving operational goals, crafting digital transformation strategies and coping with the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Revenue 195

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JUNE 18, 2021

If you want to help chapters improve their performance, the typical compliance checklist is not going to do it. Their guidebook shows chapters how they scored in each of five KPI areas, describes best practices to follow to raise those scores, and provides links to additional resources on the AGC website. Quick hits.

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LMS Certificate America Committee 369

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APRIL 1, 2022

WBT Systems explains how to welcome career changers entering your industry by helping them with career guidance, skills development, and network building. Impexium dispels some myths you’ve heard and worries you may have about getting a new AMS. But if you’re not an expert, you need to know what questions to ask.

Revenue 195

Revenue Technology Education Video 195

Membersuite

JANUARY 10, 2023

The team and I have pulled together a list of topics we’ve been talking about or hearing and reading about in blogs, social media, webinars, and conferences—the topics rising in our collective association consciousness. You can easily imagine the eventual impact of these tools. How might your association use AI tools?

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Directory Social Media Tools Revenue 143

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JANUARY 15, 2021

They explain why it’s not a good idea to pine for the past and suggest a different mindset to cultivate, one that will help you take advantage of “a perhaps once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experiment with new ideas—ideas that could turn into programs that position you, your association and your members for future success.”.

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Innovation Las Vegas Communications Education 359

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AUGUST 27, 2021

Your participation will help provide valuable insight into how the role of virtual conferences has changed over the past 12-18 months. 4 weeks from now, you could be in Nashville hanging around with people whose associations are rolling in non-dues revenue and people who want to emulate that success. Non-dues revenue.

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Tampa Revenue Education Content 200

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JUNE 19, 2020

If your association wants to create a more inclusive association, you must identify and remove the barriers standing in the way of a member’s desire to volunteer or serve in leadership , says MemberSuite. They explain how communication plays a huge role in that effort. Attendees could view and chat with exhibitors.

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APRIL 16, 2021

You won’t be successful unless you understand the principles of effective adult learning. Jeff suggests learning formats you might want to consider. Virtual event engagement. The Virtual Events Institute asked several experts for tips on virtual event engagement. Aspiring Black women executives. Quick hits.

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Revenue Strategy Team Content 363

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… I’m not publishing Brain Food next Friday (10/2) because I’ll be hiking in southern Utah, so this edition includes all the events I know about in the next two weeks. Good eats—skip down to the list of free webinars if you prefer take-out.

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Higher Logic

APRIL 25, 2019

Meeting and conference attendees increasingly expect ways to engage organizers, presenters, and each other – from the moment they register until months after the event. Mobile event apps can be integrated with an online community platform to drive engagement prior to and following an event. People want to stay connected.

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Massachusetts Newsletter Social Media Conference 226

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APRIL 14, 2023

If you want to kick your association out of the box in which it finds comfort, give these extreme brainstorming questions from WBT Systems a try. They may sound crazy at first, but they’ll take you down paths where, amidst the madness, you might find some interesting nuggets to pursue. Marketing automation.

Leadership 195

Leadership Education Revenue Strategy 195

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JULY 3, 2020

WBT Systems opens their most recent post with a quote from Maya Angelou: “Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” Alistair Croll wants us to think about what we might create, instead of mourning what we have lost. “A Inclusive leadership. All aboard!

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WBT Systems

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Have you got a plan? NiUG conferences offer expert instructors who have real-life experience, networking, and exhibitors that feature the newest technologies. Use our tips to learn how to make the most of your time at NiUG Discovery, with a focus on your technology strategy: Plan, Plan, Plan. Wednesday 11:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m.–1:25

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Technology Tips Strategy Baltimore 150

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JUNE 14, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… As a freelancer who works alone in a home office, I understand social isolation, but I’m an introvert who loves the solitude—and gets out enough—so I’m okay, in case you were wondering, Mum. How to have more epiphanies. That has been my life.”

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Participants receive complimentary access to a customizable dashboard allowing you to view the data and download a unique report to guide you, your staff and volunteer leadership. WBT Systems shares eleven predictions for the future of work and how they might impact associations. Virtual exhibitors/sponsors.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

‘Tis the season for ASAE Tech exhibitor emails. If you’re going to the ASAE Technology Conference, like me, and agreed during registration to receive emails from exhibitors, then you’re probably getting several of them a day. What do you think, will they agree? Want to read more?

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

WBT Systems explains how to become the corporate training partner for your member companies. Chapter member virtual engagement. Billhighway describes how many associations are helping their chapters overcome technology challenges and pivot to the virtual model. Tobin Conley, CAE revisits an old DelCor blog idea: the IT bag.

Revenue 300

Revenue Review Content Strategy 300

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JULY 24, 2020

It’s “a planning method that helps people and organizations figure out how to create their preferred future.” Backcasting starts with “a vision of what you want the world to be, and identifying actions you could take to make this future come true.” Why do babies in medieval paintings look so old and scary?

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Montana Revenue Case Study Conference 259

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JANUARY 14, 2022

If you want to get a handle on the wild world awaiting us, start with this piece. His piece gives you a general flavor for what’s going on out there. Why do some associations have a tough time recruiting volunteers and others don’t? Skip down to the list of free webinars if you prefer takeout. CAE survey.

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