Associations Now

JANUARY 26, 2024

But the urgent challenge wasn’t a matter of big strategic goals; it was about getting staffers, who felt they had to be “on” 24/7, less stressed around communication. “I A 2023 report from the Boston Consulting Group notes that aversion to change increases if people feel like they don’t have agency in the changes being made.

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Virtual

MAY 14, 2014

In Boston sports, these are “the good old days.” In honor of Boston sports, here’s what our four teams can teach associations: From the Red Sox: “Know your role.” When a ball is hit up the middle in baseball, you never see the shortstop and second basemen collide as they both go for it. Are you considering merging with a group?

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Virtual

MAY 14, 2014

In Boston sports, these are “the good old days.” In honor of Boston sports, here’s what our four teams can teach associations: From the Red Sox: “Know your role.” This kind of role definition is critical in any organization—know who is doing what. Are you considering merging with a group?

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Boston Team Leadership Association Management 100

Reid All About it

MARCH 25, 2022

Because I used 3 pounds of boneless pork shoulder (aka Boston butt), I doubled the marinade/sauce ingredients—and added a hefty amount of spicy sambal oelek to the mix. This series of 15- to 20-minute videos covers hot topics and issues related to 501c organization management. Mon 3/28 at 1 p.m. New episodes are posted around 1 p.m.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 9, 2017

It was a new way of working for an organization with a tradition of top-down operations. Michael Collins is a relative newbie when it comes to association management and leadership. In a member survey, the association learned that most independent societies had a hard time communicating member value.

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Higher Logic

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

The importance of the community builder within an organization has grown tremendously. Community builders are expected to be the shepherds, content creators, marketers and social media experts, help people advance their thinking, answer any tech questions and think up new features – sometimes all in the same day.

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Beth Kanter

JUNE 28, 2016

Earlier this month I was in Boston for the annual convention for Americans for the Arts where I facilitated a leadership development pre-conference workshop, “Impact without Burnout: Resilient Arts Leaders from the Inside/Out.” The five different styles included: Educator, Creator, Visionary, Organizer, and Creator.

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