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Association Management Systems (AMS): 5 Software Strategies

Higher Logic

But to do this effectively, you need to have a system in place for gathering, organizing, and accessing the member information that provides you with insight into their goals and preferences: an association management system, or an AMS. Want to know which members attended your event or participated in specific sessions?

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The importance of shared definitions in conversations on race

Association Success

As tensions continue to rise over police brutality and systemic racism, it’s important now more than ever to continue speaking about racism in the workplace. Having what Dialogue on Race Louisiana President and CEO Maxine Crump calls “shared definitions” is the key to fostering genuine and solution-oriented conversations.

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How to use your learning management system (LMS) to generate non-dues revenue

Freestone

According to the latest Community Brands Association Trends research, 71% of association professionals listed non-dues revenue as a top strategic priority in the coming year. Leveraging your learning management system (LMS) to generate non-dues revenue is the perfect way to prioritize your goals throughout the year.

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Window Maintenance & Replacement: Caring for a Crucial Building System

Community Associations Network

When it comes to the list of most important systems to maintain—and potentially the most expensive to replace—in a multifamily building, windows are definitely near the top.

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4 steps to reduce the risk of systemic failures

Association Success

The financial crisis of 2007-2008 was a teachable moment about the obscure risks of highly interconnected and interdependent systems. Prior to the almost complete meltdown of the world’s financial systems, few outside of bond traders and financial speculators had heard of Credit Default Swaps or Collateralized Debt Obligations.

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Blogging and Systems Level Thinking

Eric Lanke

It usually, by definition, comes from someone who knows I blog, and who has probably read a post or two. Blogging forces me to think at a systems level. Which puts me immediately into a systems mindset. Courses/training/Systems-Thinking-in-Practice. Why do I blog? I get this question a lot. How do I find the time?

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Definition of Organizational Culture

Jamie Notter

For that webinar, I wrote up a definition of organizational culture, which is something I hadn’t done before. Your culture is the collection of things that clarifies and reinforces what is really valued by the system. You need a definition of culture that is real, tangible, and understandable in order for that to work.

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