Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 4, 2019

Have you ever attended a conference education session because of the presenter and not the content? (I think most of us have.). Have you ever been surprised when a full day workshop ended? You were so engaged that time flew by without you realizing it. If you’ve had these types of experiences, you’ve witnessed firsthand skilled facilitation. A great facilitator moves back and forth between content and process engaging participants in their own learning journeys.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 4, 2019

In order for your organization to achieve greater success this year, you have to avoid the activities that held you back in 2018. Also: developing a physical security strategy at events. Come the beginning of a new year, many resolutions are made to be better and achieve greater success. But it’s hard to do that without looking back to the strategies, activities, and behaviors that didn’t work the year prior.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 4, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… If your association has chapters or geographic components (sections, affiliates, local networking groups), please participate in the Chapter Benchmarking Study. If you haven’t already received an invitation to participate from Mariner Management, you can opt in by providing your information here.

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GrowthZone

JANUARY 4, 2019

Kick off the new year right with these tips for quickly organizing your workspace. Remove distractions. Ask yourself what actually needs to be on your desk. Ditch the knick-knacks (when was the last time you actually used the stress-ball you got free from a trade show 3 years ago?). Your colleagues don’t care about your pictures. Chances are you’ve got hundreds of photos on your phone that are way more current than anything sitting in a frame.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 4, 2019

Learning Ally aims to give students with learning disabilities an upper hand in the classroom with its Great Reading Games, an audiobook-driven educational program. Teaching young children to read can already be challenging enough—but when learning differences and dyslexia are factors, it’s helpful to have a new tool or two. And it’s with that mindset that Learning Ally is launching its Great Reading Games this month.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 4, 2019

A monthly email that asks a single question about membership can boost engagement and give a glimpse at long-term member trends. How to hack it? Many associations continuously fine-tune their email messages to members, too often throwing in everything but the kitchen sink. But Scott Douglas, senior director of membership and business development at the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), has found that simplicity has a surprising power to engage.

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