Mon.Feb 12, 2018

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Top 10 Tips for Uber-Efficient Meetings (How to Make Every Minute Count!)

Wild Apricot

If you know your meetings could use a boost in efficiency, you’ve come to the right place. We’ve identified ten of the most common ways time is wasted in meetings and the tips that make them uber-efficent.

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Step Two: Creating Scenarios Based on Megatrends

Eric Lanke

Two weeks ago, in Step One: Identifying the Megatrends , I continued a description of a Scenario Planning exercise my Board chair and I decided to conduct at our upcoming Board meeting. I ended the previous post with our decision to construct a short, one-question survey for the Board members to respond to prior to our Board meeting. We asked them to tell us the Megatrends that they see having the greatest possible impact on our industry in the next five years.

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Does Middle Management Have a Future?

Jamie Notter

I’ve noticed an interesting pattern in some of the Workplace Genome data of some of my consulting clients lately: Middle managers experience culture as less futurist than BOTH the people above them in the hierarchy, and the people below them. Think about that. Regardless of the organization (so far in our research, anyway), people who don’t manage at all experience the culture at least slightly more futurist than middle managers, and so do the senior people.

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Successful Association Sales: Selling Value Instead of Products

Association Success

How value is different from cost – and how we can model our offerings accordingly. What is the difference between cost and value? Cost is the price your customers pay and value is what your customers receive in exchange for their money. Let me give you an example. Suppose you are in the market to buy a new car. You look at a Toyota and a Mercedes and note that for the price of one Mercedes you could buy two Toyotas.

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How to Increase Membership Renewal

Dive deep into essential elements that drive member retention. Learn why members may hesitate to renew. Discover actionable techniques to encourage their return and foster lasting engagement. Uncover reasons members choose not to renew. Learn effective tactics to elevate member engagement and communication. Explore methods to encourage member renewal and active participation in your association Download now to take charge of your membership retention strategy!

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Do You Eat Those Little Conversation Heart Candies?

Holly Duckworth

On this love awareness week, I find myself reflecting on the limited, albeit slowly expanding definitions we have of love in America. I want you to be a part of this expanding definition of love. Love expands when we expand the love that we are. In America, love is a BIG deal! We devote one […].

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