Mon.Nov 05, 2018

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Daily Buzz: Conference Swag Beyond the Bag

Associations Now

Tote bags, notepads, and USBs: You’ve offered them as meeting giveaways too many times, and they end up in the trash. Ditch these tired ideas for more earth-friendly options. Also: the benefits of a young professionals committee. Meeting swag. It’s something you hand out at every conference—but not something your attendees necessarily use. Which means more often than not, those promotional items wind up in the trash.

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Professional Learning Communities Educate, Connect & Empower Members

WBT Systems

Professional Learning Communities Educate, Connect & Empower Members. Read more about Professional Learning Communities Educate, Connect & Empower Members.

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We're Number Two!

Eric Lanke

Something interesting happened this week. The office building where our association is located had a Halloween door decorating contest. For some of my staff people, Halloween is their favorite holiday so, with my full blessing and support, a small group came together and decorated our office door, intent on bringing home the prize. And they did a great job.

Course 113
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4 Ways to Build Flexibility Around Innovation

Associations Now

Sometimes the root of your organization’s future might come in the form of not only finding the right idea, but finding the right way to sell innovation both inside your organization and to the broader world. A recent experiment in the world of publishing offers a lot of lessons on this front. Did you hear that the book industry recently reinvented the book for the smartphone era?

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Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Association Member Education

Unlock More Profit and Smarter Packaging for Member Learning Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your association’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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SURGE Optimism: Know Before You Go

Association Success

SURGE Optimism starts this week! SURGE is our free interactive virtual conference for association professionals - and it’s happening this week on November 7-9th! Here are some things to know before you go : The Basics. What to expect: The event consists of 15 sessions , shown over three days, from 12-5PM EST. As the sessions play, an attendee chat will run alongside.

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Movember Increases Ambitions as It Enters Its Teens

Associations Now

The Movember Foundation, dating to 2004 in Australia and 2007 in the U.S., is sporting an increased number of brand partnerships this year, and has a major men’s health campaign planned for the new year. As Movember moves into its second decade in the United States, the annual event is gaining a whole lot of ambition, along with those mustaches. The event, which dates to 2004 in Australia but came to the U.S. and a number of other countries in 2007, encourages men to grow mustaches in an effort