YourMembership

JANUARY 9, 2020

Start off the new year with implementing a personalized learning program, complete with a variety of educational opportunities for your members. Contrary to popular belief: One size does not always fit all. At some point, people want variety – they crave it. This can be said for pretty much everything in life, including what foods. The post 2020: The Year of Variety and Personalization for Your Learners appeared first on YourMembership.

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GrowthZone

JANUARY 9, 2020

An association’s member onboarding program is the ideal litmus test for gauging success in member engagement. Many say o nboarding is the foundation on which member engagement is built. The key to building a successful foundation is to regularly evaluate what is (and isn’t) working and make adjustments based on the evaluation. Quick tips for gauging onboarding success: ASK FOR FEEDBACK.

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Smooth The Path

JANUARY 9, 2020

My family moved to a new town a year ago. Right away, I noticed something different about my local post office. I love going there. Does that statement sound odd to you? In my experience, post offices are, mostly average. Staff members are efficient. I can count on my mail being delivered roughly every day around the same time. The facilities are clean and well lit.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 9, 2020

This year’s Golden Globes served an entirely plant-based menu for the first time. With more of your attendees going meatless and looking for meetings to have a smaller environmental footprint, should your conference menu be plant-based too? You may have tuned in to the Golden Globes last Sunday night to find out if your favorite movie or TV show won , to see what the stars were wearing, or to check out who gave the funniest (or most long-winded) acceptance speech.

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Mariner Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

For many the new year brings new resolutions most of which are about change. While we focus on the need to change, we sometimes skip over setting ourselves up for change. This can be doubly so when we look at change in our associations and in our chapters. This is perhaps why Gene Hammett’s blog post caught my eye. In his post, he promised change could come without making new year resolutions.

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Association Success

JANUARY 9, 2020

Both Marice Fernando and Amy Thomasson have both participated in formal mentorship programs and found their own mentors by forming relationships with key figures in their professional lives. . But they’ve also found another path to developing those relationships and advisers for their work, and that’s by forming their own boards of directors. . While many of us are familiar with the phrase when it comes to managing associations and nonprofits, it may not seem like one that makes immediate sense

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Associations Now

JANUARY 9, 2020

To be successful, leaders must have the people skills to work with others. Also: Digitization is not enough for associations. The most successful leaders have not only mastered the technical skills, but they’ve also mastered soft skills, write Allana Akhtar and Caroline Hroncich on Business Insider. Leaders need the interpersonal skills to maintain relationships, inspire others, and build a productive work environment.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 9, 2020

Rituals are intentional small, tangible acts done routinely and carry meaning. Our family has several New Year’s rituals, including a nature hike. This year we hiked by Pacific Ocean near Moss Bay.(Pictured above). Rituals can also be used by professionals to boost personal productivity because rituals capitalize on our brains’ ability to direct our behavior on autopilot, allowing us to reach our goals even when we are distracted or preoccupied with other things.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 9, 2020

With founding ICANN leadership on board along with the CEO of the Wikimedia Foundation, a new nonprofit cooperative aims to convince ICANN to let it manage the.org domain instead of a private-equity firm. The recent debate over the announced sale of the.org top-level domain to a private-equity firm has led a number of prominent figures in the world of digital nonprofits to offer up an alternative solution.

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Events hold the power to create lasting impressions and meaningful connections. They are not only occasions for celebration but also valuable marketing opportunities. Event marketing has become an essential component of successful business strategies, enabling organizations to engage with their target audience and create memorable experiences. However, behind every successful event lies a well-thought-out marketing strategy.

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Membership Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2020

One of the research mistakes that some associations make is conducting focus groups at their annual meeting. Because members are in attendance, it provides the association with an opportunity to get feedback from a geographically diverse group. However, conference attendees are typically not a representative group of members. So, any insights that are gathered must be viewed through a critical lens.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 9, 2020

Planning a meeting takes a village. Here’s how to keep your people happy and productive while staying on budget. Meeting planning sometimes feels like a very solitary job, especially at 5:00 a.m. when you are checking room sets in a quiet hall, or at midnight when you are loading up that last bus, seemingly the only person who wants to get some sleep.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 9, 2020

The Professional Services Council says that U.S. officials should take steps to make more security information available to contractors working abroad. The past two weeks have seen a flare-up of international conflict, particularly in the Middle East. In many ways, U.S. contractors are caught in the middle of such instances—and recently, three U.S. contractors died in separate incidents in Iraq and Kenya.

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