Wild Apricot
JANUARY 24, 2017
Most people who join nonprofits find it hard to look after themselves. Here are seven ways top nonprofit leaders avoid burnout. From Beth Kanter and Aliza Sherman, coauthors of The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit, described by Arianna Huffington as an “essential guide for nonprofits.”.
WBT Systems
JANUARY 24, 2017
What benefits truly increase value for association members, increasing engagement and ensuring that they renew their membership? It’s a question that many associations ask when planning benefit programs and communications to members. How do you make your member benefits both appealing and valuable to entice renewals and new membership subscriptions?
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YourMembership
JANUARY 24, 2017
An integrated online community keeps you in control. Associations face the constant challenge of making decisions about how to efficiently meet their missions and member responsibilities. With limited resources, implementing and using administrative and online community tools born out of integrated software solutions accomplish your multiple goals all at once.
Higher Logic
JANUARY 24, 2017
The look, feel and usability of your community, and online presence as a whole, can make a huge difference in terms of engagement. But what if you don’t have the budget to really dive in, research and optimize your site’s user experience (UX)? Small organizations are used to figuring out creative workarounds to problems that larger organizations don’t think twice about, like how to manage a community without a full time community manager or maintain a corporate site.
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Smooth The Path
JANUARY 24, 2017
Members love to talk about their conference experience during in-depth interviews with me. We spend a lot of time talking about their conference experience because the conference is where most members get the most value. Looking at the responses across more than three hundred interviews, of very engaged members and a few unengaged members, a handful of typical weak spots in association conferences emerge.
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Association Adviser
JANUARY 24, 2017
The iPhone spent seven years in production by some of the world’s best innovators before it became a product that has changed how we go about our daily routines. Sarah Sain, Naylor Association Solutions. The iPhone. It’s the one of the biggest – if not the biggest – innovations of our generation. It has changed not only the way we communicate but the way we live.
Associations Now
JANUARY 24, 2017
The U.S. Wildlife Trafficking Alliance created a new toolkit for partner associations to educate their members and customers on how to avoid buying products illegally made from endangered species. With the help of its members, partners, and new toolkit, the U.S. Wildlife Trafficking Alliance is embarking on a new effort to educate travelers on how to shop responsibly.
Achieve
JANUARY 24, 2017
The Great Give Palm Beach & Martin County is a 24-hour online giving event led by. United Way of Palm Beach County, Nonprofits First, United Way of Martin County. and. Achieve. The goal of the Great Give is to raise as much money as possible for a slew of local nonprofits in just one day. The Great Give first approached Achieve in November 2016 in hopes of creating a new website.
Associations Now
JANUARY 24, 2017
Recent ASAE Foundation research highlights the fact that a good chunk of your members—particularly your newer ones—are likely on the cutting edge when it comes to tech uptake. But just because your members are raring for more technology doesn’t mean you shouldn’t think it over first. In an era when everyone has a hulking, battery-driven piece of computerized glass sitting in their pockets, our perspective on the benefits of technology simply needs to change.
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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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Effective Database
JANUARY 24, 2017
Consulting guru Alan Weiss often says “Logic makes you think, emotion makes you act.” I’m reminded of this when I work with my clients during selection of a new AMS. Using the process I use, my clients will wind up with two or three really strong options for a new system. As some of them have explained to me, this leads to some difficulty making a final decision, since the final choices are so good.
Associations Now
JANUARY 24, 2017
This time last year, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences was struggling with a controversy with its own hashtag: #OscarsSoWhite. This year’s nominees, announced Tuesday, reflect much greater diversity. With its record-tying 14 nominations , La La Land may be the movie at the top of the nominations for this year’s Oscars, but what many observers are talking about is the nominees’ significant boost in diversity.
Associations Now
JANUARY 24, 2017
More than 80 percent of corporate executives said their companies experienced a fraud incident in the past year, according to a new study. One expert whose association lived through the nightmare shares how to avoid the same fate. Leslie Midgley, CAE, executive VP and CEO of the Texas Land Title Association (TLTA), is no stranger to fraud. Although it’s been more than a decade since the group’s former CFO embezzled north of $150,000, Midgley said “it’s not one of those things that you forget.”.
Associations Now
JANUARY 24, 2017
Google revamps its Voice app. Also: How to host a conference across different locations. It’s been five years since Google made noteworthy changes to its Google Voice app, but this week the platform received a fresh coat of paint and more. Google has updated the look of the Android, iOS, and web apps to “a cleaner, more intuitive design that keeps everything organized.” People may find the new inbox easier to use.
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