Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

A new study shows that nonprofit employees find value in their work—a commitment that carries on through retirement. The mission of any nonprofit is to improve a community or advance a cause—and it’s this core value of making a difference that keeps three out of four employees and eight in 10 managers in the nonprofit world, according to a new study by TIAA , a financial services company specializing in the academic, research, medical, cultural, and government fields.

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millennials Survey Industry Organization 212

Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Measuring success is hard. Case in point this week was something we call the "up-market capture ratio" in my association's investment policy. Investopedia defines the up-market capture ratio as "the statistical measure of an investment manager's overall performance in up-markets. The up-market capture ratio is used to evaluate how well an investment manager performed relative to an index during periods when that index has risen.

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Committee Class Marketing Strategy 68

Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

You could be maximizing your time by using the Wild Apricot for Admins App to manage your events and contacts on mobile. Here's how to use it.

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How To 287

Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

From minimizing your logo to going old-school, there are a lot of ways to do swag that don’t necessarily feel like the same-old-same-old. For one thing: socks. Are you handing out the same pens, bags, and T-shirts that you always do at events? Swag is a fact of conference life, but when you do the same thing year in and year out, it can start to feel stale.

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Products Conference 101

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Association Success

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Announcing the speakers and sessions for our November 7th-9th interactive virtual conference! It is with optimism surging through our veins* that we announce to you the launch and line-up of our next SURGE virtual conference. Running on November 7th-9th, this event is themed around Optimism for the Future. The goal of our twelve sessions is to celebrate and make possible the potential of our associations.

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Conference Survey Video Project 60

Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Many Americans perceive women to exhibit better leadership traits in a new Pew survey. Also: Consult this to-do list after attending a conference. A recent Pew survey examines leadership skills in both politics and business and how they intersect with gender , and some of the findings may be a bit surprising. Even though men hold the majority of leadership positions in politics and business, the 4,587 survey respondents said that women fare better on many skills.

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Leadership Survey Washington Conference 89