Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Here are all the free nonprofit webinars I could find happening in the month of November.

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Higher Logic

OCTOBER 25, 2018

An effective association management system (AMS) helps your association improve functionality, streamline operations, empower your members, and increase growth rate. In short, a great AMS is essential. But, what happens when your AMS isn’t meeting all the needs that you think it should meet? Do you switch? When faced with this decision, there are two common misconceptions many associations fall victim to: The assumption that their AMS should be an all-in-one solution for every business objective

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Concerns about overheated political rhetoric have risen to new levels after Wednesday’s mail-bomb reports. ASAE and other organizations are urging a return to civility in the national conversation. As federal law enforcement officials searched for the parties responsible for pipe bombs mailed to CNN headquarters and several high-profile figures in Democratic party circles this week, many commentators blamed increasingly virulent political rhetoric for inciting threats of violence.

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Smooth The Path

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Your most engaged members and your board members may not represent the rest of your members. For example, long-time members love traditional receptions; new members typically hate them. New members need to learn the basics while long-time members get tired of hearing the same old sessions. 5-year members who lapse still might love the association while lapsed first-year members are mad!

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 25, 2018

If you’re launching a new meeting, it should not be all about making it your biggest one yet. Here’s why it could benefit your association and your attendees to go smaller. If you’re a fan of HGTV, you’ve probably caught an episode or two of Tiny House Hunters or Tiny House, Big Living. And if you have kids or friends and family with kids, you are likely familiar with Shopkins—the tiny, plastic shopping-themed toys that kids trade and share with one another.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Highlighting your most involved members will show they are valued—and could prompt less engaged members to get involved too. Postmates’ embrace of rapper Post Malone offers a great example of this. Also: ensuring secure meeting Wi-Fi. All of your members are important to your association, but let’s face it: Some are more involved than others. To encourage more engagement with less-involved members, organizations should shine special attention on those who are engaged.

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GrowthZone

OCTOBER 25, 2018

The GrowthZone team is again providing a free “Shop Local First” Facebook cover image (the image and download instructions are below). We’re also including a “Top 10 Reasons to Shop Local First” list. Use it for social media posts for a “Small Business Saturday Countdown” or for talking points when promoting the “Shop Local First” message.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Offices are increasingly becoming more communal places, to the point where some are choosing to get rid of permanent desks altogether. But both research and anecdotes about the “hot desking” phenomenon find the benefits for employees mixed. Does it matter if you don’t have a place of your own at the office—and if so, how much? The phenomenon of hot desking or desk-sharing—effectively, moving employee desks based on the activity that needs to be done that day or when that person is in the office—

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Association Success

OCTOBER 25, 2018

What does the future of conferences look like? At Tagoras, we support leaders and hands-on practitioners who want to improve the reach, revenue, and impact of their learning business. One way we provide that support is through a range of free resources, and we’re pleased to share our latest original research: The Virtual Events Report. Drawing on new data from 215 organizations, this report continues the work of three prior Tagoras reports ( Association Virtual Events 2014 , Association Virtual

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 25, 2018

Rundown Attendees: 2,100 plus. Research presentations: 500 plus. Exhibitors: 40. The 2018 joint meeting of the American Musicological Society and the Society for Music Theory begins next week in San Antonio. Attendance is expected to top 2,100. More than 2,100 professionals and grad students in musicology and music theory will head to San Antonio next week to share their latest research results, discuss the future of the discipline, and meet up with old friends and colleagues.

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