Spark Consulting

AUGUST 22, 2016

I’d like to share some sobering statistics about higher education and employment: In the United States, students graduate from college with an average debt load of nearly $29,000. Total student debt in the U.S. is $1.23 trillion and rising. 47% of college-educated workers under 25 work in jobs. that do not require a college degree. Worldwide, 73.3 million people under the age of 25 are unemployed, representing 36.7% of total global unemployment.

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Socious

AUGUST 22, 2016

At this moment, you’re staring at a screen. You’re scrolling through this article on your smartphone, or your tablet, or your laptop. An hour ago, yesterday, and last week at this same time, chances are pretty good that you were also staring at a screen, taking advantage of technology to find information or get some work done.

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Higher Logic

AUGUST 22, 2016

Predicting your community’s behavior can be hard. Many organizations find themselves guessing at member information, outreach and retention tactics. But the data is all there – in fact, you probably already have a plethora of data to help you draw conclusions about member predictors. It’s taking that data to the next level and organizing it that can seem daunting.

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Association Subculture

AUGUST 22, 2016

Dear Association Subculture Readers - I know it has been a long time since I have posted. Please forgive the communications sabbatical I took from blogging and social media (although I have been active on Facebook). I've missed you guys. I wanted to send you a quick message to let you know I'm back, but I'm shuttering the Subculture and moving my efforts to a new platform - The Association Forecast.

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Eric Lanke

AUGUST 22, 2016

My association hosted its largest conference of the year this past week. In all my years in association management--including my formative ones as the meeting planner putting events just like last week's conference together--there is still nothing quite like the high that comes at the close of a successful and well-executed conference. The speakers were top-notch.

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Beekeeper Group

AUGUST 22, 2016

The Olympics are over but your winning advocacy strategy journey is just beginning. Follow these steps and bring your campaign from an idea on the starting blocks to a gold medal finish. We’ll see you on the podium. The post Building a Winning Advocacy Strategy appeared first on Beekeeper Group.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 22, 2016

After the NBA announced it would move its All-Star Game game from Charlotte, North Carolina, because of discrimination concerns, New Orleans worked quickly to put together a bid that focused on creating a welcoming environment. Despite the challenging logistics of taking on the event with just six months of lead time, the city believes it can pull it off.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 22, 2016

The voice of the aluminum industry will now accept individuals as members. Aluminum Association executives hope the structure change will bring academics and other experts into the fold as it pushes its recruitment efforts. The Aluminum Association is extending membership to individuals for the first time as it focuses on expanding during a period of turmoil for the industry as a whole.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 22, 2016

Leaders steer the culture of their organizations, actively or not. But leading well demands an awareness of when managing becomes controlling. I didn’t attend the ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition last week in Salt Lake City, but I did my best to keep up with the conversation on leadership there via the #asae16 hashtag. While doing that, I noticed a bunch of attendees gravitating toward a particular quote presented at the session “ Strategies to Guide Your Association’s Culture ”: The culture

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Associations Now

AUGUST 22, 2016

Finding volunteers for long-term goals and short-term needs can be difficult, but it may help to consider whether you need to set up a committee or a task force. How do you engage your board members to do their best work on initiatives? For many organizations, the level of engagement boils down to the decision between setting up a committee model or a task force model.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 22, 2016

When members or conference attendees complain, put their comments in the context of your data. Also: Consider your productivity with these big questions. It’s not always fun to hear, but your work as an association lends itself to one thing: a whole boatload of complaints. Your members complain, your conference attendees complain. Heck, even your staff might complain.

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