Fri.Mar 10, 2017

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.10.17

Reid All About it

How often do you find yourself doing something that’s at odds with what’s best for you? Something you do to check out and ignore what the best truest part of you would do. Maybe you’re procrastinating. Maybe you’re resisting something difficult. Maybe you’re lazy. What’s numbing you from your guidance system? That’s not my line – I heard it this morning on a podcast.

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New Survey Offers a Glimpse at Association Staffing Trends, Challenges

Associations Now

PNP Staffing Group’s “2017 Association Salaries, Staffing & Trends Report” reveals some common threads among associations, including organizational priorities and the effects of more millennials in the workplace. As associations grow in size and influence, they are also challenged with attracting and retaining qualified staffers. Those are just some of the takeaways from PNP Staffing Group’s recently released “ 2017 Association Salaries, Staffing & Trends Report ” [PDF].

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Membership Hack: A Soft-Touch Note

Associations Now

Tell Us Your Hack What’s your favorite membership hack? Tweet it to @AssociationsNow with the hashtag #MembershipHack or email tebner@asaecenter.org. Sometimes a bit of friendly outreach is all it takes to get valuable information from your members. How to hack it? At the Radio Television Digital News Association, career changes are common for members.

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Friday Buzz: Creating Organizational Resilience

Associations Now

Your organization can adapt to times of volatility from a place of strength by adopting a few key traits. Also: Google takes aim at Slack with a new workplace communication platform. The association space is rapidly changing, but an organization that is built to be resilient will be able to withstand disruptions. Association Success shares several ways your organization can develop a culture of resilience that may help you weather future upheavals.

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Ultimate Guide to Monetizing Association Member Education

Unlock More Profit and Smarter Packaging for Member Learning Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your association’s bottom line. Our research has shown a clear correlation between high program maturity (and ROI!) and choosing the right monetization strategy. This eBook contains clear, actionable ways to approach packaging and pricing models that will help your association grow revenue, improve profitability, and drive expansion into new markets.

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Knight Foundation Boosts Funding for Local Journalism in Detroit Area

Associations Now

The foundation, through its investments in the Detroit Journalism Cooperative and the Detroit Journalism Engagement Fund, will commit $1.8 million to the city’s nonprofit media outlets. Detroit is still on the comeback trail—and that includes its media outlets, too. Fortunately, a new grant could help give the city’s journalism a fresh way forward. This week, the Knight Foundation announced $1.8 million in investments in the metro area’s media infrastructure.

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Report: $100 Billion in Airport Infrastructure Spending Needed in Next Five Years

Associations Now

In a new report, Airports Council International-North America says federal funding only covers about half of the estimated annual costs of infrastructure spending. The trade group is recommending covering this gap by increasing passenger fees—a suggestion that not everyone is on board with. The airport industry wants to see some fresh investment in the infrastructure that gets travelers from one city to another.

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What Seating Arrangements Reveal About a Meeting’s Culture

Associations Now

In a recent article, two architects argue that the seating and structure of a country’s legislature reveal a lot about its culture and how decisions are made. What do seating arrangements and room setups say about your events? Think back to your school days for a minute. What were the seating arrangements in your classrooms like? For the most part, I spent my time sitting in rows, facing either the blackboard or the teacher’s desk.