Wild Apricot
AUGUST 31, 2009
About Wild Apricot Software Wild Apricot web software helps small associations and non-profits to automate the day-to-day work: managing contact records handling membership applications and renewals collecting online donations Updating website pages tracking event registrations and sending out receipts and reminders Wild Apricot starts at just $25 a month, with no long-term contracts, no setup or processing fees.
Association Subculture
AUGUST 31, 2009
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Monday, August 31, 2009. Yep - Ferris Bueller was a righteous dude. "Oh, hes very popular Ed. The sportos, the motorheads, geeks, sluts, bloods, waistoids, dweebies, dickheads - they all adore him. They think hes a righteous dude." - Grace to Mr. Rooney. The Short of It. Welcome to the Association Subculture blog. Associations must do a better job of acknowledging and nurturing the subcultural elements that exist within them.
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Idea Architects
AUGUST 30, 2009
When people are proud, they don't stop with just good enough. When people are proud, they search for opportunities to contribute, to make a difference, to model the way. When people are proud, they manage themselves and require less oversight from leaders. When people are proud, they convey a deep conviction and a contagious enthusiasm. When people are proud, they do things because they want to, not because they have to.
Observations on Association Management
AUGUST 28, 2009
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Friday, August 28, 2009. Creativity in Volunteers and Staff. From time to time I encounter volunteers who really give association management professionals a run for their money, in terms of creativity and what they can get done with limited resources. Recently, I marveled at the accomplishments of some small groups of volunteers who had essentially no financial resources at their disposal.
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Associations Live
AUGUST 27, 2009
Has the world gotten so fast, and so overwhelming with all of the massive quantities of info and communications, that people have forgotten the common courtesies of returning a phone call or answering an email - just because it's the right thing to do? Where have our manners gone? Are they disappearing along with land-lines, fax machines, and TV antennas?
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Wild Apricot
AUGUST 31, 2009
A Wild Apricot reader left a comment on our post about how to publish your Facebook Page to Twitter, asking: “Is there an application out there to update a Facebook Fan Page’s status from Twitter?” The short answer is, yes, there are several ways you can do this. Here are three different tools that will do the job.( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Social networking Facebook Non-profit Communications Twitter application social media.
Guilt by Association
AUGUST 25, 2009
Forrester Research today released its third annual social technographics profile of online adults around the world , and there’s only one possible conclusion: Social media is now in the mainstream – at least the consumption of social media. Social technographics is Forrester’s lens through which it analyzes what people do with social media.
Idea Architects
AUGUST 26, 2009
Big-city amenities with a small town feel. Great quality of life for the price. Amazing downtown that is clean, safe, and filled with amenities. So easy to do so much. A place that moves in new directions a bit conservatively, but when it does, it almost always does so successfully. An overall B+/A- place to call home that is relatively hassle-free.
Association 20/20
AUGUST 24, 2009
Below are 5 ways to use social media to expand your organization’s sphere of engagement, interaction, particiaption and influence: . 1) Develop a comprehensive relationship-focused social media strategy driven by the mission and strategy of your association. 2) Conduct a social media audit to identify all groups and influencers within your association’s social sphere. . 3) Engage regularly in social media monitoring, utilizing keyword-based search tools built into popular social
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Executive Connections
AUGUST 21, 2009
Executive Connections. « Its Information Overload Day! | Main. | Guest blogger Anne Caputo: Vote in the SLA 2010 Board of Directors Election! » 21 August 2009. SLA Joins Alliance Calling for Investigation into Google Books Settlement. SLA has signed on to join the newly formed Open Book Alliance which seeks resolution on issues of copyright, access, anti-trust and privacy in the Google Books Settlement case.
High Context
AUGUST 26, 2009
I am presenting next month at a lunch event for the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore, right here in Salisbury MD. I will be discussing the top lessons from my new book , which the session is titled after: Online and On Mission: Practical Web Strategy for Breakthrough Results. David Gammel, an internationally known web strategist, will discuss his new book, Online and On Mission: Practical Web Strategies for Breakthrough Results.
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 28, 2009
In this month’s round-up of the most popular association links at AssociationJam.org, we're bringing you two videos, two research reports, tips on tech tools, a commentary on a controversial ad campaign — and a host of takeaways from the 2009 Annual Meeting of ASAE and The Center.( read more ). Tags: Associations Non-profit technology CSAE and ASAE nptech social media Association Jam.
Guilt by Association
AUGUST 19, 2009
With apologies to other bloggers for stealing this format idea … 1- The online annual meeting “hub ” was a fabulous experiment. I always felt connected with everything going on. There’s lots to learn from this – starting with the value of keeping it simple on the surface, and hiding the complex technology underneath. 2- Twitter was the way to stay connected.
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Idea Architects
AUGUST 15, 2009
Saturday morning found me chopping vegetables and making homemade bread. aka, "trying to use up everything in my CSA box before another one comes this week." I probably spent about 2-3 hours total cooking away, knowing full well that the farmer's market sells the very bread I was making and that I could pick up a bag of chopped frozen vegetables anytime at the grocer's.
Associations Live
AUGUST 18, 2009
According to Pear Analytics, a San Antonio based market research firm, “pointless babble” accounted for 40% of the total number of messages sampled in a recent survey. If this comes as a shock to anyone, you haven’t dabbled in Twitter as of yet. You can read the full article here on the Breitbart.Com website. Given my evangelistic nature when it comes to social media, you’d think my reaction would be to defend Twitter.
on Leadership
AUGUST 17, 2009
on Leadership … by Steven Davis, CAE. Leadership … an Ongoing Discussion. « Leadership … Continued Discussion 8/3/09. Leadership … Continued Discussion 9/9/09 » Leadership … Continued Discussion 8/17/09. In this post I want to visit a quote from Abigail Adams, in a 1780 letter from her to her son John Quincy Adams (as it appeared in the introduction to the 2003 revised edition of Warren Bennis’ On Becoming A Leader ).
Association 20/20
AUGUST 17, 2009
For those who may not know, the 2009 ASAE Annual Meeting is taking place this week in Toronto. I was on hand for half the meeting and must say both ASAE and the host city of Toronto have pulled out all of the stops this year. From volunteer leadership and networking to education and new business tools, the ASAE Annual Meeting brings together our community to experience what being an association executive is all about. .
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Wild Apricot
AUGUST 26, 2009
LazyFeed is a new RSS feed engine based on topics, not sources or individuals, that offers a new way to find information online blogs, news services, podcasts, social media updates, and so on — content from any site that publishes an RSS feed. The search tool has been in beta for the last couple of months, open to new users by invitation only while its developers gathered feedback from early users.
Executive Connections
AUGUST 12, 2009
Executive Connections. « Where Yat, Dawlin? | Main. | SLA Joins Alliance Calling for Investigation into Google Books Settlement » 12 August 2009. Its Information Overload Day! One clever company decided to name today, 12 August, Information Overload Day. It is a great idea, and a timely reminder of a workplace challenge that is growing exponentially. I am proud to be associated with an organization that represents information professionals—people whose ski
Idea Architects
AUGUST 11, 2009
For millions of people, Swiffer products have been a game-changer, offering a quick and convenient way to clean your floors on a more regular basis between deeper cleanings. I love being able to catch all the dust accumulating in just a few minutes. Every now and then we all stop and sort through the stacks of clippings, unread professional publications, notes from conferences attended and the like.
Guilt by Association
AUGUST 10, 2009
A year ago, our medical society was one of the first associations to privately license Forrester Research’s survey tool to determine the social technographics profile of our membership, physicians in Massachusetts. Review last year’s findings here. A key takeaway last year was that physicians are definitely part of the social media world.
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High Context
AUGUST 10, 2009
The single greatest requirement for developing an effective web strategy is the will and ability to set priorities in what you want to achieve. This sounds obvious, as do most pragmatic ideas. However, in my many years of working with organizations to develop web strategy, those who were ready, willing and able to set priorities for what they wanted to achieve online were the most successful.
on Leadership
AUGUST 3, 2009
on Leadership … by Steven Davis, CAE. Leadership … an Ongoing Discussion. « Leadership … Continued Discussion 7/7/09. Leadership … Continued Discussion 8/17/09 » Leadership … Continued Discussion 8/3/09. In this post I want to share several quotes from Henry Mintzberg that appeared in an “Opinion” column in the November, 2004, Harvard Business Review.
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 25, 2009
We know that it's key for non-profits to connect online activities with real-world actions, but the reverse is also true, as a door-to-door fundraising campaign reminded me last week. People need to be able to take action for your cause in a way that is comfortable and convenient for them. Limit their choices — lock your prospects in to a yes-or-no proposition — and you may miss out, not only on a one-time donation but on the chance to build an enduring donor relationship.
AE on the Verge
AUGUST 29, 2009
AE on the Verge. Association management, meetings and mania. Saturday, August 29, 2009. Interesting topic for business dinners. A topic that I found interesting at two recent business dinners (which I brought up, thus the fact it happened twice) is whats on your bucket list. Bucket list being what youd really like to do or accomplish before you die (a.k.a., "kick the bucket").
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