September, 2022

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12 Practical Ways To Engage and Retain Members in Today's World

Wild Apricot

Your association’s members go through many steps in their membership journey before signing up. This journey can be long (and often expensive) which is why associations think carefully about what steps they can take to retain the members who. membership

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Increasing Member Engagement through Technology Part 1

Association Adviser

In the fast-paced environment we live in, creating engagement among your members through technology can be one of the most beneficial endeavors for an association.After all, it’s your members who interact with your digital platforms every single day.

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4 Signs It’s Time to Streamline Your Association Tech Stack

Higher Logic

The post 4 Signs It’s Time to Streamline Your Association Tech Stack appeared first on Higher Logic. Ever have that sinking feeling you’re falling behind in using the tools necessary for effective, modern association communications that keep you competitive? .

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Aligning Your Venue Space, Content, and Experience Goals

Aaron Wolowiec

You’ve just begun digging into the planning process for your organization’s next event. The venue contract was signed months (or even years!) ago, and you’re beginning to align the existing components of your event within the contracted space grid.

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How to Fix the 10 Biggest Mistakes in Gamification

Speaker: Stephen Baer - Chief Creative Officer, ELB Learning

Whether you are looking to improve the content you have already created or are interested in trying new gamification strategies, Stephen Baer, Chief Creative Officer at The Game Agency, will share the secret sauce to make your training interactive, effective, and FUN. You won’t want to miss how to make your training stick!

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4: Five Ways NOT to Brainstorm

Spark Consulting

The 4th most popular blog post on the all-time top ten list is an unexpected entry: Five Ways NOT to Brainstorm. Written almost exactly eight years ago, it was intended to be funny and a little silly – mostly.

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28 Super Engaging Ideas for Giving Tuesday, from Campaign to Marketing

Wild Apricot

Ah, Giving Tuesday. This international day of giving is a nonprofit’s dream, but there sure is a lot of competition with other organizations! In order to make Giving Tuesday your most profitable day of the year, it’s so important to get. fundraising

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Digital Strategists, Innovators, and Drivers Build a Relevant Future

.orgSource

Remember Blockbuster? Technology eats business models for breakfast. In 2016, I wrote a post titled, “Could Membership Organizations Become a Dying Model?” This article still has a top slot in my site’s analytics. It seems the question isn’t settled.

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The Next Definition of The Board’s Duty of Foresight

Association Adviser

With the arrival of T20s Day 1000, our community enters a transitional space within which boards, their staff partners, and other contributors must determine together how they will guide their organizations through the rest of this turbulent decade.

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Breaking Down the Many Faces of Meeting Software (in VR)

Aaron Wolowiec

Pandemic accelerated the adoption of virtual tools for business communication. Now we live in a remote-first society that demands better ways of connecting online. Here we explore what Virtual Reality is, and the many forms that it comes in to help us connect with others remotely

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

This webinar with Tim Buteyn will teach you strategies for motivating learners even when training them on "boring" topics, methods to capture learner attention and bring your courses to life, and techniques that convert a course from dry and lifeless to relevant and engaging.

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Curiosity with a Purpose

Spark Consulting

As Zora Neale Hurston described it: Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose. When you’re sponsoring a research study, one of the biggest decisions you’ll have to make is what method(s) to use. What are your choices? Quantitative v. Qualitative. Primary v.

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What Your Learners Are Really Buying

WBT Systems

Seth Godin has a way of crystallizing the complexity of human behavior in one or two pithy sentences. This pronouncement of his got me thinking about how we market and sell educational products. People do not

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Giving Tuesday 2022: Everything You Need to Create a SMASH Campaign

Wild Apricot

If you want to crush your nonprofit’s annual fundraising goals, look no further than Giving Tuesday! Aside from December 31st, Giving Tuesday is the most charitable day of the year. With a simple hashtag and some marketing creativity, you can. fundraising

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9 Ways to Rethink Your Membership Dues Structure in a Post-Pandemic World?

Membersuite

The pandemic sparked a universal reset that’s changed our lives in both dramatic and subtle ways. Now, with increasing inflation, we’re still tweaking our routines and habits, especially our spending habits. People are questioning the value of memberships, even ones they’ve held for a long time.

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LIVE DEMO: Using PowerPoint to Create Compelling Presentations for Virtual Training

Speaker: Richard Goring, Director at BrightCarbon

In this webinar you will get a live demo on how to create unique, dynamic, and engaging powerpoints.

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Is Your Association Leveraging Promotional Video to Solidify Relevance?

Association Adviser

For associations wanting to engage existing members, reach new members and partners, and solidify their position as a thought leader, video can serve as a highly effective and important vehicle to share their message.

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Gardian of the Month: Ahliba Toffa

Aaron Wolowiec

Ahliba Toffa is our Gardian of the Month! Find out her favorite thing about learning something new, her go-to networking tip, the resource she can't live without and a little-known fact about her

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Quick Wins You Can Get When You Adopt Higher Logic Thrive Platform

Higher Logic

The post Quick Wins You Can Get When You Adopt Higher Logic Thrive Platform appeared first on Higher Logic. We recently announced the launch of our new product for associations – Higher Logic Thrive, the member experience platform.

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7 Ways a New LMS Benefits the Oklahoma State Medical Association’s Continuing Medical Education Program

WBT Systems

The inevitable came a lot sooner than the Oklahoma State Medical Association (OSMA) anticipated—which was the case for many associations during the pandemic. They knew their old learning management system (LMS

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enhance your professional development and lifelong learning.

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The BEST Online Payment Processing for Nonprofits: Our Top 18 Picks

Wild Apricot

The BEST Online Payment Processing for Nonprofits: Our Top 18 Picks If you want to collect donations online (and you do!), you’re going to need an online payment processor. Payment processors are a key piece of setting up your online payment. website-and-technology

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HOW TO PREPARE YOUR HOME FOR THE FALL SEASON

AMG

Although it doesn't quite feel like it yet, Fall is just around the corner. What better time to start prepping your home for the weather to come? We've gathered the most important Fall home maintenance tasks to get you and your home ready for this next season.

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Make the Most Out of Your Association’s Website: Leveraging Landing Pages and Best Practices for Marketing Success

Association Adviser

Whether your association is using association management software (AMS) for web development or not, there are plenty of challenges in managing an association website.

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How the Questions We Ask Effect Our Work

Aaron Wolowiec

Often as facilitators we create questions to get to a particular outcome, to the extent that it guides the conversation in a narrow direction.

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How to Apply the Concepts of Neuroscience to Create a Thriving Learning Culture

Speaker: Margie Meacham, Founder and Chief Freedom Officer at LearningToGo

In this webinar, Margie Meacham, CEO of Learningtogo and a neuroscience expert, will show you how to create a training program that promotes psychological safety and uses neuroscience to create a workplace culture where people flourish, connect, and perform at their best.

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How Technology’s Past and Present Will Affect Future Member Experiences

Higher Logic

The post How Technology’s Past and Present Will Affect Future Member Experiences appeared first on Higher Logic. A recent episode of the Member Engagement Show podcast featured a discussion on how technology, or the lack of it, shapes the member experiences associations provide.

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Get to Know, Practice & Implement a Product Development Cycle

WBT Systems

Associations need a strategy and process for developing new educational products, services, and events, otherwise assumptions and biases enter the picture. You shouldn’t rely solely on the opinions of your

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Creating Capital Campaign Gift Range Charts: Tips & Example

Wild Apricot

If you’re planning a major campaign for your organization, there are a few essential resources you’ll need on hand to help guide the process and give your team a clear view of its trajectory and goals. If we had to choose the very most

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Labor Day-inspired ideas to strengthen and grow your union

Aptify

Labor Day is an ideal time to reflect on ways to prepare your union for a bright future. . Read on for three ideas to help strengthen and grow your organization. The history of the labor movement in the U.S.

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Selling With Video – Your Guide to the Benefits of Video-Based Training

Speaker: Don Schmidt - WW Sales Enablement Director, Inside Sales MongoDB

The power of video is working for a growing roster of organizations, whether working with a live mentor or scaling programs with artificial intelligence. Take advantage of this exclusive webinar to learn how to use video coaching to your advantage!

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Technology 101: Revisiting Your Association’s Options and Goals

Association Adviser

Technology has come a long way in the past few decades, completely transforming the business landscape. Proper use of technological tools and services is no longer an optional route for associations.

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You Can’t Run an Obstacle Course in the Dark

PROPEL

When you look at our aggregate culture assessment data, the lowest scoring marker is Agility (average score of 3.52, compared to the overall average of 3.69). We see this a lot with clients as well.

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Why practicing data hygiene can benefit your association staff and members

Nimble AMS

According to the Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study, over half of association professionals say investing in business intelligence and data analytics is a top priority, yet only one-third would rate their organization’s data as excellent or very good.

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