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37 Free Nonprofit Webinars for August 2020

Wild Apricot

Here are all the free nonprofit webinars happening in August 2020 that the Internet has to offer.

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Introducing the Engagement Benchmark Score: A New Solution for Measuring Online Community Engagement

Higher Logic

If you’ve ever owned, led, or managed a community, you’ve asked yourself, or been asked a version of this question: “Is our level of community engagement where it needs to be?”. This is a difficult question to answer, because it depends on a lot of different factors – but measuring community engagement is vital. Communities don’t produce the business and organizational results we know they can have if people aren’t engaging and returning to them, so it’s critically important that we know where w

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Content Curation: Your Association’s Secret Weapon Against Information Overload

Spark Consulting

Did you miss the webinar Hilary Marsh (Content Company) and I gave last week on content curation and why your association needs to get on board with it to help your members and other audiences deal with information overload? You’re in luck! Thanks to our host Impexium, there’s a free recording available at the Impexium website. In the webinar, Hilary and I: Outline the problem of information overload.

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Treat it Like a Marriage: Top Tips for a Long and Happy Donor Relationship

Wild Apricot

A great donor relationship is not unlike a happy marriage. Here are some tips for keeping your donors' love alive so they keep coming back!

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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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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.31.20

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Economic outlook for associations. Please consider participating in Marketing General Inc.’s (MGI) second annual Association Economic Outlook survey. The results will help our community better understand how associations are adapting to change and preparing for the future.

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Why Your Organization Needs an LMS

CommPartners

A Learning Management System, or LMS, is software designed for online training, tracking, and reporting that supports content creation and storage for continued learning. An LMS provides your organization or association an opportunity to create a learning community on an eLearning platform. Sound like something that would benefit your membership? Knowing some advantages of an […].

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6 Tips to Attract Attendees to Your Virtual Conference

Blue Sky eLearn

When the pandemic started causing conferences to cancel at the last minute, those that quickly went virtual saw a high number of attendees. In fact, even at Blue Sky eLearn, our webinar attendance for our own educational webinars shot up. But as the months of the pandemic have worn on, we’ve started to hear the phrase “Zoom fatigue” more and more. .

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5 Strategies for Engaging Members During This Next Phase of the Pandemic Crisis

Membersuite

Members only engage if they’re interested in what you’re offering. And as the pandemic wears on, their needs and interests are changing which requires you to quickly adapt. Here are 5 strategies to help your association keep members engaged.

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How Your Nonprofit Can Succeed with Cause Marketing

Wild Apricot

Wondering how your nonprofit can use cause marketing? Here's everything you need to know about partnering with a business for mutual profit.

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2024 Association Survey Results Report

2024 Association Survey Results Report For the 10th year, association professionals across the U.S. and Canada provided a look at the inner workings of their organizations when they replied to GrowthZone’s annual survey. Read the 2024 survey results report to see how your association compares: Top Challenges Retention Rates Non-Renewal Reasons Automatic Renewals Reinstatement Strategies Member Engagement Changes & Strategies Why Members Join Non-Dues Revenue Sources Dues Increases, and more

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How to feel comfortable on camera

Association Success

Zoom meetings are a daily presence in your professional life. The chances of that changing soon are slim, especially as people start to realize virtual events and meetings are more cost-effective and time-efficient, said Dr. Laura Sicola, founder of Vocal Impact Productions and host of the podcast “Speaking to Influence.”. Once you’ve accepted that, it’s time to make sure you’ve got the tools to feel comfortable behind the computer lens.

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Don’t Let Zoom Fatigue Affect Attendance for Your Virtual Events

WBT Systems

Don’t Let Zoom Fatigue Affect Attendance for Your Virtual Events. Read more about Don’t Let Zoom Fatigue Affect Attendance for Your Virtual Events.

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The Clock Doesn't Tell the Whole Story

Idea Architects

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.10.20

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… You know what really gets under my skin and makes me crazy? The emergence of, quoting here, “a new set of moral attitudes and political commitments that tend to weaken our norms of open debate and toleration of differences in favor of ideological conformity.

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The Retention Ripple Effect: Nonprofit Staff and Donor Dynamics

Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker

Across the nonprofit sector, organizations invest heavily in donor retention efforts, yet the struggle of cultivating lasting relationships remains. While attracting new donors is crucial, the lack of repeat donors poses significant financial risks. Through a comprehensive analysis of industry data, experts argue that there is a direct correlation between donor burnout, donor retention, and the talent retention crisis.

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CASE Leverages Acumen to Identify Opportunities to Improve Retention and Recruitment

Association Analytics

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) selected Acumen as their business intelligence platform to gain more insight into members’ needs. CASE is the global non-profit association dedicated to educational advancement—alumni relations, communications, development, marketing, and advancement services—who share the goal of championing education to transform lives and society.

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Nonprofit Financial Planning: How to Create a Blueprint for Sustainability

Wild Apricot

Proper financial planning and establishing sound accounting practices for your nonprofit are key to remaining sustainable. Here's how you can get started!

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Member-Centric Engagement Webinar RESCHEDULED for September 2

Spark Consulting

Mark your calendar to join me Wednesday, September 2 (NEW DATE!) at noon for “Leading Engagement from the Outside-In” at Association Insights in Old Town Cyberspace. I’ll be discussing findings from a whitepaper I wrote with Anna Caraveli a little while ago on member-centric engagement. Key takeaways: learning a new definition of member engagement, refocusing engagement to generate real value, and placing engagement at the heart of your membership strategy.

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Is There a Need for Professionals to Become “Virtual Certified” in Your Industry?

WBT Systems

Is There a Need for Professionals to Become “Virtual Certified” in Your Industry? Read more about Is There a Need for Professionals to Become “Virtual Certified” in Your Industry?

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Virtual Meetings are an Opportunity for Change

Achurch

The pivot to virtual meetings is not a 1:1 exchange. It is something different than the “ way we have always done it.” If you were thinking of replacing some part of or make changes to your old meeting, now is an opportune time to make that transition. Approach your meeting/conference changes not as what you “have to do,” but as opportunities waiting to be realized.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.17.20

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Design thinking demystified. Are you just a tiny bit intimidated by the idea of design thinking? It’s okay, we’ve all been there. Design thinking is completely doable when you get it explained to you like WBT Systems does in their post, Design Thinking for Associations: Let’s Take It from Conceptual to Practical.

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Automating Your AP: Game-Changing Solutions Offer More Than Just Technology for Association Managers

AvidXchange: Association Management

Between managing HOA finances, maintaining properties and communicating with their association boards, management companies have a lot to juggle. Fortunately, there are cloud-based solutions that can automate the accounts payable (AP) and payment process. These solutions can create efficiencies that give you back much needed time and provide 24/7 visibility into your invoices and payments, enabling you to better meet the needs of your board members and property vendors.

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How to Run an Online Auction for Your Nonprofit

Wild Apricot

If your nonprofit has had to cancel your silent auction fundraising event due to COVID-19, you can still run a successful virtual auction online. Here's everything you need to know.

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5 Habits of Growth-Oriented Associations

We’ve identified the five defining characteristics of future-focused associations. Adopting these traits allows your organization to chart a course for long-term growth and success. Find out: Why some organizations are more adept at navigating and overcoming challenges facing all associations. The success formula for thriving associations, including a behind-the-scenes peek at some flourishing organizations.

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Volume 6 – Four Months In

Portage Group

Four Months In: How Canadian Associations are Coping During COVID 19. At the time the survey was conducted at the beginning of June, there had been a number of changes in Canadian jurisdictions related to COVID 19 since the previous survey was conducted in early May. This edition of the Pulse provides an updated look at the financial viability of associations as well as what associations are doing to engage and recruit members in our “new normal”.

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Design Thinking for Associations: Let’s Take It from Conceptual to Practical

WBT Systems

Design Thinking for Associations: Let’s Take It from Conceptual to Practical. Read more about Design Thinking for Associations: Let’s Take It from Conceptual to Practical.

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Why associations should drive innovation

Association Success

Associations connect mentors with mentees, offer professional development and continuing education courses, write rules and regulations for their industries, and innovate every chance they have. But what does it mean to truly innovate? Innovation is a word heard frequently in conversation with association professionals, but do we actually understand the importance of associations driving this innovation?

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.24.20

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Associations and the future of colleges. Jeff Cobb of Tagoras/Leading Learning asks a provocative but reasonable question: Could associations replace colleges? For many of us, the answer is a resounding “Yes.” Associations have a role to play in the training, credentialing and lifelong learning market, but few have taken advantage of those opportunities.

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How to Design a Seamless & Personalized Digital Donor Journey

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio

The average nonprofit uses five or more different software platforms to create their donor’s journey, making the experience clunky and disjointed. If you want to design a magical online giving experience for donors, making their journey as seamless as possible is key. In this webinar with expert Tim Sarrantonio, you’ll learn the fundamental steps to create an immersive and personalized online giving experience for your donors.