Spark Consulting

AUGUST 15, 2013

'From the new Spark whitepaper, The Mission Driven Volunteer , written with Peggy Hoffman: The Maryland Association of CPAs realigned all their volunteer roles along a grid where the X-axis represented high value to members and the association and the Y-axis represented alignment to strategy. Then volunteer teams used that grid to pull resources away from committees and chapters doing low priority work and refocus those resources on activities and projects that were in the high-high quadrant.

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YourMembership

AUGUST 14, 2013

'What’s your association’s mission statement? Do you know it by heart? What about your staff? Do they know it? Does it go something like “… advancing the cause and concerns of _…” or maybe something like “…promotes the industry, while providing services, technology and leadership…”? Some of you may even have mission, vision and values statements. [.] ( Read more. ) The post Mission (Statement) Critical for Associations appeared first on

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 12, 2013

'Research confirms that immediate first impressions really do have an impact on website visitors - especially Millennials.

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Aaron Wolowiec

AUGUST 14, 2013

'The bag of trail mix that served as my lunch during the closing general session of #ASAE13. It’s the closing general session at #ASAE13. I’ve somehow come down with the worst summer cold/sinus infection I’ve had in at least the last 10 years. Many of my friends seem to be sniffling and sneezing, as well. This has resulted in an unexpected morning expedition to the local CVS.

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Spark Consulting

AUGUST 12, 2013

'I’m excited to announce the third Spark white paper – The Mission Driven Volunteer – co-authored with Peggy Hoffman , CAE, President of Mariner Management. This week, I’ll be blogging about the contents of the whitepaper. The basic premise is: Associations’ current model of volunteering is broken. Standing committees value form and position over function and effectiveness.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 16, 2013

'Here are five links we’ve bookmarked on Apricot Jam this week that offer some powerful ideas and insight.

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Eric Lanke

AUGUST 12, 2013

'image source I was interviewed and my association is featured as one of the case studies in the new white paper--The Mission Driven Volunteer--from Mariner Management & Marketing and Spark Consulting. What is mission-driven volunteering? Well, according to the white paper itself. It begins with a volunteer role and philosophical approach that draw their significance from the organization''s mission rather than from a particular title or level in the committee structure.

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Spark Consulting

AUGUST 14, 2013

'From the new Spark whitepaper, The Mission Driven Volunteer , written with Peggy Hoffman: A number of research studies and innovative volunteer-supported projects…provide us with a new working definition for volunteerism: giving one’s time and talent to drive mission. This new definition draws on two intrinsic motivations to volunteer, with the focus on the outcomes of volunteering and the functions needed to drive those outcomes.

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Jamie Notter

AUGUST 12, 2013

'It’s been a few days since I left the ASAE meeting in Atlanta. I had a great time, as usual, but there has been one issue that has been bouncing around in my brain since I left. Towards the end of the meeting, I saw this tweet from association exec (and big thinker) Bob Rich: I’ll be curious to see exactly what prompted Bob to tweet this, but regardless, I felt exactly the same way.

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 14, 2013

'Are there some member loyalty lessons that associations could learn from retailers?

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Mariner

AUGUST 14, 2013

'ASAE ’s The Decision To Volunteer. provided the association world with the first ever serious research. study into association volunteering and, in doing so, struck down a. number of myths that have hampered effective volunteer management.

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Spark Consulting

AUGUST 13, 2013

'From the new Spark whitepaper, The Mission Driven Volunteer , written with Peggy Hoffman: The current model of volunteering in associations, based on standing committees, is broken, leading to: Difficulty recruiting volunteers. Do-nothing committees. Poorly attended meetings. No new ideas. Volunteer burn out. Disengaged and disheartened volunteers.

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Jamie Notter

AUGUST 13, 2013

'IBM is a leader in social business, and I like how their latest report frames the opportunities for companies who want to go in this direction. Based on their research, companies that are doing this are using social business to do three things: Create valued customer experiences. Drive workplace productivity and effectiveness, and. Accelerate innovation.

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Optimist Consulting

AUGUST 12, 2013

'Douglas Carswell MP (Image: Telegraph). It was interesting to read this article in the Independent on Friday about the dwindling membership of the Conservative Party. The story came from a Tory MP, Douglas Carswell who said he would not be surprised if membership was now “south of 100,000”. It is believed that membership under David Cameron has halved.

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Mariner

AUGUST 12, 2013

'I spend most of my work day working with the chapter volunteers in the four associations we manage. When I’m not working with my management clients, I am often. conducting training workshops for chapter and component volunteers for other national organizations. Add to this mix, that I formally accepted the chair position for ASAE’s Executive Management Section Council. where I’ll be leading a group of 25 volunteers.

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Spark Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2013

'From the new Spark whitepaper, The Mission Driven Volunteer , written with Peggy Hoffman: We know that switching to a mission driven model of volunteering isn’t easy. However, the era in which members had ample time and resources to serve on traditionally-organized committees that made all decisions slowly, deliberatively, and collaboratively is over.

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Jamie Notter

AUGUST 16, 2013

'In Monday’s post , I reflected about the ASAE Annual Meeting and how some of the sub-communities seemed to be operating in separate circles. My underlying concern in that post is that we’re eliminating a critical component in our broader community by staying separate like that: diversity. And as the following quote indicates (p. 192 in Humanize , in How to Be Generative), diversity is a huge part of innovation: To be generative, then, requires innovation, and innovation is fueled by

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Associations Now

AUGUST 15, 2013

'When you go on vacation, go on vacation. With very few exceptions, no one’s life depends on 24/7 availability. Americans are more connected than ever before, including while on vacation. But is staying tethered to email and work deadlines while taking time off a good idea? It’s the middle of August, a time when many are taking long-awaited summer vacations.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 14, 2013

'Now, more than ever, conference organizers can’t continue to play it safe! Your annual conference is part of your organization’s brand experience. Most conference hosts and organizers understand the power of experience to inspire people and drive business growth. Yet few take the time to consider, plan and design an amazing conference experience. They just patchwork conference components together and wait for great results.

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AMR Management Services

AUGUST 13, 2013

'Meredith Ward Senior Policy Analyst “Expect Surprises” is the mantra of any event planner and a phrase that rings true for the AMR Conference & Events staff. I sat down with three of the team.

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Jamie Notter

AUGUST 14, 2013

'Have you ever asked yourself that question? Or have you simply taken it all for granted? Why do we have them in our organizations? What’s their purpose? What value do they bring to the organization? Those aren’t purely rhetorical questions. I’m not implying that hierarchy and reporting relationships are altogether bad. I’m asking us all to be a little more clear about them, though.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 16, 2013

'Whether you’ve just returned from a big conference as an attendee, exhibitor, or staffer, there’s always a need for some down time to not only rest but also to digest everything you’ve learned. How do you make sure this happens? So it’s a little more than a week since I returned from ASAE’s 2013 Annual Meeting & Expo , and I can say I have pretty much recovered.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 12, 2013

'The traditional lecture, the primary education method of your conference, fails at promoting learning! Yes, it’s true. The conference lecture is only good for transmitting information. (Bligh 1970, 2000). It is not good for changing attitudes, behaviors or skills. (Bligh 1970, 2000). The Lecture Is Good For Teachers Bad For Learners. As long as your conference promotes lectures as the primary method of providing education, it will fail at changing behaviors and skills.

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Robert M Barnes

AUGUST 10, 2013

'Jamie Notter and Robert Barnes, COO of Fitness Australia, discuss how an organization’s culture can be created around social media, enabling more experimentation and refinement of management processes.

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Association Adviser

AUGUST 15, 2013

'What event tool is indispensable for you? If you attended the ASAE Annual Meeting & Expo, you’re probably still processing and reflecting on everything you experienced. Because the annual meeting is an intense event, and because many of us are introverts (for those who were not there, this was the topic of the opening keynote session), it has taken a few days to physically recover.

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