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Everything your association needs to know about Generation Z

Nimble AMS

Is your association looking for tips to stay relevant to your younger members? If so, you’ll need to get to know Generation Z. Pew Research defines Gen Z as anyone born after 1996, meaning approximately 68 million Generation Z are living in America. Read our blog for a breakdown of Generation Z and helpful tips to attract young professionals to your association. 7 Gen Z trends your association needs to know How well do you know Generation Z?

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Why Association Leaders Need a Vision

Association Adviser

Republished from Associations Now Associations face an increasingly competitive market for members, attendees, and education. Experts recommend finding a “superpower”—and building a culture that supports it. Time was, the association value proposition was pretty simple: “We’re the only ones who care about you.” If you were a member of a profession, the association serving it […] The post Why Association Leaders Need a Vision appeared first on Association Adviser.

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Blog | 4 Tactics to Help Convert Attendees to Members | Multiview

Multiview

A goal of any association is to grow membership, as it's an integral part of the organization. Members provide a means for the association to have a voice in the industry, allow the association to represent their interests, as well as create policies and standards that help set the agenda for the entire industry. In order for an association to succeed, though, there must be conversion of everyone interested in the organization and this includes the annual conferences.

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The more you know: Salesforce Person Accounts for associations

Nimble AMS

Are you aware of the many benefi t s of Salesforce Person Accounts for your association ? If not, it’s time to discover how Person Accounts can empower your member-based organization. S ome of America’s leading businesses like New York Life, Bank of America, Voya , Philips, Target, and CVS are leveraging Person Accounts to revolutionize reporting.

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VR 101: Facts, Fiction, and Testing It Out

Speaker: John Blackmon - CTO, CAIO ELB Learning

Did you know that (VR) training is becoming more of a mainstream strategy in the eLearning Industry? This learning modality has changed dramatically over the past 2 years, and several organizations have proven it has better results than traditional eLearning - but why and is it worth it? Join John Blackmon, CTO and Chief AI Officer of ELB Learning, and creator of CenarioVR and Lectora, for an honest look at data points and common myths — including needing a camera to get started or a headset to

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Are Marketing and Membership at Opposite Poles? Take the Journey to Collaboration

.orgSource

Is your marketing team hanging out at the North Pole while the membership group chills in Antarctica? If these two drivers of engagement are a world apart, it will be challenging to deliver the seamless experience customers expect from their favorite brands. There was a time when associations didn’t think of their members as customers. We saw their loyalty as beyond commercial transactions.

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Are Your Staff Meetings a Culture Problem?

Associations Now

Meeting too often, or meeting virtually, may not be the issue. How and why you meet can reveal how decisions are made, and controlled. If you’re a leader, you’re probably spending too much time in meetings. The pandemic era may have taught associations a few things about how to keep meeting time to a minimum—we’re more alert to Zoom fatigue and concerns about wellness and productivity.

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CEO of Association Management Group Carolinas Challenges Assertion on Fed Will Cover All Deposits

AMG

CEO of Association Management Group Carolinas Challenges Assertion on Fed Will Cover All Deposits Greensboro, NC — In response to an economist making statements at a recent NC-CAI conference that the Federal Reserve has now effectively agreed to cover all deposits, Paul Mengert, the CEO of Association Management Group Carolinas, disagrees. Mengert states, “Claims that the Federal Reserve would be required to cover all deposits are possible but very questionable.

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What Do Your Members Think? 4 Tips for Meeting Expectations as a Board

Ewald Consulting

Associations are built for members, but it is you and your board who are elected to make decisions that improve the member experience. As representatives of the association, you are trusted to make decisions on behalf of members, but do you have to do it completely on your own? Here is how you can be an even better board by reaching out to your member base: Remember, you are an ambassador.

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5 Tips For Leaders To Fight Digital Burnout

The Journal by EXEC

Today, the modern knowledge worker begins their workday long before their morning coffee. By 9 am, they’d already peered into nine work-related emails, sent four replies, and accepted two meeting invites. By the time they arrive at their desk, they will have scrolled through dozens of social media posts and text messages. As many of us now work from home and are constantly glued to a screen, what’s described above is a one-way track to digital burnout: an epidemic that has plagued the post-covid

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Why Nonprofits Are Seriously Interested in eLearning Tech

The time is right for nonprofits to do more with learning tech! Nonprofit organizations seem to have accelerated their interest in eLearning tech as of late. Driving this need are several factors including reaching a remote workforce, growing demands for training, and changing regulations. The challenges nonprofits face are not dissimilar from for-profit companies, yet there are notable differences.

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Association Brain Food: 5.19.23

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Reflection. “I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.” ―William Penn Chapter events. Here’s a conundrum: How can members ever feel like part of their chapter community if they don’t attend chapter events?

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Free Leadership Training for Volunteers: A Fair Exchange for Their Time

WBT Systems

Despite what your association might be experiencing, volunteerism is strong.

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Gardian of the Month: Katie Gadulka

Aaron Wolowiec

Katie Gadulka is our Gardian of the Month! Find out something she'd like to learn more about, if she considers herself a natural networker, how she makes her industry better, that one things she can't live without and what food she would choose if she could only eat one for a week!

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Understand why Spark is the final piece to the puzzle

HighRoad Solution

You buy a mystery jigsaw puzzle with 1000 pieces. About 200 are hidden in the couch. 500 are "somewhere" in the basement. And 300 have been chewed to annihilation by your puppy. This is pretty much how it goes when associations run off of disparate data and martech stacks. All clues remain a mystery. All insights into their members, their prospects, and their futures are lost.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Association Management Group’s President, Paul Mengert, Urges Community Associations to Prioritize Directors and Officers Insurance Coverage

AMG

Community associations, including condominium and homeowner associations, should prioritize Directors and Officers (D&O) insurance coverage, according to Paul Mengert, President of Association Management Group (AMG). AMG is one of the leading community association management companies in the Carolinas. “Some mature associations have full insurance programs that do not include D&O insurance coverage,” said Mengert.

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AMS Fest: Get the Most Out of Your Experience

Delcor

As we draw closer to this year’s AMS Fest in Chicago, we wanted to share some thoughts that might help you get the most out of your AMS Fest experience. If you’re attending AMS Fest, you’ve likely been considering a change in your technology stack, and you may be wondering just what kind of system is right for you and your business needs. Specifically, you may be wondering about whether you need an association management system (AMS) or an enterprise-level customer relationship management (CRM)

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Community NOW Day 3: Education sessions motivate and prepare attendees

Ungrated

Day three of the 2023 CAI Annual Conference and Exposition: Community NOW introduced attendees to a variety of education sessions to motivate and prepare. Topics ranged from EV charging strategies, to charting a course post-Surfside, to covering your assets, and more. The three-day conference is the  premier destination for community association board managers, managers, and business partners from around the world  to come together, share ideas, and network.

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Housing Group Hosts Hackathon to Promote Tech Equity

Associations Now

The National Fair Housing Alliance’s initiative is designed to highlight flaws in mortgage lending algorithms and encourage diversity in the technology sector. To better address inequities in the backend technologies in the mortgage lending business, a leading association is hosting an event where participants will brainstorm solutions. The Tech Equity Hackathon , scheduled to take place on June 16-18 in Washington, DC, is the brainchild of the National Fair Housing Alliance, an association of c

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Report: 2023 Association Survey Results

For the 9th 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 2023 survey results report to see how your association compares: Challenges/Concerns/Worries Reinstatement Strategies Non-Dues Revenue Sources Renewal Rates, and More!

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Member Information: What You Need and How To Get It

MemberClicks

Having good data about your members is the foundation for most of the work you do. Information is how you shape your association, recruit new members and provide the members you do have with the best experience possible for your association. Not to mention set a road map for your future. In this article, we’re exploring why information about your members matters, what info you should collect, how you can use it and tips for collecting it!

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Blog | Growing Success With Member Engagement | Multiview

Multiview

Member engagement is a critical part of any association’s success, as it helps build loyalty, which in turn leads to growth. But in order to grow your association, you need to get members on board as soon as possible — and the best way to do that is through member engagement.

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Community NOW Day 2: Conference education sessions inspire, inform attendees

Ungrated

Day two of the 2023 CAI Annual Conference and Exposition: Community NOW introduced attendees to the first set of conference education sessions to inspire and inform. Topics ranged from building maintenance and collecting assessments to conflict and more. The three-day conference is the  premier destination for community association board managers, managers, and business partners from around the world  to come together, share ideas, and network.

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The Godfather’s Warning: What Does Geoffrey Hinton’s Resignation Mean About the Future of AI?

Delcor

Recently, Geoffrey Hinton—a key figure in the development of artificial intelligence (AI)—announced his resignation from Google. The news has shocked many in the technology industry and caused us to contemplate Hinton’s reasons for resignation. Hinton cited growing concerns over the future impact of AI technology as his reason for stepping back. Specifically, Hinton seems to be concerned that the technological advancements in the field of AI have accelerated more quickly than he anticipated, and

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The Battle of the Authoring Tools: A 10-Point Comparison for Picking the Right One

Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions

There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.

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Maintenance isn’t sexy

Effective Database

Maintenance isn't sexy I remember reading once long ago that one of the reasons our country's infrastructure (e.g., bridges, roads) isn't as well-maintained as it could be is because maintenance isn't "sexy." When it comes to choosing between maintaining and/or fixing the current infrastructure versus building new roads and bridges, new always wins out.

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Community NOW Day 2: Conference education sessions inspire, inform attendees

Ungrated

Day two of the 2023 CAI Annual Conference and Exposition: Community NOW introduced attendees to the first set of conference education sessions to inspire and inform. Topics ranged from building maintenance and collecting assessments to conflict and more. The three-day conference is the  premier destination for community association board managers, managers, and business partners from around the world  to come together, share ideas, and network.

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Community NOW Day 1: CAI kicks off 50th anniversary conference in Dallas

Ungrated

The 2023 CAI Annual Conference and Exposition: Community NOW is officially underway in Dallas. More than 2,000 attendees and exhibitors are gathering for three days of inspiration, education, connections, and a chance to celebrate CAI’s 50th anniversary. The three-day conference is the premier destination for community association board managers, managers, and business partners from around the world to come together, share ideas, and network.

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