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45 LinkedIn Groups for Nonprofit Professionals to Network or Find Jobs

Wild Apricot

There are hundreds of nonprofit groups on LinkedIn. Here I’ve segmented the top ones into the categories and written a few lines about each to help you decide which ones to join.

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6 basics of member re-engagement: Part 1.

YourMembership

This is the first of a two-part series from Real Magnet looking at best practices for re-engaging your association members. As an email marketer, your list of both members and prospective members is probably your most valuable asset. Likewise, the potential of shrinking your list places you in danger of losing revenue, members or donations. […].

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Should you remove negative reviews from your community?

Higher Logic

You went out to dinner and had a horrible experience. What do you do? Many people would go to a site like Yelp and post about how the food was late, cold, and over-priced. Hopefully the restaurant either sees your review and apologizes, or a future customer decides to eat somewhere else. The truth is, consumers trust peers, even if they find that advice online.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.24.17

Reid All About it

Your weekly list of free webinars and events for the association community… The next time you find yourself procrastinating, take a moment to think about the task you’re avoiding. What’s its purpose? I read recently that “ energy and inspiration come from a clarity of purpose ”—a clear understanding of why you’re doing what you’re doing. When Resistance (yes, it deserves a capital R) rises up between me and my next writing task, I go back to the purpose of the piece.

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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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Social Media for Non-Profits - Workshop slides

Wild Apricot

Here are the slides from my Mesh workshop - Social Media for Non-profits. Great opportunity? Colossal waste of time? The answer is YES. Social Media for Non-Profits Workshop View more presentations from Wild Apricot.

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Why You Should Be Measuring Community Vibrancy

Higher Logic

Charisma, drive, perception – all so-called "soft skills" essential in today’s workplace. Yet despite being widely known and valued, soft skills take a back seat to more defined skills like writing or expertise in Excel. Those are the skills employers use to grade your resume. But how far will Excel get you if you can’t get along with your coworkers or persuade your boss to try a brilliant new idea?

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Is the LMS DOA?

Blue Sky eLearn

If you’ve encountered references to the 2017 Deloitte Global Human Capital Trends report, you might think it is. Headlines like, “The LMS Market Is Quickly Losing Ground,” and “Traditional eLearning is Dead,” have prompted concerned association leaders to ask me: “Why should I invest in an LMS if the technology is dying?”.

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3 Association Radical Transformation Strategies

Potomac Core

Are persistent growth challenges and global uncertainty opening different pathways for Trade Associations? In several instances, several Association CEO’s are utilizing radical transformation strategies to increase their relevance to the members and the industries they serve. Do Association’s need Radical Transformation Strategies to remain relevant enough to keep their members engaged over the longer term?

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What Your Volunteers Need to Be Happy

Mariner

No, its not as difficult as you think! The ASAE Foundation Study on what makes a Mutually Beneficial Volunteer System illuminated a few points. (Read the full report here.) The list: effective training and orientation, accessible volunteer. positions (think a mix of short-term, micro, and focused longer gigs), readily available resources, meaningful opportunities, and feedback.

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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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Boards and Annual Conference Venues

Eric Lanke

I've had two recent experiences that have made me think critically about an association board's role in selecting venues for their association's annual conference. The first was as a volunteer board member, witnessing (and participating in) an unfocused and opinion-laden discussion about where the association in question should be taking its annual conference.

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Report: Women Underrepresented in Cybersecurity

Associations Now

A new report found women in cybersecurity continually fight obstacles to their career advancement. But organizations can help eliminate them, says the leader of a women’s IT group. Even as the tech industry grows, women continue to face significant challenges entering the cybersecurity workforce due to pay gaps, missed promotions, and discrimination.

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Most Associations Are not Solving the Problems of Long-Time Members

Smooth The Path

My husband and I spent a week inside of Grand Canyon National Park. I recall a ranger saying most visitors average an 18-minute peek over the rim and then they are off to the next site to see. While a week visit is unusual for a National Park, it is not uncommon for us. We did the same at Yellowstone, Bryce, and Volcanoes National Parks. Because of our extended stays we sometimes we make friends with the park’s rangers.

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Streaming services, HDTV and Chapters

Mariner

What do trends in streaming services and TV purchases have to do with chapters? Well maybe we should say member components rather than chapters. And the answer is provide an important lesson.

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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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Event Planning Is a Team Sport

Membersuite

Ask any event planner and they’ll tell you that planning any event, big or small, can be a stressful ordeal. It requires creativity and a knack for multitasking all of the moving parts. While the majority of the responsibility falls on the event planner, make no mistake, event planning is a team sport. And since event revenue is the lifeblood of many organizations, it’s critical that everyone gets on board.

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Autism Group Lends its Expertise to Sesame Street

Associations Now

With help from the Autism Society of America, the Sesame Street cast will welcome a new character next month: Julia, a Muppet with autism. Creating a Sesame Street character is a complex business, which is why Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit behind Sesame Street’s new autism initiative , called on the experts to help them develop a Muppet who has autism.

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Thomas Edison Can Teach Associations About Innovation

Smooth The Path

The Thomas Edison National Historical Park features Edison’s laboratory complex much like it was when he died in 1931. While it was darker and grittier than the research and development labs to come after it, his was the model for the R&D lab of today. Additionally, many of his philosophies and methods for innovation are still directly applicable.

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Tech Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace: Tips for Avoiding Collaborative Overload

Beth Kanter

I’m thrilled to be doing a session with Aisha Moore and Gina Schmeling at the NTEN NTC called “ Technology Wellness in the Nonprofit Workplace.” If you are attending the NTC, please join us. The session is designed to answer three questions: Why does collaborative technology overload lead to loss of nonprofit workplace productivity and what are the best practices to avoid it?

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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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Specific Strategies To Take Your Conference Full Frontal!

Velvet Chainsaw

You can make your conference the purple cow of all conference experiences. That is if you want to be seen as unique and different. So how do you do that? By creating conference experiences that help your participants think smarter! This means designing conference experiences that go full frontal ! Going full frontal means engaging the frontal lobe of your brain.

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Millennial Engagement: Lessons from a Successful Video Contest

Associations Now

Associations are constantly trying new tactics to engage the youngest generations entering the workforce. The Institute of Management Accountants did so with a successful video contest, which also boosted its Facebook reach by 500,000 individuals in February. Through a social media-based video contest targeted at millennials, the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) introduced thousands of individuals to the organization and its credential—and picked up some tips for engaging students and y

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Delivering Super Low-Cost Exceptional Member Experiences

Smooth The Path

In many situations, customers have very low expectations. It is amazing how many businesses don’t think about customer service. From doctor’s offices to the grocery store, to ticket takers, to Girl Scout cookie sellers, most organizations and customer facing staff are more interested in the administrative transaction than they are with interacting with the customers.

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Event Planning Is a Team Sport

Membersuite

Read about these few tips from MemberSuite customers to make event planning less stressful for your entire team.

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Measuring the ROI of Enterprise Learning for Customers, Partners, and Professionals

Prove the ROI of Learning Struggling to measure the business impact of learning initiatives? Try our three-pillar approach to show the true value of learning, backed by stories from real businesses like yours. Make 2024 the year of ROI!

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2017 Association Cyber Security Best Practices

SilkStart

Whether we like it or not, passwords are a part of our daily lives and the number of nefarious characters trying to get your data in 2017 will grow and threaten association cyber security. . Cybersecurity is a part of our daily lives, with most people creating passwords using their birthday or their pet’s name. When Google or Facebook asks you to change your password, they have good reason.

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Membership Hack: Card-Carrying Volunteer Recruiter

Associations Now

The New Jersey Society of CPAs recruits volunteers with a business card that removes the barriers to getting involved. How to hack it? The New Jersey Society of CPAs was on a mission to engage members face-to-face and recruit some volunteers at the same time. To do this, NJCPA armed its volunteer relations committee with business cards. Except these cards didn’t list job titles or contact information.

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Take Your Conference Full Frontal

Velvet Chainsaw

It’s time to take your conference full frontal! No, not a full frontal lobotomy. Nor a behind the scenes look at the private parts. It’s time to challenge and encourage your conference stakeholders to focus on engaging their brains at a higher level. It’s time to develop conference experiences that help your stakeholders think smarter. It’s time to equip your participants with the ability to conquer the complexities of their 21st Century work by going full frontal!

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FREE Webinar! Ask Me Anything

Effective Database

On Thursday, April 20, 2107, 1.3opm-2:30pm Eastern ,Teri Carden, Founder of ReviewMyAMS , and I will be hosting a FREE Ask Us Anything webinar. Got questions about data management? AMS selection and implementation? Anything at all related to data? Here’s your chance to get FREE advice from two experts in the field. Click here for more information.

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Here’s a Powerful Marketing Tool Designed for Associations

Show the Benefits of Membership to Your Toughest Prospects. Download this FREE infographic from GrowthZone AMS, Why Join an Association, and start using it as your go-to recruitment and retention marketing tool. Post it on your website. Use it in sales presentations. Or use it as inspiration to create your own version. Infographics have power. They're a quick read.