Sat.Aug 31, 2013 - Fri.Sep 06, 2013

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Ideas For Managing Volunteer and Staff Transitions

Wild Apricot

'Here is a round-up of three posts that offer tips for managing volunteer and staff transitions, as well as additional resources from our Membership Knowledge Hub.

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7 Reasons to Blow Up Your Current Website Design

YourMembership

'Are you still wearing your hair the same way you did in high school? Still like the same kind of music you did when you were 16? If so, then it’s no wonder you want to keep the same website design you had in 1998. You obviously need a change but for others who have [.] ( Read more. ) The post 7 Reasons to Blow Up Your Current Website Design appeared first on YourMembership.com.

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You Might Be An Association Professional.

Association Subculture

'Just for fun today.couldn''t help myself. If you offer your husband a cup of tea and you ask him if he''d like lemon or constant contact.you might be an association professional. If you find yourself running a SWOT analysis on someone you just started dating.you might be an association professional. If you find yourself discussing the "policy" regarding borrowing the car on Friday night with your teenager.you might be an association professional.

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Five Tips to Write Better

Spark Consulting

'I write a lot. Obviously, reading this, you know about the Spark blog (which started in 2008, long before Spark was even a twinkle in my eye, as the independent association blog Thanks for Playing ). I also write whitepapers. And for other association industry publications. And I write a food blog. And I’m just kicking off my 9th consecutive season blogging about the NFL.

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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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Insight Into Multi-Chapter Relationships

Wild Apricot

'We are just compiling the findings of our Multi-Chapter Benchmarking Survey. Here is some preliminary insight and a look at our survey respondents.

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The Future of Volunteer Organizations

Association Leaders

'This blog could also be titled, “Will your Association exist in ten years”? For some time, association professionals have been struggling with a major issue: the concept of volunteering and people who volunteer (the lifeblood to every association) are changing. Associations traditionally are very structured. They are legal corporations, they are often recognized as not-for-profits by the IRS.

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Association Pros: What Do YOU Want?

Spark Consulting

'Calling all marketing, membership, and communications professionals! What do you want to learn? I’m currently a member of ASAE’s Marketing Section Council. One of our tasks is to help with the proposal process for the 2014 Marketing, Membership, and Communications Conference. That includes providing ideas for the call for presentations, and also helping select the sessions that will appear on the program from all those proposed.

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12 Resources To Help With Fall Planning

Wild Apricot

'Summer is coming to a close so it''s time for fall planning. Here are 12 resources to help get you started.

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25 meeting management resources revealed

Aaron Wolowiec

'Aaron Wolowiec facilitates an “Ask the Experts” panel during the 2013 Michigan Meetings Expo. I may not be your nerdy best friend ; however, I was pleased to have the opportunity to partner with Destination Michigan earlier this year to help facilitate the 2013 Michigan Meetings Expo. During that event, we asked both planners and suppliers alike to share with us their favorite resources (e.g., technology tools, apps, programs, websites, blogs, books and articles).

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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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Mental Rules for the Staff Retreat, Part 2

Eric Lanke

'image source Two weeks ago, in Mental Rules for the Staff Retreat , I continued writing about the process I used to create my association''s values statement, despite some misgivings about the value of values statements I''ve previously shared and still hold. The anonymous staff survey I circulated to gather feedback on the current values our organization rewarded and the kind of change that was needed if we were to be successful in the future had given me plenty of food for thought.

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What I’m Reading

Spark Consulting

'Association professionals know – or at least, we should know – that lapsed members are our best sources of growth. Jeffrey Cufaude asks: what – if anything – are you doing to bring them back ? The 10 worst reasons to redesign your website, from Hubspot. Also, heh. CMOs: are you working collaboratively with your CIO? If not, you’re missing out.

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Finding Radical Value in Core Competencies

Association Subculture

'Somebody please, tell me where the ghosts are gone, Someone hear me out. Something to be my guide. Somebody please. Hear me where the screaming shouts.I''ll be fine, I''ll be fine, I''ll be fine. Sea of Bees, Broke. (I got to see Julie (Sea of Bees) perform at TEDxSacramento and she just blew me away. This is a really pretty but haunting song. I thought of it today because sometimes I think we forget that associations are going to be fine.

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Radically Different Management is Possible

Jamie Notter

'In my keynote speeches, I’m frequently telling the audience that you don’t have to take a radical approach to the changes I’m advocating. Yes, I think we need more transparency, but that doesn’t mean you need to share everything with everybody. We just need to move in the transparency direction to get better results. Every now and then, however, I’m reminded that while it may not be required, the radical approach is certainly an option.

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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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Should membership body CEOs be practitioners?

Optimist Consulting

'You might have read last week that Alastair McCapra is to be the new CEO of the CIPR , the public relations professional body. Having looked at his experience on LinkedIn , it struck me that he is more a ‘membership expert’ than a ‘PR expert’ (although he has carried out communications in various roles). The current CEO, Jane Wilson who steps down this month, has a background in communications and had not previously worked for a membership body when she secured the role

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Making the same mistakes?

Mariner

'Have you heard about the building in London dubbed the " Walkie-Talkie " that reflects the sunlight in such a way that it has actually warped parts of a car? That the reflection makes the street so hot, you can fry an egg? That it has damaged the front of several shops, including starting a small fire on a welcome mat?

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Deploying Different Market Entry Strategies for China and Europe – Podcast Interview Part 1 with SLAS CEO Greg Dummer

GlowGlobally

'Small Associations Can Mobilize for Growth Globally Too. Different cultures, needs, market dynamics are some of the considerations that should be taken in determining how any association’s market entry should in each region. Should one hit the ground running or perform all due diligence prior to running activities on the ground? The $5M USD Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) was faced with these questions and elected to lead with two different approaches in China and E

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More CEO Wisdom

Jamie Notter

'PwC does an annual survey of CEOs. Here are some interesting quotes from their 16th edition , released earlier this year: One key point of our strategic advantage is the capability to ‘orchestrate’ the production and engineering value chain we create in partnership with other companies. That gives us the ability to scale up or scale down quickly and efficiently.

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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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Can a PR gimmick damage a professional body’s brand?

Optimist Consulting

'The perfect cheese on toast. Earlier in the summer the Royal Society of Chemistry teamed up with The British Cheese Board to launch their search for the perfect cheese on toast formula – yes really! The campaign invited the public to send in their recipes to The British Cheese Board, these would then be evaluated by RSC scientists to establish the perfect formula.

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Overwhelmed With Tracking Member Engagement? You’re Not Alone

Associations Now

'A new report on associations’ membership-metrics practices shows strong desire but low success in measuring member engagement, and not a lot of strategic guidance, either. A few hours after we published “ Membership Engagement and Spending Data, All in One Place ” last week, I got an email that made me feel both pleased and a little guilty.

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Strategic Planning and Implementation

AMR Management Services

'One way AMR assists associations is by putting support and accountability behind strategic plans and goals. Our process-orientation and structured approach allows us to break down strategic plans.

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Wendy Holliday Joins the Velvet Chainsaw Team

Velvet Chainsaw

'We’re excited to welcome Wendy Holliday, Vice President, Attendee Acquisition & Experience to the Velvet Chainsaw Consulting team! Today is her first day on the job. For the past nine years, Wendy has served as the Vice President, Marketing and Member Services for the National Association of College Stores (NACS). Her responsibilities included directing both a show and member marketing strategy, along with, sponsorship and advertising sales for Campus Market Expo (CAMEX), a Trade Show News

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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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Hard Wired for Giving and Touchscreen Toddlers: Great Info for Association Executives

SCD Group

'Both illustrations courtesy of The Wall Street Journal. Two Wall Street Journal articles last Saturday are important readings for association executives and other nonprofit professionals. Hard-wired for Giving shares recent research studies showing that the human brain is hard-wired for giving, altruism and helping others. The latest science shows that, in fact, we are also hard-wired to be generous.

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Physical Education Group Looks to Innovate Gym Class

Associations Now

'A group involved with Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! Active Schools initiative is working to get students active by revamping gym classes across the country in more engaging ways. Who needs dodgeball and tag when you can rock-climb or Zumba? The American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance, a managing organization of first lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move!

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Strategic Planning and Implementation

AMR Management Services

One way AMR assists associations is by putting support and accountability behind strategic plans and goals. Our process-orientation and structured approach allows us to break down strategic plans.

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Selfies for Good?

Beth Kanter

'No doubt you’ve taken a “ selfie ,” a self-portrait taken with your mobile phone camera and shared on Facebook or other social media channels. Although selfies have been around for years , they have gained popularity recently. In December 2012, Time magazine noted that selfie was among its the “top 10 buzzwords” of 2012 and in August 2013, the term selfie also made its debut in Oxford Dictionaries Online’s quarterly update where it is defined as “a

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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.