Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 13, 2010

If your nonprofit is a small "one-person shop" - you're doing it all, alone - then social media can be your best friend. That's why Pamela Grow has organized #smNPchat, a weekly Twitter chat designed to help small nonprofits with fundraising and marketing questions.( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest Fundraising nptech Marketing Social networking Non-profit Communications Twitter crowdsourcing chat social media non-profit nonprofit.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 14, 2010

Tomorrow I’m spending the morning at TEDx Raleigh , an independently organized TED event. TED’s annual conferences in California and Oxford UK are “riveting talks by remarkable people” with “ideas worth spreading.” TEDx Raleigh runs all day but I’m leaving at lunch to go camping at the beach – unfortunate timing but it’s no fun to set up camp in the dark.

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Idea Architects

OCTOBER 14, 2010

I'm a pretty patient guy, but I have finally reached my breaking point after experiencing all of the following basic meeting planner blunders at one or more conferences during the past 10 months: Name badges you can't read unless you bury your head in the participant's breasts. The "sugar-only" afternoon break buffet of cookies the size of your head.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 12, 2010

October 2010 2 -- Leadership This month’s Corner Office profile falls on Tom Hood, CPA, executive director of Towson, Md.-based Maryland Association of Certified Public Accountants (MACPA) , a leader in social media best practices for financial professionals.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 9, 2010

This is a guest post by Trish Hudson, MPsSc. Trish is the president of the Melos Institute, an international think tank dedicated to finding new ways for associations to deliver more meaningful experiences for their members. Visit them at www.melosinstitute.org. Our beliefs about volunteerism are formed early in our professional careers. Someone teaches us “how it is.

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Idea Architects

OCTOBER 15, 2010

"The amount of output per unit of input." That's one common definition of productivity. But for meetings the sheer amount of output may be a useful, but insufficient definition of success. If you produces pages and pages of flipcharted ideas, but most of them are unusable, that probably wouldn't be considered a success. So here are a few common sense facilitation tips for increasing both the quantity and the quality of the input (people's insights and opinions) and outputs (ideas generated and d

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 12, 2010

October 2010 2 -- Features Straight talk on social media, member satisfaction, virtual events, Web 3.0 and more. First in a series.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 15, 2010

What’s keeping your organization from doing the very best work possible? Barriers, roadblocks, obstacles – if your nonprofit is like most, you probably have quite a list of “challenges” to overcome! Banish all those “stopping words” from your conversation, says Hildy Gottlieb , nonprofit consultant and author of The Pollyanna Principles: Reinventing “Nonprofit Organizations” to Create the Future of Our World : When we look at these as just empty conditions – they’re not good, they’re not bad, th

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 9, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Saturday, October 9, 2010. The "Well, duh" Generation. Ive been following the Harvard Business Review blog now for as long as Ive been blogging at Hourglass. I find it informative and insightful. I dont read every post (they have a lot of bloggers over there), but have developed the habit of following certain ones that I find especially relevant to my world and, dare I say it, inspiring.

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ChatterBachs

OCTOBER 12, 2010

I had the pleasure of speaking recently with Christina Dorobek, University Specialist, with SCVNGR. If you have not heard of it, SCVNGR is a part mobile/social game. As compared with ‘check-in’ apps or location-based services (LBS) like Facebook Places, Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp, etc., SCVNGR also involves challenges. Challenges could be everything from simply checking in at a specific location on campus to answering a campus trivia question, taking a photo of a favorite study spo

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 12, 2010

October 2010 2 -- Best of the Web The Association Adviser eNewsletter staff rounds up some of the most thought-provoking posts on the social Web this month.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Licorize.com is a new web-based bookmarking service that collects all your bookmarks into a project-based to-do list so you can actually "get links done" – alone or in collaboration – and nonprofits may request a free Premium account.( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology nptech collaboration project management application productivity management web-based software.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Friday, October 15, 2010. Dont Forget the Baby Boomers. Not too long ago a friend sent me a link to this article about "Why Marketers Cant Afford to Ignore Baby Boomers." In a culture that endlessly focuses on youth, the article warns marketers not to overlook a group that has tremendous buying power: the 78 million Baby Boomers in the U.S. today.

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Associations Live

OCTOBER 15, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Friday, October 15, 2010. Fall in Minnesota. The Perfect Time of Year. Drove up a day early to Chase on the Lake in Walker, MN. I wanted to check out the bike ride trail. (Optional activity on Sunday) I did. The Paul Bunyon and Heartland trails are spectacular.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 12, 2010

October 2010 2 -- Advocacy Learn how charitable efforts can fit into your organization’s mission, vision and member value proposition.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 14, 2010

by Chief Apricot Fall is an interesting time. I love beautiful colors on the trees, crisp and sunny days - but hate those days when it's all bleak, foggy and rainy! All in all, I think it's great to have changing seasons like we have here in Toronto and while I sometimes get envious of people living in places like Singapore or California, I would not want to trade places with them!

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High Context

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Deirdre Reid wrote a post this week about dealing with a dearth of young leaders in associations. I’m going to take a good crack at the idea we have to increase the percentage of young people in our organizations and I wanted to give Deirdre credit for kicking off this idea when I read her post. By 2050 over 25% of the population in the U.S. will be 60 years or older according to government projections. 1 in 4!

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Associations Live

OCTOBER 11, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Monday, October 11, 2010. Crisis and Communication. As our largest program of the year approaches, I have been spending time working on our Emergency Operations and Communications Plan. Whenever we bring large groups of our members together for an event, we coordinate with the hotels, vendors, security staff and local convention and visitors bureaus to be sure that we have a plan in place should the

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 12, 2010

October 2010 2 -- Technology Learn the pros and cons of the two primary web traffic analytics tools, and a reminder on why you should care.

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Moving through the Association World

OCTOBER 11, 2010

In one of my last posts, Starting A New Position , I spoke about my new position with the American Institute of Constructors. Well it has been a fast few weeks as I have been working to get up to speed on a number of items as well as helping to put together a report to present to the Board at the annual Mid-Year Meeting. I think this works out to be a good time to share some insight on what I did with my portion of the report.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 15, 2010

I’m live blogging from TEDx Raleigh this morning. I’ll be posting notes as each speaker finishes. I’ve never done this before and will probably get distracted, so bear with me. TEDx Raleigh is an independently organized TED-like event. TED’s annual conferences in California and Oxford UK are described as “riveting talks by remarkable people” and “ideas worth spreading.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Wednesday, October 13, 2010. Generations, Leadership, and Default Modes. Erics last post about the Generation X approach to leadership has me thinking. It makes sense to me that generations will view the idea of "leadership" differently, and the point Eric raised--is it okay for a leader to be unsure or admit he or she is wrong--is a good one.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 12, 2010

October 2010 2 -- Features Have the courage to get the answers you need to hear. Benchmarking can help.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 12, 2010

October 2010 2 -- Networking & Opinion Visit Naylor online and at this month's industry gatherings.

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