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AUGUST 9, 2012
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Thanks For Playing
AUGUST 9, 2012
I'm moderately active on Twitter.other than around conferences, when I am a profligate tweeter. What's that all about? I use Twitter to take my conference notes. Colleagues have, in the past, asked me to explain how I do it, and with the ASAE Annual Meeting about to kick off, it seems timely. What I do is not fancy. Tweeting my notes, laptop version: If there are outlets and wi-fi, I use TweetDeck on my laptop.
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Principled Innovation
AUGUST 7, 2012
Jeff De Cagna’s new e-book, Associations Unorthodox: Six Really Radical Shifts Toward the Future , will be available as a free download beginning this Wednesday, August 8. The e-book was produced in collaboration with DC-based branding firm, CHIEF. Jeff De Cagna serves as a senior advisor to CHIEF. Scott Johnson, co-founder of CHIEF, said ”For 35 years, I have watched associations do the same thing over and over again and expect different results.
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 10, 2012
Here are three posts that offer tips for refreshing your donor communications this summer.
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YourMembership
AUGUST 6, 2012
Membership Software Association Management Software. Home. Solutions. Associations. Nonprofits + Foundations. Chambers + EDCs. Corporate + Social. Education + Alumni. Advantages. Branding. Control. Add-On Products. Support. Pricing. Company. News + Press. Customers. Technology. Management Team. Partner Programs. Corporate Responsibility. Inside YM. Careers.
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Association Leaders
AUGUST 7, 2012
If you are like millions of Americans and billions of people around the world, you have been captivated at some point during the last ten days by the Olympics. I know I have. I have been struck by the dedication, commitment and work-ethic of these athletes. Hundreds of athletes from around the world, the best of the best at every event have descended on London to compete.
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 7, 2012
What lessons can we learn from the "bursts of Twitter activity" at the Olympics?
Aaron Wolowiec
AUGUST 7, 2012
Teacher Directed vs. Learner Directed. On Tuesday, Aug. 14, I’ll have the pleasure of presenting with leadership strategist Cynthia D’Amour at the ASAE Annual Meeting in Dallas. Our session, “ Reimagine Signature Events to Empower Self-directed Learners ” will run in the first of two learning lab time slots (9 – 10:15 a.m.) in Room D171 (in case you were still undecided about which session to attend).
Thanks For Playing
AUGUST 7, 2012
Tomorrow, I will be at the Bridge Conference , presenting on corporate fundraising with Laura Feldman , a colleague from the Children's Hospital Association. Say NO to financial support?! In association fundraising, sometimes saying no to corporate funders is as important as saying yes to new revenue. But knowing how to determine when to say no is difficult when a company is offering your organization money, free stuff or both.
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Events hold the power to create lasting impressions and meaningful connections. They are not only occasions for celebration but also valuable marketing opportunities. Event marketing has become an essential component of successful business strategies, enabling organizations to engage with their target audience and create memorable experiences. However, behind every successful event lies a well-thought-out marketing strategy.
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Portage Group
AUGUST 8, 2012
You probably already do a lot to keep a finger on the pulse of your members: You see and make a point of talking to members at association events. Perhaps you make it a habit to pick up the phone or drop in on members periodically to talk to them one-on-one. Maybe you even survey or poll them internally on their satisfaction with events, programs or new issues coming down the pipe.
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 9, 2012
Here are the results of our mini Event Reminder Survey and some resources for event promotion.
Principled Innovation
AUGUST 6, 2012
In preparation for ASAE’s Annual Meeting next week, I wanted to share some preliminary results from the Making Innovation Happen Survey we conducted during the month of June. More than 100 association CEOs from across the country responded to the survey, and there are some very important findings for our community: +Association CEOs report they value innovation both personally and professionally, and recognize the necessity of innovation to create new value for their stakeholders as their
Thanks For Playing
AUGUST 8, 2012
Google's getting into fiber? Yes, indeed. Joe Gerstandt has an outstanding post, the first in what's going to be a series, proffering a series of questions about diversity and inclusion designed to help you hack your organizational culture. Got manifesto ? (I am definitely going to get on this, ASAP.) Two of my very favorite GRs wrote a fantastic piece for the August issue of Associations Now on how to play the long game in advocacy work.
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Portage Group
AUGUST 8, 2012
'It never ceases to amaze me how easily association executives and boards dismiss the need for conducting member research, confident that they have an accurate finger on the pulse of their key stakeholders. Like many of these folks, you probably already do a lot in this area: You see and make a point of talking to members at association events. Perhaps you make it a habit to pick up the phone or drop in on members periodically to talk to them one-on-one.
Association Navigator
AUGUST 8, 2012
I can highly recommend a couple of recent business profiles. The thing that the two leaders have in common is serendipity. Random career paths fascinate me. The profile of Tito Beveridge, Founder and CEO of Fifth Generation , maker of Tito’s Handmade Vodka includes references to a half dozen job experiments before Tito decided to turn his vodka making hobby into a business.
Eric Lanke
AUGUST 6, 2012
I've mentioned previously that I'm leading another innovation effort for WSAE, something we're calling an Innovation Circle. Ours is focused on member engagement, and you can get an overview of what it is and what we're trying to achieve with it here. I've previously posted on some of the member engagement issues people in the Circle are wrestling with.
Thanks For Playing
AUGUST 6, 2012
If you're not a major data geek, you may not have heard of this yet. But Hadoop is a new data storage methodology that could basically upend the entire world of Big Data. It was created by the Goog (unsurprising) and nurtured by the open source community and Yahoo! When Google and Yahoo! are working on something together , you KNOW it's big. Hadoop allows for distributed computing around large data stores, where the data may not be in compatible formats.
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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
Jamie Notter
AUGUST 10, 2012
My friend Olivier Blanchard posted this quote on Facebook the other day: That’s a beautiful quote. And in case you’re wondering, the real application of this quote is not in you feeling superior to all those fools who revere their chains. It’s in figuring out what chains YOU revere. We often really love the things that hold us back, even if we sometimes don’t realize it or admit it.
GlowGlobally
AUGUST 7, 2012
MCI’s group learning and development director Avinash Chandarana returned to the CESSE Annual Meeting last month to share more practices on how to develop better cross cultural competencies. We caught up with Avniash in his Brussels office for this ten minute follow up interview following the CESSE Management Institute that MCI ran along with Nikki Walker and four senior consultants from Beijing, Dubai, Mumbai and Rio de Janeiro.
Idea Architects
AUGUST 8, 2012
Recently I was in a conference planning committee meeting where people were throwing out the names of possible speakers. It's a pretty standard process that I've seen occur in hundred of groups over the years. After about 20-30 minutes we had generated a rather lengthy list of people: (1) known to be good speakers, (2) with a demonstrated body of quality work, and/or (3) possessing a strong professional reputation.
Velvet Chainsaw
AUGUST 10, 2012
It’s the start of the fall conference season. Some of my trade association colleagues are making their annual journey to the trade association Mecca. Well, let’s not get too carried away with calling ASAE’s Annual Meeting and Expo Mecca. Four Tips To Make Your Conference Experience More Successful. Whether you’re attending ASAE12 or another conference, here are four smart, savvy conference tips to make your experience a success. 1.
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.
Jamie Notter
AUGUST 6, 2012
If you want to see the slides from today’s keynote for Goodwill Industries , they are embedded below. This was a fun talk because I was asked to deliver it in a “TED style” with only 20 minutes max to deliver the message. I really do love the time constraints. I have yet to do an Ignite, but I really want to. I had to boil the talk down to the basics: management is failing; social media succeeded by tapping into the more human qualities of open, trustworthy, generative, and cou
AMR Management Services
AUGUST 9, 2012
Pages. HOME. CONTRIBUTORS. AMR MANAGEMENT SERVICES. Thursday, August 9, 2012. Creating Content that Works for Your Association. Creating Content that Works for Your Association : by Becky Rasmussen. Last year, I had the opportunity to attend the first-ever Content Marketing World. Think of the best conference you have ever attended and how it left you feeling – energized, connected, inspired and excited to go back to work?
Idea Architects
AUGUST 6, 2012
I’m sure to the two of them, I was just another customer complaining about a policy over which they felt they had control. That still did not excuse the weary and somewhat icy tone of voice they used in responding to my level-headed inquiries into the logic behind the practice. Instead of trying to find some way to help me, to address something they could say yes to, they clung mightily to saying no and spouting a policy that really seems to make no sense to me.
Velvet Chainsaw
AUGUST 6, 2012
Your conference is all about the attendees’ experience. So that’s where successful and innovative conference ideas are born and raised. At the intersection of meetings logistics, programming and the attendees’ experience. Distributing cutting-edge and new information is no longer the winning formula for a successful conference experience.
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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