Wild Apricot

AUGUST 30, 2010

September is a busy month for just about everyone – a new school year for many, harvest time for both fundraisers and farmers - and a whole new crop of free nonprofit webinars is here. Have a look – you’re sure to find an online learning opportunity that’s of interest to folks in your organization. As always, you’ll want to check back from time to time through the month, as late-coming webinar notices are often added in the comments section, down below.

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Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Friday, September 3, 2010. Lessons From #ASAE10. Shes so mean but I dont care. I love her eyes and her wild wild hair. Dance to the beat that we love best. Heading for the nineties. Living in the wild wild west. The wild wild west. Escape Club, Wild Wild West. The Short of It. ASAE10. Wasnt there. Lurked online. Surfed blogs.

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Association Advocacy Chick

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Earlier today, I had the esteemed honor of being a guest on Delcor Social Media’s Sweet Spot hosted by the fabulous Kiki L’Italien with the equally fabulous Maddie Grant. Sweet Spot is a live weekly half-hour webcast (longer when Maddie co-host) on Ustream that highlights the week in associations and social media. It’s a fast-paced, energetic look at the cool things your colleagues are doing that may not get a lot of attention in other circles.

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Membership Marketing

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. Whether you are an association professional or a relationship marketer, join the discussion on the Membership Marketing Blog and share your ideas and counsel. Speaking Engagements.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Blog posts and articles on Leadership and Social Media topped the active topics at AssociationJam.org last month. Events came in close behind, as association professionals were all geared up for ASAE10. Fundraising, Membership, Technology, and Volunteers were tied for third. Here are the most popular links at “AJam” in August 2010.( read more ). Tags: Associations Non-profit technology General non-profit interest nptech online community Non-profit Communications Association Jam association manag

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Association Advocacy Chick

AUGUST 31, 2010

When I started this blog last Thursday, I was not prepared for the outpouring of support that I’ve received. The feedback from the association blogging community has been tremendously helpful. I value your advice and hope to continue receiving your feedback. The fact that ASAE staff has taken the time to not only read, but also comment on the posts serves as reminder of how much they care about their members.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Friday, September 3, 2010. Those Fish Arent Dead, Theyre Just Tired. This post from David Simms of the Bridgespan Group on the Harvard Business Review Blog got me thinking. In it, Simms bemoans the state of many nonprofit Boards, describing them as "aquariums of dead fish"--unengaged and unproductive. Heres one of his key observations: What some board members tell me, when pushed, is that they tolerate things on a nonprofit board that they wouldnt stand for in the

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

At Wild Apricot, we are blessed to have a number of terrific partners who provide services for our customers. While we've designed Wild Apricot to be easy-to-use, there are still folks who need additional help with things like account setup, graphic design, and custom scripting. Lamees Abourahma of Webbright Services is one such partner, and she recently did a great post on her blog about our association member and contact database functions.

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Association Okie

AUGUST 31, 2010

I spent Friday through Tuesday of last week in Los Angeles attending the ASAE Annual Meeting & Expo. This is an event that I look forward to all year. It is my chance to immerse myself in my profession. So in review how did it go? In my opinion, it was a mixed bag. This years General Session Speakers were average at best. We started with Bill George, who focused on how bad things were in the association world today.

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Association Advocacy Chick

AUGUST 30, 2010

If you attended ASAE10 last week, it’s likely that you’re making your way back to the office today. For the first time in a long time, I purposely did not touch my work e-mail while I was out of the office. Sure, I deleted them off of my soon-to-be-discarded Blackberry (more on that in a future post), but I didn’t log onto my work’s e-mail system.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 28, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Saturday, August 28, 2010. Association Advantages for Innovation. Heres part three of the "innovation for associations" white paper Im helping to write while chairing the Innovation Task Force for the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives. As Ive described before, our overall goal is to define an evidence-based model of innovation for the association community, and weve been analyzing several case studies of innovation in the for-profit community to see if t

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High Context

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I made a short screencast of the Wall Street Journal’s website today, WSJ.com , looking at the subscription pricing model the publisher has in place. There is a great lesson here for associations about offering premium options that give new value to those who purchase it without inherently devaluing the base subscription.

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Association 20/20

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Having returned from the 2010 ASAE Annual Meeting last week, all I can say is it has been a fascinating year in the slow evolution of the social web’s impact on association business practice. I can also say there are many more miles to travel before associations secure a strong future with their audiences. Perhaps the most interesting development I’ve seen is the way some of the trendy social media hipsters are starting to lose a bit of interest, which can only mean that we may fin

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Association Okie

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Let’s play a little “Where’s Waldo” with ASAE. We know where ASAE’s Annual Meeting & Expo are scheduled for the next 7 years: St. Louis – August 6-9, 2011, Dallas – August 11-14, 2012 , Atlanta – August 3-6, 2013, Nashville – August 9-12, 2014 , Detroit – August 8-11 2015, Salt Lake – August 13-16, 2016, Toronto – August 12-15, 2017.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

AUGUST 31, 2010

Trade Association CEO Support. The role of association CEO is diverse and whether youre a volunteer or a paid staff executive director this blog is the starting line for concepts and ideas to solve your leadership challenges. The Role of Association CEO. Whether your association budget is large with many staff or your budget is small with few or no full-time staff, the responsibilities of the CEO are common and many.

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Moving through the Association World

AUGUST 31, 2010

In a few of my earlier posts I went through some of my thoughts on when an association goes through an Executive Director change. Well it looks like some more changes are coming up on the horizon. After two and a half years I will be moving on from my current post. While I am not leaving Talley Management Group , I will be moving from my current association and onto some new projects.

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