Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

In this guest post Erin Palmer dispels some myths about Millennials and also offers some tips to help nonprofits engage Millennials as volunteers.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

If you've been paying attention to CEO Update , you've probably noticed that announcements of CEO retirements are increasing and, as a result, the listings of CEO openings are picking up. That means a lot of CEOs are going to be starting new positions soon. I've had the opportunity to be part of the new CEO welcome team in previous associations, and I picked up a few ideas along the way: First of all, whether you're the new CEO, part of the staff welcome team, part of the rest of the staff, or a

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Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

So, Joe Rominiecki wrote a terrific post on Acronym called Big and Niche. I think we should all read that one again and the additional posts he linked to by Maggie McGary and Joshua Paul. I've been thinking along similar lines recently especially in light of a new organization I just became aware of called the Young Entrepreneur Council. I thought this was a great post on the Personal Branding Blog about the YEC and a new partnership they are offering in conjunction with Citi called My Start Up

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

We've added an additional webinar to our schedule for September to help with your Fall event planning - Managing Events in Wild Apricot.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

I had the opportunity to head up to the wilds of Maryland for the Columbia Idea Swap this week (and thanks to Peggy Hoffman for inviting me). My Top 5 Takeaways include: Big shout-out for cross generational mentoring: younger members can help older members with technology; older members can help younger members figure out how to navigate the profession/industry.

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Principled Innovation

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

Jeff De Cagna’s latest article on business model innovation, “Designing Association Business Models for the Network Age,” is now available for download. The article appears in the August/September 2012 issue of Association Magazine, the official publication of the Canadian Society of Association Executives. Jeff will lead a three-hour workshop on this same topic at CSAE’s National Conference in Ottawa, Ontario on Thursday, November 1, 2012.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Here's an overview of a new Idealware article on Crowdsourcing - now available in our Membership Knowledge Hub.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Making a mistake is not the same as failing. Which is more important: your org chart or your organization's networks ? Want to innovate? Ask a new question. Vendors are not the enemy. Start with the most important thing. Social media, commercialization, dopamine, being creepy and why Facebook may never make the kind of money people were expecting at the IPO.

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Jamie Notter

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Here’s another bit of content from my client presentation about innovation earlier this week. Yesterday I gave you my simple definition of innovation. After the definition, I talked about three different kinds of innovation. I think it’s important that we recognize innovation is not a singular activity. As long as we keep it broad like that (“We need to do more innovation around here!

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Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

image source Not too long ago, I tweeted out a blog post from Gary Shapiro , President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association, in which he argues in favor of something that's come to be known as "American Exceptionalism." Despite a number of recent shortcomings, Shapiro seems to be saying, America is still the greatest country in the world.

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Association Navigator

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

Congratulations to the International Association of Color Manufacturers (IACM) for hosting a great conference this week in Chicago. Early September in Chicago was beautiful and IACM created a great event for color manufacturers and user companies. The Global Color Conference 2012: Food & Beverage Color in Today’s Global Market , is the latest in a series of accomplishments for IACM, the leading association of food & beverage color manufacturers and users.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

I finally got an iPad - hey, now it's a business expense, right? - and I need some app tips. I've loaded the usual social suspects - LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Hootsuite - my favorite productivity apps, the Harvard Business Review, and of course, all my Eagles apps. What else you got for me, experts, and more importantly, why?

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Jamie Notter

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

I facilitated a staff retreat for a department within a larger association yesterday, and they asked me to talk to them about innovation. So instead of borrowing a definition of innovation from one of the many innovation experts out there, I decided to invent my own definition: Innovation is change that unlocks new value. Innovation is more than just change.

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Idea Architects

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

A serving of protein should be about the size of a deck of cards. How many times have you heard this example used? When trying to help people understand a concept, we must make it real and tangible in their mind. A 4 oz. serving of protein is difficult to measure unless you have a scale. But when a serving is partnered with the image of a deck of cards, we now have a more useful comparison anchored in our mind, one that we can apply each time we go to cook or eat.

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Association Advocacy Chick

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

For those of you who have taken the Certified Association Executive (CAE) exam, you may be familiar with the 3-day course offered by ASAE called the CAE Kickoff. The kickoff, formerly known as the CAE immersion, gives attendees an overview of the 9 domains covered on the exam as well as tips for approaching and preparing for it. Last week, I had the pleasure of co-presenting with Brian Pallasch from the American Society of Civil Engineers on Domain 6: Government Relations (GR), Public Policy and

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Turns out, the best results come when we work together. Which means the interface is critical to the overall capacity of the system. (Which is probably good news for Apple.).

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Have you ever received the elbow nudge during a workshop or conference? If you’re like me, you’ve even given a few to colleagues and friends. The Ubiquitous Elbow Nudge. The elbow nudge occurs when a peer decides to emphasize something a presenter said. Suddenly you feel an elbow in your rib cage as your contemporary wants to draw your attention to the information being presented.

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Idea Architects

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

As a group works through the stages of development , we know that at some point conflict is going to emerge. Effective facilitation can greatly enhance a group's ability to respectfully work through perceived disagreements and reach an agreeable resolution. Here are a few fundamentals to remember if you are facilitating a group when conflict begins to emerge.

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Mizz Information

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

So you know from my last post about the troubles I've been having with Verizon internet for months. For months, I have dealt with the internet in my house dropping throughout each day. Inconvenient and not ok since I work from home part of the time. My husband and I have spent hours and hours troubleshooting the issue, on the phone, waiting for service calls, setting up a new router, corresponding with Verizon.

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Vanguard Tech

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

This guest post is by Alicia Leonard, Vanguard’s Online Community Specialist, who we recently drafted to migrate a few client websites. Since this was the first time she had ever used the Sitefinity Content Management System (CMS), we asked her to write about her impressions as a new user and former association manager. In today’s day and age, you’re nobody without a website.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

10, 11, 12, 13… I found myself counting the ceiling tiles. It was the only thing I could do to keep myself awake because I was so bored. I didn’t want to become one of the conference walking dead infected with the boredom virus. I had to force myself to pay attention. But it wasn’t working. Creating Zombie Attendees. I looked around the room and saw that dead-zombie look on the majority of faces.

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SCD Group

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Pages. Home. About. Contact. Causeaholic. AMR Management Services. Stronger by Association. Wednesday, September 12, 2012. 10 Reasons Why Content Marketing Benefits Associations. Done strategically, content marketing attracts members to your association. Experiencing the Content Marketing World Conference for the second year reinforced my belief that associations need to reinvent themselves -- and market themselves -- as content-rich organizations.

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Mizz Information

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

I have Verizon internet (and TV, and phone) at home. For the past six months or more, we've been having issues with the internet dropping.but only intermittently. Every day, for part of the day, it works--but every day, for parts of the day, it doesn't. Annoying, especially when you're trying to work and your kids are trying to do homework, no? A few months ago, after realizing the issue wasn't going to spontaneously fix itself, I got my husband to call Verizon to schedule a service call.

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