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Free Webinar: Raise More Money with Win-Win Sponsorships

Wild Apricot

'Want to know how your organization can profit from win-win sponsor partnerships? Register for our upcoming Wild Apricot Expert Webinar with Joe Waters – details here.

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Supercharge Member Loyalty & Power Community Engagement

Spark Consulting

'“Those who can, do. Those who can do more, volunteer.”. During our April 16 Higher Logic Learning Series webinar on volunteerism in honor of National Volunteer Week (#NVW2015), Peggy Hoffman and I were unable to get to all the questions in our allotted hour. So we’re hitting the rest now: How do you find out what rewards the volunteers like/want?

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Sharing is a Critical Leadership Trait

Association Leaders

'There are many traits successful leaders have. We have discussed many of them through this blog. Of course, there are some traits shared by most, if not all, successful leaders such as, honesty, focus and commitment. There are other leadership traits that we commonly think of when we think of great leaders such as communication, selflessness and humility.

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Observations from the Launch Pad

YourMembership

I’m back in the office following an amazing week in St. Petersburg for Xperience 2015 , YM’s annual customer conference (you can view a recap video on our home page ). For three days we had the opportunity to meet with over 300 association professionals focusing our discussions on YM’s vision for the industry and where we expect to take our Member Engagement Platform in the months and years ahead.

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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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4 Reasons Why You Need a Volunteer Onboarding Process

Wild Apricot

Here are highlights from our Wild Apricot Expert Webinar on Volunteer Onboarding, presented by Tobi Johnson.

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Accelerating Member Engagement

Potomac Core

Accelerating Member Engagement. According to a recent CNBC post “earnings are expected to be down by some 4 percent year over year, that is an 8-percent reduction from previous estimates.” How does this or any financial news connect to Association member engagement? What happens today influences how executives make decisions about where to invest their precious time.

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When Millennials Take Over by Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant

Eric Lanke

'Jamie and Maddie are friends of mine, so please take what I say with whatever grain of salt you think is necessary, but I really enjoyed this, their second collaborative book, especially one important feature of the way they approached their subject matter. In each of the chapters on the four capacities, we close with a section on how to build that capacity inside your organization.

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7 Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Association Website

Vanguard Tech

'Spring is in the air! It’s time to open the windows, dust every inch of our homes, clean the drapes, exhaust the stale winter indoors drudgery and usher in a fresh, clean spring experience. With all this cleaning going on, we asked our team for some suggestions on how to freshen up the spaces where we spend all our time — association websites. Here are their top tips.

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Proceed Until Apprehended

Jamie Notter

'This is the title of the last chapter in When Millennials Take Over , and it is a quote that has been attributed to Florence Nightingale. We concluded the book with this title (they are actually the very last words in the book, too) because things are moving more quickly these days, and you won''t have time to wait until someone gives you permission to make the changes that we need to stay relevant in today''s work environment.

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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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Association Chat: Associations and Globalization

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

'https://flic.kr/p/4rXRZh As the world seems to get smaller with the aid of technology, many associations have already expanded internationally or are looking to grow overseas in the future. But what makes an association a "global" organization versus a national organization with international ties? How do associations balance growth in their home countries while investing in growth internationally?

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There is No Them

Eric Lanke

'We are all marketers. We are all in membership. We are all meeting planners and facilitators. These are the skill sets that we all must possess if we are going to achieve the things we need to achieve. Turfing things to the marketing, membership, or meeting planning department is abdicating our primary responsibilities. We know who are members are, we know the value of the products we offer them, we know what we want to achieve from each meeting.

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#NVW2015 Keep the thanks coming

Mariner

'This week to mark #NVW2015 , we have enjoyed pointing out the reasons we appreciate and thank our volunteers. I also had the wonderful opportunity to present with Elizabeth Engel a webinar on volunteer appreciation for the Higher Logic Learning Series this week. You can check out the webinar here.

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How Your Association Can Use Video To Engage Members

Association Adviser

'There’s no doubt that video is a powerful communications tool. Using social media, email, digital publications and events to promote your videos will help you inform members of this wonderful benefit. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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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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Young Professionals: Just Looking for Some Friends

Associations Now

'When school’s over, we lose the regular opportunity to build connections and form friendships over shared experiences. That’s a major need that associations ought to serve for their young members. “I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone?” You might recognize those words as the final line from the 1986 movie Stand By Me (one of my favorites).

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Your Conference Renewal Begins With Wondering

Velvet Chainsaw

'Where does true conference improvement begin? The conference revitalization process is probably very different than many of your past experiences. It’s so different that we have to view it through new lenses. By taking charge of your own understanding of conference improvement and transformation, you begin a new journey. You are exploring uncharted territory.

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The Engaged Leader: A Strategy for Digital Transformation

Beth Kanter

'Technology has altered the way to connect and cultivate professional relationships and it is also transforming how leaders lead. Social media thought leader Charlene Li has published another book titled “ The Engaged Leader: A Strategy for Your Digital Transformation ” that provides organizational and business leaders with the skills and path to habit change they need to lead in a connected world.

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Make Your Exhibitor Marketing Campaign a Success

Association Adviser

'Planning your association’s exhibitor marketing is a surefire way to increase non-dues revenue because it forces your staff to carefully consider the exhibitor experience and improve upon it. The. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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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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Mobile-Friendly Design: No Longer a Nice-To-Have

Associations Now

'Google’s decision to rejigger its search engine to favor mobile-friendly sites simply codifies something that should be obvious by now. Not that it doesn’t make it any less painful for those with massive legacies to convert over. Read on for some mobile web design considerations. I’m a political junkie, and frequently when I’m looking around, I find myself on the political news site Mediaite.

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Too Many Technical Presentations Suffer From POOH!

Velvet Chainsaw

Sutro Baths: Vertical Poop by Andy Morris Your conference’s technical presentations suffer from POOH*! “Huh?” you ask. “What are you talking about?” Too often, and I mean way too often, our conferences are full of technical presentations that offer nothing more than POOH! For some reason, we falsely believe that technical presentations don’t have to follow good adult learning strategies.

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Reason One Billion Your Association Community Shouldn't Live on LinkedIn

Mizz Information

'Despite all evidence to the contrary given my lack of posts over the past months, I’m still here. And yes, I’m still obsessed with the same issues, if maybe a tiny bit less since I just spent the last year working outside the association world. But it seems like no matter how hard I try to un-obsess about certain issues, I can’t help but persist. And sorry but LinkedIn as the home for an association’s online member community?

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Seize the Power of Video

Association Adviser

'“Carpe Diem. Seize the day, boys. Make your lives extraordinary.” - John Keating, played by Robin Williams, Dead Poets Society If you and your association staff are not already thinking along the. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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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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YMCA of Austin Gets Buy-In, Results With “Big Data” Push

Associations Now

The YMCA of Austin, Texas, boosted by the tech savvy of its hometown, has learned to embrace the use of big data in its day-to-day work. The group’s CEO spoke with Associations Now about that journey. Do a quick scan of the Associations Now archives and you’ll find dozens of articles on “big data,” but few showing associations excelling at using it.

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Moore’s Law and Association Development

SCD Group

'Back in 1965, a researcher by the name of Gordon E. Moore published an article titled Cramming more components onto integrated circuits in Electronics magazine. The future of integrated electronics is the future of electronics itself. The advantages of integration will bring about a proliferation of electronics, pushing this science into many new areas.

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Nonprofits Need To Nurture the Next Generation of New Leaders

Beth Kanter

'Flickr Photo by Wesley Fryer. Note from Beth: This year I’ve been focusing more and more on leadership professional development in a networked world and finding myself working more and more with younger leaders in the nonprofit sector. Recently, I was chatting with Joan Garry , a consultant who works with current nonprofit leaders about the ways that nonprofits need to change in order to nurture the next generation of young leaders for the nonprofit sector.

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Advertising and Sponsorships Continue to Carry NDR Load

Association Adviser

'According to Association Adviser readers, advertising and sponsorships are by far the fastest growing sources of non-dues revenue (NDR). Affinity programs and charitable donations also seem to be. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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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.