Wild Apricot
MAY 1, 2017
When it comes to fundraising, every extra hand helps, so what do you do when a board member isn’t cooperative? Fundraising expert, Amy Eisenstein shares her experience and the one simple thing that will get every board member to help out.
YourMembership
MAY 4, 2017
This is the second of a two-part series from Real Magnet looking at best practices for re-engaging your association members. For a refresher, read part 1 here. In March, we shared the first three basic best practices for re-engaging your association members. Now, here’s the other three. Remember, as an email marketer, your list of […].
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Higher Logic
MAY 2, 2017
Raise your hand if you were ever part of little league or played a high school sport. Or maybe you did Model UN or debate club? Whether it was sports teams or other team-oriented extracurriculars, many of us spent a good chunk of our adolescence learning how to function on a team.As we all learned, teamwork doesn’t end after school. No matter what you do professionally, almost everyone needs to work in a team at some point.
Reid All About it
MAY 5, 2017
Your weekly list of free webinars and events for the association community… “I’ll do that but not right now.”. How many times do you say that? What usually happens? Right, you never do it. You don’t schedule it. You don’t make time. You forget. Months go by…. I finally got around to doing it, in my case, donating to The Meetings Industry Fund.
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Mariner
MAY 2, 2017
Most of us know how much our chapters cost (staff support, rebates/grants, training programs, tech platforms, etc.), but few seem to have a good handle on the actual return on that investment. To help us develop a rational model by which associations might assess the financial value generated by chapters, we’ve launched the Chapter ROI Project and we’re inviting association execs to contribute to a Chapter ROI Valuation Matrix.
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Eric Lanke
MAY 1, 2017
Kudos to Amanda Kaiser at the Smooth the Path blog for recently voicing typically heretical thoughts in the association community. In a post titled Commonly Used Association Goals Doomed to Failure , she says: Often we set goals for ourselves that are likely to fail. Failing demoralizes the team and makes us more risk adverse. Over time we become caught in a downward spiral.
Association Adviser
MAY 2, 2017
Heather Carnes, Naylor Association Solutions. It’s been talked about before, but we’re going to take a refresher on one of the most important components of your personal and professional branding: The dreaded headshot. I’m sure we can all agree that most of us don’t like taking pictures of ourselves unless they include our favorite destination, are shot with our favorite people, or contain some other significant thing that takes the focus off ourselves.
Smooth The Path
APRIL 30, 2017
Member value is complex, and members are evaluating whether they are getting value from the association all the time. But the value of their benefits is not the only element they are considering. Member value is all of these elements and more. Customer service – how easy and quick is it to contact someone who has the answer I need? The quality of their relationships – are other members like me?
Aptify
MAY 1, 2017
Selection is over and your decision is made. Is it time for a breather? No, not yet. It’s time to make sure your organization is prepared for the four biggest challenges in the software migration process.
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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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Associations Now
MAY 3, 2017
What do you know about your lapsed members? They may be gone, but they shouldn’t be forgotten. Some associations are taking time to analyze and develop strategies to bring members they’ve lost back into the fold. Last week, we talked about engaging new members with meaningful experiences. This week, we’re focusing on the opposite end of the spectrum—members who have left your association.
Idea Architects
MAY 2, 2017
So you can guarantee we will have a strategic plan completed at the end of the session? I paused momentarily, looking at both of them and thinking about the question. I was trying to recall how I might have answered it much earlier in my career. 20+ years of facilitating had taught me the only truthful reply was this: “No. Regretfully, I cannot.” Much as one expects to hear “fine” when asking others how they are doing, I don’t think my actual response initially registered with them as they nodde
Smooth The Path
MAY 4, 2017
Nearly 70% of association leaders worry they are not leading innovation well at their associations (this comes from a recent survey of 1,000 association executives in Australia, and the results are likely to be very similar in the US). Member needs continue to evolve but once an association has found the set of offerings that work it is hard to continue to evolve too.
Aptify
MAY 3, 2017
Your Playbook to Getting Started with a New System. The implementation phase is that difficult time where a lot of work has to happen before you can reap the rewards of your new system. There are long hours, conflicting ideas, and various obstacles along the way. The excitement from the selection process starts to wane and you’re faced with new processes, new procedures, and new things to learn.
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Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’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.
Velvet Chainsaw
MAY 3, 2017
Most conferences are stuck in a rut! The experience has not changed in three, five and even ten years. They are predictable and often commoditized. So how do you create a conference experience that is not like all the others? Start by considering one or more of these conference big ideas. They are the conference planning road less traveled that harvests success!
Associations Now
MAY 5, 2017
To get members coming back year after year for its annual advocacy day, SHAPE America awards long-time attendees and offers scholarship incentives. How to hack it? SHAPE America’s roughly 15,000 members, mostly physical education and health teachers, are often strapped for time and resources. So it can be difficult to get members to attend its annual advocacy day—Speak Out!
Smooth The Path
MAY 2, 2017
Professionals tell each other half truths all the time. “I’m busy” can be a cover for, “revenues are down, but we have been working hard,” or, “we are working hard but not making much headway.” Half truths are told to prospective members when we show only the best of the organization. But more dangerous is when we tell half truths to interviewees, or to each other while we are making critical decisions, or to managers who are counting on a particular out
Association Success
MAY 2, 2017
Your courage and curiosity could earn you a free place at a conference in Canada this summer! I wanted to share an exciting opportunity surrounding the Engaging Associations Forum conference, which will be held in Ottawa, Ontario July 19 th -21 st. (To read more about the conference, click here ). EAF is looking for two courageous association exec volunteers- one from a trade association and another from a professional association – to be on stage in the ‘heart seat’ (because a ‘hot seat’ sounds
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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
Aptify
MAY 5, 2017
The internet makes it incredibly easy to learn new skills and to expand our knowledge in whatever area that interests us. Sites such as SkillShare, Udemy, and Craftsy are proving to be valuable sites that allow people to be lifelong learners. From learning how to be a stronger writer, to teaching yourself how to knit, to even finding out how to make the perfect thin-crust pizza, and then learning the best angles to take a food picture to share on Instagram (yes, such a class exists!
Associations Now
MAY 1, 2017
The Future of Associations author Omer Soker sees a lot of discomfort with innovation. But clear benchmarks and personal support can help get staffs to where they need to be. Associations behave differently depending on where they are in the world. But often the struggles association leaders face are the same, especially when it comes to being a change agent.
Membersuite
MAY 5, 2017
Nowadays, data is the answer for almost everything. It can tell you all about your members , give you insight into your marketing initiatives, and prep you for a board meeting. But have you ever looked at data around your staff?
Association Success
MAY 4, 2017
Lights, Camera, Legitimacy! Whether we are judging books by their covers, preparing ourselves for potential romantic encounters, or searching for the most appropriate outfit for an interview, we know that how we present ourselves can leave a lasting impression. How we appear to the world is a powerful way of demonstrating to others how we want to be understood.
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.
SilkStart
MAY 2, 2017
Save time and sanity with Calendly. What’s worse than back and forth emails trying to find a time for a call/meeting? Not a whole lot. At SilkStart we started using Calendly to try and reduce the time and effort spent finding a mutually agreeable “time”. The results were staggering. We quickly learned that the majority of e-mails with clients, especially prospective ones, have the central purpose of finding a time to actually connect.
Associations Now
MAY 1, 2017
Some of the world’s most prominent wine-making regions are reeling because of the cold. Groups representing those vineyards are working to assist and assess the damage. The wine industry isn’t having an easy go of it these days, and a lot of the problem comes down to the cold weather sweeping through Europe. Last week, the weather in many legendary wine-making regions in both France and Italy led to significant frost concerns, putting vineyard owners in the position of taking dramati
Velvet Chainsaw
MAY 4, 2017
Do you remember this Sesame Street song? One of these things is not like the other. Which of these things just doesn’t belong? This list of conference big ideas just doesn’t belong to the traditional, average conference planning process. These ideas are not for the faint-hearted. Nor are they for the meeting professional looking for the next trendy trend to implement.
Association Success
MAY 4, 2017
Lights, Camera, Legitimacy! Whether we are judging books by their covers, preparing ourselves for potential romantic encounters, or searching for the most appropriate outfit for an interview, we know that how we present ourselves can leave a lasting impression. How we appear to the world is a powerful way of demonstrating to others how we want to be understood.
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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