Wild Apricot

JULY 30, 2015

We’ve taken a huge leap forward in how we collect your feedback by migrating our Software Forums to the Uservoice platform. See how Uservoice will let your voice be heard!

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Aaron Wolowiec

JULY 31, 2015

Heidi Letzmann, education and programs manager, American Association of Law Libraries. Q & A with Heidi Letzmann, education and programs manager, American Association of Law Libraries. Q: If you had to choose another career path, what would it be, and why? A: My mom always tells me I missed my calling as a meteorologist since I’m endlessly fascinated by the weather.

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YourMembership

JULY 31, 2015

As I mentioned last time , Learning Management Systems, and e-Learning in general, are hot topics for many associations as they look to keep up with their members’ growing professional development needs, and the disruptive innovations and the players driving change in this dynamic market. We recently held our Monthly Thought Leadership webinar entitled 5 Must Haves for Your Association’s eLearning Efforts , with Tina Turner, from YM Learning, sharing her views on some of the advances in technolo

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Jamie Notter

JULY 29, 2015

We've all heard the mantra, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast," but is it true? What exactly is the relationship between culture and strategy? I have argued that they are two sides of the same coin and that culture should always be connected to what drives the success of the enterprise, but how integrated should the two be in terms of processes and systems?

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Wild Apricot

JULY 31, 2015

Looking for ways to increase your professional development? We have some good news! Wild Apricot is now a Certified Association Executive provider!

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YourMembership

JULY 27, 2015

It’s been a great week in Dayton, Ohio as I wrap up my time at the 2015 Ohio Association of Association Executives Annual Conference. And while there wasn’t a specific session on Learning Management Systems , I heard from a number of association executives asking questions about LMS’s and what they need do be doing for their associations regarding this technology.

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Jamie Notter

JULY 27, 2015

When we did our interviews with Millennials as part of the research for When Millennials Take Over , we were struck by how.perplexed the Millennials were with the way organizations are run. They just don't understand why they are forced to use outdated or ineffective tools, or why information is not shared across levels or across departments. They are not demanding change in some "entitled" way, as older generations often accuse them.

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Eric Lanke

JULY 27, 2015

I'm describing in a series of blog posts the different elements that make up my association's Strategy Agenda--a new term I've introduced in my organization to represent the essential work product of our Board of Directors. It is comprised of four distinct elements, each one nesting in the one that precedes it, and describes what we want to achieve and how we will measure our success in achieving it.

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Associations Now

JULY 31, 2015

Attending a large conference requires some preparation—whether packing, list-making, or picking out sessions to attend and people to meet. What’s the best way to make sure you go in prepared? It’s hard for me to believe that in a week I’ll be headed to Detroit for ASAE’s 2015 Annual Meeting & Exposition. You would think that, with this being my 10th meeting, I’d have my preparation down to a science, but I’ll be the first to admit that it can still be a bit overwhelming.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 27, 2015

We are a story driven world. We are each a story wrapped in a skin says Dr. Leonard Sweet. When we begin to share our journeys, our stories intersect. Our conferences need to create more story people. We need to transition from speakers talking at audiences and experts telling their stories. We need to move from storytelling to story sharing each passing our stories and narraphors to each other like we pass food around the table.

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Jamie Notter

JULY 30, 2015

I came across an HBR post from a few years ago that identified six components of great company cultures: Vision. Values. Practices. People. Narrative, and. Place. Um, no. That's like saying a beautiful home consists of four walls, a roof, and a door. All beautiful homes have those things, but they don't distinguish the beautiful from the ugly. Yes, how you design your workspace impacts your culture, as do the stories you tell internally and externally about who you are and what you value, but th

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Plexus Consulting

JULY 31, 2015

By Steven M. Worth, President at Plexus Consulting Group, LLC When the signers of the Uruguay Round Multilateral trade agreement emphasized the need for transparency in the way the newly created World Trade Organization (WTO) would make its decisions, it heralded an end to the back room wheeling and dealing that had categorized the organization that it would replace.

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Associations Now

JULY 28, 2015

A new study from Pew found the percent of Americans getting news through social media is continuing to increase—a trend that could prove insightful for associations. So we know the share of millennials getting their news from social media is on the rise, but according to a new Pew Research Center report , the same is true for Americans in general. The study found that the percentage of Americans for whom Twitter and Facebook serve as a news source rose from 2013 levels.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 29, 2015

Your conference doesn’t have to be the place that only offers expert lectures. It doesn’t have to only offer authorized, approved speeches. Or one-way monologues and panel dialogues. You have the opportunity to pave the way for rich, two-way, peer to peer dialogue. You can create education offerings that provide time for audience elaboration, discussion, doubts, push back and questions not just passive listening.

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Membership Marketing

JULY 29, 2015

Once again, I am pleased to share the just released 2015 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report with you. This is the seventh consecutive year that Marketing General Incorporated (MGI) has produced this research which explores the membership marketing initiatives and outcomes of 914 participating associations. The purpose of this study continues to be the development of meaningful benchmarks by which the leadership of associations can evaluate their own membership marketing strategies and tact

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SCD Group

JULY 26, 2015

That was the question facing The Ohio State University Alumni Association board during my last year as a director back in 2003. At the time, our board was in the process of replacing a CEO who had been in the role for about 30 years. How do you replace a legend. or long term CEO? Well, we started by hiring an executive search firm. And, we concluded by replacing a legend with a legend.

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Associations Now

JULY 31, 2015

Are the SAT and ACT on the way out? A record number of colleges and universities dropped standardized test score requirements in the last year, as they look for other ways to evaluate applicants. Associations have weighed in on both sides of the movement. For years, taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test or American College Testing exam—better known as the SAT and ACT—has been a rite of passage for college-bound students.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 30, 2015

Much of what we take for gospel about how to learn is wasted effort. Learning is grossly misunderstood. The most effective learning strategies are counterintuitive. We believe that attending education and listening to a presenter leads to learning. Just give me the crib sheets, the list of tips, the high level takeaways and I have it. It’s easy and I don’t have to work for it.

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Beth Kanter

JULY 31, 2015

Earlier this week, I was honored to present at the #octribe (online community tribe) meet up “ Walking Communities: Fit Fanatics Online and Off ” with Allison Leahy from Fitbit who manages fitbit online communities. The #octribe meetup was hosted at TechSoup and organized by long time colleague Susan Tenby who has supported this community of practice for ten years.

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Achieve

JULY 29, 2015

Imagine a creditor is going to take your car away from you unless you come up with $1,000 by tomorrow. You don’t have the means to pay what’s owed. How do you get the money? Do you ask someone for help? What do you say to them? You would experience a considerable sense of urgency in this situation, so you’d probably go quickly to the people closest to you and ask for help.

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Associations Now

JULY 30, 2015

Rundown Speakers: 180. Sessions: Close to 50. Exhibitors: 38. The California Resource Recovery Association’s 39th Annual Conference and Tradeshow is taking place in the “City of Angels” next week. Professionals who represent all aspects of California’s reduce-reuse-recycle-compost industry will come together to learn about current and emerging public-policy resource issues, as well as new technologies and developments in climate-change protection, water conservation, zero waste, community recycl

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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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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 28, 2015

If a problem persists for years, it is no longer a crisis. It’s a condition. Many organizations face situations built upon shoddy foundations of myth, tradition and common-sense practices. The current state of affairs has prevailed so long they are now the accepted conditions. It’s a condition of “everyone else does it that way” shadows. It yields a world of confusion and conflict, unruly minds and unraveling customer experiences.

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Beth Kanter

JULY 28, 2015

Note from Beth: At the end of the day, organizations that are committed to learning will be more effective at meeting the needs of the people they serve. Learning is the ultimate result of being “ data informed ” that is using feedback data to improve results. GlobalGiving has just launched GG Rewards , a new program rewarding nonprofits that are committed to learning and improving.

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Achieve

JULY 27, 2015

This post was originally published by. Philanthropy News Digest. on July 27, 2015. . How often does this happen? You’re at a gathering and someone asks you what you do. As soon as you say you work for a nonprofit, the next question is, “What does your nonprofit do?”. This is the point where most nonprofit professionals recite their organization’s mission statement.

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Associations Now

JULY 30, 2015

Gender identity in the doctor’s office is becoming a major healthcare issue—and with advocacy groups speaking up, it could become the next major LGBT rights fight. Groups that represent transgender people say that those in transition face a difficult road, despite laws that say health insurance companies cannot discriminate based on gender or health history. “The idea that you have insurance and you’re still being denied basic care is outrageous,” Human Rights Campaign (H

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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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