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Are Non-profits Seeing Results on Facebook?

Wild Apricot

How effective is Facebook for non-profits? Idealware surveyed over 500 non-profits and offers insight into their success with Facebook in their new report: Using Facebook to Meet Your Mission: Results of a Survey.( read more ).

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Writing for the Online Reader, Part 2

Reid All About it

Last week I shared tips on writing for the web , or, as I affectionately referred to all of us, writing for online monkey minds. Reading on the web is a different experience than reading the printed page. Online reading is informal, interactive and interruptive; it requires a different style of writing. In my monkey mind post I discussed writing for scanners, not readers, and the importance of headlines and formatting.

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Spaghetti Red Recipe Challenge for Joplin | KiKi L'Italien's Acronym.

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

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Want my respect? Be willing to sort the mail

Association Advocacy Chick

I started my career as an assistant to the Government Relations Director of a small association. My job was doing his grunt work: filing, faxing, sorting mail, and answering phones. I even made coffee. What I didn’t do was anything related to advocacy. No lobbying visits, no advocacy training, no coalition meetings. That job taught me to appreciate administrative tasks no matter how big or small.

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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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Free Non-profit Webinars For July 2011

Wild Apricot

Here are 20 free webinars for non-profits and membership organizations in July. This month we've found webinars on topics such as: online event marketing for nonprofits; ramping up Facebook results; your board and fundraising; and measuring social media return on engagement. So check out this round-up of July webinars.( read more ).

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Member Magazines Increasingly Moving to Digital or Web-based Offerings, But Print Retains Value

Association Adviser

June 2011 -- Did You Know? According to our latest Association Adviser eNews reader poll , nearly two in five (38.2 percent) of the 102 respondents (as of June 14) believe the next version of their member magazines will be digital only. Nearly one in four (22.5 percent) believe it will more closely resemble a microsite than a magazine per se, and less than one in six (15.7 percent) believe it will remain print only.

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Content Marketing: A Practical Approach for your Association

AMR Management Services

Pages. HOME. CONTRIBUTORS. AMR MANAGEMENT SERVICES. Wednesday, June 15, 2011. Content Marketing: A Practical Approach for your Association. A Practical Approach to Content Marketing for your Association. View more presentations from Brian Reuwee. Email This BlogThis! Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Tags: content management , content marketing. No comments: Post a Comment.

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Should You Offer a Member's Forum?

Wild Apricot

Should your organization offer a member's forum? It can provide a place for your members to virtually congregate, collaborate, discuss and share ideas and can offer your organization insight into your members' interests and needs.( read more ).

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Your Meeting Needs a Gallery

Idea Architects

I stumbled across this picture in a BizBash article about TED (yes, TED is overexposed, but deal with it) and the wall the conference created with colorful placards of all its speakers. I immediately became enamored with the possibilities it could offer for meetings and even see room for improvement. Imagine doing something similar for one of your conferences, but instead of just listing speaker names, you include one provocative statement from the speaker related to the content of their session

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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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How Well Are You Allocating Your Resources?

Association Adviser

June 2011 -- Features Learning is in even when school is out. Be committed to learning from your members and applying that knowledge to future programs. Are you allocating your resources in a way that's responsive to your current and future members? Are you telling your members what you're doing right?

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The Hourglass Blog: You Can't Lose What You Ain't Never Had

The Hourglass Blog

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Sunday, June 12, 2011. You Cant Lose What You Aint Never Had. This is the fourth and final part of my reaction to Jeff De Cagnas excellent article on business model innovation for associations in the April 2011 issue of Associations Now. In part one I talked about how the primary challenge for associations in innovating is a cultural one, and how organizational priorities need to move away from established structures and towards whatever mechanisms help the organi

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Countdown for Joplin Event (You Can Still Donate)! | KiKi L'Italien's.

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

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Toward a More Sustainable You: Alternative Belief to Consider #2

Idea Architects

Our beliefs and mental models deeply influence the choices we perceive available to us and the expectations we need to meet. In a new workshop entitled Toward a More Sustainable You , I've been offering four of the current beliefs that I believe inhibit our effectiveness and four alternative beliefs that, if adopted and implemented, could lead to a personal and professional life that is robust, yet more sustainable.

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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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Incentive Marketing Association

Association Adviser

June 2011 -- Association Spotlight This month's spotlight on communications excellence falls on the Incentive Marketing Association (IMA) , whose flagship magazine Return on Performance ™ is not only a member benefit, but a key driver of new memberships and industry best practices.

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TED Talks You Should Watch - The ARC - a blog & resource

Portage Group

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Plexus Consulting Group?: What to do About Silos?

Plexus Consulting

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Plexus Consulting Group® For health, education, workforce, finance and other non profit and public service organizations that want to leverage resources and strategically plan for U.S. or international market expansion. Monday, June 13, 2011. What to do About Silos? Virgil R. Carter. You know silos. According to Wikipedia: “A silo is a structure for storing bulk materials.

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Leadership Limerick: Letting Go

Idea Architects

Every Monday, I offer a leadership limerick, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. Searching for leadership limerick will identify previous posts. Imagine if everyone would Just do what you think that they should But on any given day It won't work that way So thinking it will does no good I know. It's frustrating when people don't do what we think they should.

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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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What New Research Tells Us About Technology and Associations

Association Adviser

June 2011 -- Features Associations and their communications staffs are at a crossroads. They need to keep up with for-profit trade publishers and upstart Web competitors, but they also must justify the additional resources needed to build, maintain and support new communications offerings for members.

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Mizz Information: Community Manager Confusion, Influence, and More

Mizz Information

Mizz Information. Monday, June 13, 2011. Community Manager Confusion, Influence, and More. Even though Im 43 years old I cant resist announcing--its my birthday today. What am I doing to celebrate? Well, today, working, but tomorrow Im taking my first trip to England. Yes, it took me 42 years on this planet to get a passport, but I finally got one and Im going to visit a friend in England.

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MASAE Mid-Year Meeting

Moving through the Association World

Last week a few colleagues and myself headed into Philadelphia for the first ever Mid-Atlantic Society of Association Executives Mid-Year Meeting. This was a quick one day event featuring 2 keynotes and 4 break outs; 2 break outs for association executives and 2 for meetings professionals. The event was great as it packed in some quality content into one day, which is convenient for those who may not have the budget or time to get away from the office for more than a day.

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AE on the Verge: Meetings: On Time Prize Drawings

AE on the Verge

AE on the Verge. Association management, meetings and mania. Sunday, June 12, 2011. Meetings: On Time Prize Drawings. Need a new way to get the class to arrive on time and to return to class promptly after a break or lunch? Try an "on time" prize drawing. At a conference this week, there were "on time" prizes drawn at the start of the day and at the announced time after the breaks.

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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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The Leadership “Advantage”

The Membership Blog

At a recent meeting of the Georgia Society of Association Executives (GSAE) I attended a break-out session on membership communications. As part of the presentation, the speaker shared the results of a survey that his firm (whose clients include hundreds of associations, chambers, and other membership-based organizations) had taken, asking those clients what they considered to be their biggest communications challenges.

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The latest thing since sliced, well, Bre.ad

Beekeeper Group

Have you seen Bre.ad? It doesn’t come in whole wheat or pumpernickel, but it does slice down your links.

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Trade Association CEO Support: Can You Push a String Without.

Trade Association CEO Blog

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.