Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
'This week’s link round-up is all about showing some love to your donors. The posts look into what we can learn from a pop star, tips on donor retention and some Valentine''s Day themed gratitude.
Spark Consulting
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
'You have TWO upcoming opportunities to join me and Peggy Hoffman to explore a new model that allows associations and our volunteers to focus our limited resources, measuring everything we do by how well it supports and contributes to the mission of our organizations. Option one: In-person at ASAE. Peggy and I are presenting for ASAE’s new Marquee Management Series, Tuesday, February 17, from 1-3 pm.
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Mariner
JANUARY 31, 2015
'Join a group of volunteer evangelists as we explore new solutions for association volunteering on an Association Trends. webinar series. Tom Hood, CEO, Maryland Association of CPAs , Debra BenAvram, CEO, A.S.P.E.N. , Rick Grimm, CEO for NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement , and Laura Garrison-Brook, President & CEO, Engaging Communities Consulting provide a look at 5 association case studies ranging from total governance overhaul to ad-hoc volunteering to a simple board training make-ove
Aaron Wolowiec
FEBRUARY 1, 2015
'Samantha Whitehorne, deputy editor for Associations Now. Q & A with Samantha Whitehorne, Deputy Editor, Associations Now. Q: If you were a superhero, what would your name be, and why? A: Sassy Samantha. Of course, I’d only use my sass for good. And I would have the ability to fly, because it would be awesome, plus I’d like to wear a cape.
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Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
'Our latest 1-On-1 interview was with Jim Carney, the immediate past president of The Rhode Island Academy of Physician Assistants. Jim shares insight on how their new website and member-only events has helped them build membership.
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Mariner
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
'Wow! The first month of 2015 certainly got by us quick. Or should I say … the first month of our 14th year has flown by! That’s right. Mariner is celebrating 13 years of growth and success, moving from our humble roots as a professional association management company begun in 2002 to becoming national (and international) recognized experts on association management, volunteer engagement, and leadership development.
Aaron Wolowiec
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
'The last time I booked a weeklong family vacation, I was shocked at the prices of hotel rooms. We weren’t looking for anything fancy, but those prices sure did crimp our style. And we’re not the only family of five suffering from hotel sticker shock. According to a new report by STR Inc. , a hospitality research firm, hotel rates in 2014 were the highest they’ve ever been, with an average of $115 per night – that’s a 4.6 percent climb.
Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
'Are you speaking to a room of empty chairs? In this post we''ve compiled 3 key insights from our Small Membership Advisory Community session on Events.
Jamie Notter
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
'BIG NEWS to announce! In conjunction with Good.co , Maddie Grant and I will be hosting a new #culturechat Twitter chat every other Thursday at 1 pm EST starting this Thursday, February 5th. Mark your calendars!! Our first #culturechat will be about GENERATIONS AND CULTURE – a topic you know is very close to our hearts. Will you join us to talk about such things as generational dynamics, how to retain and/or attract the best talent from different generations, and how to deal with internal con
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Virtual
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
'You’re right, that title seems really counterintuitive. Let’s be honest, it’s really never a good idea to frustrate your members. Ever. But a recent experience on my home front brought that concept to mind. Let me explain. One recent morning – on a school and work day nonetheless! – our internet service at the house stopped. With a big family and oodles of connected devices, that’s always a pretty bad scenario.
GlowGlobally
JANUARY 31, 2015
'For many years, MCI has been active globally among corporations, governments, university and non-profit sectors to develop, implement and promote sustainability strategies for meeting industry destination and service suppliers as well as corporate and association executives seeking to reduce the negative impact of their meetings. Guy Bigwood, leads MCI’s Sustainability Services group which has produced a number of global chief executive events on sustainability to help to accelerate sust
Portage Group
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
Have you ever wondered what each of your association's members was really thinking? Meet Jane, the association executive who was able to better target member segments at both a strategic and operational level by streamlining and making better use of big data and other member information.
Eric Lanke
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
'One of my association''s newest employees recently passed her 3-month anniversary with our organization. As in many other organizations, we traditionally use this milestone as an opportunity to assess performance and give feedback. This time, however, given our recent focus on living the core values we have identified for our organization, I decided to also use this as an opportunity to reinforce the role these values are intended to play in our success.
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Association Adviser
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
'More about the importance of knowing your association members and your industry in depth. The post Joint Surveys and the Importance of Knowing Your Industry appeared first on Association Adviser -. For more about this topic, click on the headline. Marketing & Communications Membership association research industry research marketing research member research member surveys.
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
'Interested in expanding leadership development opportunities within your organization? A new survey of HR professionals demonstrates why you need the support of the C-suite to make it happen. A recent Associations Now article on leadership development programs posited that leaders are made, not born. Hardly anyone is naturally equipped to be a good leader, said Scott Brunner, CAE, executive vice president of the Georgia Pharmacy Association and architect of several leadership development progra
Velvet Chainsaw
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
'So go downtown. Things will be great when you’re downtown. No finer place for sure, downtown. Everything’s waiting for you * * Downtown as sung by Petula Clark. Take A Mental Stroll It’s time to take a nostalgic journey downtown on Conference Street. Visualize yourself walking down a traditional city lane. Both sides are lined with the usual buildings.
SCD Group
FEBRUARY 1, 2015
'Today is Groundhog Day. You know, if the groundhog sees its shadow, we’re supposed to have six more weeks of winter weather. But, for this blog, I’m thinking of the 1993 movie Groundhog Day. the one where Phil Connors (played by Bill Murray) ends up in a time loop, living the same day over and over again. Groundhog Day doesn’t just affect associations, corporations face the same issues.
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Beth Kanter
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
'The first Nonprofit Blog Carnival of 2015 is on the theme is personal productivity. If you’re like most nonprofit folks, you’ve probably made a few New Year’s resolutions, including being more effective at your job. But maintaining productivity, especially online, can be challenging. We are living and working in a world that is connected and where sacred space and deep thinking, essential ingredients to online personal productivity and well-being, is almost becoming extinct.
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
'Are you a marketer? If so, you’ve probably seen your job function evolve over the last several years, and the field is only going to continue to shift. A survey of almost 500 marketing executives reveals some of the potential changes on the horizon. The jobs of marketers are changing faster than ever, according to a survey of nearly 500 chief marketing officers and senior marketing executives around the world.
Achieve
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
This blog was originally published on. Philantopic. on January 31, 2015. When I was leading fundraising efforts at a national nonprofit, the focus of everything I did was the individual donor. From coming up with new ways to get donors to give to creating messaging that resonated with their interests, I spent pretty much every minute of every day thinking about how I could gain donors’ trust and confidence and persuade them to support our organization.
SCD Group
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
'As an association executive, I’m used to organizing and staffing association membership meetings. So, it is always a learning experience when I participate in an annual meeting of members as a member not a staff professional. This happened last week when our “residents alliance” held its annual membership meeting. We have about 950 members and no staff.
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.
Beth Kanter
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
'Flickr Photo by Lynn Friedman. A lot of my work consists of sitting — working on a computer, talking on the phone, or attending meetings or conferences. As Nilofer Merchant points out in this TED talk , people are sitting 9.3 hours a day, which is more than we’re sleeping, at 7.7 hours. All that sitting is not good for your health. I made a commitment to change.
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
'One membership pro shares how teachers and professors play a key role in engaging students in her association’s scholarship program and other student opportunities. Last year, Karen Hansen hosted a booth for the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) at the University of Maryland’s journalism school career fair. Even with scholarship money to offer, it did not go as well as she’d hoped. “There were probably a couple hundred people that filtered through that ro
Achieve
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
If you’ve ever been in the position of researching and purchasing a new email platform, you understand how overwhelming the process can be. Or maybe you are not 100% happy with your current platform, but you are not sure where to start looking for a new one. (When I say “email platform,” I mean the software that you use to send emails to your database of clients, donors, volunteers and others, such as Constant Contact, MailChimp, Emma, etc.
Plexus Consulting
JANUARY 31, 2015
'By Steven M. Worth, President at Plexus Consulting Group, LLC Some decades ago Congress introduced a concept that was intended to control runaway costs by pruning bloated government programs of those elements that had lost their direction or outlived their reason for being. The concept was called a “sunset” provision and it was to be made part of every project or program funded by the federal government.
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