Wild Apricot

MARCH 22, 2012

Email continues to be one of the most popular online activities. So if you are using email to engage members or donors, here are a few tips for improving email effectiveness.

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YourMembership

MARCH 20, 2012

Membership Software Association Management Software. Home. Solutions. Associations. Nonprofits + Foundations. Chambers + EDCs. Corporate + Social. Education + Alumni. Advantages. Branding. Control. Add-On Products. Support. Pricing. Company. News + Press. Customers. Technology. Management Team. Partner Programs. Corporate Responsibility. Inside YM. Careers.

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Thanks For Playing

MARCH 22, 2012

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 22 March 2012. World Water Day. Its World Water Day , an annual event that focuses on the importance of protecting fresh water resources. And I found a cool and short TED talk about a terrific new device called the Water Canary which will allow water to be tested for safety in the field in post-natural disaster areas: Follow the link above for more information about this critical topic and what you

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Association Leaders

MARCH 19, 2012

There has been a lot of buzz this past week about an opinion letter written to and published in the New York Times last week. The letter was written by an executive at Goldman Sachs who was resigning from his position and from the company. I know it’s easy to dismiss as a complaint from a disgruntled worker – and maybe it was just that. However, isn’t that fact in and of itself enough to say there is a leadership hole at Goldman Sachs?

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 21, 2012

Non-profits are competing for awards through the DoGooder Nonprofit Video Awards and the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Awards. Here are the details on how to vote for your favourite videos and attend the awards and screening party.

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Thanks For Playing

MARCH 20, 2012

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 20 March 2012. Super Swap Recap. About two weeks ago, ASAE-GW held the latest Super Swap. This one had a slightly different format: in the morning, we had three short presentations, each of which included some structured activity/discussion time, followed by a table topic networking lunch, followed by the more traditional concurrent swap sessions.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 23, 2012

There’s a restaurant saying, “turn ‘em and burn ‘em.” Get customers in the seats and back out the doors as quickly as possible. Although turning tables helps the cash register, you risk alienating customers if they think you’re only interested in their money, not their dining experience. I thought of “turn ‘em and burn em” recently when I read this in MGI’s Membership Marketing Benchmark Report : for every dollar spent on recruitment, associations spend only 27 cents on new member onboarding and

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 19, 2012

Want to learn more about managing events in Wild Apricot? Or maybe you want to find out about using Wild Apricot within an existing website? We're offering an event webinar on Wed. Mar. 21 and a Wild Apricot Functionality webinar on Thurs. Mar. 22.

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Association Subculture

MARCH 19, 2012

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Monday, March 19, 2012. The Raccoon Principle - Maybe Its You. Mark and I happen to be fans of original artwork depicting various wildlife. This is a picture of a recent addition to our collection. I met the artist and he told me the greatest story about a woman he met while he was drawing a similar raccoon picture. Apparently the woman came up to him and asked him why he would waste his artistic talents drawing pictures of such nasty animals.

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Thanks For Playing

MARCH 23, 2012

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 23 March 2012. Friday Top 5. DCs famous cherry blossoms peaked this week. And did you know that its the 100th anniversary of this lovely gift from Japan? Had to do an in honor of post, right? My Top 5 Favorite Things about the DC Cherry Blossoms: Their arrival means the arrival of my favorite season in DC: spring!

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Eric Lanke

MARCH 19, 2012

Eric Lanke. Association executive and author. Pages. Home. Leadership. Innovation. Member Engagement. Generations. Books Read. Fiction. Monday, March 19, 2012. Innovation Circle on Member Engagement. Im leading another innovation effort for WSAE. If you followed me when I blogged at The Hourglass Blog , you know that I previously chaired their Innovation Task Force, and was the lead author on the White Paper on Innovation for Associations that the Task Force published.

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 20, 2012

We've introduced a new resource for non-profits and membership organizations - Apricot Jam!

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Association Subculture

MARCH 23, 2012

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Friday, March 23, 2012. The Beauty of Complexity. Recently I saw this video and could not help but marvel at the sheer, breathtakingly intricate coolness of it, while simultaneously gasping at the unneeded complexity of this machine. It makes me think of all of the things we do and create in our personal and professional lives because we humans get so easily caught up in the beauty of complexity.

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Thanks For Playing

MARCH 21, 2012

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 21 March 2012. What Im Reading. Leadership lessons from James T. Kirk. Fundraising with a recalcitrant board? Great ideas for things they can do to support your efforts without having to make the ask themselves. Recapture your lost community members. Five things to say to your colleagues TODAY.

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Association Advocacy Chick

MARCH 19, 2012

Last week, ASAE celebrated the Power of A campaign with a series of activities highlighting the social and economic impact of associations. Such events included Capitol Hill visits from over 100 association executives and a panel on why associations matter. I had the honor of moderating that panel where we discussed, among other things, why we work for associations.

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Idea Architects

MARCH 19, 2012

Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects. Jeffrey Cufaude is an architect of ideas. custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. He also teaches presentation design and facilitation to subject matter experts. Monday, March 19, 2012. Becoming You: 9 Questions & 6 Resources on Authenticity.

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Portage Group

MARCH 23, 2012

'CharityVillage launched it''s 2nd annual Salary survey for Canadian nonprofits yesterday. The initiative hopes to build on the success of last year''s inaugural study, which was the first of its kind to focus specifically on compensation and benefits in nonprofit organizations from across Canada. Last year saw almost 1,200 respondents report data on almost 16,400 employees in the Canadian charitable sector.

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Jamie Notter

MARCH 20, 2012

Blog. Consulting. Speaking. About. Contact. Generations. Humanize. Books: Jamie Notter. Leadership insight.right when you need it. Deep Dive on Humanize. Posted March 20, 2012. in Announcements , Humanize. Tweet. Next week is ASAE’s Great Ideas Conference , and Maddie and I are doing a “deep dive” session on Humanize on Sunday afternoon (after the opening General Session).

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 19, 2012

Tweet. Experiences are better when conferences are built around people. The conference experience greatly improves for all stakeholders when they are built around people and their relationships. Traditional Conference Experience. The traditional conference is built around logistics and content. The majority of the conference organizer’s time is spent selecting and scheduling speakers.

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Idea Architects

MARCH 21, 2012

Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects. Jeffrey Cufaude is an architect of ideas. custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. He also teaches presentation design and facilitation to subject matter experts. Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Rest is Not the Answer. Recently I was watching Jon Stewarts introduction to Bruce Springsteen receiving the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors.

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Portage Group

MARCH 21, 2012

'All you ED’s out there have been here: it’s 2:30pm, you have a belly full of roast beef from lunch and despite the gallon of coffee you’ve been ingesting steadily since your strategic session began this morning at 8am, you are getting sleeeeeepy. You look around at your board members. Miranda hasn’t looked up from her blackberry since lunch, Frank has stepped out to take a call, Murray is doodling on the worksheet in front of him and Jim.well he’s snoring quietly a

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Jamie Notter

MARCH 23, 2012

Blog. Consulting. Speaking. About. Contact. Generations. Humanize. Books: Jamie Notter. Leadership insight.right when you need it. A New Blog to Follow: metacool. Posted March 23, 2012. in Books and Reading - 1 comment. Tweet. I just stumbled on Diego Rodriguez’s blog (hat tip to Bob Sutton ) called metacool. Diego is a partner at IDEO and his blog is a must read for incorporating design thinking into what you do (according to Fast Company, anyway, and I’m seeing their point).

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Mizz Information

MARCH 21, 2012

Mizz Information. Wednesday, March 21, 2012. 5 Cool Pinterest Tools. Source: thisisblythe.com via Maggie on Pinterest. After an initial honeymoon period with Pinterest where I used it strictly for fun, pinning pictures of English cottages, bee stuff , and all manner of cute things like Blythe dolls, tiny things, and.sorry.got distracted there looking up those boards to link.

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Idea Architects

MARCH 23, 2012

Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects. Jeffrey Cufaude is an architect of ideas. custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. He also teaches presentation design and facilitation to subject matter experts. Friday, March 23, 2012. Facilitation Friday #12: Should I Do Something? People reading the paper or checking their phones during a workshop.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 22, 2012

Tweet. Have you ever been in an Apple Store? They are bright, open spaces with lofty ceilings, sleek design and great technology to play with at your fingertips. They offer a variety of services from the private one-on-one Genius Bar consultations to how-to classes to events to roving staff that are more like personal assistants than sales clerks. What’s interesting about Apple Stores is that the space and their services are inseparable.

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