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The Power of Chatty Friends

Reid All About it

Last night I went to the Kids Summer Stock Social Media Mixer at the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. That’s a mouthful! What does it all mean? It means I was in the Food Bank’s HUGE Raleigh warehouse full of boxes of all kinds of food — fruit, vegetables, eggs, bread, Mt Olive pickles, peanut butter, water, you name it — on towering shelves that reach up to the ceiling.

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Top Links on Association Jam for May 2011

Wild Apricot

Here’s a look at the most popular links on AssociationJam.org for the month of May, 2011. This month, the top-rated blog posts and articles were in the membership, social media, volunteers, and events categories.( read more ).

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Is There a Future for Associations?

Association Leaders

I read an article recently published by NPR about the future of associations. The article was titled, “Time for Associations to trade in their past?” You can read the article by clicking here. Don’t have the time to read it? I’ll summarize it for you: There are thousands of associations in the US. Many would seem to be associations for outdated industries or purposes.

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ISO consumate association professional … plumbers only need apply.

Golden's Rules for Association

Suppose you were an association executive with a medical need. You have identified the leading doctors who specialize in the field. The decision is important. Your health is at stake. So you take very seriously the process of deciding which doctor is the best fit to work with you to diagnose your problem and prescribe [.].

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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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Using 3x5 to Accomplish More 9-5

Idea Architects

Despite being a fairly early adopter of most technology tools, I'm pretty old school in a few ways. Perhaps no better example exists than my use of a daily index card, a habit I picked up when I was state student council president back in the dark ages. Each day, I fill one side of a fresh index card with my appointments and list of things to do. I leave the other side blank for action items that come up during the course of the day, ideas I want to remember, and appointments or other commitment

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Mizz Information: Why I Won't be Visiting Intel's Museum of Me

Mizz Information

Mizz Information. Thursday, June 2, 2011. Why I Wont be Visiting Intels Museum of Me. Intel is getting a ton of buzz for its "Museum of Me" app. Ive read many oohs and ahhs about it, and even that Intel is "changing advertising" with it. Sounds cool, right? I finally relented after seeing the tweet about it changing advertising and went to check it out.

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Technology – Making my life simple one bag at a time

Association Advocacy Chick

I love bags. I have way more than should be allowed by law. However, I must confess that most are more functional than stylish. My work bags tend to follow a certain pattern: large with at least one external pocket (yawn). At the beginning of the year, I started carrying a large beige bag. It was simple, classic with a few modern touches. Most importantly, I could carry everything (and I mean everything) in that thing.

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Leadership Limerick: Values into Action

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. Identifying the values at your core Can often seems like quite a chore But it’s not the words that most matter Without action, they are just chatter Driving behavior is what they are for It's not unusual to see eyes roll when talk turns to mission or core values during a strategy retreat or staff workshop.

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Apricot Chat: Someone's having a birthday.

Wild Apricot

and that someone is Wild Apricot! Wild Apricot will be celebrating it's 5th Anniversary this coming July 2011. We've been lucky enough to have a number of our original clients from 2006 still with us today -- next month, Apricot Chat will showcase some of those clients. This month, we learn a bit about the history of Wild Apricot by chatting with Dmitry Buterin, our Chief Apricot and CEO.

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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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Show Me - KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

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Beekeeper Group Welcomes Melanie Batenchuk!

Beekeeper Group

You might know Melanie Walker Batenchuk for her popular autoblog, Be Car Chic, and as auto columnist for the Examiner.com, but we know her around Beekeeper Group as Director!

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The Hourglass Blog: Digital vs. In-Person Relationships

The Hourglass Blog

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Digital vs. In-Person Relationships. This is part three 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 organization deliver be

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Plexus Consulting Group?: Building A Better Executive Team in.

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. Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Building A Better Executive Team in Three Steps. Virgil R. Carter. Many non-profit organizations and their CEOs depend on a staff executive team to help lead the non-profit to be a consistently successful organization.

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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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Leadership Limerick: The Power of Story

Idea Architects

A story can allow others to see The way it's been or could be.

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Digital Authenticity and Community Sourcing

ChatterBachs

You have an opportunity every day to connect with your online community in genuine and profound ways. How you do that is up to you, your personal style, your goals, your community, etc. It should follow a few guidelines though. First, one of my favorite sayings is, “ You can’t fake sincerity. “ If you’re really not interested in others and what they have to say, it’s going to show.

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Cool thing to do at a conference - BlogClump

BlogClump

skip to main | skip to sidebar. BlogClump - Blogging About Associations From a Gen Xer. A Gen Xer giving his thoughts and opinions on the Association world. Tuesday, May 31, 2011. Cool thing to do at a conference. I just attended Windpower 2011 last week. In the lobby of the Anaheim Convention Center, the conference had bins where attendees could donate their unused hotel toiletries and the conference facilitated getting them to homeless shelters and other organizations that needed them.

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Don’t You Wish You Were As Good As Him?

Moving through the Association World

Lionel Messi makes a hard sport look pretty easy. How many people wish they could be that good at what they do?

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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!