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Wild Apricot Software News October 2012

Wild Apricot

Version 5.0, scheduled for release in the spring of 2013, will be focused on upgrading the Content Management System (CMS) used for creating the pages and content for your Wild Apricot website. These changes will give you greater flexibility in designing and editing your content.

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I Only Have Eyes For You: Why One Member Database Gets the Job Done – Friday Fix

YourMembership

Categories: Membership Management Tags: database , Friday Fix , member data Membership, marketing, volunteer center, donor management — whatever your titles are, whatever areas you target or serve, do your organization a favor today and share your list. Take the time to create one list, housed in one database to maximize your reach and minimize member inconvenience.

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MarComm Makeovers

Thanks For Playing

Is your magazine frumpy? Is your blog out-of-date? Are your social media efforts mismatched? Join me and Mitch Arnowitz ( Tuvel Communications ) at MGI (623 N. Washington Street) for the November Alexandria Brown Bag on Thursday, November 15, at 11:30 am. Mitch and I and a panel of experts (aka the Brown Bag attendees) will provide on-the-spot analysis and advice for the samples you bring to help improve your marketing and communciations efforts.

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Lifelong Learning is a Requirement, not an Option

Reid All About it

“It’s a tragic fact that most of us know only how to be taught; we haven’t learned how to learn.”. Jeff Cobb, self-described “lifelong learning fanatic” and founder of Tagoras and Mission to Learn , introduced me to that quote from Malcolm Knowles, the adult education expert of the late 20 th century. In a recent webinar about his book, 10 Ways to Be a Better Learner , Jeff talked about why it’s so critical, especially now, to be a lifelong learner: Because of the speed and complexity of our wor

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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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From Soup to Zombies: Don’t be Afraid of Innovation

Wild Apricot

It's Halloween but you don't have to be scared of innovation! Here are two examples of how organizations can find innovative ways to raise awareness and reinvigorate support.

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Got a Story to Tell?

Thanks For Playing

Public service post today. A friend of mine is a paid blogger for Razoo , and she is looking for stories to tell. Her beat is organizations that are doing social good around the following issues: food insecurity homelessness, especially homeless veterans the coming higher education loan default bubble arts education human trafficking the immigrant experience in the United States millennials engaging in philanthropy She also has a personal interest in anything with a foreign policy or internation

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Member Engagement Solution #8: Effective Orientation and Interaction Is Key

Eric Lanke

image source I've mentioned previously that I'm leading another innovation effort for WSAE, something we're calling an Innovation Circle. Ours is focused on member engagement, and you can get an overview of what it is and what we're trying to achieve with it here. I've previously posted on some of the member engagement issues people in the Circle are wrestling with.

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Looking for Big Insight Into Small Membership Organizations

Wild Apricot

We're conducting an online survey to gain insight into small membership organizations - here's the details on how you can participate.

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Disrupt or Be Disrupted. Pick One.

Jamie Notter

Nearly two years ago, my friend Jeff De Cagna wrote a series of posts for ASAE’s blog (remember Acronym!?) about Umair Haque’s book, The New Capitalist Manifesto. Jeff started the series with a point about disruption. Apparently that’s the question Umair will ask a leadership group within an organization who wants to succeed in today’s world: Do you want to be one of the disruptors, or do you want to be one of the disrupted?

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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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What I'm Reading

Thanks For Playing

10 solid tips for social media time managemen t. Do we all work where all the management practices are above average? Not hardly. Difficult problem to solve? Better get some more women on your team, stat. Jeffrey Cufaude shares the secret to the ONE thing that builds great teams better than anything else. Want fewer customers? Make sure your customer service sucks.

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Jeff De Cagna elected chair of RedRover Board of Directors

Principled Innovation

Jeff De Cagna FRSA FASAE, chief strategist and founder of Principled Innovation LLC, has been elected chair of the RedRover Board of Directors. Jeff will begin his two-year term in January 2013. “RedRover is thrilled to have Jeff serving as the next chair of our Board of Directors. Jeff’s ability to think strategically, along with his deep understanding of how to construct an effective governing board, has been instrumental in bringing our organization’s leadership to the next

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3 Fresh Links to Kick-start Your Week

Wild Apricot

Here are 3 fresh links we've bookmarked on Apricot Jam to start your week off right.

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Training Program on Humanize for Nonprofits

Jamie Notter

Maddie and I are offering our first extensive training program for organizations on how to implement the ideas in Humanize, starting this January. We’re teaming up with NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network), which happens to be one of the most human organizations we know, to offer a three-month training program that includes four webinars, four facilitated teleconferences with all the participants in the program, and one conference call with just Maddie and me for each participating organiza

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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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Friday Top 5

Thanks For Playing

Theme month alert! November 's Friday Top 5 posts are going to be devoted to things I'm thankful for. This week: Spark Consulting edition. I'm thank ful to Shi ra who, although not the first person to suggest going out on my own, was the first person to lay out the case that got me thinki ng seriously about doing it. I'm th ank ful to the MA N Y MANY association consulta nts who were willing to share their time and ex pertise with m e as a I tried to figure out HOW to do it.

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Sad Mouse Membership

Association Subculture

Every once in a while, Saturday Night Live comes out with something that is not only funny, but really touching as well. I was actually really moved by this because it reinforces something important that I believe about membership that I think gets lost sometimes. Here is the link for those of you who can't see the embed - Sad Mouse. In our discussions about membership so often we seem to devolve into "calculating ROI" and measuring retention rates, etc., etc.

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I Believe This is For You

Idea Architects

Many meeting attendees are creatures of habit. For the TEDxIndianapolis event held last Friday, we decided to invite about 25 percent of the 500 attendees to try on new habits with a very simple (and fun) activity. Small cards were printed, each containing one of the following invitations: Seek out people you perceive to be very different from you and see what you can learn from them.

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When it comes to advocacy, don’t ignore Gen Y

Association Advocacy Chick

The following post is a reprint of a guest post I did for XYZ University in September 2012. A special thanks to Sarah Sladek for allowing me to participate! Go to virtually any association’s website and you will find advocacy listed as a membership benefit. Is it really a benefit? Which of your members would rank advocacy among their top five reasons for joining your association?

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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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Is Your Conference Primarily Focused On Speakers Or Attendees?

Velvet Chainsaw

Is your conference primarily focused on speakers? Is it so focused on speakers that it’s become a conference of speakers speaking to other speakers because no one else attends the education sessions? Maybe you’re saying, “No, my conference is focused on attendees!” How To Tell If Your Conference Focus Is Speakers Or Attendees.

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Always the Last to Know: YouTube NonProfit Program

Thanks For Playing

Now THIS is cool:

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Facilitation Friday #41: One Critical Question

Idea Architects

There is one question that should remain on the mental desktop of every presenter, facilitator, teacher, trainer, and leader: How might I be getting in the way of individuals learning or a group taking greater ownership over its discussions and outcomes? I could say a lot more about this, but that might get in the way of you reflecting on this question and identifying opportunities for you to quit making others' yield to you when it is not necessary for them to do so.

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Should Nonprofits Be Judged By A Different Standard?

AMR Management Services

'If you can read through the sales pitch, there is some good stuff in here. I love the collision of business and nonprofits and Raff makes a point with one of his takeaways: "nonprofit corporation has.

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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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Gamification Needs These Nine Game Fundamentals To Increase Engagement, Adoption And Success

Velvet Chainsaw

Gamification. It’s a weird word for sure. It includes the word game that many of us know from our own childhood experiences. So does gamification mean more organizations should embrace games like Go Fish, Kerplunk, Life, Monopoly, Poker, Solitaire and UNO? Well, sort of. It means that game fundamentals can apply to education, instruction, learning and real-world work with positive results.

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Halloween Offers Associations Creative Growth Opportunities

SCD Group

Halloween Event Photos: Treats Unleashed. HalloweenTown, West County Y & West County Honda. Happy Halloween! Last week, USA Today featured a Page 1 story about the growth of Halloween. “This adultification of Halloween is taking place in virtually every city. At bars. At restaurants. At theaters. Even at high-end gift shops. Like treats snatched from a trick-or-treat bag, adults have slowly been stealing Halloween from kids for years.

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The Underbelly of Abundance

Idea Architects

When I was in graduate school, one of my professional role models, Dr. Sara Boatman, wrote a powerful essay entitled "Too Much of a Good Thing is Still Too Much." I always likened the concept to that horrible brain pain you get when you eat too much ice cream too quickly. So much of our American identity is tied to consumption and abundance: the more you have the better off you are.

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Should Nonprofits Be Judged By A Different Standard?

AMR Management Services

by Brian Reuwee. If you can read through the sales pitch, there is some good stuff in here. I love the collision of business and nonprofits and Raff makes a point with one of his takeaways: "nonprofit corporation has "stakeholders" rather than "shareholders." My addition: your stakeholders won't invest if there is no potential for a return (social good, networking, prestige, etc., etc.

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Here’s a Powerful Marketing Tool Designed for Associations

Show the Benefits of Membership to Your Toughest Prospects. Download this FREE infographic from GrowthZone AMS, Why Join an Association, and start using it as your go-to recruitment and retention marketing tool. Post it on your website. Use it in sales presentations. Or use it as inspiration to create your own version. Infographics have power. They're a quick read.