Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Use this expert's nonprofit compliance checklist to make sure your organization is doing everything it takes to remain in good standing with the IRS.

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YourMembership

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

In last week’s post, I had the opportunity to dig into the first five ingredients of a winning learning management system (LMS) recipe. Today, I’ll share the eight remaining elements to ensure your association has sweet success with its continuing education (CE) programs. CE Management: Providing learners with an easy way to report and claim credits is paramount.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The weekly list of free professional development events for the association community… More M&A news this week: Personify bought Wild Apricot. DelCor’s Loretta DeLuca, Gretchen Steenstra, and Kathleen McQuilkin had a chat with Personify CEO Eric Thurston to get the deets. HubSpot explains how online search habits are changing and how topic clusters and pillar pages can improve your website’s SEO performance.

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WBT Systems

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Technology continually creates new opportunities for your association’s educational programs, but it also lowers the barrier to entry for competitors to enter and disrupt your market. Think of all the organizations that now offer professional development to your members—how many of them existed even ten years ago? To stay top of mind (and top of market), you need to leverage your eLearning differentiator—your iconic advantage.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

We are thrilled to announce that Wild Apricot has been acquired by Personify, an Austin-based constituent management software company that shares our mission of serving and empowering membership and constituent-focused organizations. Read all the details here.

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Higher Logic

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

You have all the pieces in place in to go mobile – a responsive website, mobile-friendly design elements, even an online community app that lets users receive push notifications and access your community from any device. It's a great plan, especially since studies show that by using apps push notifications in your app, you could increase engagement by 2,770 percent.

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Mariner

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

What chapter doesn’t need more volunteer muscle? While associations in general are feeling the pressure in engaging volunteers, chapters’ pain is more acute. We could go into depth why chapters are struggling however simply put it’s a time/flexibility issue. One counterpunch is to make volunteering fun and appreciated.

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Every month we compile the internet's biggest list of nonprofit webinars. Here are 46 free nonprofit webinars for October 2017.

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Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

As I said a few weeks ago, another association has invited me to speak at their Annual Leadership Conference on the subject of high-functioning association Boards. I'm going to hit four subjects during my presentation: Board selection , Board discussions , Board decisions, and Board succession. Each one is going to begin with a one-question quiz, with which I hope to take the temperature of the participants in the room.

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Events hold the power to create lasting impressions and meaningful connections. They are not only occasions for celebration but also valuable marketing opportunities. Event marketing has become an essential component of successful business strategies, enabling organizations to engage with their target audience and create memorable experiences. However, behind every successful event lies a well-thought-out marketing strategy.

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Higher Logic

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

How do you decide what content goes in your emails? The best associations don’t just think up something to say because they know they need to keep members engaged – they use personas to help them find the most relevant, helpful information for each member. What Are Member Personas? Member personas are imaginary people that describe your ideal or average members.

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GrowthZone

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

It’s critical for associations to make an “apples to apples” comparison of association management systems when researching new software. Not sure what criteria to consider? In Part 2 of the blog series, “Where to Begin Your Association’s AMS Search” we address how to research ease of use, setup and integration, and training and support. Here are some issues to discuss with potential providers: Ease of Use .

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

We are thrilled to announce that Wild Apricot has been acquired by Personify. Read all about the acquisition and more in this months' update.

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Smooth The Path

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The decision to join is a funny thing. Becuase the decision that prospective members make does not neatly marry up to the association’s benefits. “Open the floodgates so I can receive your emails,” said no member ever. Few new members join for a research report, or a book, or for access to the site. Perhaps a few may join to go to the conference or chapter meetings.

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Association Success

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

A recent survey revealed the importance of strong, mutually beneficial partner relationships. We can learn a lot from listening. When you are looking for guidance, searching for inspiration, or hoping to educate yourself, it is a valuable and worthwhile enterprise to listen to the voices in your professional community. The DC-Area Partnership Professionals Network (DC-PPN) is a group of association and not-for-profit organization professionals who focus primarily on corporate partnerships and sp

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GrowthZone

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Membership pro, Frank Kenny, explains content marketing through social media and why digital marketing is necessary to bridge the two. Imagine that you create amazing content on a regular basis – it shouldn’t be much of a stretch – you’re likely already doing that. You give a lot of thought to each piece you create. You keep your target audience in mind.

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Mariner

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Associations are tweaking, evolving and revamping their chapter programs. According the ASAE Foundation Mutually Beneficial Volunteering Relationships , 44% or associations in the study indicated they reviewed their. structure and 41% added or deleted components or made a change within. the past five years. Examples of this will be part of the conversation at CEX: Association Component Exchange on October 13 in Arlington, VA.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

By allowing young professionals to be their authentic selves and welcoming their perspectives, associations will create a culture of trust that allows both organizations and staff to thrive. Many young professionals who are falling into roles at associations bring considerable diversity and experience from their educational and professional backgrounds.

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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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Smooth The Path

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

In a vacuum, we make up stories. Because these stories are made up can be wildly fictional. And the stories we tell ourselves can also be far more negative than anyone else involved intends. For example, when a member calls the association’s headquarters, leaves a message, and does not get a call back within 24 hours that member may start thinking: “My message got lost”, or. “The person I left my message for must be busy”, or. “The person I left my message for

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Association Success

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

You’re not lazy, unmotivated or uninspired, you’re burning out. I was an association executive. I started right out of college and within six months I became and executive director. I was in over my head, but worked 10-14 hour days to cover my lack of knowledge. I didn’t sleep and when I did it was from exhaustion after a complete emotional breakdown.

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Aptify

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Database queries, transaction logs, hashes, SQL, IP addresses, keys, metadata, XML, schemas, and of course, servers…. Membership management software sure can sound a little funny to the average, non-technical employee or coworker. From the technical side, it’s important to call things what they are and be specific. From the member management side, it’s nice to know what’s going on without needing to grab a technical manual to have a conversation with the tech team.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

As you move throughout your career, it’s important you have a mentor to not only help you celebrate your successes but also push you forward. Here’s a look at how and where to find the right person for you. I recently attended a micro-networking dinner event hosted by an accomplished association executive. I’d been to dinners like these before, and having recently transitioned into a new job and earned my CAE, I expected to sit back and enjoy the Irish pub fare while catching up with friends.

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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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Idea Architects

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

My former neighborhood is at the edge of a four-lane city road, a one-way street heading west that is a major feeder directly into downtown. I remember once when the road was closed for construction and drivers were detoured to the south. At the next available intersection where you could turn to head downtown, drivers found the road also closed and they were detoured further to the south.

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Your conference could be a place for your customers to experience unrestricted curiosity and play. But most of the time it’s not. Curiosity becomes codified into bureaucratic traditional expert-centric instructional models—lectures and panel discussions. And that passive sedentary process actually controls and squelches most curious thinking. And forget play!

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Association Success

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

A virtual summit assembling thousands of association professionals from around the world. If you are reading this article, you are already committed to enquiry, to learning, and to keeping yourself aware of the conversations taking place across the association space. If you are reading this article, you already position yourself within the association community and share in some of its concerns, its interests, and its experiences.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The national voter registration drive gets renewed energy from new major partners. Also: Why you should practice good data hygiene. It’s time to get out the vote. Over 3,000 national and community partners across the country will participate in National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, September 26. This event aims to register as many voters as possible before November state elections. “As the ‘Earth Day’ of democracy—National Voter Registration Day is an annual opportu

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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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