Sat.Aug 04, 2018 - Fri.Aug 10, 2018

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Help Attendees Meet Up and Get Talking

Associations Now

Curated conversations make it easier for conferencegoers to get to know one another. The National Restaurant Association’s new effort may provide food for thought for your own association. In a sea of thousands of meeting attendees, it’s still possible to feel lonely. I know, because I’ve been there. I remember attending my very first publishing conference and walking into the general session room that first morning worried about these three things: Where was I going to sit?

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Social Media for Nonprofits: 4 Questions to Answer Before You Start Posting

Wild Apricot

Many nonprofits find that they spend hours writing social media posts in the hopes of attracting new members, but only get just a handful of responses. We have the secret ingredient to social media success — and it might surprise you.

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3 Customer-Focused Benefits of an Online Community

Higher Logic

Listening to your customers can be both the easiest and most challenging thing s to do at the same time. While happy customers don’t always sing your praises, those with complaints tend to voice them loud and clear. We’ve all seen how stock prices have plummeted after a slew of bad press on Twitter or Facebook. It’s an extremely competitive market, and I’m sure your executive team, along with pressure from the board, is not trying to make headlines as the latest entrepreneurial fail.

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Single Culture or Multiple Cultures?

Jamie Notter

Nearly every organization we work with confronts an important question at some point in their culture journey: Should they strive for one, uniform culture? Or should they let multiple cultures develop inside the organization? The answer (as frustrating as this can be) is “both.”. In our work, we help organizations create a set of clear Culture Priorities.

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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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Preparing for the Bus

Virtual

We all know one, or maybe we are one. You know – the person that plans for all eventualities, including the most unbelievably improbable situations or opportunities. I like to think I’m that person now, but that wasn’t the case many years ago. For me, this was a lesson presented over and over and over. View Article. The post Preparing for the Bus appeared first on Professional Association Management Company | Virtual Inc.

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SNMMI Rekindles and Sparks Recruitment Among Their Lapsed Member Base [Case Study]

Higher Logic

With nuclear medicine and molecular imaging rapidly expanding, it’s critical that The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging’s (SNMMI) members stay informed about the new therapies, devices, and drugs that are redefining the way patient care is managed. SNMMI is a dedicated society that proudly represents 17,000 nuclear and molecular imaging professionals worldwide, working to facilitate the knowledge, tools, and resources necessary to strengthen and advance their meaningful careers i

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We Are Making a Difference

Eric Lanke

It's not always obvious. In fact, sometimes it feels like you're not making any progress at all. But then, something happens that allows you to see what you've accomplished from an outsider's perspective, and suddenly, you realize that you ARE actually making a difference. What am I talking about? Eleven years ago the association work for launched an affiliated charitable foundation to help raise money to support outreach, education, and research initiatives in our industry.

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Virtual Overview

Virtual

Reimagine What’s Possible Virtual’s strategic consulting and operational expertise ignite your organization’s growth. We partner with associations, standards organizations, consortia, advocacy groups, and professional societies in bringing your excellence to the market, so that you can shape the future. And help to change the world. Watch our corporate overview and get to know us.

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Membership Hack: Instagram Engagement

Associations Now

The American Dental Hygienists’ Association has a big presence on Instagram, where it highlights member stories every week and once a month gives a student member full-account access for a day-in-the-life look. How to hack it? Chances are good many of your members already use Instagram. It’s quickly outflanking other social media platforms, thanks to popular features like Instagram Stories.

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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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Understand the Three Professional Stages to Improve Association Value

Smooth The Path

Here is another way to look for gaps in your association’s value proposition. The results of years of member research show that high-performing professionals tend to move through three stages during their career. These career stages showed up for all professionals no matter what industries or professions they are in, no matter how big their organization, and no matter whether their organization is a for-profit or non-profit.

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Organizations and Meaning-Making: A Prediction

Idea Architects

In their book, a simpler way , Margaret Wheatley and Myron Kellner-Rogers shared a concise, but compelling proposition: “Life accepts only partners, not bosses.” While I believe this statement has been true since the beginning of time, I predict that a rapidly growing number of individuals and organizations will embrace it and operationalize it. Our memberships and communities are increasingly diverse in needs, aspirations, and perspectives.

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ASAE2018 – Tips on Doing Business in Dubai and the Gulf Region

GlowGlobally

On Sunday, 19th August from 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm in the Global Solution Lounge, join us for a “A Taste of Dubai.” Understand the UAE and regional business culture. Gain an understanding of correct etiquette in a business environment. Learn how to establish a long-term business partnership with your local partners. Consider the types of successful business models in the region.

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American Heart Association: Cut Back on Kids’ Screen Time

Associations Now

In a new scientific statement, AHA recommends limiting screen time for children and teenagers to one to two hours per day, far below what’s common. One of the country’s most prominent public health organizations is the latest in a long line of groups to speak out on the issue of too much screen time. The American Heart Association this week released a scientific statement warning of the risks associated with youths spending too much time in front of a screen, saying it encourages unhealthy seden

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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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How to Seed Enthusiasm at Your Next Conference

Smooth The Path

I am a rails-to-trails kind of bicyclist so, I stepped up my game a week ago when I went to northern Vermont to mountain bike on Kingdom Trails. One afternoon we finished our ride at about 5 PM and were relaxing on the lawn of an outdoor bar when the sky opened up and poured. Everyone raced for an awning (which was kind of funny since we all were very muddy, dirty, and sweaty).

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On the Power of Prototyping

Association Success

Duct tape and toilet paper rolls can greatly reduce the risk of your problem-solving and development efforts. Previous pieces of mine might have hinted at my commitment to the principles of Design Thinking (if you haven’t got that hint yet, I invite you to have a read ). On top of the flexibility and open-mindedness of this methodology, there’s another reason why an empathetic, iterative process of discovery makes for an excellent problem-solving tool: not all ideas are good ones.

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ASAE2018 – Education in Healthcare: The Next Fundraising Gold Mine

GlowGlobally

Monday, August 20. 12:15 PM – 12:35 PM. Halls F1 & F2 Level 3, McCormick Place-West Building. Moving away from typical and obsolete association event sponsorship and exhibition models, it is important to identify the needs that lay beyond a marketers’ perspective, as the business relationship between an industry sponsor and an association often too highly depends on the success of annual congresses.

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How Toxic Employees Affect Organizations

Associations Now

Workers who are seen as negative to company culture represent an interesting conundrum—they end up costing organizations money and poisoning other workers, but they’re often good at getting themselves promoted. You may put a lot of work into finding employees who are team players and collaborative dynamos, but it’s can be difficult to avoid a wet blanket sometimes.

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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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How to Plan an Association Board Orientation

GrowthZone

Make the most of your association’s board orientation by having a well-thought-out plan in place to prepare attendees for maximum payoff. In Part 2 of our Board Orientation series , we focused on how to structure the orientation for a board of directors. The next step in the process is to plan the board orientation session and prep attendees. Share the following information before the orientation session: Goals (meetings are always more efficient when attendees know what they’re there to do).

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How to Avoid Dissatisfied Corporate Partners.

Association Success

Three cautionary tales, and how to remedy them. I have written before about the importance of listening to industry voices in order to develop mutually beneficial corporate partnerships. This is true when it comes to what your partners want, but it is equally significant in revealing what they don’t want. I recently heard three stories about interactions between associations and corporate partners that revealed dissatisfied partners.

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ASAE2018 – Improve Global Effectiveness: Lessons Learned on the Ground

GlowGlobally

Monday, August 20. 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM. Room W183b, Level 1 of McCormick Place-West Building. Business growth increasingly requires associations to expand outside the USA requiring organizations to be more adept at global strategy and operations. ASAE Foundation research has shown in recent years that associations grow with a more deliberate strategy and operational practice.

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Effort Highlights Speech and Language Services Available to Students

Associations Now

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association launched a public-awareness effort, composed of new and repurposed content, to connect parents with services available to their school-aged kids. As students around the country prepare to go back to school, the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association wants parents to know about the speech and language services that are available to their children.

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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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How to Justify an AMS Purchase to the Association Board

GrowthZone

So, your association management software is very out-of-date, and you know it is time for a change. Or, maybe you’re starting from scratch and it’s time to push your organization forward with membership, engagement, and retention strategies that you can’t accomplish on your own. Get your copy of the AMS Buyer’s Workbook for a. step-by-step plan for choosing the right software.

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Here’s the latest: Overview of YM AMS release for GDPR

YourMembership

During the past several weeks, YourMemberhip (YM) has made significant product updates. We’ve released features that provide customers automated tools to help remain in compliance under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) regulation. These features are designed to assist customers who need to abide by the GDPR. But, they can also be used by.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 8.10.18

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… I love this graph from Bobby Ghoshal illustrating the new employee “ prior idiots phenomenon ” aka “new person joins your team, believes everything is broken because everyone before them is an idiot.”. Billhighway describes eight valid reasons why people don’t want to volunteer and how you can attract chapter volunteers by making those excuses no longer matter.

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4 Ways to Stay Relevant With Your Members

Associations Now

Your membership base can pivot at a moment’s notice. Here’s how to adapt and follow along. If there’s one nagging thought keeping most decision-making executives up at night, it’s the fear that their association is falling out of relevance. It’s a valid concern, as associations are fighting to recruit and retain membership in a highly competitive space.

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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.