WBT Systems

AUGUST 1, 2017

Everyone knows that sitting in an audience listening passively to a speaker is not an effective way for adults to learn, yet that’s still the norm at many conferences and educational events. It’s time for associations to upend ineffective education with flipped learning. Flipped learning is the brainchild of two high school science teachers who decided in 2007 to have their students watch preparatory videos online before coming to class.

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Education Conference LMS Course 225

Wild Apricot

JULY 31, 2017

How much time do you think it takes to set up a new website for your nonprofit? With Wild Apricot, it takes about 20 hours. This may seem long, but in just a few afternoons new customers are able to have their entire website set up all by themselves. Here's how.

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YourMembership

AUGUST 4, 2017

It was bound to happen. Really, I held out for as long as I could. At first, I resisted the hype around Amazon’s Alexa voice-activated assistant. I rolled my eyes at people using Alexa to turn on lights, listen to the news, order paper towels. Then, of course, it happened. Before last year’s Abila User. The post 3 Alexa tips to generate value for your association members. appeared first on YourMembership.

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Higher Logic

AUGUST 1, 2017

Retention is king. It’s vital to growth and sustainability as well as the success of new member acquisition campaigns. Because how valuable are new members if they stay for just one year? That’s what many new association members do. They join, pay their dues, and drop their membership a year later. For some associations, first-year members account for more than 70 percent of attrition.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 4, 2017

Your weekly list of free webinars and events for the association community… For the first time in several years, I’m not attending ASAE Annual. Instead, in case you’re dying to know, I’m heading to Massachusetts for a family gathering. Living apart from family is tough, especially with one brother on the west coast and the other on the east coast, so I try to take advantage of every opportunity to see them together.

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YourMembership

AUGUST 2, 2017

Raise your hand if you feel like your member engagement tactics aren’t working well with your association members. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. We’re living in a time when people are inundated with messages and content from a variety of channels 24/7. Can you count all the channels, blogs, newsletters, etc. you’re subscribed to? It’s. The post 2 genius ways to up your member engagement game. appeared first on YourMembership.

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Spark Consulting

JULY 30, 2017

Today marks five years since I launched Spark Consulting. As I look back on the past five years, I have much to be grateful for. Leading that list is all the people who’ve contributed to the success of this Big Hairy Audacious Goal. First, I have to thank all my wonderful clients. Spark would not exist without each and every one of you. I particularly want to thank the American Chemical Society, my very first client, for being willing to take a risk on hiring the new kid in town, and Ross

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Blue Sky eLearn

JULY 31, 2017

Self-expression is an adult learner requirement. Learning scientists believe we do not learn something new unless we have the opportunity to articulate during the learning process – talking about our ideas as they are forming – refining our ideas with others. The key here is not just statically relaying our ideas, but developing ideas together. Learning geeks call it “social construction” in learning.

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Potomac Core

AUGUST 2, 2017

Data Driven Engagement is the best bet for Associations seeking to accelerate member engagement. Getting and keeping members engaged will be even more challenging. Economic uncertainty stemming from political gridlock and geopolitical risk remains widespread as corporations continue to increase their cash reserves at a “faster rate than expected.” According to a survey conducted by the Association of Financial Professionals ( AFP ), “This marks the fifth consecutive quarter where organizations a

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YourMembership

AUGUST 4, 2017

It was bound to happen. Really, I held out for as long as I could. At first, I resisted the hype around Amazon’s Alexa voice-activated assistant. I rolled my eyes at people using Alexa to turn on lights, listen to the news, order paper towels. Then, of course, it happened. Before last year’s Abila User. The post 3 Alexa tips to generate value for your association members. appeared first on YourMembership.

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Eric Lanke

JULY 31, 2017

I think I've mentioned Corner Office before -- an on-going series of interviews with CEOs of different companies and organizations that appears in The New York Times. I'm not a subscriber, but for some reason the RSS feed to the series just keeps working, plopping a new interview in my inbox every Monday morning. I like them. They tend to reinforce things I already know about leadership, and sometimes they contain real nuggets of new-found wisdom.

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Tennessee New York Software Leadership 100

GrowthZone

AUGUST 2, 2017

Our annual sponsorships were filled by January! One of the most successful tools I used while working for an association was a “sponsor playbook”. The purpose of the playbook was to help our members choose the best sponsorship opportunities for their businesses, as well as have first chance to renew their sponsorship each year. The win for me was it was easier for members to sign up for sponsorships, and I had less selling to do.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 2, 2017

As part of its ongoing digital strategy, the American Geophysical Union is hosting an API Challenge to advance scientific discovery in the data community. Through its first Application Program Interface (API) Challenge , the American Geophysical Union is offering scientists, developers, and others the opportunity to create solutions that will advance Earth and space science.

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Every decision that goes into your learning monetization strategy matters for your organization’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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YourMembership

AUGUST 2, 2017

Raise your hand if you feel like your member engagement tactics aren’t working well with your association members. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. We’re living in a time when people are inundated with messages and content from a variety of channels 24/7. Can you count all the channels, blogs, newsletters, etc. you’re subscribed to? It’s. The post 2 genius ways to up your member engagement game. appeared first on YourMembership.

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Smooth The Path

AUGUST 2, 2017

Many associations see that their most at-risk members, the ones least likely to renew, are new members. But some new members do engage with the association, and they go on to become engaged 3-7 year members. At the end of the membership cycle, we tend to see engagement fall off again among long-time members. But some long-time members choose to stay engaged, and this is what they say engages them: Long-time members tend to be very advanced in their career.

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GrowthZone

JULY 31, 2017

Frank Kenny explains how to post to social media even when you’re too busy. Are you sometimes so crunched for time that you fail to post to social media when you meant to? Most membership professionals are that busy. But that doesn’t mean your social media content shouldn’t get posted. I would like to share a quick story with you of how I discovered a strategy (and a few helpful tools) that allowed me to make sure my social media posting got done even though my days went sideways.

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Idea Architects

AUGUST 2, 2017

Revisiting and refreshing some conference design fundamentals can often enhance the value the experience provides to participants. Based on doing exactly that with several organizations this year, here are a dozen (in no particular order) opportunities calling for your attention. In exploring these areas, remain vigilant about your own possible implicit bias. designing elements that you wo u ld like, but your participants might value less. 1.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 4, 2017

During last month’s Transform USA event, speakers shared tips on how to use data to increase ROI for their attendees and exhibitors. Here are two ideas for associations to keep in mind. About two weeks ago I had the opportunity to attend the inaugural Transform USA event here in DC. The one-day conference—put on by AMR International and Lippman Connects—provided insights about how data, analytics, and digital technologies are affecting events and gave attendees practical ideas on how to use data

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Aptify

AUGUST 2, 2017

As humans, we are constantly evolving and adapting to our changing environment. Yet, when someone at the office proposes a change, like new AMS software, some of us (not you or me, of course) stubbornly insist on standing in place and resisting any forward progress.

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Forj

AUGUST 1, 2017

I recently wrote about my experiences presenting at FocusOn Learning 2017 (you can read about them here ). Part of my presentation pertained to branching scenarios, online simulations in which learners decide how to proceed in problem solving. Typically, learners get different narrative endings depending on the choices they made throughout the scenario.

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GlowGlobally

AUGUST 4, 2017

If you are travelling to ASAE next week, be sure to check out the following sessions which all take place at the MTCC – South Building. Build Medical Education in China: Strategy and ROI. Monday, August 14, 2017 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM. Room: 717AB. Medical education and international exchanges is a long-standing collaboration between the US and Chinese associations.

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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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Associations Now

AUGUST 2, 2017

How smart venues are focusing their design around how people want to interact at events. Association gatherings—from narrowly focused trainings or education events to the all-hands-on-deck annual conference—continue to be a big reason why individuals and organizations renew their membership each year. In its annual Circuit report, association management firm SmithBucklin provides 20 key trends, issues and developments it predicts will impact associations in 2017.

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Aptify

AUGUST 4, 2017

Do you think association marketing isn’t getting any easier? So many “channels” exist—you figured out Twitter ads and then Snapchat showed up overnight! Rapid changes in technology enable us to give more and different experiences to the consumers we target.

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Association Success

AUGUST 1, 2017

Opening up the dialogue with young talent could be transformative for our associations. I am almost exclusively a non-fiction reader, and my favorite books are the ones that reshape my way of thinking. For instance, Power of Habit taught me how to be the master of my own routine, while Abundance opened my eyes to the technologies that will forever change the way we interact with the world.

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Smooth The Path

JULY 31, 2017

While conducting member research new members and long-time members share why they engage with their association (and why they don’t). Here’s why 3-7 year members engage with our associations: Because they have already found value and had great experiences, so they assume more value and great experiences are to be had. Because as they grow in their career or as their companies grow the association offers solutions to these new and advanced problems.

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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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