YourMembership
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Everything when connecting with memorable learning experiences. Leading learning is loving learning. I was stumped preparing a brief speech to deliver at a recent association education conference organized by Tagoras, an industry analyst firm guiding organizations in the business of lifelong learning. This conference brings together top education leaders from associations.
WBT Systems
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
With all the information available at our fingertips through the internet, connecting us globally with people who share our interests, society is progressively interacting more and more online. Just think of the last time you did a Google search for information. I bet one or more of the top results came from a message board or discussion forum for an online community, where someone else was seeking answers from their peers on a similar topic?
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Wild Apricot
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Read the story of David, an event manager, who was able to maximize his annual conference's registrations and attendance using membership management software.
Reid All About it
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
Since presidents are on everyone’s mind this week…I recently discovered the Washington Post’s podcast Presidential. Each episode is dedicated to a president starting with George Washington and ending with Donald Trump. I’m listening to them all in order, of course, and have made it up to the Warren Harding episode. If you’re a fan of American history, you’ll love this podcast.
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YourMembership
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Attract and engage members with a compelling experience that builds your online brand. While I was working at a medical association last year, we used heat map tools to discover that members were abandoning our website. It didn’t mean our content wasn’t good or they didn’t want to join our association. It meant that our […].
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Higher Logic
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
There seems to be a “day” for everything. There’s National Groundhog Day. I’m writing this blog on Use Your Common Sense Day. And who doesn’t love International Talk Like a Pirate Day ? There are also days that should be taken more seriously, such as World Cancer Day and Giving Tuesday. There are even days to celebrate things you love, such as World Jazz Day.
Wild Apricot
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
Read the story of David, an event manager, who was able to maximize his annual conference's registrations and attendance using membership management software.
Spark Consulting
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
One of the key indicators that a person is going to vote is that she’s thought through the logistics in advance and figured out a plan for voting. What’s your plan for Tuesday, November 8? Do you know where your polling place is? They do move – occasionally – so you might not be going the same place as you did the last time you voted. Fortunately, as long as you know your address, the League of Women Voters can hook you up: [link].
Socious
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
You just discovered amazing new association management software that will give your association’s staff hours back in their day. It has all the administrative wizardry your staff needs and the member-facing functionality to keep your members and prospects engaged. You love it. Your board loves it. Your staff is getting excited and you can’t wait to roll it out.
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Higher Logic
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
One defining characteristic of a leader is having a vision for the future, describing that future and creating excitement around its possibility so everyone works together to make it real. That’s what a mission statement is -- it’s that vision for a better future everyone can rally around. For communities, it’s the impetus that drives micro-actions, like sending a tweet or recommending an answer, to long-term commitments, like becoming a volunteer moderator.
Aaron Wolowiec
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Photo courtesy of Skillsoft via Facebook. I’m a self-professed word nerd. In college, I loved leaving classes with a new nugget of information. And now that I’m a working professional, I get giddy at the thought of attending conferences. And, even better: My employers not only encourage professional development, but expect it. Why? Because they know educated employees drive success.
Reid All About it
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
The ugliness of this election has certainly caused a lot of boozing. Bribing? Not touching that one. And brawling? I guess we’ll see. But the title of this post doesn’t refer to the election tomorrow, I’m talking about the wild elections of the past. Things could be worse, folks. Boozing it up with George. Election Day is a serious affair now, but back in the 18th century, the words “political party” had a double meaning.
Socious
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
What’s the first thing you do every day? Besides checking your email and Facebook notifications. For me (and many other marketers), it’s logging in to my marketing software and checking the day’s stats. I look at how many people are visiting my website, converting on offers, and moving down the funnel that my coworkers and I painstakingly created.
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Higher Logic
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Based in Columbia, Maryland, Protech Associates, Inc. provides cloud-based association management software powered by Microsoft Dynamics CRM. In early 2015, Protech Associates Director of Customer Care Matt Bruffey recognized the need to improve the customer support experience. “Our support was really a communications black box,” said Bruffey. “Our account managers would have weekly or monthly calls with the customer project lead, but otherwise, the only real touchpoint was a support ticket.
Aaron Wolowiec
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
Photo courtesy of Skillsoft via Facebook. I’m a self-professed word nerd. In college, I loved leaving classes with a new nugget of information. And now that I’m a working professional, I get giddy at the thought of attending conferences. And, even better: My employers not only encourage professional development, but expect it. Why? Because they know educated employees drive success.
Eric Lanke
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
In many ways, associations are the original crowd-funded organizations. Long before the term became popular and proliferated across digital kingdoms like Kickstarter and GoFundMe, associations were gathering money from many to support programs and services that were valued by all. The economies of scale were and still are powerful. If everyone chips in a few bucks, then we can all benefit from a service that none of us are willing or able to fund on our own.
Socious
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
What’s the first thing you do every day? Besides checking your email and Facebook notifications. For me (and many other marketers), it’s logging in to my marketing software and checking the day’s stats. I look at how many people are visiting my website, converting on offers, and moving down the funnel that my coworkers and I painstakingly created. Taking care of those, whether by writing content or evaluating lead quality, is the majority of my job.
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Smooth The Path
NOVEMBER 6, 2016
What else should the association do to support members during these extremely challenging times? This was the nagging question one association VP had. It was time to revisit the strategic plan. In preparation for other strategic planning processes the association conducted quantitative member surveys but found the results were not all that actionable because there continued to be so many unanswered questions.
Associations Now
NOVEMBER 10, 2016
Workplace stress is all too common, especially in the lead-up to the holidays. A workplace expert over at the American Psychological Association chatted with Associations Now about how to cope with the extra stress. Congratulations, y’all! It wasn’t pretty, and it was definitely distressing , but you made it through the election. Now you can just sit back, relax, and enjoy the approaching holidays!
Velvet Chainsaw
NOVEMBER 8, 2016
“I’m done with !”. Go ahead and fill in that blank with any type of institution. Big business, conferences, education, government, medicine, membership associations, nonprofits, professional societies, religious organizations, trade organizations, etc. We are witnessing the rise of the Dones , as Dr. Josh Packard calls them. Groups of people that are done with traditional, outdated institutions.
Socious
NOVEMBER 9, 2016
You just discovered amazing new association management software that will give your association’s staff hours back in their day. It has all the administrative wizardry your staff needs and the member-facing functionality to keep your members and prospects engaged. You love it. Your board loves it. Your staff is getting excited and you can’t wait to roll it out.
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.
Association Adviser
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
Last month, we asked our readers: What are your most valuable sources of non-dues revenue? The results came in as follows: Supplier/vendor members: 50%. Non-member suppliers/vendors: 33%. Government: 17%. For the majority of respondents to our October poll, when they need funds, they can reliably turn to supplier and vendor members. It’s not surprising that this group was cited as the most valuable source of non-dues revenue by half of our poll’s participants.
Associations Now
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
A recent study says nonprofit board chairs are often ill-prepared and frustrated. Training can help, says an expert. So can shared leadership. With board service, as with most things, preparation matters. Nonprofit volunteers have varied backgrounds, and they aren’t expected to come in knowing everything about strategy-setting, bylaws, and budgeting.
Smooth The Path
NOVEMBER 11, 2016
Don’t we all want to get wiser as we get older? We want to make decisions we won’t regret. We want to be big minded not small minded. We want to do great things! How can we do this when at work and home we are dashing around, checklist in hand, ticking off the day’s to-do’s? During this week’s Association Chat guest Shelly Alcorn asked something like, what is your personal knowledge acquisition plan ?
Socious
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
According to The State of Inbound 2016 report, only 18% of outbound marketers consider their strategy effective. Compare that to 81% of inbound marketers and you have a compelling idea of just how well inbound works. Those statistics represented marketers from over 130 countries. Inbound has spread around the world and has evolved from a marketing strategy focused on attracting new visitors to a business philosophy and growth plan.
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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