Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
'This week’s link round-up offers 4 posts that can help you “unlock and use your superpower”, identify powerful Facebook content, tell compelling stories on your website, and create great donor newsletters.
Aaron Wolowiec
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
'Elliott Masie, The MASIE Center. On Wednesday, Jan. 14, I had the opportunity to interview Elliott Masie for an ASAE Professional Development Virtual Learning Session titled, “ Ask the Expert: Accelerating the Spread of Knowledge, Learning and Collaboration.” Elliott is a provocative, engaging and entertaining futurist, analyst and speaker – focused on the changing world of the workplace, learning and technology.
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YourMembership
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
There is no question that change is inevitable. I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “you can’t ignore change, you must embrace it!” When it comes to technology, understanding and investing in the right areas is critical to an organization’s health and future success. According to the Harvard Business Review three factors affect what an organization can and cannot do: its resources, its processes, and its values.
Jamie Notter
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
'(I published this post originally on LinkedIn ). I came across the first account (that I have found, anyway) of Zappos'' emerging experiment with the internal management system of Holacracy. Journalist Aimee Groth wrote a long and detailed account of how the rollout is progressing. Despite working on it for over a year, it is by no means fully rolled out--Zappos is the largest organization (1500 employees) to use the Holacracy system so far.
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Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
'Here are 7 simple but effective tips and ideas for running more effective board meetings – shared by your membership peers.
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Potomac Core
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
When is the timing right to embrace innovation and change at your Association? Some argue that with an improved economy its best to leave well enough alone. Maybe, no. The real question? How well are you positioned to help your member’s achieve their business outcomes in a time of dramatic innovation and change? ( [link] ). Strategic Inflection Point.
Eric Lanke
FEBRUARY 16, 2015
'Two weeks ago, I starting sharing the advice I gave to my association''s newest employee, who had recently passed her three-month anniversary with our organization. The advice was focused specifically on our core values, and I offered it to her three-months in (rather than on her first day) on the presumption that it might have more meaning and impact for someone who had spent some real time in our organization.
Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
'If you''re looking for some help in making your silent auctions more successful, check out our latest guide: Silent Auctions Simplified.
Jamie Notter
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
'Okay, HR, now''s your chance to make your case as to why organizational culture is in your baileywick. Today at 1pm, Maddie and I are doing another edition of our new #CultureChat on Twitter, and the topic is HR''s role in culture. (And if you''re in HR, please help spread the word!). I''ve had some pretty tough words for HR over the last few years, both on the blog and on stage.
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Association Adviser
FEBRUARY 16, 2015
'As more organizations offer continuing education both to support their strategic missions and to deliver business results, the threshold to meet or exceed the increasingly sophisticated expectations. For more about this topic, click on the headline.
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
'When many of DC’s associations shut down due to inclement weather, here’s one that ramps up its, uh, outreach efforts. Also: some new conference engagement lingo worth learning. Washington, DC, is known for its associations for just about everything. But here’s one even association experts may not have heard of. For one thing, it only really kicks into action when it snows.
Velvet Chainsaw
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
'Your conference is spreading the cult of myths, traditions and rituals. How so? What do you mean? You ask. Providing conference education is not as intuitive as it seems! Science shows that there is a right way and a wrong way to design, deliver and implement conference education. Unfortunately, most conferences ignore the science. Instead, they sell and promote their unscientific approaches to education.
Jamie Notter
FEBRUARY 16, 2015
'Okay, we are now entering the full-on launch portion of the book process. The Kindle version of When Millennials Take Over is now available for pre-order. We''re pricing it on the low-end for ebooks, $7.99, though we are still trying to see if we can pull off a discount special leading up to launch where we will sell it for $1.99 (I''ll let you know if that happens).
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Association Adviser
FEBRUARY 16, 2015
'With Valentine’s Day in the rear view mirror (sadly for some, gratefully for many), relationships are on many people’s minds. We’re human beings, and we have complex relationships with friends, For more about this topic, click on the headline.
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
'The Council on American-Islamic Relations is ramping up its efforts to track and combat anti-Muslim prejudice, with help from its chapters and student organizations nationwide. The recent murders of three North Carolina students only underscored the need for action, CAIR says. The alert came during the early morning hours of February 11: Three Muslim students were gunned down , allegedly by a neighbor, near the campus of the University of North Carolina.
Association Mavens
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
'[link]. Jamie Notter is a well-known author, strategic consultant and speaker with over 20 years of industry experience. Working with a range of different companies, Jamie is a strong advocate of creating strong organizational culture to help foster business longevity and growth. In this interview, Jamie shares highlights from his latest book, When Millennials Take Over: Preparing for the Ridiculously Optimistic Future Of Business , which is scheduled for release in the spring.
Beth Kanter
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
'On April 6-8th, I’m co-facilitating a transformative leadership retreat with colleagues Heather McLeod Grant, Chris Block, Lance Fors, and Justin Ferrell. The retreat curriculum is built around the ALF’s “I-WE-IT” - skills that today’s social change leaders need as we move towards more collective approaches. You can learn more and register here.
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Wired4Leadership
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
'“Has culture become a legitimate basis for avoiding responsibility?” The concept of corporate culture burst on to management’s radar in 1982 with publication of Terrence Deal and Allan Kennedy’s groundbreaking book, Corporate Cultures: The Rites and Rituals of Corporate Life. The notion that financial results were not completely tied to financial planning, HR policies, or … Continue reading Culture Made Me Do It → You are reading Culture Made Me Do It from th
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
'Its original mission largely accomplished, the association for food truck operators in the DC region needed a new sense of purpose. The group found it with its inaugural Capital City Food Truck Convention. National Food Truck Movement While he’s busy planning the inaugural Capital City Food Truck Convention, DMV FTA Executive Director Che Ruddell-Tabisola is also working with the newly formed National Food Truck Association (NFTA) to expand the food truck movement.
Velvet Chainsaw
FEBRUARY 16, 2015
'A new study finds that successful businesses focus on linking learning to business performance. And the most successful conferences link their learning opportunities to their target market’s strategic business interest. Ultimately, these conference organizers understand that what happens back in the attendees’ office after the event is much more important that what happens at the conference.
Beth Kanter
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
'Last week, I co-presented a Guidestar webinar with Andrea Kihlstedt on the topic of healthy and productive meetings who talked about the basics for making meetings highly effective. I spoke about standing and walking meetings. This post shares some reflections and additional resources about both topics. Productive Meetings. We all have lived through that awful conference call or equally horrendous in person meeting.
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.
Beekeeper Group
FEBRUARY 19, 2015
'We are excited to announce an exciting new addition to our hive! Frank Stovicek joins Beekeeper Group this week as our new VP of Technology. Frank is a top notch developer and technology expert, who knows the communications and advocacy space very well. Prior to joining Beekeeper Group, Frank has worked at public relations and public affairs firms for almost a decade.
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
'The National Association of the Deaf alleges that Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology are violating the Americans With Disabilities Act by failing to make their online course offerings accessible to individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing. Advocates for the deaf and hard of hearing are suing two top-tier U.S. universities for discrimination due to lack of closed captioning in their online educational material.
Plexus Consulting
FEBRUARY 18, 2015
'By Steven M. Worth, President at Plexus Consulting Group, LLC Regulating private sector influence over the democratic policymaking process is a constantly shifting landscape in the US as policymakers and public interest advocates seek to maintain the integrity of the process and limit the influence of money while not infringing on the Constitutional rights of citizens to make their views known to policymakers.
Beth Kanter
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
'Note from Beth: I went to my first Games for Change Festival ten years ago, in 2005 and have been a fan and supporter ever since. They also offer any reader of Beth’s Blog a special discount code of 10% on the conference registeration (use this code: 10beth when you register ) Meghan Ventura from Games for Change has wrote this guest post about how nonprofits are using games to leverage their missions.
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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