Wild Apricot

JUNE 22, 2015

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Aaron Wolowiec

JUNE 23, 2015

We hear it all the time: We live in a “me” society. Most of us, at some point, have asked, “What’s in this for me? Associations aren’t any different. Think about it: How many associations want to boost revenue by hoping their members buy more? How many times have we wished we could just get more volunteers? In other words, we ask, “How can we get our members to do what we want them to do?”.

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Virtual

JUNE 25, 2015

I love a new toy. That’s why I was so excited to get my Apple Watch last week. And as I hit the one - week mark, a few lessons have struck me: Experience starts at the beginning. Apple is known for its packaging, and this exemplified why. Opening the watch felt like an event. And, more critically, it was thought through. Every box had an “easy open” tab clearly marked.

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Jamie Notter

JUNE 23, 2015

This Thursday we'll be hosting another #CultureChat on twitter, and our topic will focus in on the what, when, and how of changing an existing culture. I find that a lot of the organizations with really amazing cultures grew up like that. Their founders created that cool culture. So does that leave any hope for the rest of us who maybe inherited an okay-but-not-so-great culture?

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 26, 2015

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Association Adviser

JUNE 26, 2015

Manage your association’s Twitter account? Twitter lists are a simple yet powerful feature that organize your feed by people and topic. Lists of member groups, events, and industry news can be a. For more about this topic, click on the headline.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 25, 2015

Imagine an extended family of eight living under one roof together. Grandpa, Grandma, Mom, Dad and four siblings. Everyone lives in a separate room. Imagine they never speak to each other except once a week at a Sunday lunch. Each engages in their own personal activities in separate schedules. They just pass each other coming and going. Would you consider this a healthy family?

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Idea Architects

JUNE 24, 2015

In far too many organizations, facilitation is still seen as something done by an external consultant or internal manager or leader instead of a core capacity and contribution that everyone should be capable and confident of making. I want to change that. When more people see themselves as capable of being facilitative —whether they are the designated leader of a meeting or conference call or simply contributing as a participant— better results become possible.

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Associations Now

JUNE 25, 2015

$ 2M The amount that NATA, the NFL Foundation, Gatorade, and the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society are expected to raise for a charitable program to fund athletic trainers in underserved communities nationwide. The updated initiative was announced Wednesday. For the first time since 1998, the National Athletic Trainers’ Association has updated the standards for treating and transporting a player who has received a spinal injury.

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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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SCD Group

JUNE 22, 2015

Brands – whether companies, products or associations – are difficult to create, hard to nurture and easy to destroy. Recently, the St. Louis Cardinals brand – one of the icons of professional baseball – took a hit when the FBI announced it was investigating whether the Cardinals hacked into the computer system of the Houston Astros baseball club. For background, read Brand Tarnished, Cardinals Likely to Avoid Economic Damage.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 22, 2015

Is your organization stuck maintaining and nurturing a zombie project? A zombie project is one that continues from year to year regardless of its effectiveness. It sucks the very life and resources from your team and organization says authors Scott Anthony, David Duncan and Pontus M.A. Siren. Often many people feel these zombie projects have a birthright and should always be delivered regardless of the outcome.

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Achieve

JUNE 21, 2015

This post by Derrick Feldmann originally appeared as a guest blog for. Nonprofit Hub. It’s hard to believe we’re only two days away from. MCON 2015. Of course, I’m pretty biased, but this is already shaping up to be the best MCON we’ve ever produced. People from across the country will gather at the. Museum of Contemporary Art. in Chicago to experience MCON in person and over 20,000 people will stream the event online.

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Associations Now

JUNE 23, 2015

Trans Fats, Still on the Menu One place where human and animal food habits aren’t quite the same? Trans fats. Last week’s announcement that the Food and Drug Administration has decided to ban trans fats from foods doesn’t translate to animal feed or similar foods— a decision that earned praise from the American Feed Industry Association, a trade group for animal-feed producers.

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SCD Group

JUNE 23, 2015

Yesterday I shared the case of the St. Louis Cardinals and protecting your brand. I closed saying: Who at your association “manages” its brand? Who monitors activities to ensure your brand is not tarnished? Who watches events and activities within your environment so your association’s brand benefits? Having a great brand does not guarantee continued success.

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Beth Kanter

JUNE 24, 2015

Jeremy Caplan is the Director of Education, Tow-Knight Center Entrepreneurial Journalism and an amazing teacher. I’ve never met him face-to-face, but I’ve learned some much from reading and using his curated instructional materials. He recently shared “ Toolsets for Social Media ,” a brilliantly curated collection of tools.

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Plexus Consulting

JUNE 20, 2015

By Steven M. Worth, President at Plexus Consulting Group, LLC The world and everything that is in it belongs to those who care the most. How is that for a breathtaking statement? But think about it for a moment, isn’t it true? In the competition for scarce opportunities, how many opportunities fall into the hands of those who don’t care? It happens in lotteries and fairy tales perhaps, but otherwise not often in real life.

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Associations Now

JUNE 22, 2015

Tampa-based Cigar City Brewing is making a new limited-edition milk stout—with proceeds supporting the Florida Cattlemen’s Foundation, a nonprofit offshoot of the Florida Cattlemen’s Association. As anyone who’s eaten a burger at a pub can tell you, beer and beef go together nicely. The Florida Cattlemen’s Association, a trade group that represents the state’s cattle ranchers, is taking that to heart—going so far as to work with Cigar City Brewing, a popular craft b

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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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Jamie Notter

JUNE 24, 2015

Every single one of us creates the culture where we work through our behaviors, thoughts, and words. We are all a part of that. So as we go about our work, we make choices about what to say, what to do, and how to approach things. In those choices we create culture. Of course, we all also have our "other" jobs--you know, the things that are in our job description that people expect us to do (and do well) or we'll get fired.

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Beth Kanter

JUNE 23, 2015

Photo by Social Misfits. I am just back from spending a few days in London where I keynoted the “ Future of Social ” Conference hosted by Social Misfits Media with a talk about Gen Z or as they say in the UK, Gen Zed. I also facilitated several workshops for London-based nonprofit CEOs and communications directors on developing a strategy for their leadership profiles on social and internal champions (board, staff, and volunteers).

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Associations Now

JUNE 24, 2015

The Professional Ski Instructors of America and American Association of Snowboard Instructors has teamed up with the International Mountain Bicycling Association in an effort to engage their community of outdoor enthusiasts throughout the year. Ski slopes don’t need to be covered with that white, fluffy substance to provide countless hours of entertainment to resort goers and outdoor adventurists.

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Associations Now

JUNE 26, 2015

Business travelers are continuing to use new tools and apps inspired by the leisure travel and retail industries. Association meetings need to adopt them in order to remain relevant to attendees. I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: Your conference attendees have the same expectations of your association’s meetings as they do of any corporate conference they would attend.

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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

JUNE 22, 2015

New for 2016 Advances in technology and social media made the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections seem like two completely different races strategy-wise. Expect more of the same in 2016, said Robert Hay Jr., CAE, executive director of the Association of Government Relations Professionals. “With the rise of things like Meerkat and Periscope, how are those kinds of tools going to be used to livestream different pieces of information?

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Associations Now

JUNE 22, 2015

A new way of thinking could entirely reverse your association’s perspective on the relationships fueling member engagement. Plus: How well do you speak emoji? Go back into your memory and recall a time you were truly, actively engaged with something—a work project, a hobby, whatever it may be. As Anna Caraveli , managing partner at The Demand Networks, and Elizabeth Weaver Engel , CAE, the CEO and chief strategist at Spark Consulting, note in a post on MemberClicks’ blog , chances ar

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Associations Now

JUNE 22, 2015

The National Association of Manufacturers has launched program that educates its top members on government relations. It’s an idea that even associations that don’t lobby can learn from. It’s not always easy to sell a CEO on the importance of advocacy. Success can be time-consuming, and it’s rarely guaranteed. Public policy also often demands an understanding of national, state, and municipal politics—and aren’t the internal politics at the office headache-inducing enough?

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Associations Now

JUNE 23, 2015

As retailers halt sales of products bearing the Confederate flag after last week’s mass shooting in Charleston, South Carolina, the Flag Manufacturers Association of America has suggested that its members might stop producing the flags entirely. One manufacturer has already dropped the item from its product line. In the wake of the racially motivated killings of nine black churchgoers in Charleston South Carolina, last week, the political pressure to remove the Confederate flag from the st

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

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