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Blogger Basics: Copyright

Reid All About it

The web was buzzing last week with news that a small freebie magazine, Cooks Source, had allegedly committed a copyright violation by publishing a writer’s apple pie recipe and article without asking her permission. Edward Champion provided a synopsis of the entire incident and discovered quite a few other possible violations. The magazine’s dubious actions would have been bad enough, but the editor further inflamed the situation by her arrogant and clueless response to the original author.

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Sparked Helps Nonprofits Find Micro-Volunteers Online

Wild Apricot

You’ve worked hard to build a social media fan base – but now what? For small nonprofits, it can be a real challenge to move those online supporters from "Like" to concrete action. Enter Sparked.com, the world's first micro-volunteering network! ( read more ). Tags: networking nonprofit non-profit Non-profit technology nptech volunteer volunteering Volunteers.

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Black Like Me

Association Advocacy Chick

Earlier this week, Kristin Clarke wrote a dynamic piece for ASAE’s Acronym blog entitled White Like Me. Using the context of the midterm elections which resulted in no African-Americans in the Senate, she describes the continuing frustration of not having more African-Americans serving in association leadership positions. If you haven’t read it, you can find it here.

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Open Q&A with Open Community Authors: Lindy Dreyer and Maddie.

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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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Blogger Basics: Freebie Disclosure

Reid All About it

In December 2009 new Federal Trade Commission (FTC) guidelines on the use of endorsements and testimonials in advertising took effect. The revised guidelines concern blog posts and other social media word-of-mouth marketing. The purpose of these FTC guidelines is to help advertisers, and now bloggers, stay in compliance with the FTC act. The FTC has long held that “material connections” between advertisers and endorsers must be disclosed.

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Secrets to Market Share and Product Sales Growth ? GrowGlobally.org

GlowGlobally

GrowGlobally.org. global association strategy, regional planning and local infrastructure to grow your business. Home. About. Channels. MarCom. Market & Biz Plan. Meetings. Membership. Products. Public Affairs. Services. « The Association World in China. Global MegaTrends to Rock Your World – Part 1 » Nov. 11. 2010. Secrets to Market Share and Product Sales Growth.

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Let's Not Make a Big Deal

Idea Architects

I waited tables in high school. The person who trained me was excellent and offered numerous small tips I have found valuable in just about every professional role I have held ever since. One of the gems he stressed has been on my mind lately. Hal insisted that servers should do nothing that would unnecessarily draw guests' attention to the work we were doing.

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Judge Me By My Friends and Lessons from BlogWorld | KiKi L.

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Best of the Web

Association Adviser

November 2010 -- Best of the Web The Association Adviser eNews staff rounds up some of the most thought-provoking posts on the social Web this month. By Association Adviser staff.

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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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Membership Marketing Blog: The Top 25 Lessons Learned in.

Membership Marketing

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. Whether you are an association professional or a relationship marketer, join the discussion on the Membership Marketing Blog and share your ideas and counsel. Speaking Engagements.

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Meeting Design: What would make the connections more concrete?

Idea Architects

Too often meetings—be they department or all-staff—and workshops or conferences are simply crammed with content. We raise a lot of awareness when we cover a lot of material … the what. But we aren't connecting the content and making it sufficiently concrete and actionable because we fail to answer the next two critical questions: So what? Now what? Converting increased awareness into increased action requires that we more explicitly connect the content of our conversations to how those participa

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Hide and Seek at 33 | KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

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What Will the Future Bring?

Association Adviser

November 2010 -- Marketing & Communication David Pogue, renowned New York Times and PBS-TV pundit on technology and culture shares his view of the future. What can associations learn from the cutting edge of consumer electronics and communication?

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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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Membership Marketing Blog: Using Social Media to Recruit Staff

Membership Marketing

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. Whether you are an association professional or a relationship marketer, join the discussion on the Membership Marketing Blog and share your ideas and counsel. Speaking Engagements.

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An Inconsistent Proof

Idea Architects

Here's the unfair reality. The more you align your efforts with … a clear intention, a stated set of values, and an articulated brand … the more we'll notice any inconsistencies and the more we'll wonder just what you were thinking. When you've got almost everything right, what's not wrong just seems exceptionally out of place: Can you believe they didn't __?

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Lady GoGo on Halloween 2010 | KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

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Your Website: The Ultimate Speed Dating Game

Association Adviser

November 2010 -- Technology You only get one chance to make a good first impression on prospective members. Here are five keys to success.

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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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The Hourglass Blog: Who Will Change the Workplace?

The Hourglass Blog

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Tuesday, November 9, 2010. Who Will Change the Workplace? Okay, Eric, your post from last Tuesday has me thinking. I read McAfees post and yours, and I get it. When a new generation comes into the workforce, we tend to freak out. There is an interesting pattern to the freaking out, though. Strauss and Howe argue that generations follow a pattern, alternating between dominant and recessive.

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"Make it Fun!" he said. : Off Stage

Off Stage

Off Stage. Nov. 10, 2010 - "Make it Fun!" he said. Normal 0. false false false. EN-US X-NONE X-NONE. It wasn’t MY idea, though I wish it had been. Rather, it was the brainchild of the CEO of the National Association of Realtors (which is why they hired Dale Stinton and not me). Anyway, Dale said, “We’ve just completed this great contest for our local associations and now we need a plan to share the results—something fun.

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4 ways to turn what you’re already doing into blog posts

ChatterBachs

Sometimes when I talk to people about social media, I get the distinct impression that they don’t know what to talk about on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, or on blogs. And, yet, when I ask them about their position, business, or industry, they often come across with such passion and insight. And, it doesn’t matter whether they’re in technology, finance, education, or interior design.

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Associations Live: A truism

Associations Live

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Tuesday, November 9, 2010. A truism. Responsibility is a big responsibility! Posted by Kathy Johnson. at 11:19 AM. Labels: Leadership. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). July Member Poll. Subscribe.

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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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The Hourglass Blog: Managing by Collaboration

The Hourglass Blog

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Monday, November 8, 2010. Managing by Collaboration. The recent blog posts by Joe Rominiecki and Jamie Notter on collaboration got me thinking. Like a lot of blog posts I read, these didn’t prompt any profound conclusions (my fault, not theirs), but they did get me thinking about collaboration and how I use it as a management tool in the workplace.

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Stuff I Use and Love - BlogClump

BlogClump

skip to main | skip to sidebar. BlogClump - Blogging About Associations From a Gen Xer. A Gen Xer giving his thoughts and opinions on the Association world. Friday, November 12, 2010. Stuff I Use and Love - Portable Hard Drive. I have a LaCie 320 GB portable hard drive. Nice and compact. Works like a charm, every time. Posted by. Matt Baehr. at 11:00 AM.

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#SMfastfwd: 11.10.10 recap

ChatterBachs

ChatterBachs hosted a #SMfastfwd tweetchat with a special #SoMeT tie-in on Wednesday, November 10th. Here is a recap of that tweetchat. I’ve tried to put in a format where the actual flow is easier to follow and makes sense, background chatter has been minimized, and so that the most valuable information and insights from #SMfastfwd are presented without this blog post getting too long.

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AE on the Verge: Fire Up that Laminating Machine

AE on the Verge

AE on the Verge. Association management, meetings and mania. Sunday, November 7, 2010. Fire Up that Laminating Machine. At a training session this week, 3-4 sentence case studies were printed on laminated index cards. Id never seen case studies laminated. Later was an exercise to teach association execs how to do "impact answers" to challenging questions members ask, and the sample questions for the practice session were on. laminated business cards.

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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.