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Leadership Qualities on the Golf Course

Association Leaders

It never ceases to amaze me where simple but effective lessons in leadership are found. The golf course is one of those places. Golf is a game of man against hiimself. How can leadership be present without someone to lead? I contend the qualities the game of golf emphasizes are leadership qualities that can be applied in any setting. Here are my top golf qualities: 1.

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Facebook Pulls a Quick Change on Custom Landing Tabs Policy

Wild Apricot

Facebook’s developer forum was kept busy overnight by members who were wondering what happened to the custom FBML landing tabs they’d set up for their Facebook Pages. The option to choose any landing tab besides Wall and Info had suddenly disappeared – for all but the very largest Facebook Pages set up by big business. Then came word of a Facebook policy change : Hello all, We apologize for not messaging this earlier.

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Making Contributions vs. Winning Competitions

Idea Architects

I received a Member Get a Member pitch in the mail yesterday, exhorting me to get people to join one of my professional associations. Doing so I was told would register me to win prizes and have my named added to the Wall of Recruiters. Not a single line of text used any appeal other than the competitive aspect of participating in the campaign and the possibility of extrinsic rewards.

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Membership Marketing Blog: Here's How to Engage Your Members

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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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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The Virtual Association, Part 2 : Off Stage

Off Stage

Off Stage. May. 19, 2010 - The Virtual Association, Part 2. Migrating an association to a more virtual identity is, in fact, a necessary part of modern organizational management. Members expect it: doing business virtually is a part of todays reality. To neglect having a website or avoid using email is to abandon essential business tools, and the members who looked to their trade association for leadership and strength will begin to turn elsewhere for business support and new ideas.

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WWIF #15: An Idea for Entry

Idea Architects

Many organizations conduct food or clothing drives in conjunction with some of their events. Example: a local theatre asks people to bring a canned good to certain performances of a play. While often conducted with no participation incentive offered, in some cases people are given a discount or other reward for their charitable effort. Let's keep doing these drives to benefit others, but let's also appropriate the concept for our own internal efforts.

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Membership Marketing Blog: The Growing Concern over.

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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Virtual Memberships, part 3 of the series : Off Stage

Off Stage

Off Stage. May. 21, 2010 - Virtual Memberships, part 3 of the series. One of the biggest challenges the Realtor organization has is the presence of the MLS. Ive said it before and Ill say it again (“Aw, Lindenau, shut it!” “No, no, I gotta keep saying it.”)--Realtor associations rely on MLS services to provide a constant stream of new members, and retain existing members who stay around until real estate is no longer a viable business decision for them.

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Better Search Tools for Twitter Backlinks

Wild Apricot

You already know the importance of listening for social media mentions of your nonprofit – monitoring with tools like Google Alerts that can let you know when your organization’s name comes up online. But what of those Twitter users who link to yourwebsite or blog post without specifically using your group’s name? sure, Google can catch those references if you’ve set up a news alert for your website domain name – but not if the tweeter uses one of the shortened URLs that are ubiquitous on Twitte

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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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Associations Live: Just wondering

Associations Live

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Wednesday, May 19, 2010. Just wondering. Are you a leader if you do nothing, accomplish nothing, and leave all the tough decisions for the person who will take your place? Posted by Kathy Johnson. at 8:35 AM. Labels: common sense , legislative. 1 comment: Anonymous said. “A leader leads by example, whether he intends to or not.” Being a leader comes in many forms.

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Leadership Inspiration

Moving through the Association World

This month on Acronym blog the topic has been leadership inspiration. Leadership is something I take seriously as it has played a fairly significant role in my life. As a student athlete for most of my life I found leadership inspiration from coaches and teammates. Now in a professional setting I have found a great deal of inspiration in two places, the volunteers I work with on a daily basis and the contributors on ASAE.

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I'm returning your call, Patsy. : Off Stage

Off Stage

Off Stage. May. 17, 2010 - I'm returning your call, Patsy. “Judith,” the email said, “I need to talk to you about Virtual Associations. When can I call?” The communication was from one of my favorite AEs, a manager of insight and good judgment, whose small association has always been a leading-edge kind of organization. I thought I should jot down a few ideas before I talked to her—in recent blogs Ive been talking about how valuable IT people were to an associat

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Facebook Ads - CPC vs CPM - 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, May 21, 2010. Facebook Ads - CPC vs CPM. As some of you know, I do a bit of freelance web design for small businesses. One of the hosts I have been using lately (I do like them!) is SuperGreenHosting.com.

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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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Associations Live: Golf in full Swing

Associations Live

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Monday, May 17, 2010. Golf in full Swing. Finally golf is in full swing in the upper Midwest. Those who werent partaking in the fishing opener were probably spending time on the links. Be sure to check out #msaegolf2010 [link] We love our summer days in Minnesota!

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AE on the Verge: 2 Meeting Suggestions from Judith

AE on the Verge

AE on the Verge. Association management, meetings and mania. Monday, May 17, 2010. 2 Meeting Suggestions from Judith. My friend Judith Lindenau has these 2 excellent meeting tips in a recent blog post : 1. Publish the Twitter hashtag along with the meeting registration materials My comment: how oh how have we not learned this yet? 2. Get rid of the cheesy advertising name tags when members head for [Capitol] Hill My comments: Amen!

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