Wild Apricot
JUNE 19, 2013
'We''ve just launched an online survey to gain insight on multi-chapter organizations. We''re looking for staff and volunteers of chapters, affiliates and their central organizations to participate.
YourMembership
JUNE 19, 2013
'Categories: Social Media and Business Trends Tags: cloud , SaaS Many years ago I worked for a disaster planning firm. Corporations paid them well to create danger assessment and recovery plans, everything from what to do in a flood to how to get back to operational capacity with only one employee living. These were the days of back-up tapes and we faithfully transported ours off-site [.] ( Read more. ) The post Let’s Get SaaS-y: Finding Comfort in the Cloud appeared first on YourMembershi
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Spark Consulting
JUNE 18, 2013
'Lots of organizations talk about innovation, but few do it well. And that’s the exact problem: we talk too much and experiment too little. A week ago, I had the opportunity to attend a free webinar on innovation and culture put on by the smarties over at Talent Anarchy , Jason Lauritsen and Joe Gerstandt. Joe and Jason point out that innovation requires two things: variation and selection.
Aaron Wolowiec
JUNE 18, 2013
'Shana Killips, sales manager for the James B. Henry Center for Executive Development at Michigan State University, and Aaron Wolowiec, founder and president of Event Garde. From the editor: Considered Michigan’s premier education and networking event for professionals in the nonprofit sector, ORGPRO 2013 will be held from July 8 to July 10 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel at Kalamazoo Center.
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Wild Apricot
JUNE 21, 2013
'Here are 7 secrets to help build better board teams and work towards more effective board meetings.
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Spark Consulting
JUNE 20, 2013
'No, I don’t mean the typical “Boomers haven’t saved enough!” wailing, although that’s certainly likely to be a problem. I mean the hourglass problem. As in, there are somewhere between 72-79 million Baby Boomers, and there are a lot fewer Gen-Xers. I’ve seen figures ranging from 39-49 million, and I find it telling that while it’s easy to get a definitive answer to “how many Boomers are there?
Mariner
JUNE 17, 2013
'Creating a meaningful experience for volunteer leaders at a traditional leadership conference can be rather hit or miss for most associations. It’s that gamble that drove the Society for Marketing Professional Services to rethink and rebuild their program.
Wild Apricot
JUNE 17, 2013
'Here are 4 reasons to develop a board recruitment process and a new resource that can help.
Jamie Notter
JUNE 19, 2013
'Give yourself a little bit of time (it’s a long article), but definitely read this fabulous article about the “bossless office” written by Matt Shaer for New York Magazine. He is basically documenting the “decentralization” idea that we talk about in Humanize , and he cites W.L. Gore and Associates, who we write about in the book.
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Spark Consulting
JUNE 19, 2013
'“ Fast and roughly right ” (versus “slow and precise”) might be my new favorite thing. Shelly Alcorn asks: is your association dogfooding ? “It doesn’t scale.” Eric Lanke wonders if you’re sure about that. Will Apple’s iOS7 kill near field communication (NFC) by rendering it unnecessary? “…technological progress is eliminating the need for many types of jobs and leaving the typical worker worse off than before.
Virtual
JUNE 21, 2013
'Friday is the first day of summer. Every year, I wind up with a “summer reading list” of books that I’ll read during the lazy days of summer. And every year, the list exceeds the number of lazy days. Here are a few on the list for this year: Drive by Daniel Pink I have [.
Vanguard Tech
JUNE 18, 2013
'Can you believe that almost 40% of associations have not done a website redesign in more than 3 years ? This was a key finding from the Association Website Redesign benchmarking survey we fielded late last year. A lot has changed in that time including the availability of affordable content management systems like Sitefinity , the importance of responsive web design , not to mention the rise of content marketing and increased competition for your members’ attention.
Association Adviser
JUNE 18, 2013
'You have helpful programs designed for your members. You serve as an advocate for your industry on Capitol Hill. Your association may even set the standard for quality in your industry by certifying businesses and individuals in their trade. None of those lofty accomplishments mean a thing if you’re not telling your members—and potential members—why it should matter to them. “Don’t tell them how a watch works; tell them they’ll be able to tell the time.” As I sat in a session titled
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Spark Consulting
JUNE 17, 2013
'A couple of months ago, I profiled Raspberry Pi for one of my Monday Always the Last to Know posts on cool technologies. As a refresher, Raspberry Pi is an extremely simple, low-cost computer specifically designed for Makers to tinker with. Let’s say the Raspberry Pi is a little *too* minimalist for you, but you still want to tinker around with build you own.
Jamie Notter
JUNE 21, 2013
'From Chapter 6: How to Be Open, in Humanize (p. 127), this quote comes after we make reference to Nordstrom’s awesome one-paragraph employee manual, that basically says “we trust you. Use your best judgment.” You don’t have to be as brief as Nordstrom, but your 300 page manual with detailed instructions on how people are supposed to behave is just not cutting it any more. “But the other reason you need a brief manual is that you need people to be able to memorize i
Virtual
JUNE 21, 2013
'Friday is the first day of summer. Every year, I wind up with a “summer reading list” of books that I’ll read during the lazy days of summer. And every year, the list exceeds the number of lazy days. Here are a few on the list for this year: Drive by Daniel Pink. I have already started this one—all about motivation. I love one of the first examples: which would you have guessed would be more successful, an online encyclopedia called Encarta backed by Microsoft or one called Wi
Mariner
JUNE 21, 2013
'Proof that the world of words is changing faster than ever and that technology, especially social media, has powered much of this change -- after only 6 years, the Oxford English Dictionary has granted ‘tweet’ an expanded definition. Read more at How "Tweet" Got in the OED.
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Associations Now
JUNE 21, 2013
'A new study of U.S. college students asked them what they think education will look like in the years to come. What they had to say could affect your association’s meetings and education strategy when it comes to attracting these next-generation attendees. Yeah, we know, we know: More and more is happening online. The handwritten note has pretty much gone the way of the dinosaur (although I do think both of my grandmothers are helping to keep both Hallmark and the postcard industry in the
Association Adviser
JUNE 18, 2013
'This month’s Corner Office spotlight shines on Christopher Williston VI, vice president of communications for the Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT) , the nation’s largest community state banking institution. Its members include more than 2,000 banks and branches in 700 Texas communities. Association Adviser: Tell us a little bit about IBAT.
Idea Architects
JUNE 20, 2013
'Some people struggle with seeing things come to an end. I have been facilitating many conversations with staff and volunteer leaders about what programs need to be sunset, which ones might need refreshing, and where do new efforts desperately need to be created. These have been difficult conversations. Many people seem to attach a state of presumed permanence to things.
Velvet Chainsaw
JUNE 21, 2013
'In the world of conference education, the future is not necessarily about the next technology gadget or innovative session format. It’s about something that is as old as disco balls, platform shoes and shag carpeting: peerology. SME — Subject Matter Experts — has long been an important component of education session development. But it’s time “SME” stood for something else: Subject Matter Experienced.
Speaker: Andrew Olsen, CFRE - EVP, Fundraising Solutions at DickersonBakker | Kat Landa, CFRE, CSD - SVP, Talent Solutions at DickersonBakker
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Associations Now
JUNE 18, 2013
'What organizational factors make for the most committed leaders? New research suggests that more interdependent teams and less time in meetings make a big difference. What makes one volunteer leader more committed to an organization than the next? Thanks to a new study published in the American Sociological Review last week, we may be closing in on an answer.
Association Adviser
JUNE 18, 2013
'By Janet Frank and Kelly Donovan. In April, Association Adviser readers reaffirmed that non-dues revenue makes up a good chunk of their organizations’ operating funds. Our poll showed that 64 percent of respondents rely on non-dues revenue for one-quarter to one-half of their total revenue, and almost 25 percent said they count on non-dues revenue for the majority of their funds.
Mizz Information
JUNE 19, 2013
'Even though my current role is broader than community management, I''m still a community manager at heart and it''s still my passion. So I was super excited to get a peek at the first report of the Community Roundtable''s 2013 State of Community Management yesterday and even more excited to see that it contains some great findings that should hopefully help show businesses that community management DOES matter.
GlowGlobally
JUNE 19, 2013
'On August 4, from 3:15-4:30pm, ASAE welcomes Mr. Liu Youqian, the CEO of Federation of China Trade Associations & Chambers of Commerce, to speak about the “Future Trends for Chinese Associations” at the ASAE Annual Meeting in Atlanta. ASAE’s China office representative Ms Maria Tong will also be on hand to provide translation as he speaks with Ms.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
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