YourMembership
DECEMBER 17, 2012
Categories: YourMembership.com News Tags: donation , Sandy Hook Elementary School On December 14, 2012 an extreme tragedy struck Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. When a tragedy of this type hits it’s more than just the community that’s affected; the entire country feels the pain and loss of those innocent lives cut short.
Wild Apricot
DECEMBER 20, 2012
Here is our round-up of free non-profit webinars for January 2013. This month we found webinars on topics such as: harnessing the power of video; non-profit corporate compliance; non-profit blogging that engages and much, much more.
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Association Leaders
DECEMBER 17, 2012
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last three days, you are aware of the terrible tragedy that struck an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut last Friday. This was an unthinkable tragedy carried out by a monster. I for one, spent early Saturday morning crying while watching news coverage before my children awoke. Nothing good comes from this tragedy.
Eric Lanke
DECEMBER 17, 2012
image source Are you like me? Inundated with surveys from the associations you belong to? Tell us what you think of our last conference. How was that last resource you downloaded from our online store? Help us set the future direction of your association. And do you do the same thing to your members? Asking them too many questions too often and taking too little action based on the embarrassing response rates?
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YourMembership
DECEMBER 20, 2012
Categories: Member Engagement + Retention Tags: cont , content , content creation , engaging members , member retention If in the midst of a face-to-face conversation, a member handed you something — a paper perhaps they wrote, a picture they took, even cookies they baked — and the member said “Here, I’d like you to have this,” your response would most likely to be to thank him or her.
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Association Subculture
DECEMBER 19, 2012
To come original it ain't nothin' strange. you got to represent you to come full range an'. full range of emotion full range of styles. when you come to town you'll have them comin' for miles and. come original, you've got to come original. all entertainers. hear why. 311 ( link to video ). I just finished a webinar entitled "Beer and BBQ IS a Membership Strategy" and part of the point I was trying to make today is associations need to start concentrating on "Whole Self Membership.
Aaron Wolowiec
DECEMBER 21, 2012
On Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 – Did another year just pass us by? – at 2 p.m. ET, I’ll have the pleasure of delivering a webinar titled, “Adopting Education Strategy to Jump-Start Member Engagement.” This session is presented by Young Association Professionals, Aggregage , Association Universe and Infinite Conferencing as part of The New World of Member Engagement Webinar Series. .
YourMembership
DECEMBER 21, 2012
Categories: YourMembership.com News May your holiday be filled with joyous laughter and warm memories. Take some time to unplug and cherish the love of friends and family. Wishing you and yours the happiest of holidays and a remarkable 2103! Our office will be closed December 24-25. ( Read more. ) The post Happy Holidays from YourMembership.com appeared first on YourMembership.com.
Wild Apricot
DECEMBER 17, 2012
Here's a sneak peek into the findings of our Small Membership Insight Survey.
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Virtual
DECEMBER 18, 2012
It’s said that life is the ultimate learning experience. And in 2012, I learned quite a bit from some unusual sources. As I reflect on the year, it struck me that many of these lessons apply not just to me, but to the associations that I work with as well. Here are just a few: [.].
Jamie Notter
DECEMBER 19, 2012
Two stories on the internet caught my attention this week. The first was a blog post from Mark Schaefer on the business case for buying facebook likes. Yes, that’s the business case FOR buying them. His argument seems to be that whether it makes sense or not, we now give value to a brand that has a high number of likes. Even if they are completely fake, bought likes.
KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup
DECEMBER 17, 2012
Are you tired of the rat race and sick to death of your job and everything about it ESPECIALLY as we approach 2013? Fierce guru for women entrepreneurs, Marie Forleo , talks about her NNT (non-negotiable time) that she uses to avoid burnout and it really got me thinking. The holidays tend to overwhelm many of us (I am no exception) and so any ideas of ways to combat fatigue catch my attention.
Idea Architects
DECEMBER 17, 2012
In a recent NPR interv iew about a budget deal , former sen at or Bill B radley reminded us of the most important rule for debate and decision-making: you have to agree on the principles which the ultimate decision should reflect. Without agreement on principles, yo u just deb ate your respective positions. Without a shared vision and strategy, you just ar gue about tactics.
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Velvet Chainsaw
DECEMBER 18, 2012
Meeting professional face a tall technology order today. More conferences are placing a high priority on using technology that not only improves the attendee experience, extends its reach, and streamlines processes, but fits into their organizations’ overall digital strategy. It’s a tall order for meeting professionals. Today, planners are expected to have a grasp on the latest technology solutions and social-media platforms and understand how they can be put to use to improve their events.
Jamie Notter
DECEMBER 17, 2012
Time is running out to be a part of the inaugural “21st Century Nonprofit” program that Maddie and I are doing with NTEN, the Nonprofit Technology Network. The program begins in early January, and you need to fill out a brief application in order to be considered. It is primarily an online learning program, consisting of four webinars (one about each of the human elements we cover in Humanize : open, trustwrorthy, generative, and courageous), supplemented by online and telelphone con
Association Advocacy Chick
DECEMBER 18, 2012
To: You. From: Me. Re: Out of Office. As of Friday December 21, I will be out of the office for the rest of the year. 2012 has been busy, thrilling, tiring, upsetting and fulfilling all at the same time. Association Advocacy Chick continues to grow slowly, but surely. My iPad toolkit for lobbyists post was republished and circulated widely within the advocacy community.
SCD Group
DECEMBER 18, 2012
Goodbye Toll Booth Worker (left); Hello Automatic Billing (right). When driving with my son in the Dallas area a couple of weeks ago, I discovered that Texas is tearing out toll booths. Rather than stopping to drop coins in a basket and watch the gate go up to let you through, he just keeps driving. A scanner checks his easy pass every so often and deducts the toll.
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Beth Kanter
DECEMBER 21, 2012
I was thrilled to be profiled in Fast Company’s Generosity Series this week. Generosity is baked into my DNA and I can’t help it. I don’t do this with an expectation of any return–financial or otherwise. I’ve been volunteering for community causes since I was a kid, something my family encouraged. I grew up at the Jersey Shore. When I was in the third grade, I volunteered to bake cupcakes to help fundraise for Lucy the Elephant (who thankfully survived super storm Sandy ).
Wired4Leadership
DECEMBER 19, 2012
What’s your game plan for success in 2013? As leaders we receive plenty of conflicting advice. Real world insights are hard to come by and sometimes extremely difficult to comprehend. We all know foresight is better than hindsight, so where … Continue reading → You are reading Five Skills Every Leader Needs in 2013 from the Wired 4 Leadership blog.
Association Mavens
DECEMBER 17, 2012
I’ve had the privilege of hearing Jeff Hurt speak a couple times this year at association conferences and have been blown away by the concepts he teaches. As the Executive Vice President of Education and Engagement at Velvet Chainsaw Consulting , Jeff focuses on annual meeting improvement and the convergence of Web 2.0, social media, meetings, events and education.
SCD Group
DECEMBER 20, 2012
Growing up in the 1950s I really, really wanted to have a red Radio Flyer wagon. I dreamed about it and pestered my parents about getting one for Christmas (probably when I was five or six). But, with five kids, they couldn’t really afford one. So, Christmas passed. On my birthday in April, however, my oldest brother took me out to the barn. And, there, gleaming in its red glory, was a Radio Flyer red wagon!
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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.
Beth Kanter
DECEMBER 17, 2012
Today, I was honored to be one of the changemakers interviewed in Catchafire’s Generosity Series, a celebration and investigation of bold generosity with the goal of understanding its causes, its benefits, and how to inspire more. The goal of the series is to understand how small acts of generosity rather than exclusively deep-pocketed philanthropy can make a difference.
Plexus Consulting
DECEMBER 21, 2012
Virgil Carter Unfortunately, many non-profit organizations are not known for their data-based research and decision-making. Instead, it seems, volunteer leaders may often arise in a quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors, make a motion, second and vote favorably for a decision to commit sizable amounts of staff time and money for an unstudied “good idea”!
Wired4Leadership
DECEMBER 17, 2012
The world lost a talented and brave leader. When gunfire erupted at her place of work, she instinctively ran toward danger and risk. Dawn Hochsprung, the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut died in a school doing … Continue reading → You are reading We Lost A Valiant Leader from the Wired 4 Leadership blog.
SCD Group
DECEMBER 19, 2012
When I finished college, I joined The Associated Press as a news reporter. It was an awesome learning experience. My time on the “night broadcast desk” taught me to write fast and concise in broadcast style. It was my Saturday morning moments with News Editor Alf Hall that may have taught me the most about myself. Alf (probably in his mid-50s at the time) had started his career at the Springfield Daily News along with Pulitzer Prize winner James (Scotty) Reston.
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