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One-Page Social Media Strategy

Wild Apricot

Overwhelmed by the task of developing a social media strategy for your non-profit organization? Don’t know whether you ought to “friend” or “like” or tweet” to get the best mileage for your message in the social networks? Jumpstart the planning process with Jay Baer’s smart one-page Social Media Strategy Worksheet.( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology General non-profit interest nptech Social networking Non-profit Communications social media.

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Association Subculture: Experience Versus Memory in Nonprofit.

Association Subculture

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Friday, July 9, 2010. Experience Versus Memory in Nonprofit Association Management. "The second trap is a confusion between experience and memory, basically its between being happy "in" your life and being happy "about" your life. Those are two very different concepts and they are both lumped into the definition of happiness." - Daniel Kahneman, TEDTalk, Feb2010.

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Association Law Blog: Nonprofit Association Sponsorship Income.

Association Law

skip to main | skip to sidebar. This blog focuses on legal issues of interest to association leaders, including executives, volunteers and members. It is NOT intended to provide legal advice, but rather to share my informal thoughts on legal issues commonly faced by trade and professional associations, as well as foundations and other charities. This blog does not focus on homeowners associations or religious organizations.

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Associations Live: Cognitive Surplus

Associations Live

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Friday, July 9, 2010. Cognitive Surplus. Last year, I had the opportunity to see Clay Shirky live at the DigitalNow Conference in Florida. Shirky is the author of “ Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations ”, the recently released “ Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age ”, and a teacher of New Media at New York University.

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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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32 Free Online Tools to Create Infographics

Wild Apricot

A while back, we looked how your non-profit can use visualization tools to help tell the human story behind your data and statistics, along with some free tools and inspiring examples to make your own infographic. If you’re still seeking that one perfect free tool to transform your numbers into pictures, however, take a look at the 32 online tools for creating diagrams, flowcharts, charts and graphs from designer Daniels Mekšs.

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We Have Data! Now What?

High Context

Perfectly executed and statistically valid survey results won’t help you unless you actually do something based on the results. The trick is to design the survey and your business processes to enable action. Here are a few tips for doing so. What questions will help us to determine results and make changes? This is the most important of the three: considering what questions will best help you to improve the program, service or product about which you are gathering data.

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Association Management Lessons from the Public Sector : Off Stage

Off Stage

Off Stage. Jul. 3, 2010 - Association Management Lessons from the Public Sector. The Young Foundation released an interesting and useful report this week: the title is “ Capital Ideas: how to generate innovation in the public sector.” The title caught my eye: “public sector innovation seems to me to be a contradiction in terms. Often the public sector is motivated by consensus building, not problem solving—and thats a problem thats common in membership associations as wel

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Bullying in the Non-profit Workplace

Wild Apricot

You’re working or volunteering with a non-profit organization, not in the dog-eat-dog business world. So the dynamics in your office should be all about happy teamwork and selfless cooperation towards a common cause, right? Not necessarily so. The reality is, any workplace will bring together good guys and trolls alike – people of differing strengths and weaknesses, all types of personalities, each with her or his own personal and professional agenda to pursue as well as your common mission.

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Google TV Ads - 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, July 9, 2010. Google TV Ads - My Ad. Since I had a request for it, here is the ad I created. Realize that I did this with stock photos, screen grabs, the microphone on a webcam and cheap and free software.

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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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AE on the Verge: Want an Action: Great Social Media Threat

AE on the Verge

AE on the Verge. Association management, meetings and mania. Saturday, July 3, 2010. Want an Action: Great Social Media Threat. Got this great threat by email this week. And the red lettering was a good touch too: "Just a reminder that if you havent already done so, please send me a picture of you and your guest by end of business tomorrow. Warning: If you do not submit a picture, (names) have threatened to comb the internet for the perfect picture of you or someone who sort of looks like you!

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The Vision Statement of the U.S.A.

Association Okie

As I sit her on the verge of the 234th anniversary of the Birth of the United States of America, (watching “The Revolution” on the History Channel), I wonder what this nation would have been like if the “Declaration Committee”, composed of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman had been assisted by a facilitator.

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Google TV Ads Update #6 - 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. Wednesday, July 7, 2010. Google TV Ads Update #6. Things are looking up. I have passed the first set of approvals!!! Now I am seeing the following: This ad has been processed by our television partners.

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Becoming a Curator with Your Website - 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. Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Becoming a Curator with Your Website. A lot of you may already know this tip, but someone shared it with me and I figured I would pass it along. If you are looking to pull in specific stories/posts/articles from other sources into your news section on your website, here is a handy way to do it.

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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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Google TV Ads Update #8 - 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, July 9, 2010. Google TV Ads Update #8 - I was on TV! So I logged in this morning to see if the ads had finally been approved, and it turns out I had ads run yesterday! Here is the screen shoot of what I had run yesterday.

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Google TV Ads Update #7 - 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. Thursday, July 8, 2010. Google TV Ads Update #7. I get up this morning and check my account. The ad has not been approved by all partners, which means no ads today. Google takes up to 24 hours. Then the partners get it, and who knows how long they take?

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Google TV Ads Update #5 - 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. Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Google TV Ads Update #5. On Friday, I wrote into Google again about the issue of the broken links and the fact that I still didnt know why the ad was rejected. I did get a call from a live human (different from the first guy) wondering how he could help.

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Googe Adwords Error - 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. Tuesday, July 6, 2010. Googe Adwords Error. I think I have seen this page more than anything else while working in adwords. (I zoomed in so you could read the screen shot). Posted by. Matt Baehr. at 10:16 AM.

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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!