Sat.Dec 29, 2012 - Fri.Jan 04, 2013

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Sending the Message: Digital Events, Beyond the E-Vite

YourMembership

Categories: Member Engagement + Retention Tags: ashley withers , attracting members , content , engaging members , event , event management , guest blogger , managing events , membership organization , yourmembership.com I am so excited to share this guest post by Ashley Withers, a support specialist at YourMembership.com. She holds a Bachelor’s in English & Sociology from Stony Brook University in New York.

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Six serious ideas for 2013

Principled Innovation

2013 is the year when association leaders will need to get serious about transformation. So as the year begins in earnest, I want to share six ideas on which I will focus my attention over the next 12 months. These are high impact ideas for association leaders who are serious about taking their organizations to the next level. I look forward to your questions, as well as your thoughts on how these ideas may reshape your association’s work in the year ahead.

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Membership and Non-profit Trends for 2013

Wild Apricot

Here is a round-up of non-profit, membership, marketing and event predictions and trends for 2013.

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3 Ways Associations Can Live Dangerously in 2013

KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup

What if 2013 was the year of living dangerously for associations? What kind of changes would we see? Fear is such a pain. It saps our energy; develops more of the same old thing. Fear creates doubt in the place of excitement. Fear sucks. And yet, when we drill down into why many decisions are made the way they are in organizations, we find fear at the root.

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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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Friday Top 5

Thanks For Playing

My 2013 resolution is to learn to play poker. And I'm off to a good start, as dear friends hosted a poker party for me on New Year's Day. Seven of us played a full round of everyone getting shot at dealer for 7 card stud, and then two full rounds of Texas Hold 'Em. And Tim did an AMAZING job of putting together cheat sheets about the hands, the rules, the types of games, betting.basically everything you need to know to get started.

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Charitable Giving – Looking Back at 2012 To Plan for 2013

Wild Apricot

Here is a look at charitable giving in 2012 and trends that might continue into 2013.

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It Is Better to Be Clear than to Be Right

Jamie Notter

I searched on my blog for the post I wrote about the “hard work of clarity.” I thought it would be on the first page or two of results because it must have been recently. Turns out it was from 2009 , after the session that Maddie, Lindy, and I did on how social media changes the way we work (which can be considered the earliest starting point of Humanize ).

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A Year in Photos

Thanks For Playing

My resolution in 2012 was to do Photo365 , which I documented on a Tumblr. I started a little before January 1, 2012 and took at least one photo nearly every day for the entire year. I know I did miss a handful of days (likely about 5, without going back to confirm), but many days I took more than one photo, resulting in 688 posts to the blog Most of the photos were taken in and around DC, although there are also photos from New Orleans, rural Virginia, the Philadelphia area, the Jersey shore, r

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My Top 5 Blog Posts of 2012

Eric Lanke

image source As we end another year (without the world coming to an end, fortunately), here's a look back at the five posts on this blog that received the most page views in 2012. 1. Don't Rush to Fill the Silence A lesson I've learned about what a leader can learn from silence, and how that opportunity will be lost if one rushes to fill it. Remember, it is not the job of the leader to have all the answers, only to identify all the real problems. 2.

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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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Top 20 in 2012 – the Best of the Wild Apricot Blog

Wild Apricot

Here are the 20 top rated posts from the Wild Apricot Blog in 2012.

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What I Learned from Speaking at TEDx

Idea Architects

Image credit: Big Car Given that I do a fair amount of public speaking each year, I wasn’t overly concerned about appearing onstage at TEDx Indianapolis. But most of my work is done in half-day or full-day facilitated workshops or 60-minute keynotes, not a 10-minute presentation. And while some of what I’ve gleaned presenting 5-minute IGNITE talks ( on innovation and on personal priorities) applied, I learned (and relearned) a few important lessons.

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What I'm Reading

Thanks For Playing

Short list this week - lots of writers were off for the holiday. Tips for networking in the real world (these work, trust). Five important fixes for your 2013 content marketing efforts. Does "Big Data" just equal " data models behaving badly "? Five trends to IGNORE in 2013. What do you think? Agree? Disagree? Want to be more productive? FOCUS.

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OMG! The Sheer Joy of Hitting a Goal

Association Subculture

For those of you who have not seen this video - cup stacking is a real thing. Here's the link. In fact, if you watch some of the other cup stacking videos you will be amazed at the speeds people are reaching. And the dexterity it takes is really stunning. What is so cool about this video is this individuals intense concentration and then the sheer, unadulterated joy of hitting her goal.

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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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How Does Nick Saban Do It?

Association Navigator

Fortune magazine. I did some reading about Coach Nick Saban’s leadership philosophy and style in anticipation of the BCS National Championship game Monday night between Alabama and Notre Dame. There’s an interesting article in the September 24, 2012 Fortune magazine, “ Leadership Lessons from Nick Saban ” by Brian O’Keefe, a former Birmingham resident who spent time earlier this year inside the Saban bubble in Tuscaloosa.

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2012 Year End

Jamie Notter

Time once again for my annual year in review post. This has been a year focused heavily on the Humanize book. We’re very pleased to have sold nearly 4,000 copies in the first year of the book, and we look forward to more. I’ve also been particularly happy with the growth in keynote speaking as a result of the book. I’ll be honest: I didn’t start my career with the intention of being a professional speaker in addition to the consulting, but I really do love it.

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"I'm Pouring Happiness"

Thanks For Playing

It's easy to forget this simple truth: enriching other people's lives enriches your own life. So what's the secret? Stop focusing on being successful, and start focusing on being helpful. I can scarcely imagine better advice for us as individuals and for membership associations for 2013. Happy New Year.

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Failing to Convert

Idea Architects

The wonderful Indianapolis Museum of Art is free to all visitors, so becoming a member is an optional activity. Because I value the institution and its work, I chose that option and paid my $50, receiving the online confirmation you see above. It is wrong on so many levels I can barely stand it, but let's review a few of the most critical ones: 1. It treats joining the community of individuals freely choosing to support the museum with an optional membership fee the same way it treats any other

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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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Project Management for Board Members and Committee Chairs

AMR Management Services

by Brian Reuwee. Project management requires structure. As a more free-form, creative person, I'm not always a big fan of structure, but I do love it when a plan comes together. So I make structure and organization a means to an end with the projects I'm leading. Fortunately, most volunteer association leaders have structure, organization and expertise available to them through their association staff.

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Five Top 2013 Conference Trends To Watch

Velvet Chainsaw

It’s that time of year again. Time to think of what trends might have an impact on conferences and meetings in 2013. So what can we expect to see as far as demands from our participants this year? Five Trends To Watch. Here are five trends to watch during 2013. 1. The Participation Economy. From passive information consumption to actively contributing, discussing, creating and participating.

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Always the Last to Know: Innovation Index

Thanks For Playing

Geek heaven! Just in time for the end of the year, it's Mashable's annual innovation index winners ! Some of my personal favorites include: Flipboard The Kitchen Aid Mixer Crowd funding Quirky What do you love in this list? (I know I'm going to get shout-outs for Fitocracy.).

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Giving Congress a political makeover

Association Advocacy Chick

Welcome to 2013 where we just witnessed the 113th Congress being sworn in. There’s a lot to celebrate. There are 95 bright-eyed and bushy-tailed freshmen ready to change the world for the better. For the first time ever, we’ll have 20 women serving in the Senate. The House of Representatives is the most diverse we seen in a long time. Perhaps the best thing about the swearing-in of the 113th Congress is that it marks the end of the 112th Congress.

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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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Is Your Association Adjusting for Increased Freelancers & Self-Employed?

SCD Group

Fred Myers, a retired editor friend of mine, recently emailed me questions related to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports showing that 42% of the U.S. work force are in some form working as an independent contractor. His comment to me: “Following closely behind are those associations that are ignoring the growing trend of independent thought and action that's replacing the traditional top down order of things.

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Are You Designing For The Four Stages Of Conference Experience?

Velvet Chainsaw

As a conference organizer, are you designing for the four stages of a conference experience? Or are you only designing for attendees to consume information? If you are planning only didactic, one-way, information transfer such as lectures and panels, you are missing some great opportunities to give your attendees a more robust experience. Four Stages Of Conference Experience.

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Project Management for Board Members and Committee Chairs

AMR Management Services

'Project management requires structure. As a more free-form, creative person, I''m not always a big fan of structure, but I do love it when a plan comes together. So I make structure and organization.

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Movie Recap 2012

Mizz Information

Guess what time it is? Movie recap time! In case you're new to this blog, I'm obsessed with going to the movies. I watch movies at home too, but mostly I like going to the movies--just ask my kids; it's basically the only recreational thing I like to do. As much as they make fun of me for being so single-minded, I will say that either one or both kids went to the majority of these movies with me or Patrick and me, so apparently I'm rubbing off on them.

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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.