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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

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These are a few of the documents that can be included in online welcome handbooks: Bylaws. A calendar of events. Don’t limit announcements to your website or a newsletter. Meeting icebreakers and informal social events are obvious activities. You can, and should, also provide written guidance. Financial statements.

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Top Tips From 2018 Membership Hacks

Associations Now

But you don’t need a major retail event or sports month to recruit prospects. Just look at how the Association of Writers & Writing Programs opens up access to members-only portions of its website for “ preview weekends.” So cheers to the smart association professionals who came up with this year’s Membership Hacks.

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When the Staff Leader Is the Only Staffer

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And in a new handbook, “ What the Executive Director of a Very Small Organization Needs to Know ,” [PDF] he offers some practical advice for how to successfully handle the gig. Prepare and disseminate the newsletter and other communications on time. Send out membership renewals in a timely fashion,” he writes.

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Navigating Board Member Recruitment: A Complete Guide

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Board members bring their expertise in a variety of areas to help an organization make strategic decisions about everything from their budget to their event strategy. They’re not just legally required – they’re also critical to ensuring an organization’s long-term success and helping guide the organization in its growth.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Seen Elsewhere: Building Creative.

Idea Architects

In one of my volunteer roles, I write a feature in the ASAE Executive Management Section IdeaLink newsletter called Seen Elsewhere. The best are delivered in a free newsletter every Sunday and make for an inspired start to the week ahead. A free downloadable PDF handbook provides all the information you need to use the process.

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Authors and Social Media: a recap of 12.15 #SMfastfwd

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Be quick to react/respond to events. ASegar : Adrian Segar, author of “Conferences That Work: Creating Events That People Love” & event designer. If they resonate, I’ll lead w/ them in e-newsletter subject lines. Real-time Twitter reactions at an event tell me what else 2 follow up on w/ sources.