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APRIL 19, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Chapter relations gathering. I loved it when local membership directors got together at our state association meetings. Education + mentoring. Hopefully, people still believe mission-driven associations are trustworthy.

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Newsletter Content Social Media Education 254

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OCTOBER 20, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Marketing. TopClass LMS explains how to use emotional marketing triggers to persuade people to register for an educational program or conference. Why do members join associations? Sponsor perspectives.

Maryland 276

Maryland LMS Revenue Strategy 276

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APRIL 26, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Association boards. The survey results will give association staff and volunteer leaders a deeper understanding of how to strengthen board effectiveness for the long term. Association trends. AI and events.

Content 271

Content Survey Education Strategy 271

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FEBRUARY 16, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Competition-beating strategies. Impexium shares seven strategies to differentiate your association from the competition in 2024. DEI & education. Post-event attendee engagement. When will you see them again?

Case Study 271

Case Study Newsletter Strategy Revenue 271

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FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Early-career microcredentials. If your association is looking for a sure-fire way to attract young professionals, TopClass LMS has the answer: early-career microcredentials. Member connections. Print magazines.

Certificate 271

Certificate Denver South Carolina Project 271

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Grassroots advocacy. TopClass LMS explains how education programs can help your association’s grassroots advocacy efforts. To attract young members , you must recruit in ways that make sense to them.

Arlington 271

Arlington Technology Strategy Los Angeles 271

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AUGUST 25, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… “If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. TopClass LMS highlights findings from MGI’s 2023 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report that they think will interest association education teams.

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millennials Survey Team Education 370

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Join or Die. Featuring Robert Putnam, author of Bowling Alone , it looks like a PSA for association membership. Many employers won’t pay for memberships but will pay for professional development. Event sponsorships.

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DC Washington Member Engagement Innovation 265

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JANUARY 26, 2024

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Membership. Last year, 814 associations participated in MGI’s survey, which benchmarks the practices used by associations to recruit, engage and renew members. Leadership development for young members. Volunteer burnout.

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Survey Project Strategy Education 259

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NOVEMBER 10, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Got a writing project ? I usually work with association industry partners on blog posts, case studies, and other content marketing pieces , but am open to learning about other interesting projects outside that scope. New job advice.

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Certificate Price Tools Technology 286

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OCTOBER 13, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Sponsored education. Associations usually rely on corporate marketing budgets for sponsorship revenue. Association habits. She describes seven ways “the most human workplaces” will thrive in the age of AI.

Revenue 276

Revenue Austin Tools Education 276

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AUGUST 18, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Love. Love will keep us together… Education programs. TopClass LMS suggests offering peer-to-peer online learning programs. Create buzz around your event with a silent auction. Thriving (or not) associations.

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Certificate Education Revenue Marketing 195

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OCTOBER 27, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Membership benchmarks. In seven minutes, you can help our community learn about association industry trends in membership engagement and retention levels, digital transformation, the adoption of AI, generational priorities, and more.

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LMS North Carolina Recruiting Recruitment 259

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Because I’m away most of next week at the Non-Dues-A-Palooza conference, Association Brain Food isn’t publishing next Friday, September 8. We all know how culture plays a significant role in an organization’s success.

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Revenue Survey Education Strategy 230

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APRIL 14, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Extreme brainstorming. If you want to kick your association out of the box in which it finds comfort, give these extreme brainstorming questions from WBT Systems a try. They also describe how it made a difference for two associations.

Leadership 195

Leadership Education Revenue Strategy 195

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DECEMBER 8, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Mental health. People talk about it in the association world, but how many associations actually provide resources and education about mental health issues to members and industry employers? Mobile apps.

Strategy 276

Strategy Video Technology Innovation 276

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Virtual conference pricing. Here’s a must-read for association professionals and volunteer leaders. I love #1 and #4 so much—how can you do something similar? LMS/CRM integration. Virtual conference FOMO.

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LMS Montana Revenue Price 329

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MARCH 17, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Online learning. With for-profit and higher ed competition growing, your association’s online courses must stand out in the crowd. But where and how do you start improving culture? Association revenue.

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Revenue Certificate Committee Leadership 206

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MAY 26, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Reflection. “To WBT Systems shares strategies for convincing people to commit time to their own professional development. educational system—”still designed for an Industrial Revolution-era world,” not an AI-empowered one.

Technology 195

Technology Education Arkansas Leadership 195

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MAY 12, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Non Dues-a-Palooza (NDP). WBT Systems describes how for-profit learning platforms, like the MOOCs Coursera and EdX, make their money. The corporate market is a growing profit center for them—and could be for your association too.

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Chicago Newsletter Mooc Education 200

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APRIL 1, 2022

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. With all the job- and career-hopping going on right now, it’s a good time for associations to extend their marketing and educational efforts to career changers. Career changers. Yeah, pretty ugly. But things have changed.

Revenue 195

Revenue Technology Education Video 195

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JANUARY 18, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter have a new book coming out, The Non-Obvious Guide to Employee Engagement. In this competitive talent market, this sounds like a must-read for association execs. Ryan Law, CXL ). More info/register.

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DC Washington Member Engagement Content 293

WBT Systems

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

“ The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm ”, a recently published whitepaper, outlines the potential for Associations to lead a much needed change in the current education industry. But they ask – are associations ready to lead this change? Why the need for change? “We

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Education Certificate LMS Learning Management System 150

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Bruce Rosenthal and Jeffrey Schottland advise associations to offer exclusive content and lead generation opportunities to sponsors. Rick Bawcum at Cimatri gives quite a primer on the association technology integration challenge.

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Content LMS District of Columbia Tips 195

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Welcome to the last Association Brain Food of 2020. Thank you for reading and sharing Association Brain Food with others in the association community this year. How are your chapters really doing? That’s a big if.

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Video Certificate Review LMS 221

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MAY 1, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… For the last six weeks, virtual events have been the focus of my reading and writing time—which is why you’ve seen the topic popping up so frequently here and on my Twitter stream too. Chapter virtual education.

North Carolina 273

North Carolina Revenue Strategy Education 273

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OCTOBER 16, 2020

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… The state of associations. Cecilia Sepp, CAE, founder of Rogue Tulips, recently released the findings of their September association survey, What’s Next for Associations. Frugal innovation. AMS considerations.

Indiana 221

Indiana Review Education Conference 221

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FEBRUARY 22, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… I was all excited to share a must-read article from ASAE (members-only) by Kaihan Krippendorff about how your association can lead your industry in the blockchain revolution. Tim Ebner, Associations Now ).

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Social Media DC System Washington 170

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JANUARY 11, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… It’s time for Marketing General Incorporated’s (MGI) 11 th annual Membership Marketing Benchmarking Survey. WBT Systems shares five trends and opportunities they see for association e-learning in 2019.

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DC Washington Learning Management System LMS 276

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JANUARY 20, 2017

If your association has a community manager, I know you already appreciate him or her because your online community would likely fail without their attention. Take that, you measly professional development budget! Inquiring minds want to know: where’s association management software heading in 2017? A #CMAD cheers at 5 p.m.

LMS 150

LMS Arlington Content Review 150

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… If you use Creative Commons photos from Flickr for your blog, keep an eye on this developing story from Ernie Smith at Associations Now. Here are the educational events scheduled for next week plus a few extra.

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Chicago DC Washington Software 175

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JANUARY 20, 2017

If your association has a community manager, I know you already appreciate him or her because your online community would likely fail without their attention. Take that, you measly professional development budget! Inquiring minds want to know: where’s association management software heading in 2017? A #CMAD cheers at 5 p.m.

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LMS Software Arlington Cost 150

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

The weekly list of free educational events for the association community… What do you think about the new 280 Twitter character limit? This research will: Document which associations are developing and implementing content strategies. Analyze emerging challenges and threats to association content strategy models.

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DC Washington Tools Education 150

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Content is everywhere and a good deal of it is crap. The Content Marketing Institute has an excellent post on how to curate content like a pro —and it’s not a list of lame content curation tools, thankfully, it’s real advice.

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DC Washington LMS Social Media 79

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JANUARY 27, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Member company employees. I know how frustrating it is when your association is only connected with a small percentage of employees at member companies. Instructional design. Association podcasts. Gen Z values.

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Learning Management System Education Committee System 41

.orgCommunity

JUNE 18, 2019

Generation Z and young Millennials are different. Their price sensitivity isn’t a surprise considering their: • Student loan debt. • Weakened job prospects. • Low earnings. • Lack of employer support for membership and professional development. . • Lack of employer support for membership and professional development.

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millennials Education How To Social Media 40

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FEBRUARY 24, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Professional development and membership. Impexium describes three crucial principles that most associations and vendors overlook during an AMS implementation —things that will make your life a lot more difficult.

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Certificate Innovation Education Process 39