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Private-Public Collaborative Group Advocates for Library Funding

Associations Now

Through the Corporate Committee for Library Investment, organizations and businesses are banding together to help protect and secure federal funding for America’s libraries. The letter to Congress is still open for other businesses and organizations to sign. CCLI contends that libraries play an essential role in the U.S.

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5 Ways to Use Learning Management Software to Engage Members

NXUnite

To build a thriving membership program , your association must evolve and find innovative ways to engage members continuously. An LMS provides a central hub where organizations can host, track, and organize various learning activities, such as webinars, courses, and assessments. Provide an exclusive resource library.

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Lost Members This Year? Here Are 3 Fixes for Associations

ISAE

Specifically, associations are struggling to communicate the value of membership, and many display a lack of innovation. Experiment with innovative ideas. Innovating means stepping outside of your association’s comfort zone. Look around to see what innovative ideas your peers are using to engage members.

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Internet Archive Launches Program for Local Libraries

Associations Now

With financial support from a federal agency, the Internet Archive is launching a program for libraries around the country to archive community websites in much the same way the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine does. The post Internet Archive Launches Program for Local Libraries appeared first on Associations Now.

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Innovation Requires Diversity

Idea Architects

It's one of the many core elements of innovation, one Franz Johansson nicely described in his book The Medici Effect. He suggests innovation results from stepping into The Intersection, a place were ideas from different fields and cultures meet and collide, ultimately igniting an explosion of extraordinary discoveries.

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How Your Community Humanizes Your Organization (And Why That's a Good Thing)

Higher Logic

Customers’ and members’ voices are louder, easier to find and responsible for making organizations a lot more human. Customers and members have always been talking, but organizations haven’t always made a point to listen. The customer or member’s role in an organization is rapidly expanding. People like talking to each other.

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Tech, Trade, and Library Groups Form Copyright Mega-Coalition

Associations Now

The Re:Create Coalition brings together various groups from the technology, trade, and library industries. The alliance will advocate for less-stifling copyright laws that foster innovation. A group of library, technology, and trade organizations have joined together to advocate for simpler and more transparent copyright laws.

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