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How to Reset Your Board Diversity Efforts

Associations Now

As board expert Julie Daum told the Los Angeles Times last month: “Are we going to say, ‘I’m blond. Beyond being more mindful in the recruitment process, the report also recommends taking a look at board practices that can stand in the way of progress: “Are your terms too long? How to do that? Have you considered term limits?

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Send the Right Message About Membership ROI

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That could be a lesson for the Los Angeles Times to learn. The team at the National Automatic Merchandising Association has been reevaluating the way NAMA communicates with members on this critical issue. Your association may be facing that challenge too. Study up on how your members speak. Make it fun.

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Add Chapters to Make an Old Association Feel New

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Launching a chapter network has helped PEN America, a literary organization with almost 100 years of history, recruit new members and reinvent opportunities for member engagement at the local level. This process helped Werner and her team identify the first six chapters. In a nutshell, they went where the action was.

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Association Brain Food: 12.1.23

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Member recruitment. To attract young members , you must recruit in ways that make sense to them. Host: Northstar Meetings Group Speakers: Barbara Brass, Vice President, Los Angeles Catering Sales, Wolfgang Puck Catering Tracy Stuckrath, Founder, Thrive! 1 CAE credit. . – 1 CMP credit. More info/register.

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Send the Right Message About Membership ROI

Associations Now

That could be a lesson for the Los Angeles Times to learn. The team at the National Automatic Merchandising Association has been reevaluating the way NAMA communicates with members on this critical issue. Your association may be facing that challenge too. Study up on how your members speak. Make it fun.

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NBA Players Look to Bench Amid Donald Sterling Crisis

Associations Now

Award Revoked The NAACP had to reverse course over the weekend after it was revealed the association’s Los Angeles chapter had planned to give the Clippers’ owner a lifetime-achievement award next month. “If you’re silent about this, then you’re accepting this,” she said. Here’s how.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.11.22

Reid All About it

Your marketing team constantly talks about the buyer’s journey. Join us as we sift through all the marketing lingo your team is throwing down to get to the heart of what constitutes a buyer’s journey, how it is built and how it delivers results. Membership Roundtable Discussion: Recruiting Student and Early-Career Members.

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