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The case for taking millennials seriously By Selena Simmons-Duffin via Minnesota NPR Millennials have already shaped your life. ASAE Association CEOs association executives association management CBRE FastCompany Millennials Minnesota NPR Sarah Sladek Spark SMG XYZ University Millennials Will Become The Majority In The Workforce In 2015. Is Your Company Ready? MORE
In an article recently featured in Minnesota Meetings and Events magazine, GrowthZone explored benefits that attract young professional members. Tweet. This demographic has high expectations for their association memberships; with the influx of millennials and Gen Z into the workspace, associations must continue to consider their offerings carefully. Providing benefits that young professionals really want is critical. But more importantly, communicating these benefits is key. MORE
Despite the rain, it was a fabulous day in Northern Minnesota. Monday morning. Golfers (those who 'stayed the course', were chilled and wet - but also recognized the fact that this might have been their last time out this season. We all love fall, but we do what is coming next. Two of us biked in the rain. The surroundings, the paths, the views - perfect. And MSAE? Well, with the help of ventriloquist, James Wedgewood , several members performed a unique - their very own Northern MN RAP. MORE
Fall in Minnesota. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Sunday, October 17, 2010. The Perfect Time of Year. Social media at the board retreat. The stats are amazing. Its not a fad. Its a revolution. Posted by Kathy Johnson. at 8:37 AM. Labels: 2010 fallconference. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). July Member Poll. Subscribe. Search This Blog. Loading. Blog Archive. MORE
I live in Minnesota - I will make the best of it. I don't like to complain about the weather - but really, snow?!?? It's just too soon, too soon, too soon. October 12) I don't have my winter head on yet - nor do I have my winter gear unpacked. Oh well. And I know that we will still be golfing in Duluth at the fall conference. Because it's a fall conference, not a winter conference. Snow golf anyone? Miscellaneous fall MORE
The Community Associations Institute (CAI) Minnesota chapter is one such group and the result was high fives from sponsors (they retained nearly all!) The perennial favorite event of chapters, golf tournaments, needed a make-over in 2020. MORE
CFA Society Minnesota (attracting Millennials). If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the past 20 years, it’s that associations don’t always have all the answers. We definitely have some major advantages, not the least of which is that we are highly cooperative and collaborative, not least of which because there’s not a lot of intra-industry competition (i.e., the AICPA and the American Nurses Association have basically zero overlap in audiences). MORE
Then she met the director of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) at a conference in Las Vegas earlier this year, and things started to line up even more. The two later organized a call with others in their organizations and arranged for Strange to fly out to Minnesota in November to shadow the person in her equivalent role at MCN and get a feel for how the organization operates. MORE
Associations North , the new name for the long-running Midwest Society of Association Executives, reflects an effort by the 1,200-member group (which focuses on executives in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota) to simplify its branding. Minnesota is the North Star State, in case you were wondering.). MORE
For example, the Minnesota Twins are introducing a redesigned Twins Pass program this season to boost declining attendance numbers. Major League Baseball teams have started offering Netflix-style ticket subscription packages to boost attendance numbers and attract younger fans to the ballpark. Is it time for associations to consider something similar for their conferences? MORE
We can connect at: AssociationsNorth in Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 21st. I would love to meet you. I really would! You have been hanging in there reading post after post after post so we must be similarly motivated. We want to provide an amazing member experience. We want to make our professions, our industries, our communities better places. We want to solve business problems for our associations. Right!? It would be so great to catch up in the real world! MORE
And rather than let the energy go away, the organizers also put on other events throughout the year, including Summer Games Done Quick, which is traditionally held in either Minnesota or Colorado, and has raised money for Doctors Without Borders. The popular Games Done Quick series of events have become reliable charity fundraisers in recent years—all while helping to respect the culture of video games. A look at how the Awesome Games Done Quick event is doing these days. MORE
AIGA Minnesota has been pioneering an innovation initiative for a few years now, sprung into being by an AIGA Innovate grant, with the express goals of relevancy and cultivating transformative community impact through the engagement of design. A story of digital communication and community outreach. The word ‘innovation’ is often treated as an end in itself. Being innovative floats around as an ephemeral goal of all projects, and a mark of a successful enterprise. MORE
The “ United in Possibilities ” campaign, which won a 2019 ASAE Gold Circle Award in the membership recruitment campaign category, launched first in AOA’s Georgia and Minnesota chapters. Digital marketing tools make it easier to test out a member recruitment campaign in real time. At the American Optometric Association, piloting several marketing tactics with chapters first helped inform a national campaign targeted to young prospects. MORE
The Minnesota Trucking Association is helping transport the 2014 U.S. Capitol Christmas tree was felled from Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota and began its cross-country trek to Washington, DC, with help from the Minnesota Trucking Association. Also being hauled to DC are 10,000 ornaments made by Minnesota children and community members. Capitol Christmas Tree to Washington, DC. MORE
Last week, the Midwest Dairy Association crowned its 64th Princess Kay of the Milky Way at the Minnesota State Fair. Peter, Minnesota , was crowned Princess Kay of the Milky Way the evening before the Minnesota State Fair kicked off last week. Paul, Minnesota, was once known as the “Butter Capital of the World.” During her year-long reign, the princess will act as an ambassador for dairy farmers. She’ll also get to take home a butter sculpture of her face. MORE
TechFail #GenerosityWin on Minnesota’s Give to the Max Day: Understanding social media’s role in damage control and crisis communication Guest post by Jeff Achen, GiveMN Digital Strategist. Thousands of Minnesota nonprofits and schools were lighting up Twitter and Facebook with posts about the need for support and requests for donations. Social networks lit up again, this time with posts asking for donations and celebrating the generosity of people who care about Minnesota. MORE
Similar publications are offered in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas, as well as two regional publications (i.e., “Busy.”. I suspect this is the four-letter word you last used in response to the question, “How are you?” And it’s probably not an exaggeration either. MORE
Pay special attention to the stories of the Capital Area Food Bank and the CFA Society of Minnesota on pages 28-31. fundraising innovation marketing membership whitepaper young professionals CFA Society Minnesota National Capital Area Food Bank Sohini BaligaJust about every association I know of is struggling to recruit younger members (aka Millennials). Part of the reason for that is that we’re erecting barriers to entry rather than removing them. MORE
The proposed $40 surcharge would be included in residents’ bi-monthly utility bill and be used to create a funding source to cover the cost of replacing a private street. Read the article………………………… Infrastructure Legal & Legislative News Legislative Articles Minnesota Condo & HOA NewsThe City of Prior Lake recently sent notice of a proposed private street utility surcharge to city residents who live on private streets. MORE
Associations North serves association professionals in North and South Dakota and Minnesota with education, leadership growth and professional development opportunities. . We have all heard the phrase “two heads are better than one.” Most of us can agree collaboration and communication contribute to growing creativity, but Angela Kisskeys and Sarah Ruzek have managed to put collaboration at the core of their association. . MORE
In their Learning Lab, they cited the example of the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, which commissioned research that found that every $1 invested in youth mentoring resulted in $2.72 The Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota worked with a research firm and the University of Minnesota for its SROI study.). In baseball, “Wins Above Replacement” has become a powerful metric for connecting player performance to teams’ missions: winning games. MORE
Paul, Minnesota, where I spoke at the Midwest Society of Association Executives 58 th Annual Meeting and Expo. I am writing this post from beautiful St. I was invited to be one of eight presenters at MSAE’s IGNITE session appropriately titled “Grant Me Insight, and Make it Fast”. I love these IGNITE sessions, or as I like to call them “presenting with your hair on fire.” It always feels like you’re under the gun and it always feels like a competition. I like it! MORE
We filed with the state in February 2000 - changed from Minnesota to Midwest. Even though, we register every year - Unemployment insurance still had us listed as Minnesota. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Tuesday, April 20, 2010. World record. Going for the world record - in changing the association name. Changed the mail, changed the bank, checks, stationary, IRS, paychex. Thought we had it all done. MORE
In a recent analysis published in its scholarly journal Information Systems Research , researchers from the University of Minnesota found that, in an analysis of 12,000 posts from 41 Fortune 500 companies, negative posts outranked positive posts at a ratio of nearly 2 to 1. Odds are that you’re going to be more likely to deal with haters than fans on a Facebook page, according to a recent study. But smart moderation tactics can help defuse issues before they get out of hand. MORE
Written by the GrowthZone team, a recent article in Minnesota Meetings and Events magazine discusses a variety of ways to promote unrecognized membership benefits to young members and prospects. Tweet. The next era of the association world is dependent on recruitment, engagement, and renewals of young professionals. This article covers two aspects of membership certain to appeal to this generation. MORE
Whether in big cities or small towns, recruiting is becoming a major challenge for Minnesota police forces—and it’s a problem the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association’s Wear the Badge campaign aims to reverse. With police officer recruitment becoming an increasingly serious problem throughout Minnesota, the association that serves its chiefs of police is changing up its tactics this week. MORE
In 2012, the association started IT-Ready , an endeavor of its Creating IT Futures philanthropic arm, in Minnesota’s Minneapolis-St. They’re taking their time to train us—you know, people who initially never had the opportunity to get into the IT field,” Gregory Ball, a recent graduate of the program, told CBS Minnesota. MORE
With older professionals retiring from the institutional investment industry, tapping into blossoming chartered financial analysts has been key to CFA Society Minnesota’s growth MORE
Fall in Minnesota. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Friday, October 15, 2010. The Perfect Time of Year. Drove up a day early to Chase on the Lake in Walker, MN. I wanted to check out the bike ride trail. Optional activity on Sunday) I did. The Paul Bunyon and Heartland trails are spectacular. Two of my board members arrived a day early too. Well have dinner together. I like it. MORE
It’s addressed to libraries (for a keynote at the University of Minnesota) – but I think all of this will resonate with associations. Here’s a fascinating slide deck from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Some of you have libraries; most of you have online learning programs. How has the digital age changed how these association functions work today? Learning in the digital age. MORE
1. Hi Dana, congrats on another successful Giving Day in Minnesota. A really unique partnership with Metro Transit, which is Minnesota’s transportation resource offering a network of buses, light rail and commuter trains, allowed us to plug into their engaged audience of commuters. Minnesota media organizations are incredibly generous and give us great visibility online and in print in exchange for being promoted on our website and in social media. MORE
But besides the days of catching up, I finally got to partake in something that everyone I have ever met from the state brags about whenever they have the chance: the Minnesota State Fair. Since freshman year of college, two of my Minnesota-raised friends have been constantly talking about the annual ritual of going to the August fair at least once, stuffing yourself with fried food, checking out the butter princesses (more on that later), and taking in the various animal exhibits. MORE
See the video of Mary Byers , CAE, interview with Dr. Robert Meiches, CEO of the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA), about the organization’s decision to suspend its House of Delegates until 2016 so that the organization can pilot a new governance structure focused on developing additional ways to engage members. ASAE association boards Association CEOs association executives association leaders Dick Fosbury mary byers Minnesota Medical Association Olympics SCD Group MORE
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Its the first Tuesday of August, and as folks in my neck of the woods (Minnesota) have learned, if Brett Favre sticks his head out of Hattiesburg, Mississippi and sees that he isnt the focus of the news, well get six more weeks of speculation about his career. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Tuesday, August 3, 2010. Brett Favre and Credibility. MORE
In Minnesota, the Super Bowl Host Committee’s legacy fund, backed by money from the NFL and other donors, is helping to pay for community projects throughout the state. Super Bowl LII isn’t coming to Minneapolis until February, but the big game’s impact is already being felt in Minnesota—and for reasons that have nothing to do with football. MORE
In a nutshell, the state of Minnesota spent nearly $100 million for a new vehicle licensing and registration database, and may have to spend another $50 million to actually get it completed. I’m always fascinated by stories like this. And the project started over 10 years ago! The state audited the program to see what went wrong. They discovered that money was not the issue. So what were the findings? MORE
Presenters: Trista Harris, president, Minnesota Council on Foundations. Your weekly list of free webinars and events for the association community… Evidence, not ego, must drive digital transformation , says Gerry McGovern. In the [love this] “stormy seas of ego, opinion and entrenched habit…we need people who know that digital is never done, that it is not a series of projects but rather a stream of continuous improvements.” MORE
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Whether in big cities or small towns, recruiting is becoming a major challenge for Minnesota police forces—and it’s a problem the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association’s Wear the Badge campaign aims to reverse. With police officer recruitment becoming an increasingly serious problem throughout Minnesota, the association that serves its chiefs of police is changing up its tactics this week.
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1. Hi Dana, congrats on another successful Giving Day in Minnesota. A really unique partnership with Metro Transit, which is Minnesota’s transportation resource offering a network of buses, light rail and commuter trains, allowed us to plug into their engaged audience of commuters. Minnesota media organizations are incredibly generous and give us great visibility online and in print in exchange for being promoted on our website and in social media.
Associations Live
OCTOBER 17, 2010
Fall in Minnesota. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Sunday, October 17, 2010. The Perfect Time of Year. Social media at the board retreat. The stats are amazing. Its not a fad. Its a revolution. Posted by Kathy Johnson. at 8:37 AM. Labels: 2010 fallconference. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). July Member Poll. Subscribe. Search This Blog. Loading. Blog Archive.
Spark Consulting
JANUARY 8, 2018
Pay special attention to the stories of the Capital Area Food Bank and the CFA Society of Minnesota on pages 28-31. fundraising innovation marketing membership whitepaper young professionals CFA Society Minnesota National Capital Area Food Bank Sohini BaligaJust about every association I know of is struggling to recruit younger members (aka Millennials). Part of the reason for that is that we’re erecting barriers to entry rather than removing them.
Associations Live
OCTOBER 15, 2010
Fall in Minnesota. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Friday, October 15, 2010. The Perfect Time of Year. Drove up a day early to Chase on the Lake in Walker, MN. I wanted to check out the bike ride trail. Optional activity on Sunday) I did. The Paul Bunyon and Heartland trails are spectacular. Two of my board members arrived a day early too. Well have dinner together. I like it.
Aaron Wolowiec
JANUARY 19, 2018
With older professionals retiring from the institutional investment industry, tapping into blossoming chartered financial analysts has been key to CFA Society Minnesota’s growth
SCD Group
JULY 8, 2014
See the video of Mary Byers , CAE, interview with Dr. Robert Meiches, CEO of the Minnesota Medical Association (MMA), about the organization’s decision to suspend its House of Delegates until 2016 so that the organization can pilot a new governance structure focused on developing additional ways to engage members. ASAE association boards Association CEOs association executives association leaders Dick Fosbury mary byers Minnesota Medical Association Olympics SCD Group
SCD Group
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
The case for taking millennials seriously By Selena Simmons-Duffin via Minnesota NPR Millennials have already shaped your life. ASAE Association CEOs association executives association management CBRE FastCompany Millennials Minnesota NPR Sarah Sladek Spark SMG XYZ University Millennials Will Become The Majority In The Workforce In 2015. Is Your Company Ready?
Associations Live
APRIL 20, 2010
We filed with the state in February 2000 - changed from Minnesota to Midwest. Even though, we register every year - Unemployment insurance still had us listed as Minnesota. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Tuesday, April 20, 2010. World record. Going for the world record - in changing the association name. Changed the mail, changed the bank, checks, stationary, IRS, paychex. Thought we had it all done.
Associations Live
AUGUST 3, 2010
Its the first Tuesday of August, and as folks in my neck of the woods (Minnesota) have learned, if Brett Favre sticks his head out of Hattiesburg, Mississippi and sees that he isnt the focus of the news, well get six more weeks of speculation about his career. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Associations Live. Connecting MSAE members and a world of ideas! Tuesday, August 3, 2010. Brett Favre and Credibility.
Associations Live
JANUARY 15, 2009
Someone, anyone, please remind me why we live in Minnesota? -25 25 - Ridiculous! Miscellaneous
Associations Live
JANUARY 15, 2009
Someone, anyone, please remind me why we live in Minnesota? -25 25 - Ridiculous! Miscellaneous
GrowthZone
MAY 21, 2019
In an article recently featured in Minnesota Meetings and Events magazine, GrowthZone explored benefits that attract young professional members. Tweet. This demographic has high expectations for their association memberships; with the influx of millennials and Gen Z into the workspace, associations must continue to consider their offerings carefully. Providing benefits that young professionals really want is critical. But more importantly, communicating these benefits is key.
Associations Now
JULY 17, 2017
In Minnesota, the Super Bowl Host Committee’s legacy fund, backed by money from the NFL and other donors, is helping to pay for community projects throughout the state. Super Bowl LII isn’t coming to Minneapolis until February, but the big game’s impact is already being felt in Minnesota—and for reasons that have nothing to do with football.
GrowthZone
MAY 28, 2019
Written by the GrowthZone team, a recent article in Minnesota Meetings and Events magazine discusses a variety of ways to promote unrecognized membership benefits to young members and prospects. Tweet. The next era of the association world is dependent on recruitment, engagement, and renewals of young professionals. This article covers two aspects of membership certain to appeal to this generation.
Associations Now
OCTOBER 31, 2014
The Minnesota Trucking Association is helping transport the 2014 U.S. Capitol Christmas tree was felled from Chippewa National Forest in Minnesota and began its cross-country trek to Washington, DC, with help from the Minnesota Trucking Association. Also being hauled to DC are 10,000 ornaments made by Minnesota children and community members. Capitol Christmas Tree to Washington, DC.
Mariner Management
NOVEMBER 28, 2020
The Community Associations Institute (CAI) Minnesota chapter is one such group and the result was high fives from sponsors (they retained nearly all!) The perennial favorite event of chapters, golf tournaments, needed a make-over in 2020.
SocialFish
JULY 11, 2012
It’s addressed to libraries (for a keynote at the University of Minnesota) – but I think all of this will resonate with associations. Here’s a fascinating slide deck from the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Some of you have libraries; most of you have online learning programs. How has the digital age changed how these association functions work today? Learning in the digital age.
Spark Consulting
JANUARY 2, 2018
CFA Society Minnesota (attracting Millennials). If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the past 20 years, it’s that associations don’t always have all the answers. We definitely have some major advantages, not the least of which is that we are highly cooperative and collaborative, not least of which because there’s not a lot of intra-industry competition (i.e., the AICPA and the American Nurses Association have basically zero overlap in audiences).
Effective Database
APRIL 3, 2019
In a nutshell, the state of Minnesota spent nearly $100 million for a new vehicle licensing and registration database, and may have to spend another $50 million to actually get it completed. I’m always fascinated by stories like this. And the project started over 10 years ago! The state audited the program to see what went wrong. They discovered that money was not the issue. So what were the findings?
Associations Now
AUGUST 30, 2017
Last week, the Midwest Dairy Association crowned its 64th Princess Kay of the Milky Way at the Minnesota State Fair. Peter, Minnesota , was crowned Princess Kay of the Milky Way the evening before the Minnesota State Fair kicked off last week. Paul, Minnesota, was once known as the “Butter Capital of the World.” During her year-long reign, the princess will act as an ambassador for dairy farmers. She’ll also get to take home a butter sculpture of her face.
Association Success
MAY 14, 2020
Associations North serves association professionals in North and South Dakota and Minnesota with education, leadership growth and professional development opportunities. . We have all heard the phrase “two heads are better than one.” Most of us can agree collaboration and communication contribute to growing creativity, but Angela Kisskeys and Sarah Ruzek have managed to put collaboration at the core of their association. .
Associations Now
SEPTEMBER 24, 2019
In a recent analysis published in its scholarly journal Information Systems Research , researchers from the University of Minnesota found that, in an analysis of 12,000 posts from 41 Fortune 500 companies, negative posts outranked positive posts at a ratio of nearly 2 to 1. Odds are that you’re going to be more likely to deal with haters than fans on a Facebook page, according to a recent study. But smart moderation tactics can help defuse issues before they get out of hand.
Associations Now
MAY 26, 2016
Associations North , the new name for the long-running Midwest Society of Association Executives, reflects an effort by the 1,200-member group (which focuses on executives in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota) to simplify its branding. Minnesota is the North Star State, in case you were wondering.).
Associations Live
OCTOBER 12, 2009
I live in Minnesota - I will make the best of it. I don't like to complain about the weather - but really, snow?!?? It's just too soon, too soon, too soon. October 12) I don't have my winter head on yet - nor do I have my winter gear unpacked. Oh well. And I know that we will still be golfing in Duluth at the fall conference. Because it's a fall conference, not a winter conference. Snow golf anyone? Miscellaneous fall
Associations Now
MARCH 27, 2015
In 2012, the association started IT-Ready , an endeavor of its Creating IT Futures philanthropic arm, in Minnesota’s Minneapolis-St. They’re taking their time to train us—you know, people who initially never had the opportunity to get into the IT field,” Gregory Ball, a recent graduate of the program, told CBS Minnesota.
YourMembership Blog
JUNE 19, 2014
Paul, Minnesota, where I spoke at the Midwest Society of Association Executives 58 th Annual Meeting and Expo. I am writing this post from beautiful St. I was invited to be one of eight presenters at MSAE’s IGNITE session appropriately titled “Grant Me Insight, and Make it Fast”. I love these IGNITE sessions, or as I like to call them “presenting with your hair on fire.” It always feels like you’re under the gun and it always feels like a competition. I like it!
Associations Now
AUGUST 29, 2014
But besides the days of catching up, I finally got to partake in something that everyone I have ever met from the state brags about whenever they have the chance: the Minnesota State Fair. Since freshman year of college, two of my Minnesota-raised friends have been constantly talking about the annual ritual of going to the August fair at least once, stuffing yourself with fried food, checking out the butter princesses (more on that later), and taking in the various animal exhibits.
Associations Now
APRIL 30, 2015
Then she met the director of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) at a conference in Las Vegas earlier this year, and things started to line up even more. The two later organized a call with others in their organizations and arranged for Strange to fly out to Minnesota in November to shadow the person in her equivalent role at MCN and get a feel for how the organization operates.
Reid All About it
JULY 14, 2017
Presenters: Trista Harris, president, Minnesota Council on Foundations. Your weekly list of free webinars and events for the association community… Evidence, not ego, must drive digital transformation , says Gerry McGovern. In the [love this] “stormy seas of ego, opinion and entrenched habit…we need people who know that digital is never done, that it is not a series of projects but rather a stream of continuous improvements.”
Association Success
DECEMBER 3, 2018
AIGA Minnesota has been pioneering an innovation initiative for a few years now, sprung into being by an AIGA Innovate grant, with the express goals of relevancy and cultivating transformative community impact through the engagement of design. A story of digital communication and community outreach. The word ‘innovation’ is often treated as an end in itself. Being innovative floats around as an ephemeral goal of all projects, and a mark of a successful enterprise.
Associations Now
MARCH 21, 2019
For example, the Minnesota Twins are introducing a redesigned Twins Pass program this season to boost declining attendance numbers. Major League Baseball teams have started offering Netflix-style ticket subscription packages to boost attendance numbers and attract younger fans to the ballpark. Is it time for associations to consider something similar for their conferences?
Associations Now
JULY 2, 2019
The “ United in Possibilities ” campaign, which won a 2019 ASAE Gold Circle Award in the membership recruitment campaign category, launched first in AOA’s Georgia and Minnesota chapters. Digital marketing tools make it easier to test out a member recruitment campaign in real time. At the American Optometric Association, piloting several marketing tactics with chapters first helped inform a national campaign targeted to young prospects.
Smooth The Path
JANUARY 30, 2018
We can connect at: AssociationsNorth in Minneapolis, Minnesota, February 21st. I would love to meet you. I really would! You have been hanging in there reading post after post after post so we must be similarly motivated. We want to provide an amazing member experience. We want to make our professions, our industries, our communities better places. We want to solve business problems for our associations. Right!? It would be so great to catch up in the real world!
Aaron Wolowiec
JUNE 3, 2014
Similar publications are offered in California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas, as well as two regional publications (i.e., “Busy.”. I suspect this is the four-letter word you last used in response to the question, “How are you?” And it’s probably not an exaggeration either.
Associations Live
OCTOBER 6, 2008
Despite the rain, it was a fabulous day in Northern Minnesota. Monday morning. Golfers (those who 'stayed the course', were chilled and wet - but also recognized the fact that this might have been their last time out this season. We all love fall, but we do what is coming next. Two of us biked in the rain. The surroundings, the paths, the views - perfect. And MSAE? Well, with the help of ventriloquist, James Wedgewood , several members performed a unique - their very own Northern MN RAP.
Beth Kanter
DECEMBER 20, 2013
TechFail #GenerosityWin on Minnesota’s Give to the Max Day: Understanding social media’s role in damage control and crisis communication Guest post by Jeff Achen, GiveMN Digital Strategist. Thousands of Minnesota nonprofits and schools were lighting up Twitter and Facebook with posts about the need for support and requests for donations. Social networks lit up again, this time with posts asking for donations and celebrating the generosity of people who care about Minnesota.
Associations Now
SEPTEMBER 9, 2015
In their Learning Lab, they cited the example of the Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota, which commissioned research that found that every $1 invested in youth mentoring resulted in $2.72 The Mentoring Partnership of Minnesota worked with a research firm and the University of Minnesota for its SROI study.). In baseball, “Wins Above Replacement” has become a powerful metric for connecting player performance to teams’ missions: winning games.
Associations Now
JANUARY 10, 2019
And rather than let the energy go away, the organizers also put on other events throughout the year, including Summer Games Done Quick, which is traditionally held in either Minnesota or Colorado, and has raised money for Doctors Without Borders. The popular Games Done Quick series of events have become reliable charity fundraisers in recent years—all while helping to respect the culture of video games. A look at how the Awesome Games Done Quick event is doing these days.
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