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Why ‘giving back’ isn’t what you need from volunteers

Aaron Wolowiec

Last week, Taproot Foundation founder Aaron Hurst pointed to an underlying issue in volunteering that speaks to the problems associations may struggle with: In an essay for the New York Times, he wrote that many volunteers are doing so because they lack a sense of purpose in their own work.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.28.22

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Analyzing Survey Data at ASHA (Data Analytics Network). Learn how the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association developed a unified process to manage their annual program participant survey. AMS/CRM Software Selection Survey: What People Really Think? Find out what the survey revealed and how it relates to your projects.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 11.13.20

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The ROI Member Recruitment Brochure: How to Create Brochures That Positively Influence Membership Decisions. AIANYS, CAE, executive vice president, American Institute of Architects, New York State. Leslie Hortum, head of the Washington, DC office of recruitment firm Spencer Stuart. More info/register. 1 CAE credit.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 2.26.21

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They explain why you’re having a tough time recruiting volunteers and how you can enhance the value of the volunteering experience. The seven biggest mistakes in membership recruitment. Host: New York Society of Association Executives. Quick hits. Tony Rossell, Marketing General, Inc. ). 1 CAE credit. More info/register.

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Daily Buzz: A Better Strategy for Member Research

Associations Now

“The two methods work well together, especially when the qualitative research is conducted first, and the results are used to write the quantitative survey,” she explains. The result is an accurate survey, larger sample sizes, and a final report with the stories, color, and anecdotes to illustrate the findings.”. Clean Your List.

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Survey: These Companies Set the Standard for Leadership

Associations Now

A new study finds that the best companies to recruit from have one thing in common: really, really good leadership training programs. So says a new report from Chally Group Worldwide ranking the top companies for leadership. IBM has a Basic Blue for IBM Leader program, which guides new employees along career paths.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 8.21.20

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Association Success is running a survey to benchmark diversity in the association industry. This ten-minute survey will help all of us get a better, bigger picture of just how equitable the association industry is for everyone in it. Alisha Haridasani Gupta, New York Times ). Career pathways. (Jen This is hilarious.