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Association Brain Food Weekly: 5.9.16

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This one’s for my North Carolina association community. Facilitator: Tom Purdy, IT Director, North Carolina Board of Nursing. Learn how to use gamification, check-ins and live polling at events to encourage behavior, engage attendees, have fun and gain valuable insights for your members and the organization.

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5 Unexpectedly Thoughtful Ways to Thank Your Association’s Volunteers

Higher Logic

The North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants (NCACPA) sends their volunteers an entire book. Experienced volunteers may work with new recruits to help them learn the ropes, for example. This gives them a sense of ownership and helps them become more invested in your organization.

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Coaches vs. Cancer: Groups’ Fundraising Strategy Eyes New Recruits

Associations Now

Here’s why ACS recruited some of college basketball’s top coaches to their team. In one legendary example, the late Jim Valvano, who coached the North Carolina State University basketball team to an NCAA championship in 1983 and later died from cancer, said, “Don’t give up. If you don’t know how to dream, you’re dead.”.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 8.28.20

Reid All About it

The organizations behind it, Conference & Incentive Travel and Event First Steps, believe the results “will enable our industry to develop, and make the work we create more diverse in terms of workforce, audience and representation. This old Coast Guard Light Station is about 30 miles off the Cape Fear coast of North Carolina.

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How to Get 501(c)(6) Status: Everything You Need to Know  

MemberClicks

Introduction When we think of nonprofits, our minds often drift toward charities and philanthropic organizations. However, the world of nonprofits encompasses a wide variety of entities, including those that might not fit the traditional mold of a charitable organization. Table of Contents What is a 501(c)(6) organization?

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 3.12.21

Reid All About it

The authors finish by saying, “Association tech ecosystems limit or enable organizations’ capacity to serve their members and customers online… Real strategic leaders will pull their technical foundation from the shadows and shine a light on the important stack decisions ahead. In North Carolina, it’s shad roe season for the next two weeks.

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Add Chapters to Make an Old Association Feel New

Associations Now

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. The decision comes at a critical time for the organization, which represents writers.