The issues that can cause your association’s technology project to lose steam. When taking on a tech initiative, you’re dealing with a lot of moving parts, and they can often cause the project to veer off course. MORE
This is a guest post from our senior project manager, Denise Pace. process project management CMS association websitesIt's great advice for any association about to embark on a website redesign. MORE
The projection, per The Wall Street Journal , takes into account all major U.S. Roads will be packed this weekend: The American Automobile Association projects that 48.7 AAA projects that more than 89 percent of U.S. MORE
Now throw in a big, content rich project like a website redesign and you have an opportunity to not just audit your existing inventory but to take a fresh look at the content and present it in a new light. MORE
Your attendees have professional skills and specialized knowledge that can make a difference when they’re put to work in a conference-related community service project. However, NCRA members don’t limit their volunteer time with the project to the annual meeting. MORE
Service projects will help your attendees feel a closer connection to the city—and also to each other and your association. If the answer’s yes, and you want to give back to the greater Nashville community, consider signing up for this year’s community service project. MORE
A demonstration project from SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association will test how well recyclers recover plastic car parts to promote better recycling processes, greater plastic resale and reuse, and more sustainable auto design. MORE
The other day, a colleague told me that his board wanted to have an updated video produced that could be used in trade shows and other venues. He said he received a proposal to do it for $10,000! My response was swift: "You’ve got to be kidding me!" MORE
” Acknowledging that things change during a project is critically important to the success of the project. What’s most important is how the team responds and adapts to the changes in the project. When I work with my clients on implementing a new software system, one of the first things I tell them is this: “We will make some decisions that ultimately are wrong. Because things change. MORE
The California Restaurant Association put its support behind a member-launched project that helps to connect transgender people with jobs in the restaurant industry. CRA hopes to bring Mendelsohn the restaurant audience she needs to get the project moving. “If MORE
And the effort was a good fit for the company, whose core business is connecting freelancers with design and development projects. ” Unsplash eventually became such a big hit for Crew that it’s now hiring full-time employees to work on side projects. MORE
President Barack Obama’s decision to use his power of commutation as a form of criminal justice reform has been helped along by Clemency Project 2014, a collaboration between numerous legal and civil liberties groups. MORE
We launched our Workplace Genome Mapping project in early 2016 as a means for helping organizations begin their own transformation from the (oft overlooked) stating-point of deeply understanding who they really are, how they really work, and how their employees really experience it all. MORE
With #AUC2017 less than two weeks away, we are thrilled to share with you a series of guest blog posts courtesy of some of those who are sponsoring this year's Aptify Users Conference! This is a guest blog post by Andrew Graf of TeamDynamix. Thank you for sponsoring, and we look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas. MORE
A study by the Global Business Travel Association projects spending on business travel will continue to rise, boosted in large part by domestic travel. The post Study Projects Rise in Business Travel Spending appeared first on Associations Now MORE
The password is "project"; click on any page, hit "edit" and away you go. A bunch of Twitterers have set up a Twitter wiki, where you can list yourself (if you use Twitter) under various categories. Check it out here. One benefit of this is that people can "follow" a group of people on Twitter based based on their specific interests. This could be useful for newbie or seasoned Twitterers looking for people to follow NOT at random. MORE
The Hyperledger Project, which just added American Express as a member, isn’t interested in creating a bitcoin-style currency. That’s where the Hyperledger Project comes in. The post How the Hyperledger Project Is Pushing the Blockchain Forward appeared first on Associations Now MORE
If you live in an over 100 year old house like mine you know there’s a rule of thumb about time and cost for home projects. Association projects are much the same. Often times starting a project like this is fun. MORE
A large-scale project is underway in Atlanta to preserve a football-field-sized painting, and the International Panorama Council applauds the efforts to save it. The post Panorama Council Celebrates Cyclorama Preservation Project appeared first on Associations Now MORE
For the third year in a row, we teamed up with ELI Project , a nonprofit organization dedicated to hosting events in safe environments for families and children with special needs. Every year, ELI Project hosts a sensory-friendly movie event with a special visit from Santa Claus. MORE
That’s why WorkXO and 5:00 Films & Media are partnering to explore the intersection of culture and video in a new project! In this project, we will be working together to help interested associations create an awesome About Us video that really reflects their culture. MORE
Project management requires structure. So I make structure and organization a means to an end with the projects I'm leading. staff is unavailable to help with your project? volunteer leaders Board Management committee leadership leadership Project Management MORE
The CEO and COO of the Wounded Warrior Project were fired a few weeks ago over spending practices at one of the nation’s largest charitable organizations for veterans. ASAE association boards Association CEOs association executives Joe Waters SCD Group Wounded Warrior Project MORE
Is your organization stuck maintaining and nurturing a zombie project? A zombie project is one that continues from year to year regardless of its effectiveness. Often many people feel these zombie projects have a birthright and should always be delivered regardless of the outcome. MORE
I know from working with my clients on membership change projects that there are two essential elements to any change process that affect members: Ensuring you use a long-term communications campaign that is consistent. Have you carried out a major change project at your organisation? MORE
For our Monday Project Runway session, I built a basic Prezi to give everyone the big picture on the design exercise--avoiding the brain damage of PowerPoint. MORE
When too many stakeholders get their hands on a project—especially a high-profile one—innovation can slow to a crawl. For associations, this example highlights an uncomfortable truth about project management: Stakeholders can have a damaging effect on the process. MORE
Join Rhea Blanken and I on Monday morning at ASAE 2012 in Dallas for our Project Runway leadership session. The exercise uses the As One methodology synthesized by Deloitte in a two-year research project and published in 2010. Are you ready to design your wardrobe of leadership styles? Hubtag #ASAE12LB7. Grab a good seat and watch your peers strut their stuff, showing off some well-known styles. MORE
The difficult time in any project, especially those long projects, which associations seem to have lots of, is the middle. The middle of the project is when things start to go wrong. It is so easy to start a project but it is so hard to keep it going. MORE
Well, one thing that will help a great deal, particularly in the early stages, is Digital Project Management. The CAPM qualification covers everything from Project Life-Cycle and Organisation, to Project Risk Management. The first thing you need to do is plan the project. MORE
A good culture greases the wheels for everything from conversations to project management. The post Association Culture Projects Outward Upon Potential Members appeared first on Smooth The Path. Why all the recent hubbub about culture? MORE
Part of being a product manager at MemberSuite is finding ways to continuously improve our product so that it meets the evolving needs of our customers. There are many ways we do this - we look at trends in the industry, analyze innovation in technology, and interview our customers. MORE
A decade’s worth of research went into the CEO Genome Project, an effort to identify the characteristics that define high-performing chief executives. If you can get those decisions right, a lot of things flow from that, which is how we got to the CEO Genome Project.”. MORE
How to keep important projects moving forward. The essentials of effective project management, and more, in today’s Lunchtime Links. She suggests that “anyone embarking on planning and managing a project for the first time” focus on “three critical activities.” MORE
“Easier than MS Project & faster than Excel,” Tom’s Planner is a web-based project management tool with a drag-and-drop interface that makes it easy for even non-techies to collaborate on, create, manage, and share project schedules. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech collaboration project management application MORE
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
The post Atlanta Teams With Associations on Airport Security Test Project appeared first on Associations Now “Smart Security” is coming to ATL. MORE
When she was 14, Sejal founded the Elevator Project , an organization that aims to lift people out of poverty through apprenticeship, vocational training and job placement. She was inspired to create her project in 2012 when she met a man named Juan in a Soup Kitchen in Washington, DC. MORE
The Cultural Inclusion Project in Lawrence, Massachusetts, aims to train Latino professionals and pair them with nonprofits that are trying to build boards that better represent the community. A little help may be on the way from the Cultural Inclusion Project, a pilot program being tested by two nonprofits—Jericho Road Lawrence and the YWCA of Greater Lawrence—in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The Cultural Inclusion Project is in the second year of a two-year pilot phase. MORE
Selecting a new membership management system isn’t a membership department project, it’s an association project. Colleagues from across the organization must be involved in the project from the start so they can help you select the best AMS software for your association. AMS Selection Change Management MORE
Association Executives: Provocative Proposals Research Project. So Im launching a project. I would like to announce the Association Executives: Provocative Proposals for Change project (that link will take you to my website for a complete description). Adding that to my belief in appreciative inquiry led me to create and launch this project. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thursday, January 20, 2011. Second stage is cut. Were now in orbit. MORE
Members of the eLearning Industry Association can have their independent virtual learning projects reviewed and accredited. Thanks to a new benefit from the eLearning Industry Association in Australia, members can now receive course reviews of, and accreditation for, their e-learning projects. MORE
While Kickstarter is a great tool, it’s not the best for all projects. Kickstarter needs to approve your project before it goes online, and will usually only sign off on those with creative initiatives. 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. MORE
Project Related Topics Vanguard Tech
AUGUST 11, 2016
This is a guest post from our senior project manager, Denise Pace. process project management CMS association websitesIt's great advice for any association about to embark on a website redesign.
MembersClicks
JANUARY 2, 2018
For the third year in a row, we teamed up with ELI Project , a nonprofit organization dedicated to hosting events in safe environments for families and children with special needs. Every year, ELI Project hosts a sensory-friendly movie event with a special visit from Santa Claus.
Smooth The Path
DECEMBER 11, 2016
If you live in an over 100 year old house like mine you know there’s a rule of thumb about time and cost for home projects. Association projects are much the same. Often times starting a project like this is fun.
SocialFish
APRIL 27, 2016
We launched our Workplace Genome Mapping project in early 2016 as a means for helping organizations begin their own transformation from the (oft overlooked) stating-point of deeply understanding who they really are, how they really work, and how their employees really experience it all.
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 13, 2017
A large-scale project is underway in Atlanta to preserve a football-field-sized painting, and the International Panorama Council applauds the efforts to save it. The post Panorama Council Celebrates Cyclorama Preservation Project appeared first on Associations Now
Associations Now
OCTOBER 24, 2016
The California Restaurant Association put its support behind a member-launched project that helps to connect transgender people with jobs in the restaurant industry. CRA hopes to bring Mendelsohn the restaurant audience she needs to get the project moving. “If
Associations Now
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
The Hyperledger Project, which just added American Express as a member, isn’t interested in creating a bitcoin-style currency. That’s where the Hyperledger Project comes in. The post How the Hyperledger Project Is Pushing the Blockchain Forward appeared first on Associations Now
Associations Now
MAY 30, 2017
A decade’s worth of research went into the CEO Genome Project, an effort to identify the characteristics that define high-performing chief executives. If you can get those decisions right, a lot of things flow from that, which is how we got to the CEO Genome Project.”.
Associations Now
DECEMBER 20, 2016
President Barack Obama’s decision to use his power of commutation as a form of criminal justice reform has been helped along by Clemency Project 2014, a collaboration between numerous legal and civil liberties groups.
Smooth The Path
JANUARY 22, 2017
A good culture greases the wheels for everything from conversations to project management. The post Association Culture Projects Outward Upon Potential Members appeared first on Smooth The Path. Why all the recent hubbub about culture?
Associations Now
SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
The issues that can cause your association’s technology project to lose steam. When taking on a tech initiative, you’re dealing with a lot of moving parts, and they can often cause the project to veer off course.
SocialFish
APRIL 14, 2017
That’s why WorkXO and 5:00 Films & Media are partnering to explore the intersection of culture and video in a new project! In this project, we will be working together to help interested associations create an awesome About Us video that really reflects their culture.
Associations Now
MAY 19, 2017
Your attendees have professional skills and specialized knowledge that can make a difference when they’re put to work in a conference-related community service project. However, NCRA members don’t limit their volunteer time with the project to the annual meeting.
SCD Group
MARCH 27, 2014
The other day, a colleague told me that his board wanted to have an updated video produced that could be used in trade shows and other venues. He said he received a proposal to do it for $10,000! My response was swift: "You’ve got to be kidding me!"
SCD Group
MARCH 22, 2016
The CEO and COO of the Wounded Warrior Project were fired a few weeks ago over spending practices at one of the nation’s largest charitable organizations for veterans. ASAE association boards Association CEOs association executives Joe Waters SCD Group Wounded Warrior Project
Association Subculture
JANUARY 20, 2011
Association Executives: Provocative Proposals Research Project. So Im launching a project. I would like to announce the Association Executives: Provocative Proposals for Change project (that link will take you to my website for a complete description). Adding that to my belief in appreciative inquiry led me to create and launch this project. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thursday, January 20, 2011. Second stage is cut. Were now in orbit.
Effective Databse
MAY 2, 2016
” Acknowledging that things change during a project is critically important to the success of the project. What’s most important is how the team responds and adapts to the changes in the project. When I work with my clients on implementing a new software system, one of the first things I tell them is this: “We will make some decisions that ultimately are wrong. Because things change.
Associations Now
SEPTEMBER 29, 2016
The post Atlanta Teams With Associations on Airport Security Test Project appeared first on Associations Now “Smart Security” is coming to ATL.
Associations Now
JULY 25, 2014
Service projects will help your attendees feel a closer connection to the city—and also to each other and your association. If the answer’s yes, and you want to give back to the greater Nashville community, consider signing up for this year’s community service project.
Optimist Consulting
MAY 22, 2014
I know from working with my clients on membership change projects that there are two essential elements to any change process that affect members: Ensuring you use a long-term communications campaign that is consistent. Have you carried out a major change project at your organisation?
SocialFish
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014
Well, one thing that will help a great deal, particularly in the early stages, is Digital Project Management. The CAPM qualification covers everything from Project Life-Cycle and Organisation, to Project Risk Management. The first thing you need to do is plan the project.
Aptify
DECEMBER 13, 2017
Selecting a new membership management system isn’t a membership department project, it’s an association project. Colleagues from across the organization must be involved in the project from the start so they can help you select the best AMS software for your association. AMS Selection Change Management
Beth Kanter's Blog
APRIL 16, 2015
When she was 14, Sejal founded the Elevator Project , an organization that aims to lift people out of poverty through apprenticeship, vocational training and job placement. She was inspired to create her project in 2012 when she met a man named Juan in a Soup Kitchen in Washington, DC.
Associations Now
MARCH 8, 2016
And the effort was a good fit for the company, whose core business is connecting freelancers with design and development projects. ” Unsplash eventually became such a big hit for Crew that it’s now hiring full-time employees to work on side projects.
SocialFish
APRIL 2, 2008
The password is "project"; click on any page, hit "edit" and away you go. A bunch of Twitterers have set up a Twitter wiki, where you can list yourself (if you use Twitter) under various categories. Check it out here. One benefit of this is that people can "follow" a group of people on Twitter based based on their specific interests. This could be useful for newbie or seasoned Twitterers looking for people to follow NOT at random.
AMR Management Services
DECEMBER 31, 2012
Project management requires structure. So I make structure and organization a means to an end with the projects I'm leading. staff is unavailable to help with your project? volunteer leaders Board Management committee leadership leadership Project Management
Associations Now
NOVEMBER 4, 2014
When too many stakeholders get their hands on a project—especially a high-profile one—innovation can slow to a crawl. For associations, this example highlights an uncomfortable truth about project management: Stakeholders can have a damaging effect on the process.
Vanguard Tech
FEBRUARY 11, 2013
Now throw in a big, content rich project like a website redesign and you have an opportunity to not just audit your existing inventory but to take a fresh look at the content and present it in a new light.
Velvet Chainsaw
JUNE 22, 2015
Is your organization stuck maintaining and nurturing a zombie project? A zombie project is one that continues from year to year regardless of its effectiveness. Often many people feel these zombie projects have a birthright and should always be delivered regardless of the outcome.
Associations Now
DECEMBER 10, 2013
How to keep important projects moving forward. The essentials of effective project management, and more, in today’s Lunchtime Links. She suggests that “anyone embarking on planning and managing a project for the first time” focus on “three critical activities.”
Aptify
OCTOBER 5, 2017
With #AUC2017 less than two weeks away, we are thrilled to share with you a series of guest blog posts courtesy of some of those who are sponsoring this year's Aptify Users Conference! This is a guest blog post by Andrew Graf of TeamDynamix. Thank you for sponsoring, and we look forward to seeing you in Las Vegas.
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.
Membersuite
MARCH 17, 2017
Part of being a product manager at MemberSuite is finding ways to continuously improve our product so that it meets the evolving needs of our customers. There are many ways we do this - we look at trends in the industry, analyze innovation in technology, and interview our customers.
Associations Now
MARCH 31, 2015
Members of the eLearning Industry Association can have their independent virtual learning projects reviewed and accredited. Thanks to a new benefit from the eLearning Industry Association in Australia, members can now receive course reviews of, and accreditation for, their e-learning projects.
SocialFish
AUGUST 26, 2013
While Kickstarter is a great tool, it’s not the best for all projects. Kickstarter needs to approve your project before it goes online, and will usually only sign off on those with creative initiatives.
Wild Apricot Blog
JUNE 9, 2010
“Easier than MS Project & faster than Excel,” Tom’s Planner is a web-based project management tool with a drag-and-drop interface that makes it easy for even non-techies to collaborate on, create, manage, and share project schedules. Tags: Non-profit technology nptech collaboration project management application
Zen of Associations
AUGUST 9, 2012
For our Monday Project Runway session, I built a basic Prezi to give everyone the big picture on the design exercise--avoiding the brain damage of PowerPoint.
Associations Now
JULY 17, 2013
A study by the Global Business Travel Association projects spending on business travel will continue to rise, boosted in large part by domestic travel. The post Study Projects Rise in Business Travel Spending appeared first on Associations Now
Associations Now
JANUARY 29, 2014
The Cultural Inclusion Project in Lawrence, Massachusetts, aims to train Latino professionals and pair them with nonprofits that are trying to build boards that better represent the community. A little help may be on the way from the Cultural Inclusion Project, a pilot program being tested by two nonprofits—Jericho Road Lawrence and the YWCA of Greater Lawrence—in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The Cultural Inclusion Project is in the second year of a two-year pilot phase.
Zen of Associations
AUGUST 8, 2012
Join Rhea Blanken and I on Monday morning at ASAE 2012 in Dallas for our Project Runway leadership session. The exercise uses the As One methodology synthesized by Deloitte in a two-year research project and published in 2010. Are you ready to design your wardrobe of leadership styles? Hubtag #ASAE12LB7. Grab a good seat and watch your peers strut their stuff, showing off some well-known styles.
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS YOUR PEERS ARE READING
83 
Let's personalize your content