2023

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How Associations Can Help Women Overcome Workplace Challenges

WBT Systems

Despite decades of progress, women still only occupy a quarter of C-suite positions in the U.S. Only 12 women headed Fortune 100 companies in the year ending in June 2022, the same number as the year before.

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99 Ways To Get New Members For Your Organization

Wild Apricot

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The Top Books for Community Managers in 2023

Higher Logic

The post The Top Books for Community Managers in 2023 appeared first on Higher Logic. In the name of a fresh start this year, Carrie Melissa Jones highlights seven of her top recommended reads for community builders from 2022. The post The Top Books for Community Managers in 2023 appeared first on Higher Logic.

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Association Brain Food: 3.24.23

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… I’m going away for eight days on a hiking vacation in southern Utah, so I’m not publishing Association Brain Food the next two Fridays, March 31 and April 7. You’ll see the next edition on Friday, April 14. Women in the workplace. WBT Systems describes how associations can support women professionals by providing professional development, leadership training and networking opportunities, and educating employe

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VR 101: Facts, Fiction, and Testing It Out

Speaker: John Blackmon - CTO, CAIO ELB Learning

Did you know that (VR) training is becoming more of a mainstream strategy in the eLearning Industry? This learning modality has changed dramatically over the past 2 years, and several organizations have proven it has better results than traditional eLearning - but why and is it worth it? Join John Blackmon, CTO and Chief AI Officer of ELB Learning, and creator of CenarioVR and Lectora, for an honest look at data points and common myths — including needing a camera to get started or a headset to

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Stop Boring Your Meeting Attendees: 10 Recommendations for a Better First Impression

Aaron Wolowiec

I recently attended an industry conference. I sat in the opening general session patiently awaiting the keynote speaker to take the stage, but what followed was a 15-minute laundry list of announcements and appreciations that very few people were interested in. As I sit in the audience on this particular day, not as a planner but as an attendee, I realize how this opening has landed – and it’s not a great first impression.

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What the Association Sector can learn from our Events Industry Partners: Part 1

Association Adviser

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to attend MPI’s the EVENT, hosted annually by the MPI Chapters in Montreal, Ottawa, and Toronto. Event professionals are known for being warm, friendly, and welcoming, but as an Association Executive in a room full of MICE Industry professionals, I still sometimes feel like an interloper in […] The post What the Association Sector can learn from our Events Industry Partners: Part 1 appeared first on Association Adviser.

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Upgrade Your Event Planning and Marketing with AMS Data Insights

Membersuite

Don’t rely on member and attendee data collected before or during the pandemic to make event decisions. Behavior and preferences have changed for many. Members who faithfully went to events no longer can or want to. I know people in the association community who used to be road warriors but are now content to be homebodies. Members who once scoffed at the idea of virtual events are now asking for more.

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[GUEST BLOG] Why Didn’t You Tell Me? A Better Way to Reach Your Audience

GrowthZone

by Frank Kenny. Do people in your community ever ask you, “Hey, how come you didn’t tell me about such and such?”. It’s so frustrating, especially if you posted the event or program on social media again and again. You may have even felt like you were bothering people because of how often you posted it. Yet people are still angry with you even though you did everything you could to reach your audience.

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Celebrate Women’s History Month with these innovative leaders

Nimble AMS

Happy Women’s History Month ! This year, the United Nations declared the International Women’s Day theme to be “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality.” The UN chose the theme to highlight what women have accomplished in the technology sphere and the steps needed to achieve gender equality in digital spaces. While women have made great strides in the U.S. workforce, they are still vastly underrepresented in STEM jobs.

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Why Nonprofits Are Seriously Interested in eLearning Tech

The time is right for nonprofits to do more with learning tech! Nonprofit organizations seem to have accelerated their interest in eLearning tech as of late. Driving this need are several factors including reaching a remote workforce, growing demands for training, and changing regulations. The challenges nonprofits face are not dissimilar from for-profit companies, yet there are notable differences.

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Five Years Post-GDPR, Data Privacy Even More Important

Associations Now

Though the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation went into effect five years ago, organizations are still ensuring they stay compliant and keeping a close eye on any new data privacy legislation that may be down the road. Like many organizations in spring 2018, the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society was preparing to comply with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation that went into effect on May 25.

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Recession-Proof Your Association’s Learning Business

WBT Systems

“Learning business” is the phrase used by Tagoras to describe organizations that deliver adult lifelong learning, continuing education, and professional development.

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How To Write Effective Meeting Minutes (with Templates and Samples)

Wild Apricot

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Virtual Connections Ease IRL-Meeting Anxiety

Elevating Engagement

Do you remember the Tweet Ups of about 13 years ago? If you didn’t attend one, they were either officially organized or unofficial gatherings of people on Twitter at an in-person event. Back in the day, these gatherings were BRILLIANT! Then I worked for a professional association and ran the association’s handle. After tweeting, retweeting, liking, celebrating, and chatting with the members of our community online for years, it was soooooo much fun to put a face with the handle.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Association Brain Food: 5.5.23

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Meaningful meetings. Achurch Consulting says it’s time to rethink and repair your organization’s broken meeting culture by adopting meaningful and mindful meeting practices. They suggest steps for stopping the meeting madness and responsibilities of meeting conveners and participants.

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My Secret Time + Communication Work Hack

Aaron Wolowiec

I’ve been secretly cheating at work for over two decades. I finally shared my secret with colleagues at our recent team retreat and their minds were blown.

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Beyond the Rainbow—Build a Diverse Board of Independent Thinkers

.orgSource

The boardroom is the last place where CEOs want to rock the boat. But good governance shouldn’t be comfortable. If too many heads bob in agreement, you might want to take a closer look at who is seated at the table. Collegiality among leaders is a good thing. It can fast track important projects. On the other hand, a shortage of debate could be a symptom of tunnel vision.

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User-Generated Content for Associations: Part I

Association Adviser

Welcome to UGC 101! The first of this two-part series will dive into what user-generated content is and how to begin mining for that content. Then, Part 2 will show you how to build your community as a foundation for mining the best UGC. The pandemic changed the way we approach just about everything in […] The post User-Generated Content for Associations: Part I appeared first on Association Adviser.

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Report: 2023 Association Survey Results

For the 9th year, association professionals across the U.S. and Canada provided a look at the inner workings of their organizations when they replied to GrowthZone’s annual survey. Read the 2023 survey results report to see how your association compares: Challenges/Concerns/Worries Reinstatement Strategies Non-Dues Revenue Sources Renewal Rates, and More!

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5 Gen Z Values Associations Need to Know

Membersuite

Not every young professional is interested in membership. I know, blasphemous. But they can’t always afford it. And sometimes they don’t get what an association is all about. In our previous post on Gen Z , we looked at five of their values—that list continues here. When you show Gen Z how your association can help them live these values, you have a better chance of drawing them closer as attendees, customers, and even as members. 5 More Gen Z Values—and How To Appeal To Them Generation Z was bo

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February’s Association Chat Open Forum

AssociationChat

February’s Association Chat Open Forum will focus on the association value proposition and why people are chatting lately about the need for business model change We’ll have an open chat on Zoom discussing your favorite hot topics shaking things up in the association industry and whatever else we can get to in an hour! Join in the group discussion at 1 pm ET on Tuesday, February 28th if it sounds like a good time!

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Four strategies to celebrate advocacy efforts at your association

Nimble AMS

Happy American Association Day 2023 ! Did you know that ASAE created American Association Day so associations could better advocate for themselves? This year, hundreds of a ssociation professionals gathered on Capitol Hill to share how their organization s contributed to the US economy. The group a lso worked to gather support for various economic development policies.

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Why Your Strategy Needs a Story

Associations Now

Communicating your association’s reason for being is essential for leaders. A simple rubric can help distill your complex activities into a powerful narrative. Associations are often told that they need to “tell a story” around their mission, and the news these days is full of examples of how complicated that can be. The machines aren’t getting storytelling right: Microsoft launched an AI chatbot that quickly gained a reputation for being “ weird and creepy.

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Future-Proof Your L&D With New Tech and Gamification

Speaker: Karl Kapp, Ed.D., Professor of Instructional Design and Technology

We all know that L&D organizations need to be ready for the future, but what does being future-proof actually look like? Between new technologies and unpredictable events worldwide, it can be difficult to know what challenges we should be ready for. In this exclusive webinar with Dr. Karl Kapp, you'll learn how to make intelligent, informed decisions for your organization's future by looking to the convergence of technology, learning, and business needs.

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How Your Association Can Prepare for the Unpredictable Chaos of BANI

WBT Systems

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Instagram For Nonprofits: The Ultimate Guide

Wild Apricot

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The Association Community Needs More Chief Experience Officers

Elevating Engagement

Through no fault of my own (actually, probably through every fault of my own), my calendar disconnected from iCloud. I’m the type of person who lives by my calendar. Every meeting, appointment, to-do, phone call, birthday, anniversary, and reminder is recorded in my calendar. It’s like my second brain. So when my calendar stopped working, I took these totally rational steps: I quietly but intensely freaked out.

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Association Brain Food: 4.28.23

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Credentialing programs. Before developing a certification exam or any type of education program or pathway focused on a specific job role, you must do a job analysis. WBT Systems explains what’s involved and what associations need to know about using a job analysis to design and market programs.

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The Art of Making Engaging and Effective Learning Videos

Speaker: Joseph Suarez - Learning Experience Designer at Suarez Media Production

What makes an instructional video engaging and effective? Why do Learning and Development professionals often struggle to produce quality videos? What can we do to change that? In this webinar, Joseph Suarez will break down the craft, the art, and the science of video production and reveal how to leverage the production process to create great videos of all types and sizes.

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Successfully Navigating the Intersection of Burnout & Innovation

Aaron Wolowiec

Aaron was recently asked to build and present a custom session on the topics of burnout and innovation. Following represents an overview of his research and key findings.

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Will Associations Ever Move Past Shiny Object Syndrome to Strategy?

Mizz Information

It would never have occurred to me a decade ago–or even five years ago–that in 2023 I’d still be writing about social media still being considered a shiny new thing to associations, or that associations would still be grappling with, essentially, social media 101. But of course, it should have occurred to me because what’s old is almost always still always new to associations it seems.

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Gain More NDR the Easy Way

Association Adviser

Earning more non-dues revenue can feel like an uphill battle. To do so, your association needs to identify the best mix of opportunities. Take your programming to the next level by introducing new ways to earn non-dues revenue. It is easy to get wrapped up in the same methods that are used year after year. […] The post Gain More NDR the Easy Way appeared first on Association Adviser.

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