Associations Now

MARCH 20, 2023

To pull members back to local gatherings, organizations should consider training for their chapter leaders and putting more emphasis on creating welcoming environments. Volunteer leaders need support in learning how to design programs that have energy and take advantage of the face-to-face location.” Frequent training can help.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 10, 2024

But how should you get started, and how can you make sure they’ll stick? According to Cynthia Mills, CAE, founder, president, and CEO of The Leaders’ Haven, setting professional development goals each year requires continuous conversations with yourself and with your supervisor. Approach your employer with two focuses.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 5, 2023

Industry thought leaders are turning side-hustles into fee-based communities that are exclusive and career advancing. Read our blog for tips to get started. Read our blog for tips to get started. Know your competition. Know who your competitors are, what they offer, and how your programs stand out.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Marketing. Emotional marketing appeals to your audience’s ego and desire to feel and look connected and smarter. TopClass LMS explains how to use emotional marketing triggers to persuade people to register for an educational program or conference. Member app.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 4, 2021

” Of course, you know they have a good answer, which they share in their latest post along with examples of how two associations use chapter benchmarking data to spark change. Digital credentialing for the next gen. Associations are always talking about attracting young members and customers. Introvert-friendly conferences.

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EventMobi: Association Events

OCTOBER 19, 2023

If you run a membership organization, you know how important it is to engage and retain your members. But as your organization evolves, you’ll inevitably find yourself asking the big question: How do I grow my membership base? Ready to launch your membership campaign, but wondering where to start? What is a Membership Drive?

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 3, 2023

When you’re ready to implement any innovation, ensure all necessary groups (members, staff, and stakeholders) know when the change is occurring and why. Meetings that could be emails Have you ever found yourself in a meeting and thought, “this could have been an email?” Out with the old, and in with the new! If so, you’re not alone!

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Both groups need to know how your association could fit into their educational plans, either by serving as an alternative to college or supplementing what they learn there. If your AMS partner doesn’t offer one, he shares tips for how to create a users group yourself and get the most out of it. Scientific society events.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

To put our ideas into real-world context, we interviewed leaders who are using this approach to grow their organizations. With a growing business, things change, but they don’t get easier. You have to believe in yourself,” she advises. At.orgSource we call that collection of wisdom our Association 4.0 Association 4.0:

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 4, 2019

How close is your association’s IT leader to his description? Providing resources to chapter leaders. Some quick hits before we get to next week’s free webinars: How event planners can use content marketing to raise awareness and drive attendance. Creating visual content. Christoph Trappe, Meetings Today ). Scott Monty ).

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

TopClass LMS wants you to know about the coalition supporting legislation to extend the use of tax-exempt 529 savings plans to association credentialing programs. TopClass LMS wants you to know about the coalition supporting legislation to extend the use of tax-exempt 529 savings plans to association credentialing programs.

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NXUnite

JANUARY 12, 2024

As a children’s ministry leader, you know the importance of engaging families, including your youngest churchgoers, in the church’s mission to reach the community. As a children’s ministry leader, you know the importance of engaging families, including your youngest churchgoers, in the church’s mission to reach the community.

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Higher Logic

JULY 9, 2020

If you’ve ever owned, led, or managed a community, you’ve asked yourself, or been asked a version of this question: “Is our level of community engagement where it needs to be?”. If the score isn’t where you want it to be, we provide tips for every letter grade on how you can level up your community engagement strategy.

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Achurch

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

If you have an expert guiding you through this process, they take the time up front to get to know your organization and its people. If you have an expert guiding you through this process, they take the time up front to get to know your organization and its people. 1: Analysis paralysis. 2: Nostalgia.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 19, 2021

Leaders should discuss these questions to avoid returning to “the emerging temptation of a false normalcy and [making] a hard turn back toward the pre-2020 complacency that exacerbated the pandemic’s detrimental impact.”. At First Round Review, Jessmina Archbold says self-care is not what you buy yourself, it’s how you work on yourself.

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Achieve

MARCH 1, 2024

This guide will give you the rundown on how to get started so you can smoothly host an engaging podcast that will “wow” audiences. This guide will give you the rundown on how to get started so you can smoothly host an engaging podcast that will “wow” audiences. Become a thought leader. Why start a nonprofit podcast?

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Reid All About it

MAY 5, 2023

Ted Gioia ) Competency vs. skill: why you need to know the difference. Ted Gioia ) Competency vs. skill: why you need to know the difference. The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Meaningful meetings. AMS requirements. Virtual connections. Remember those? Ah, the old days.

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Chicago Education Certificate Revenue 205

Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

We all know how culture plays a significant role in an organization’s success. The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Because I’m away most of next week at the Non-Dues-A-Palooza conference, Association Brain Food isn’t publishing next Friday, September 8. AI pulse survey.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 16, 2021

Jeff suggests learning formats you might want to consider. In the Harvard Business Review, Stephanie Bradley Smith explains how a lack of sponsorship can prevent Black women from getting into the C-suite. They share a bunch of resources to help you get up to speed on what you need to do to become a truly inclusive association.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 5, 2020

I don’t claim to know it all—as much as I’d like to—or have answers. An HR consultant whom I respect told me about free change management coaching offered by her friend Carlos Escobar for association/nonprofit leaders who serve people impacted by the pandemic or who combat racial injustice in the U.S. This tweet summed it up for me.

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Reid All About it

MAY 12, 2023

I love the idea of a small, focused conference where you can actually get to know people, so I hope to meet many of you there. If you’re selecting any type of technology that relies on integration, you must read this non-technical guide on API for association leaders. It’s not until early September, but put NDP on your radar.

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EventMobi: Association Events

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Responding to members’ needs and interests shows them that you’re listening to what they want. Let’s get into some more specific membership retention strategies you can try out! Whether you’re running a club, association, or any other kind of membership organization, your long-haul members are one of your greatest assets.

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Delcor

APRIL 20, 2023

But that excitement has bred urgency—urgency to use AI, urgency to protect yourself and your members from AI, urgency to establish policies around AI, or perhaps just an urgency to talk about AI. Tori’s insight is incredibly valuable and helps establish a manageable scope of focus for leaders in the association space.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

If you know an association professional or board member who needs a wake-up call, this MemberSuite post should do the trick. Let’s say your association has fully accepted reality and wants to help members acquire the skills and knowledge they need right now, but you don’t have the time or money to design new online courses. Quick hits.

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Aptify

JULY 1, 2021

But that will only get you the same old results. Your ever-changing potential membership base needs engaging ways to get interested in your group, and you need the right plan to reach them. Your ever-changing potential membership base needs engaging ways to get interested in your group, and you need the right plan to reach them.

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Higher Logic

JUNE 26, 2019

So, let’s briefly review The Community Roundtable’s recommendations for executive stakeholders and community leaders, based on their diligent research and report findings. Be Deliberate with Data: Advanced Strategies Get More Support. ICYMI: We shared a collection of 39 nitty-gritty stats from the report in our first blog recap.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 21, 2020

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. Sometimes you know where your career is going and sometimes you don’t. The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Diversity benchmarking.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 2, 2021

Achurch Consulting and Association Trends have teamed up on the State of Association Workplaces Post-Pandemic Survey , the only survey designed to address the pressing questions association leaders are asking about what “work” will look like post-pandemic. Future conference attendance. Hybrid conferences. Quick hits. Quick hits.

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Higher Logic

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Solid data analysis and reporting are some of the best ways to show the value of the work you do and prove that your organization is getting a great return on their investment. You want the basis of all your reporting to be coming from the same data house, so that you’re comparing apples to apples. But it doesn’t have to be!

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Inspired by Jeff De Cagna FASAE of Foresight First, TopClass LMS writes about an essential for association staff, executives, and volunteer leaders in these turbulent times: intentional learning —both doing it and selling it. Wes Kao shares solid advice for onboarding yourself when you join a new team. New association event.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 11, 2021

Andrew Seaman suggests what you can do if you want to continue working from home. I never get tired of greens but I do get bored with how I always cook them, so I was happy to rediscover this recipe for Indian-spiced chickpeas and greens. Make time for microlearning. Chapter benchmarking. Event budgets. Data governance.

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Reid All About it

MAY 21, 2021

Roger Craver at The Agitator/DonorVoice says we also need to harness the immense power of knowing what we don’t know so we don’t keep repeating so-called best practices that turn programs “into the equivalent of a nearly petrified forest.”. I could kiss him, and you will want to too, after reading the first one on his list.

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Association Freak

MARCH 26, 2021

How Can You Know if Your Nonprofit Alignment is Inside Out? I say “unconsciously” because no leader would intentionally blinker their organization. These three questions will help you figure out how to get started. How can you know if your nonprofit alignment is inside out? Start by asking yourself these questions.

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Associations Now

MARCH 2, 2020

Monday’s Main Stage speakers encouraged attendees to think differently about failure, confidence, and data as a way to position themselves and their organizations as better leaders. So, instead, I’m going to focus on how we can get better at dealing with it and help you become more failure-savvy leaders.”. “So,

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Higher Logic

JANUARY 3, 2020

If they don’t get the answer they’re looking for, they can post a question in the forum, sending out notifications via email and via mobile app, increasing the likelihood they’ll get an answer quickly. According to Aberdeen Research , firms with online communities: Enjoy 5.4x greater annual increase in customer satisfaction rates.

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Blue Sky eLearn

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

I know no greater success than being able to assist my peers in their pursuit for positive change! I recently moderated a Think Tank event for the Association Executives of North Carolina Young Professionals group, FUEL. Think Tanks do not create policy, but they do bring new ideas and solutions to the table to enable change. The answer?

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Reid All About it

JULY 17, 2020

Design thinking is completely doable when you get it explained to you like WBT Systems does in their post, Design Thinking for Associations: Let’s Take It from Conceptual to Practical. Quick hits before we get to the list of this week’s free education: Challenges and opportunities with membership recruitment for trade associations.

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