Wild Apricot

JULY 27, 2010

Best of all, you’ll find a number of brand new faces here, among the excellent content submitted to and voted up in “AJam” through July 2010: Membership It's That Time Again: NFP Pulse on Member/Donor Recruitment & Retention has Officially.( read more ).

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Wild Apricot

MAY 31, 2010

Our regular monthly round-up of free professional development opportunities for nonprofit folks is back for June 2010. It’s that time again!

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Wild Apricot

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

October 2010 is notable for the variety of topics in the free nonprofit webinars on schedule – both recurring events and special one-time opportunities for professional development.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Then a post by Shelly Alcorn appeared in my Reader, What Associations Can Learn from the Reinvention Summit 2010. Like the morning Kiki L’Italien tweeted about a post by Steve Denning, Storytelling is a Revolutionary Force for Change. That sent me over to the Reinvention Summit , “ a virtual summit on the future of storytelling.”

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 20, 2010

In the spirit of practicing what I preach, I’m publishing a post today. I normally don’t publish on Saturdays. Saturdays are usually devoted to fun and, if I make time, reading. Reading during the week is purposeful; my goal is to keep up and ahead. But during the weekend, it’s more relaxed, for pleasure and intellectual stimulation.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 27, 2011

Sizzling hot in Toronto as I write this! They say it's the hottest day on record since recording began!) Thank goodness the air conditioning is running flawlessly! Well, notwithstanding the heat, July is a pretty busy month here at Wild Apricot.

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 16, 2010

I was recently talking to a friend and he was complaining to me that online reviews for his business were are not so great on average - because people who are negative and like to complain are much more likely to fill out reviews/surveys than people who are satisfied. I'm sure this is the case for non-profit and membership organizations as well.

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 5, 2010

We are not afraid to borrow a good idea when we see one -- so after watching how Google changes their homepage logos for some time, it dawned on us that we can -- and should -- do the same.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 14, 2010

by Chief Apricot Fall is an interesting time. I love beautiful colors on the trees, crisp and sunny days - but hate those days when it's all bleak, foggy and rainy!

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Wild Apricot

MAY 6, 2010

Whenever I hand out my business cards, people frequently notice my title: "Chief Apricot". I enjoy that it makes people smile - and many people do ask me to explain what it means.

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Wild Apricot

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Busy as this season is for nonprofit folks, with year-end fundraising campaigns and family events for the holidays, still there’s no better time to sneak in a bit of professional development to get you ready for a bright New Year! read more ).

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 28, 2010

For many nonprofit organizations, November is an especially busy month, with pre-holiday season preparations and year-end fundraising campaigns underway. Still, you'll find plenty of free opportunities for online professional development all through the month! read more ).

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 30, 2010

September is a busy month for just about everyone – a new school year for many, harvest time for both fundraisers and farmers - and a whole new crop of free nonprofit webinars is here. Have a look – you’re sure to find an online learning opportunity that’s of interest to folks in your organization.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 30, 2010

Ready for a bit of professional development, before Labor Day brings the start of another busy fall season? August is a great time for online learning – in fact, this month we’ve rounded up more free online seminars than ever before! read more ).

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Wild Apricot

APRIL 1, 2010

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Wild Apricot

DECEMBER 30, 2009

Coming out of the holiday season, I thought we might find January a slow month for free web-based professional development opportunities for nonprofit folks — but, in fact, with 33 different webinars in the list, this month's round-up of training events is larger than ever! read more ).

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 21, 2010

One of the many things I love about the Christmas season is how it brings out the generous side of people. In a timely post Bob Bessette shares some ways we can blog for good. He definitely got me thinking about how I might use my writing skills to help out a local charity.

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 28, 2010

So many interesting and useful links came in to AssociationJam.org this month, there were ties for top spot in 4 categories – Events, Fundraising, Social Media and Other! Social Media and Membership were the most active categories overall, in terms of submissions, views, and reader votes.( read more ).

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 15, 2011

billion volunteer hours in 2010. The recently released "Volunteering in America 2011" reports that Americans served close to 8.1 Here is an overview of the report's findings and a link to its powerful infographic.( read more ).

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Wild Apricot

AUGUST 10, 2010

GreatNonprofits.org’s 2010 Science and Technology Campaign, in partnership with Guidestar, NTEN, TechSoup Global, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, Association for Women in Science, Inveneo, and Tonic, seeks top-rated nonprofits who are making a difference in the fields of science and technology. read more ).

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Wild Apricot

JUNE 30, 2010

Wild Apricot is delighted to host the Nonprofit Blog Carnival for June 2010. Big thanks to all who sent in their blog posts for consideration! Here for your reading (and thinking) pleasure are five great blog posts that really meshed with this month’s theme – Managing Your Membership – Tips, Tools & Tactics.( read more ).

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Wild Apricot

MAY 31, 2010

Wild Apricot Blog invites your blog post submissions for the Nonprofit Blog Carnival, June 2010 edition, on the theme of Managing Your Membership – Tips, Tools and Tactics.( Do you have advice to share with non profit organizations who want to more effectively recruit, engage, connect, manage their members online? read more ).

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Wild Apricot

JANUARY 17, 2011

Conducted by Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com , the report is based on a survey of 780 mostly small to medium-sized nonprofits in North America in December 2010. If you are still developing your plan or are curious to see what other nonprofits are planning this year, you should have a look at the 2011 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 14, 2010

Six out of 10 professional marketers are spending more on content marketing in 2010, for the third year in a row. The rise of blogs and other social media makes online content creation a growing focus for non-profit sector, too. Because content marketing works.

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Thanks For Playing

APRIL 6, 2012

The third time we went to the Inn at Little Washington, for our anniversary in 2010. We drove home the next day during the beginnings of the storm that became the December 2010 Snowpocalypse. ► 2010. We were raving over one of the sauces (and talking quite a bit about the meal in general), and our server noticed.

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Spark Consulting

DECEMBER 3, 2014

ASAE’s June 2010 Communications Section newsletter (login required) listed 7 key questions to ask to generate compelling testimonials: Why did you choose to participate with <your program>? In other words, to use testimonials.

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Thanks For Playing

APRIL 11, 2012

A satiric novel set in the near future, it came out in 2010, I think. ► 2010. Labels: blog roundup , Fast Company , Harvard Business Review , Jamie Notter , Jeffrey Cufaude , leadership. 2 comments: Deirdre Reid. Have you read Super Sad True Love Story? I gobbled it up a few weekends ago. April 11, 2012 7:57 PM. ► August.

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Higher Logic

JUNE 18, 2019

Founded in 2010, Team Rubicon has deployed across the United States and around the world to provide immediate relief to those impacted by disasters and humanitarian crises.”. While our volunteer journey kicked off in Houston, the story of Team Rubicon began in 2010 when U.S. Who is Team Rubicon?

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Association Analytics

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

We’re seeing less and less kids moving into higher education , with enrollments dropping over 8 percent between 2010’s all-time peak and 2021. University Enrollment is Contracting One factor that nobody can do anything about, the pool associations are pulling from is just smaller.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 3, 2011

Gabler writes about the strange critical consensus on 2010’s Top Ten lists and the battles between high and popular culture. An interesting article by Neal Gabler, Everyone’s a Critic Now , is another in a recent flurry of writing about the state of criticism, including a blog post from me.

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Higher Logic

AUGUST 15, 2018

He was named Private Company Chief Financial Officer of the Year in 2010 and 2016, as well as Trending 40: Top Tech Chief Financial Officer by Bisnow in 2015. Most recently, he was the chief operating officer of Ellucian, where he directly managed over 2,000 employees and more than $700 million in revenues. Check out Kevin’s full bio here.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 4, 2011

The Blizzard of 2010 hit Massachusetts last week while I was visiting my family. I didn’t read much online but caught a few outstanding blog posts and conversations, particularly Joe Flower’s post and resulting comments about his decision to not renew his ASAE membership and a follow-up post by Maddie Grant.

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WBT Systems

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Between 2000 and 2010, the 55+ segment grew from 13 to nearly 20 percent of the workforce, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. At Goldman Sachs, a ‘returnship’ program provides training to retirees who want to restart their careers. Older workers already make up an increasing segment of the American workforce.

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YourMembership

MARCH 8, 2013

According to a recent study, CEO social engagement at some of the world’s largest companies has almost doubled since 2010. Traditionally, CEOs have built reputations through means other than social media,” Leslie Gaines-Ross, Weber Shandwick’s chief reputation strategist, said in a statement.

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Aaron Wolowiec

JULY 14, 2015

In September 2013, I wrote a post about the Black Swan case, in which a federal judge ruled that Fox Searchlight Pictures violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not paying interns during the production of the 2010 movie “Black Swan.” (It In comparison, the average hourly rate for interns was $17 in 2010.

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Aaron Wolowiec

JULY 13, 2015

In September 2013, I wrote a post about the Black Swan case, in which a federal judge ruled that Fox Searchlight Pictures violated the Fair Labor Standards Act by not paying interns during the production of the 2010 movie “Black Swan.” (It In comparison, the average hourly rate for interns was $17 in 2010.While

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Higher Logic

MARCH 28, 2019

Emily Weiss, Glossier founder and CEO, managed to transform what started in 2010 as her beauty blog Into the Gloss. Customer listening. into a beauty brand valued at $1.2 billion, and they recently launched Glossier Play, their colorful spin-off brand.

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