Associations Now

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

They can’t simply send things out to committee and have committees study them for a year or 18 months and come back with recommendations. CEOs and board chairs/presidents have to be much more agile, says Jay Younger, FASAE, President & CEO at McKinley Advisors.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 22, 2024

But they do need to understand the implications of those trends, which may require standing up a separate technology committee. The CEO might have a very strong leadership profile, but they may still need a chief innovation officer or digital marketing officer or chief technology officer,” van der Oord said. “If

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Aaron Wolowiec

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Most of us realize innovation is key to driving a business forward. in conjunction with the National Business Aviation Association , polled association professionals to learn how they set innovation goals, how they support innovation, what rewards and recognition they offer and how they set metrics for innovation.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 18, 2021

Membership committees. Is it difficult to find members to serve on your membership committee? MemberSuite discusses the challenges faced by staff in charge of membership committees and suggests ways you can make improvements by revamping (or retiring) your membership committee. A terrific idea to steal! 1 CAE credit.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 26, 2020

Alice Mathu of IAAPA shares how innovation can include comfort, sustainability and trying the latest technology. To create innovative and interactive meetings, planners around the nation are raising the bar on productivity and capitalizing on attendee experience. Orlando in November. Always Café Tu Tu Tango!

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Nimble AMS

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Are you ready to spring your entire association forward with exciting innovation? With the Spring ‘24 release, Nimble Communities is even more powerful, bringing additional integration with your committees, events, and volunteer opportunities.

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Blue Avocado

JANUARY 23, 2024

Advisory committees let your nonprofit work with others who want to see you succeed. What are advisory committees? At their core, advisory committees are groups of individuals who are stakeholders in your nonprofit’s work and who want to play a role in ensuring you achieve maximum impact. Define the advisory committee’s focus.

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Higher Logic

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Last month we announced our acquisition of Socious, bringing the best minds in member engagement together to lead in product innovation and the community industry. 2017 is shaping up to be our best year yet!

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Is your association innovative? Innovator” might currently be a buzzword, but your organization should still be striving to blaze technological trails and deliver superior member value. . Yet it’s not enough for just your leadership team to embrace these innovative principles. Here’s how to get started: .

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.orgSource

MARCH 18, 2025

Staff were expected to practice the same transparency with leadership and committee members. How does your culture supportor resistgovernance innovation? By committing to full transparencywhether sharing successes, setbacks, or tough decisionshe created an environment where candid dialogue thrived.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Hear about actions and tactics to get Treasurer service off to a fast start, strategies for how to be a more impactful Treasurer and work with the finance committee, and how to end Treasurer service on a high note enhancing continuity and sustainability. 1 CAE credit. More info/register. More info/register. 1 CMP credit. More info/register.

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Spark Consulting

JULY 31, 2013

New data proves that diversity promotes innovation. Membership is really that unimportant to hiring committees?). (See below for a great video from John Haydon to help you straighten out your own Gmail inbox organization.). MIT’s Technology Review has some good (and less rah-rah) information on the Gmail changes as well.

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AMG

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

I am honored to share that CAI is being awarded a prestigious award from the Public Affairs Council (PAC) - the Lobbying Strategy Innovation Award for our Condominium Safety Policy Response and Initiative – in response to the tragic Champlain Towers South condominium collapse.

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Reid All About it

MAY 15, 2020

We want to educate, inspire and innovate together. The transition to remote work has forced stronger professional relationships, an adaptive culture, increased flexibility, more innovation, and enhanced technology and professional development. We want to educate, inspire and innovate together. Tue 5/19 from 11 a.m.

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Thanks For Playing

JULY 24, 2012

One of his notes from a panel on "innovation all the time" was: Genius isn’t hidden. The committee won't support it. He becomes the "show pony" committee member, when what he wanted to do was be the "work horse." It’s afraid of your processes. Associations do this all the time. In far too many cases, our default answer is "no."

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Spark Consulting

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Standing committees value form and position over function and effectiveness. innovation presentations volunteering webinars whitepaper ASAE Higher Logic Peggy Hoffman' As you may recall, Peggy Hoffman and I came out with a whitepaper, The Mission Driven Volunteer last fall. Or you can catch us at an upcoming event.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 12, 2020

With rising costs of R&D and globalizing competition, it often makes sense to collaborate with competitors on product development, innovation and joint manufacturing. Presenter: Community IT Innovators CEO Johan Hammerstrom. An Hour of Innovation. Innovation, Associations as Catalysts, A Virtual Conversation.

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Association Analytics

APRIL 1, 2024

Strategy 1: Innovate and Differentiate What can your association do for members that others can’t? Look to create new and innovative products and services for an underserved population in your membership. While the strategy is different from the Innovate and Differentiate strategy above, the steps are largely the same.

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Spark Consulting

JUNE 18, 2014

Committees can still provide valuable volunteer opportunities for your members, as long as the work they’re doing is meaningful. blog roundup cool technology innovation leadership management social media volunteering Associations Now Facebook Jamie Notter Jeffrey Cufaude Maggie McGary Mashable Technology Review unplugging'

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The Association 100

OCTOBER 6, 2024

On The A100 Podcast , Margaret Vitullo of the Linguistic Society of America shares her innovative approach to leadership and member engagement. Learn how LSA is revitalizing member engagement and empowering staff and committees to take ownership of their roles.

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Thanks For Playing

AUGUST 23, 2012

The Good: I love what ASAE has done with the volunteer committee structure. First of all, they've forced us to be more efficient by scheduling MUCH shorter committee meetings. Sitting in a committee meeting for 8 hours is torture that shouldn't be forced on ANYONE. Hallelujah!

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YourMembership

JANUARY 21, 2016

Don’t challenge your selection committee by guessing if your attendees will be pleased with the education you’ve been planning. Have an innovative conference engagement idea? Why not shift the old way of doing things? Still unsure? Take a vote. Contact us ! The post What’s Up With Your Next Conference? Let’s Take a Vote.

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Spark Consulting

JANUARY 21, 2015

Andrea’s been a volunteer with ASAE’s research committee, which supports the work of the ASAE Foundation, and we specifically got talking about the Future of Membership project. innovation membership Andrea Rutledge ASAE' Is this even on your radar? What are you doing to “recruit the whole person”?

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Reid All About it

APRIL 9, 2013

Is the next generation of members willing to put in time serving on committee after committee in hopes of getting a board position and then, maybe one day, being nominated for an officer position? Tagged: Association , digitalNow , Innovation , Leadership , Volunteers. Is that a desirable path? Is that how they want to serve?

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Event Industry News

AUGUST 13, 2019

The Society of Independent Show Organizers (SISO), the global association of the for-profit trade and consumer show organisers, has announced that Goodshuffle, PLNIFY, Rebus, Resiada, and Smartxpohave been nominated to present at its seventh annual Event Innovation Battlefield. It’s a win-win-win which will advance the event industry.”

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Arc 3 Communications

OCTOBER 30, 2024

We are looking for a talented, innovative, and well-connected individual to represent our clients before state and local policymakers in Texas and the Southwest. Would you like to be part of a team focused on achieving public affairs objectives at the state and local government level across the country? CRM and WordPress experience a plus.

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WBT Systems

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

A note for the meeting planner: please order decaf for the next committee meeting. Only 30 minutes in and your highly energetic committee members have already come up with several new online learning program ideas. Many associations put all their products, services, programs, and even committees through a sunset review process.

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.orgSource

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Create a wellness committee to develop initiatives. Mixing fun with work creates space for innovation and creativity to grow. Be inventive and try something different or appoint a social committee to give your team ownership of the process. It mixes fun with creativity, innovation, communication, and professional growth. “To

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Spark Consulting

MAY 8, 2017

We know that increased diversity and real inclusion produce increased innovation, better decision-making, faster and more creative problem-solving, better outcomes, and an improved bottom line. We know that D+I is the right thing to do. And we tend to have strong statements that reflect all that.

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.orgCommunity

MAY 15, 2019

Associations can’t fulfill their missions without innovation. Innovation helps organizations create and improve processes, products, services, and experiences for their members, customers, staff, and audiences. 10 elements of the innovation mindset to nurture at your association. #1: 1: Creative curiosity. 1: Creative curiosity.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

ingenious ways to breathe new life into a one-hour recorded webinar; essential tools that streamline the repurposing process, making it both simpler and more efficient; and innovative strategies for leveraging webinar content to enhance engagement, both among your existing members and non-members. Eliminate the Executive Committee!

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Spark Consulting

JUNE 5, 2018

The most obvious non-monetary contribution would be serving in a volunteer position, but they might not have the capacity to be committee members either. Is there a way those cash-strapped young professionals could contribute something else of value? Could they serve as social media ambassadors for you? Volunteer at chapter events?

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Spark Consulting

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

innovation membership Jeff De Cagna' After all, we’re membership associations. The thing is, we have LOTS of other stakeholders and potential stakeholders, don’t we? Image Credit: Disruptive Creations.

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.orgSource

MAY 23, 2023

A healthy balance sheet is the source of innovation, impact, and engagement. The treasurer and the finance committee also have important roles to play. Organize panel discussions featuring the Finance Committee. So how do you make the financial report a bingeable presentation? Is that even possible? Financial literacy workshops.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 17, 2023

Join our EDI Committee and panel discuss how to keep inclusion in mind for your events and meetings moving forward. Hear about innovative and budget-friendly ways to cut through the noise in order to successfully market your event as an experiential gathering that can’t be missed. 1 CMP credit. More info/register. to 5 p.m. –

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Aaron Wolowiec

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

And by “quality” I mean different, leading-edge, innovative and engaging presentations. speakers and topics) were phrased to encourage new, leading-edge, innovative, different speakers and topics that maybe we hadn’t featured before. That is, fewer responses to your call for papers and even fewer, likely, quality responses.

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Aaron Wolowiec

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Most of us realize innovation is key to driving a business forward. in conjunction with the National Business Aviation Association , polled association professionals to learn how they set innovation goals, how they support innovation, what rewards and recognition they offer and how they set metrics for innovation.

Social Media 100

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