Spark Consulting

APRIL 16, 2025

Setting your strategy may be a good place to engage a consultant, not least of which because we have the advantage of perspective – we’ve seen a LOT of associations representing a LOT of different professions and industries. You do need implementation of your strategic direction every single day.

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Sequence Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2024

Well cover the core elements of a successful long-term strategy and walk through top tips to boost your associations member engagement , keep you motivated, and empower you to achieve your goals. Consultants can provide the focused work and expertise needed to strengthen your strategy. Your association is no different.

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Association Analytics

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

This is where establishing strong member retention strategies comes into play. This is critical for proper analysis and strategy refinement. Understanding why these members engage more — or digging into data around less engaged members — will help you to determine how to build effective membership retention strategies.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

This interactive workshop will explore the implications of elections around the world on associations’ international strategies, operations, and expansion efforts to help equip association leaders with the knowledge and tools needed to navigate these challenges and strengthen their resilience in an evolving political landscape. 1 CAE credit.

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Event Industry News

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The global industry leading Net Zero Carbon Events initiative has published seven best practice guidance and methodology documents that provide highly valuable actionable insights and strategies for the industry as organisations worldwide develop and implement their plans to achieve net zero.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Content strategy. Jimmy Daly at Superpath explains why you need a documented content marketing strategy , how to assess whether your strategy is working, and what solutions to put in place if it’s not. exam preparations, eligibility, exam content outline, study strategies, practice questions, tips and advice, etc.)

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Higher Logic

JANUARY 21, 2021

Don’t miss the 8-question framework to document your user group. User groups can help you deliver a great customer experience. If you’re interested in starting one at your own company, you’re in the right place. The post User Groups: Why They Exist & How to Start Yours appeared first on Higher Logic.

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WBT Systems

DECEMBER 6, 2016

A flexible, structured Digital Badge Strategy applied to your planned and existing online learning programs will help to validate your badging initiative – ensuring that you meet your learning and organisational goals. What Does Designing a Digital Badge Strategy Look Like? How Do I Use the Digital Badge Strategy Design Canvas?

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 31, 2023

Having a virtual group for advocates to discuss current policies and share pertinent documents will increase member connections. For even more strategies to boost your advocacy efforts, read our free whitepaper: Four tips to supercharge your association’s advocacy program. Advocacy is an integral part of the work of any association.

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Association Analytics

JANUARY 8, 2024

In this blog, we’ll outline our top three strategies to elevate your impact this year, along with ways to make small, easy changes that lead to large, impactful results. documentation will come in handy. Dive deeper into these 3 strategies by watching this on-demand webinar. With all these uses (and more!)

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Association Analytics

MARCH 1, 2023

This proactive strategy will definitely help set your association apart in such a busy world! How can you set up better collaboration and document sharing? The same can happen by listening to conversations in your online community. Learn more about how to leverage your virtual community conversations with this on-demand webinar.

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Higher Logic

JUNE 20, 2017

It’s hard to succeed without strategy. Anyone in the trenches probably knows this already, but the results of the SOCM found that 94 percent of mature communities have an approved strategy. The most successful communities rely on a strong strategy to guide decision-making and initiatives. Not behave?

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Higher Logic

JUNE 5, 2020

Online Community Strategy. The average overall stat is the average of all the communities in the research , while the advanced overall looks at all communities with approved, operational, and measurable strategies. Want to level up your community strategy? Online Community Strategy. 22% have no documented strategy.

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Higher Logic

MAY 2, 2017

People have different strategies and ideas but, at the end of the day, everyone from a part-time volunteer to the campaign manager has the same exact goal—to win and see their candidate in office. Easy-To-Share Documents and Resources. Documents that are easily shared must also be easy to find. Think about a political campaign.

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WBT Systems

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Start with an association e-learning strategy. Here’s where it starts to look ugly: 70% of these associations don’t have a formal, documented e-learning strategy. 7% of them aren’t sure if they have one—if you don’t know, you probably don’t—so let’s make that 77% without a strategy. How is that contribution measured?

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NXUnite

JANUARY 23, 2024

Explain the challenges faced, the strategies employed, and the dedication of your team or volunteers. Use them to illustrate “before-and-after” transformations, document events, showcase your programs in action, and highlight the challenges faced by the communities you serve.

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Key Workshop Highlights AI is no longer a distant technology; it’s a practical tool that’s reshaping how associations operate. Our intensive, hands-on learning experience dove deep into the strategic implementation of AI technologies.

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Nimble AMS

MARCH 27, 2023

Do m embers sometimes miss a meeting and want to catch up on the minutes , asking staff to send out relevant documents? Rather than task an employee with more work , your organizati on can l eve rage innovative association management software (AMS) with its online community platform to streamline board management. Create communities.

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Blue Sky eLearn

MAY 16, 2019

” — Include a guide to finding important files, resources, and anything else that’s documented here in the binder. Other Documentation. There will probably come a time (or many) when you’re tasked with drafting up one document or another. Your program’s SMAR goals or KPIs.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 7, 2024

AI content is short-term arbitrage , not a long-term content marketing strategy, says Ryan Law at Ahrefs. The SEO community is buzzing about the internal Google documents leaked to the founder of an SEO software company. Learn from your community and transform your association with cutting-edge strategies. Google rankings.

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AvidXchange: Association Management

OCTOBER 13, 2023

To keep pace and meet homeowner expectations, community association management companies are adopting digital platforms to manage communications, documents and financial transactions.  Digital platforms provide a convenient avenue for addressing homeowner concerns, disseminating information and collecting feedback.

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Association Leaders

JULY 9, 2019

In our businesses if we don’t establish Strategies, Goals and specific, measurable Objectives we hold ourselves and each other accountable for achieving, we will not achieve our mission. If changes are appropriate, they should be made and documented. Associations are no different – except that associations are led by volunteers.

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Higher Logic

MARCH 20, 2018

User groups help your customers be more successful by providing: Self-Service Documentation. User groups with a strong online presence offer file libraries where staff, companies, and members can upload helpful documents. User groups are a powerful retention strategy, but to be effective you need to use them correctly.

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WBT Systems

APRIL 25, 2017

But because they were printed paper documents, they were typically hidden from the world — tucked away in file drawers or framed on office walls. Professional development impact for teachers is often measured by “seat time” and with little documentation of knowledge gain beyond teacher perception surveys at the end of training.

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Blue Avocado

JULY 9, 2024

We recently asked the Blue Avocado community, “What is one tool or strategy you wish your nonprofit had implemented sooner?” Bill.com is a great resource for document retention, especially during our annual audit. special interests, any key preferences or pet peeves. .

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Candid

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A recent Harvard Business School study compared two groups of consultants—one using AI tools and the other not—performing the same workplace tasks such as writing, analysis, and strategy. Putting humans first There is an alternative approach: a human-first AI adoption strategy. Here are the core elements: Redefining “productivity.”

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 14, 2020

Last week I presented our two-part webinar series on nonprofit social media strategies based on our Be Personal / Be Practical framework. Document, Don’t Create. We did see a bigger jump in the numbers who are thinking through a Facebook Groups strategy. Let me know in the comments what you think!). Focus on Core Topics.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Content Marketing Institute shares highlights from their conference, Content Marketing World , including a quote from their chief strategy advisor Robert Rose: “Content marketing is what marketing is becoming. Learn proven strategies to implement AI within your association, potentially boosting overall productivity by up to 40%.

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Candid

APRIL 20, 2023

Creating a social media strategy can feel overwhelming. So, how can your nonprofit create a social media strategy that you can sustain? So, how can your nonprofit create a social media strategy that you can sustain? Your strategy is going to shift and adjust over the course of a year.

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Higher Logic

JUNE 13, 2019

The Community Roundtable annually releases the The State of Community Management Report, and it’s chock-full of timely online community stats to help inform your strategies in the year ahead. Communities with advanced strategies are 2x as likely to be able to prove value. 76% of community programs cannot measure their strategy.

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Strategy Report Team Cost 195

Candid

MAY 5, 2021

Too many organizations write documents about how they are committed to diversity, then fail to act on any of the recommended initiatives to actually improve their current practices. The greater the diversity of lived experiences at your workplace, the more problem-solving strategies and creative solutions you’ll have.

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Nimble AMS

APRIL 1, 2025

Implementation teams use risk assessment frameworks to spot potential roadblocks early and develop strategies to avoid them. Through detailed documentation and live demonstrations, your association will understand how the AMS works, helping you make informed decisions that align with your long-term goals. Read our free guide today!

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

APRIL 15, 2021

The Marketing and Communications Planning Documents. Here’s what we suggest for the different types of communications plans and strategies. The Goals, Strategies, Objectives, and Tactics. Here’s your guide to goals, strategies, objectives, and tactics for nonprofit communicators. Name it and own it.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

exam preparations, eligibility, exam content outline, study strategies, practice questions, tips, and advice, etc.) Find out about special tactics for budgeting for salaries, and how decentralizing the budget building process and documenting budget assumptions is key to success. More info/register. 1 CAE credit. More info/register.

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Higher Logic

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The home page and main community is an open forum that connects Ascend Learning’s 12+ brands through discussions and a resource hub with hundreds of documents. To encourage employees to engage , Nancy and Chelsea held promotions, educational webinars, and developed a strategy that balances critical information with culture-building content.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Equip yourself with innovative approaches to adapt community engagement strategies in an AI-augmented landscape. Equip yourself with innovative approaches to adapt community engagement strategies in an AI-augmented landscape. Learn innovative engagement strategies for this digitally native generation. More info/register.

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Higher Logic

MARCH 24, 2020

Webinar | Think Bigger: Your Customer Community Strategy Could Be Doing More. We offer an easy-to-navigate product documentation library (support.higherlogic.com) that is a perfect complement to other Higher Logic learning offerings! Webinar | Inherited a Community Site, Now What? Webinar | Google Analytics. Knowledge Base.

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