Wed.Feb 19, 2025

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Facilit8me Program Reflections: Building Stronger Facilitation Skills for Association Leaders

AMR Management Services

TheFacilit8meprogram is a unique 12-week training cohort, designed specifically to support association professionals in building and growing facilitation skills. As association professionals, we facilitate all kinds of meetings board meetings, committee meetings, internal staff meetings, strategic planning sessions, business/membership meetings, stakeholder meetings, focus groups, and many more.

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Truck Stuck! Now What?

Spark Consulting

I think we’re all familiar with the story of Truck Stuck by Sallie Wolfe. It’s a charming children’s book in which the kids are the heroes, figuring out a creative solution to get the truck unstuck. Where do ideas come from in your organization? Or, to be more precise, who’s ALLOWED to have an idea? In far too many associations, the answer is definitely not “anyone!

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Solving for the New Reality of Engagement: A Holistic Member Experience

Associations Now

Member experience is the combination of all the interactions your members have with your organizationfrom the onboarding process to the way members access their benefits. Understandably, this impacts how members feel about your association. In an age of constant competition for peoples time, creating a good member experience means thinking holistically.

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Doing good, wrong? The role of philanthropy in keeping people safe

Candid

Philanthropy invests billions of dollars annually to address pressing social issues. However, the positive impact of these contributions can be undermined when organizations fail to prioritize the safety and well-being of the people they serve. Funders in the United States can address this risk by promoting safeguardingproactive measures taken to prevent all forms of harm, abuse, and exploitation to all individuals who interact with funders and the organizations they support.

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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Here's How To Fix Them

Speaker: Dave Sackett

Traditional budgeting and forecasting methods can no longer keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving business environment. Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty. To stay ahead, finance leaders must leverage a future-forward approach—one that leverages real-time data, predictive analytics, and continuous planning to drive smarter financial decisions.

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Celebrate Entertainment Technology + the people behind it at PLASA Focus Leeds 2025 

Event Industry News

PLASA Focus Leeds returns to the Royal Armouries on 13-14 May 2025, bringing together the latest innovations and the brightest minds in live events, installation, and entertainment technology. The show will celebrate the people behind the industry, providing a unique platform for learning, networking, and hands-on exploration of cutting-edge technology.

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It’s not the mistakes, but how you respond

Effective Database

It's not the mistakes, but how you respond Recently aclient wascomplaining about a bug that had been introduced in the latest release of theirsoftware. She was very upset that the bug hadn't been caught before the release. While I understand her frustration, bugs are a reality of software.