Spark Consulting
JANUARY 6, 2015
'And you can’t claim to have a relationship with people you don’t know. This topic has come up frequently with clients in the past six months, both within full engagements, where we’ve been looking at how to increase membership, and in speaking engagements, where I’m trying to help chapter leaders learn how to be more effective.
Wild Apricot
JANUARY 30, 2015
'Looking to continue your non-profit education? We''ve got you covered. Take a look at the 19 free webinars that are available this February.
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Reid All About it
JANUARY 22, 2015
'If you’re looking for me, check out my food blog, Grabbing the Gusto. I write several times a week over there. You can also find me online writing on the blogs of some of the best technology vendors in the association market, but I’m doing that undercover in collaboration with some of the best brains in the industry. I’m also helping them with case studies, white papers, tip sheets and articles.
Association Leaders
JANUARY 13, 2015
'I came across a great blog posting recently related to – you guessed it – Leadership. What a cool story this blogger has to tell about their grandfather and the 20 Mantras of Great Leaders he developed through a business and teaching career. Read the full post here. I think my three favorite (maybe the ones I connect best with) are: 1.
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Mariner
JANUARY 31, 2015
'Join a group of volunteer evangelists as we explore new solutions for association volunteering on an Association Trends. webinar series. Tom Hood, CEO, Maryland Association of CPAs , Debra BenAvram, CEO, A.S.P.E.N. , Rick Grimm, CEO for NIGP: The Institute for Public Procurement , and Laura Garrison-Brook, President & CEO, Engaging Communities Consulting provide a look at 5 association case studies ranging from total governance overhaul to ad-hoc volunteering to a simple board training make-ove
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Spark Consulting
JANUARY 21, 2015
'Last week, I was teaching the volunteer management course for ASAE’s Association Management Week with the smart and talented Andrea Rutledge (Executive Director of the National Architectural Accrediting Board), and she and I got chatting about membership recruitment. 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.
Wild Apricot
JANUARY 19, 2015
'If you''re looking for some insight into using sponsorship to generate some non dues revenue, here are some ideas shared by our Small Membership Advisory Community members.
Optimist Consulting
JANUARY 28, 2015
'A rebrand for a membership organisation can be an important part of a new strategic direction. It can revitalise the organisation and engage members and potential members. However, it can also raise questions in members’ minds – ‘What did that cost?’ and ‘Why do we need that?’, so it was good to see how the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development) approached it recently.
Association Leaders
JANUARY 21, 2015
'NBA great and Basketball Hall of Famer Charles Barkley once famously said, “I am not a role model” I like Sir Charles and even can understand his point to a certain extent – I think he was trying to let parents and teachers know that they have daily interactions with children and should be their role models. Unfortunately, Charles was wrong and so are many leaders.
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YourMembership
JANUARY 28, 2015
Last week we kicked off our second season of YM’s monthly CAE Thought Leadership Webinar Series , with Shelly Alcorn, CAE presenting Fads, Trends and Signals: Three Keys to Successful Innovation for Associations. Shelly shared her ideas on tips and strategies to help associations take advantage of new technology and management techniques while avoiding the pitfalls of wasting time and resources stuck on the bleeding edge of costly and unproven products and services.
Aaron Wolowiec
JANUARY 4, 2015
'Heidi Brumbach, CEO, Technisch Creative. Q & A with Heidi Brumbach, CEO, Technisch Creative. Q: New Year resolutions – Do you make them? Why or why not? A: I try not to make the same old resolutions like “lose weight,” “get organized,” etc. If I make a New Year resolution, it has to be specific, the timing has to be right and the goal has to be realistic, as well as measurable.
Spark Consulting
JANUARY 12, 2015
'For the past two years, Spark, in partnership with Scott Oser Associates and Peach New Media , has sponsored the free Associations 101 monthly webinar series: “10 tips in 20 minutes” on a variety of topics, designed to provide a quick tactical overview of key issues in association management aimed at new – or new to the profession – association staff.
Wild Apricot
JANUARY 9, 2015
'Check out the seven key insights for using social media to recruit, engage and grow your membership – shared during one of our Small Membership Advisory sessions.
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Jamie Notter
JANUARY 28, 2015
'It’s not a random collection of your “best” people. We tend to think that putting the smartest, most capable people together on a team is the best decision, but some research I saw reported in the New York Times says otherwise. High IQs of team members was not a predictor of team success. Their study of effective teams identified three characteristics that made some teams generally “smarter” than others: Equal participation.
Association Leaders
JANUARY 5, 2015
'Many times leaders are presented with ideas by their teammates. How they respond to these ideas separates the good leaders from the bad leaders. Think for a minute about how you responded the last time an idea was presented to you by one of your teammates. Did you keep a positive look on your face or a negative one? Were you enthusiastic or dejected?
YourMembership
JANUARY 23, 2015
This month we’re focusing on trends and strategies for associations in 2015. We just released The Essential Guide to 2015 Association Management Trends , where we examine evolving technologies, changing member preferences and differences in generational values that pose management challenges for associations. It’s free to download, so be sure and get your copy today.
Aaron Wolowiec
JANUARY 6, 2015
'A new year means new professional development opportunities. Admittedly, I’m a PD nerd. So I’ve been excitedly surfing the web for all things writing, media relations and public relations. But if I have to pick, I’m going to choose an event hosted in a hotel with comfy beds, free Wi-Fi, probably a restaurant….and the list goes on. Thanks to PD nerds like me, in 2015 hotels should get a big financial boost.
Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg
Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards. While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. In today’s workplace, the true ROI of recognition lies in its ability to regenerate tangible, business-driven results.
Optimist Consulting
JANUARY 28, 2015
'I was recently invited to Tweet on behalf of the Trade Association Forum at their Best Practice Exchange which showcased some of the winners from their annual awards earlier in the year. During the day I saw a presentation by Dave Campbell, Marketing & Training Manager at the British Woodworking Federation. He presented his ‘Three-point plan to membership success’ which resulted in a 28% growth in membership.
Wild Apricot
JANUARY 13, 2015
'Before you finalize your strategic plan or launch your projects or events schedule, take time to look back over 2014 in order to set goals and develop a theme for 2015.
Mariner
JANUARY 22, 2015
'Shifting from product to service, the c''s of successful teams, examining your website, your LinkedIn profile and your membership recruitment. lanaguage. from my reading list.
Jamie Notter
JANUARY 5, 2015
'On the last day of 2014, I made the mistake of getting a prescription filled. I didn’t intend to do it that day. That just happened to be the day I went to the doctor and he called it in to my local CVS. I showed up at the pharmacy a good six hours after it was called in, and waited in a line that was much longer than usual. The person in front of me was upset that her Rx wasn’t ready (though she had called hers in after mine).
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YourMembership
JANUARY 15, 2015
At the beginning of 2014 we started a conversation on the importance of a career center strategy for associations, especially in light of social networking giant LinkedIn’s aggressive efforts to become the leading online job board aggregator. The concern we saw wasn’t specifically that LinkedIn was moving into the job board space but more so about their overall strategy for creating higher levels of engagement with job seekers and employers.
Aaron Wolowiec
JANUARY 20, 2015
'January has nearly come and gone. It’s hard to believe. Just this week my chiropractor reminded me that 2015 is about 1/12 over. It seems like only yesterday I was gearing up for the hustle and bustle of the holidays: decorations, cards, presents, baking, parties and the like. And then New Year’s Eve passed us by in the blink of any eye, too. In fact, my friends and I caught the official countdown on TV just moments before midnight.
Virtual
JANUARY 21, 2015
'Are your in-person board meetings the ideal environment for your directors to do their email? (Or, worse, play the latest Angry Birds release?) Does your Board struggle to be conversational around critical or strategic topics? While every board is certainly different, below are some methods that have moved the needle within some of the most engagement-resistant groups: Plan a pre-meeting social event or dinner: Board meetings generally have an aura of formality to them, and not everyone is comf
Wild Apricot
JANUARY 5, 2015
'Start the New Year off with some non-profit learning. Take a look at the 17 free webinars that are available this January.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
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Mariner
JANUARY 5, 2015
'It’s the first Monday of the New Year and many of us have headed back to work, school or whatever routine that is part of our. daily lives. It is also the day when we start getting serious about those New Year’s resolutions we so eagerly made just last week. And it''s the day. that marks the beginning of the end because we all know we’ll scrap the whole resolution thing – if not most of it – by March.
Jamie Notter
JANUARY 27, 2015
'Maddie and I worked with a client last week on the topic of member engagement, and one of the insights that was particularly useful to this group was the idea that engagement is a two-way street. When we think about engagement–which could mean customers, members, or even employees–we very often think of it in one-way terms. Like THEY engage with US.
YourMembership
JANUARY 8, 2015
Welcome to 2015! It’s only the first week of the New Year and we are already off to an exciting start as YourMembership proudly announced this week the acquisition of Digital Ignite and that we will be adding its Learning Management System to YM’s expanding suite of products. As quoted in our press release, “this significant addition makes YourMembership the leading engagement platform for organizations, delivering upon their mission of helping associations, organizations, publishers and other
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