YourMembership
JUNE 14, 2013
'Categories: Association Management , Member Engagement + Retention , Membership Management , Social Media and Business Trends For you Spiderman fans out there, you will remember this sage advice given to Peter Parker by his Uncle Ben. It was at the heart of the inner conflict Peter battled as he lived his dual life as super hero and teenage science geek.
Wild Apricot
JUNE 19, 2013
'We''ve just launched an online survey to gain insight on multi-chapter organizations. We''re looking for staff and volunteers of chapters, affiliates and their central organizations to participate.
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Spark Consulting
JUNE 27, 2013
'I was recently reading an article in Harvard Business Review on the changing employer-employee relationship. The main point of the article, to quote, is: The time has come, we [authors Reid Hoffman, Ben Casnocha, and Chris Yeh] believe, for a new employer-employee compact. You can’t have an agile company if you give employees lifetime contracts—and the best people don’t want one employer for life anyway.
Aaron Wolowiec
JUNE 11, 2013
'Donna Oser, founder of Vital Associations and chair of the ORGPRO Task Force It’s no secret Michigan’s economy is suffering. In fact, nearly every industry feels the effects. Yes. Even associations. With leaner staffs, associations are working harder to serve members – those same members who may decide association fees just aren’t in the budget. But what if associations took a risk?
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KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup
JUNE 25, 2013
'When I first heard Shelly Alcorn''s idea about having an association gathering in multiple cities across the country at the same time and shared virtually(!), I thought she was smart, but crazy. Though 100 percent behind the idea, when I considered the logistics of managing such a thing, I shuddered and thanked the stars it was her idea and not mine.
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YourMembership
JUNE 27, 2013
'Categories: Social Media and Business Trends Tags: millennials I’ve written about Millennials frequently. Whenever I do I feel like one of those old, white-haired Muppets in the theater box. I’ve read countless futuristic predictions from decades ago talking about previous generations being disruptive but this one is different. The sheer numbers of Millennials and their propensity towards consensus building, means most associations (and member-based organizations) are [.] ( Read mor
Wild Apricot
JUNE 27, 2013
'Here''s the June Nonprofit Blog Carnival round-up on "Data for Good". Great advice and tips on measurement and data analysis for non-profits.
Spark Consulting
JUNE 25, 2013
'Turns out, being smart and talented and socially intelligent and healthy are all great…but they aren’t the key. What is? Grit, defined as the passion and stamina to persevere in the service of long-term goals. The problem is, we don’t really know how to build it. But we do know that it’s correlated to an attitude that sees failure as a temporary set back, rather than a permanent truth.
Aaron Wolowiec
JUNE 4, 2013
'Kristen Parker Digital Communications Manager. It’s every blogger’s worst nightmare. You have the ideas, the insights and the expertise to share, but your “day job” prevents you the necessary time to sit down and actually write the posts. And, as we know all too well, the world around us isn’t so forgiving. Regardless of our busy schedules, each news cycle is filled with countless stories and events that both inspire and influence our work.
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Association Subculture
JUNE 11, 2013
'Let me take your picture, add it to the mixture, there it is I got you now. Really nothin'' to it, anyone can do it, it''s easy and we all know how. Now begins the changin'', mental rearrangin'', nothin''s really where its at.can you picture that? - Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem, The Muppet Movie. (Okay, so starting an announcement like this with a scene from The Muppet Movie may seem strange, but if you read the lyrics, it will start making a little more sense.
KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup
JUNE 7, 2013
'It is a big deal when you change your employer information on Facebook and LinkedIn. Updates are issued. Posts are released. People are notified. A virtual press release seems to be automatically spun out by social media sites and suddenly changing employers means hearing from family and friends about your latest news. It''s fun. I should know. I just did that and man, what a flurry of activity in my inbox.
YourMembership
JUNE 5, 2013
'Categories: Association Management Tags: email , subject line Looks like from yesterday’s purchase of Exact Target, email is not dead. Those of us who work with member organizations know this. Email has been quite a cost saver, allowing member organizations to reach their membership without exorbitant printing and mailing costs. While I appreciate the value of email, I hate the pressure behind crafting [.] ( Read more. ) The post Five Easy Tricks to Writing Killer Subject Lines appeared f
Wild Apricot
JUNE 21, 2013
'Here are 7 secrets to help build better board teams and work towards more effective board meetings.
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Spark Consulting
JUNE 18, 2013
'Lots of organizations talk about innovation, but few do it well. And that’s the exact problem: we talk too much and experiment too little. A week ago, I had the opportunity to attend a free webinar on innovation and culture put on by the smarties over at Talent Anarchy , Jason Lauritsen and Joe Gerstandt. Joe and Jason point out that innovation requires two things: variation and selection.
Aaron Wolowiec
JUNE 25, 2013
'Susan Robertson, executive vice president of American Society for Association Executives. From the minute we get up to the minute we go to bed, we’re surrounded by it: social media. Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Skype. Sometimes it’s hard to keep up. But whether you dub it a blessing or a curse, there’s no denying social media platforms have made it easier to learn, to connect and to engage.
Association Subculture
JUNE 13, 2013
'Just a fun video that everyone has already seen, but it''s totally worth a re-watch. One of the things we struggle with in associations is the development of new programs and services. I can''t tell you how many times I have seen programs developed in committees, with painstaking attention to detail and marketing, vigorous debates around pricing, long contracts drawn up establishing royalty relationships and then well timed wide launches at conferences or events with a full court communications
Virtual
JUNE 25, 2013
'Decades after some unnamed publicist coined the term “the paperless office,” paperless association operations are at hand. At least that’s the case for many technology industry associations. For tech groups, participation by myriad stakeholders around the globe has made paperless systems for working together a necessity. Not long after the term “paperless office” was first [.].
Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg
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YourMembership
JUNE 19, 2013
'Categories: Social Media and Business Trends Tags: cloud , SaaS Many years ago I worked for a disaster planning firm. Corporations paid them well to create danger assessment and recovery plans, everything from what to do in a flood to how to get back to operational capacity with only one employee living. These were the days of back-up tapes and we faithfully transported ours off-site [.] ( Read more. ) The post Let’s Get SaaS-y: Finding Comfort in the Cloud appeared first on YourMembershi
Wild Apricot
JUNE 7, 2013
'This week''s Apricot Jam round-up of links offer insight into boards and fundraising; how Generations X and Y are impacting events; strategic planning; and tips on content marketing for member recruitment.
Spark Consulting
JUNE 13, 2013
'MarketingProfs shares a well-designed presentation on social media marketing. Their approach is to ask 20 questions, 10 about how social media marketing can save money and 10 about how it can make money, to clue viewers into how you could use it to do one or both of these things: 20 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Adding Social Media to Your Marketing from MarketingProfs.
Aaron Wolowiec
JUNE 18, 2013
'Shana Killips, sales manager for the James B. Henry Center for Executive Development at Michigan State University, and Aaron Wolowiec, founder and president of Event Garde. From the editor: Considered Michigan’s premier education and networking event for professionals in the nonprofit sector, ORGPRO 2013 will be held from July 8 to July 10 at the Radisson Plaza Hotel at Kalamazoo Center.
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Eric Lanke
JUNE 10, 2013
'image source Thanks to my co-presenters, Elizabeth Engel and Peggy Hoffman , and all the folks who joined us at our "Walking the Walk of Deep Member Engagement" learning lab at last week''s ASAE Marketing, Membership and Communications Conference. Elizabeth has put up several resources from the session on her blog--the handout, the powerpoint slides; even a video interview she and Peggy recorded right after the session ended.
Jamie Notter
JUNE 11, 2013
'The past two days I’ve been immersed in graduations. My oldest daughter graduated high school, and my youngest daughter graduated middle school. For each of them, they’ve been at their particular schools for quite a few years now. I watched them march across their stages, thinking back to how much younger they were when they each started at their schools, with all the requisite tears, pride, and happiness that accompany those reflections.
KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup
JUNE 24, 2013
'"Wh-wh- whaaaat?". That was pretty much my reaction this morning when I read about a fabulous idea to recognize some visionaries in the association/nonprofit realm. How have I missed hearing of this until now?!? This is my first day in the Aptify-Tysons Corner office and as I glanced through an older issue of USAE - The Weekly Community Newspaper of Associations, CVBs, and Hotels that was in the break room, I read of the creation of the "Forty Under 40" Award open to all association, nonprofit
Wild Apricot
JUNE 12, 2013
'We want your submissions on Data for Good - for the June Nonprofit Blog Carnival. Deadline is June 25th.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
Virtual
JUNE 25, 2013
'Decades after some unnamed publicist coined the term “the paperless office,” paperless association operations are at hand. At least that’s the case for many technology industry associations. For tech groups, participation by myriad stakeholders around the globe has made paperless systems for working together a necessity. Not long after the term “paperless office” was first uttered, we all began back-peddling.
Association Adviser
JUNE 18, 2013
'You have helpful programs designed for your members. You serve as an advocate for your industry on Capitol Hill. Your association may even set the standard for quality in your industry by certifying businesses and individuals in their trade. None of those lofty accomplishments mean a thing if you’re not telling your members—and potential members—why it should matter to them. “Don’t tell them how a watch works; tell them they’ll be able to tell the time.” As I sat in a session titled
Eric Lanke
JUNE 17, 2013
'image source Last week, in Member Engagement and Association Building Blocks , I wrote about the story I told at the "Walking the Walk of Deep Member Engagement" learning lab Elizabeth Engel , Peggy Hoffman and I ran at the recent ASAE Marketing, Membership and Communications Conference. We told several stories in the session, and each was meant to convey a critical concept about member engagement that we wanted the participants to discuss.
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