Wild Apricot
JULY 25, 2009
Do you ever feel pressured to friend someone on Facebook or follow them on Twitter, simply because they chose to friend or follow you? The expectation of reciprocity can turn a pleasant social media connection into an uncomfortable transaction - sometimes against your best interests.( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology nptech online community Social networking social media.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
JULY 8, 2009
I’ve received several questions about the Twitter tools I use, so here are my five favorites. Yes, to use Twitter as efficiently as possible, you actually need to do more than what Twitter.com offers! 1. TweetDeck or Seesmic Desktop. These tools let you put people you follow into groups, which is essential once you start following more than a couple hundred people.
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Idea Architects
JULY 28, 2009
They must be the two most frequently spoken words on the planet: if only. If only we had more time, we could develop better strategies for the future. If only we had more money, we'd be able to add lots of special touches to this project. If only we had a few different board members, we could be much more innovative. But we don't have those things and most likely we won't have those things.
GlowGlobally
JULY 9, 2009
GrowGlobally.org. global association strategy, regional planning and local infrastructure to grow your business. Home. About. Channels. MarCom. Market & Biz Plan. Meetings. Membership. Products. Public Affairs. Services. « Final Stop ASAE Study Mission 09 – Abu Dhabi, UAE. MCI Launches E-Learning Services for Non-US Market » Jul. 09. 2009.
Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business
For many nonprofit organizations and NGOs, managing grants and monitoring projects with spreadsheets and manual processes feels familiar—but is it holding your organization back? As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.
Association 20/20
JULY 23, 2009
We already know that ASAE’s 2006 Decision to Join study showed the younger generations value social networking at a higher level than previous generations. In addition, it appears the younger generations remain to see a strong need for associations. Since I have two boys under age 10, let’s dive a little bit deeper into what one might be tempted to label as Generation D, the distracted generation. .
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Wild Apricot
JULY 28, 2009
It’s great to interact with others around the world in social networks — to learn what other organizations are doing, and to reap fresh ideas for your own nonprofit — but what a many small nonprofit often needs most is to connect with potential volunteers and supporters in your own community. Here are a few tools to help you find local Twitter users.( read more ).
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
JULY 8, 2009
Thursday’s Webinar: Blogging for Nonprofits: Tips, Traps and Tales. July 9, 2009. 1:00 p.m. Eastern. (10:00 a.m. Pacific). Get the details and register. Missed It? Watch the recording when you. get an All-Access Pass. Does your nonprofit need a blog? That depends on a lot on your overall communications strategy. But to help you think through this question, here are my top five reasons why a nonprofit should have a blog and my top five reasons why a nonprofit shouldn’t. 5 Reasons Why
Idea Architects
JULY 27, 2009
I hope you've enjoyed these seven tips/steps to more powerful presentations. Currently I am designing a PDF booklet that expands on each of the tips and provides additional examples and supportive material. I'll announce on the blog when it is available. I'll be doing a three-hour workshop exploring the 7-step design process on Monday, October 19, from 1:15-4:15 p.m. in Washington, DC.
Guilt by Association
JULY 27, 2009
For the past year, the ASAE and the Center’s Communications Section Council has been working on a list of core competencies that communications professionals in associations should master today. As I mentioned in a post a few months ago , we were updating a document that was only four years old, but already badly out of date. Two things have changed dramatically in the last 10 years: How people learn about the world around them, and how everyone can now be a publisher as well as a consumer of in
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Association 20/20
JULY 30, 2009
You can ultimately achieve social media motives and measurable ROI by keeping the focus on generating value… and, most importantly, valuing the vital role and contribution of participants. . As Susan Scott points out in her book, Fierce Conversations , the “conversation is the relationship.” . Social media is an opportunity to make meaningful connections and build vital relationships by providing something of value and genuinely valuing user-generated participation.
Executive Connections
JULY 22, 2009
Executive Connections. « SLA Europe Celebrates the Centennial | Main. | Its Information Overload Day! » 22 July 2009. Where Yat, Dawlin? SLA’s fabulous 2009 conference is barely over, and I am already excited about 2010, and for a very special reason: it will be in New Orleans! I was lucky enough to spend three years in the Crescent City while I was in law school, more than enough time to fall in love with it for life. The food, the music, the culture—they are all so very spec
Wild Apricot
JULY 9, 2009
In Part 1: How to Set Up News Alerts, we covered the basics of Google Alerts. Your first few Alerts may show a lot of irrelevant information mixed in with the notices about your website, blog, or cause. No problem! A few tweaks of your search terms can make Google Alerts work much better for you.( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Google social media.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
JULY 24, 2009
Yesterday I taught a webinar called “Content Creation Strategies for Nonprofits: Making the Most of Your Writing, Photos, and More.&# More than 650 people registered from 46 U.S. states and 22 other countries. (Pass this on to your nonprofit friends in Alaska, Delaware, Mississippi and South Dakota - we missed them!) Nonprofits are clearly very interested in how they can do a better job creating and managing content.
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.
Idea Architects
JULY 24, 2009
What you eat matters. Building your strength, endurance, and flexibility through exercise matters. How much sleep you get matters. Taking time to relax and rejuvenate matters. Laughing matters. Time with people important to you matters. Hobbies matter. You can read professional journals, participate in webinars, have the very best mentors, and attend all the conferences you want, but if you don't take good care of the person behind the professional, it won't matter.
High Context
JULY 16, 2009
I’m presenting a webinar for the Avectra Academy next Monday titled Easy Web Site Updates: Small Changes That Provide Big Results. Tremendous registration for this one, don’t miss it! These webinars are free to attend although you do need to register in advance. There will be a lot of good stuff in this session, helping you to make a big impact online with relatively small changes to your site.
Association 20/20
JULY 19, 2009
Develop “X-Ray” Vision through Market Research and Data Analysis . Gather and maintain a 360 degree view of the direct and indirect opportunities and threats to your association by observing, measuring and monitoring trends and developments through market research and data analysis. Here are some actionable ideas to consider: Get into your member’s environment and shadow them regularly to see the world through their eyes and observe the spoken and unspoken behavioral truths.
Associations Live
JULY 9, 2009
O.K. Not the title you expected to see on an Association blog. However, if you haven't yet seen it, I'm sure this story will start to bubble up in the "mainstream" media over the course of the next few days. A little background is in order. A singer/songwriter was traveling on United Airlines, and in the process of doing so a guitar he had checked as luggage was damaged.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand
Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!
Wild Apricot
JULY 22, 2009
In a recent comment on An Introduction to Twitter Hashtags , Wild Apricot reader 88keyman came through with a really great question: Suppose I’m writing on a topic concerning Iran. If I include the hashtag #Iran, how does that differ from merely using the word Iran in my Tweet? Wouldn’t both come up equally in a search of the topic? Actually, each of these search terms will produce slightly different results.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
JULY 13, 2009
The conventional wisdom these days seems to be that nonprofit organizations should not use social media for marketing, communications, promotion or anything like that. Instead, the CW goes, social media is only for listening and learning (call it market research and professional development if you actually want it to survive your work planning process).
Idea Architects
JULY 20, 2009
I've been doing a lot of reading on the power of play and the positive role it plays in learning, strategy development, creativity, and innovation. Doing so caused me to do a little research on the word kindergarten. German in origin, it literally means children (kinder) and garden ( garten ). Friedrich Froebel , the German educator who coined the term, created in 1840 a Play and Activity Institute.
Executive Connections
JULY 7, 2009
Executive Connections. « Why SLA Must Consider a Name Change | Main. | Where Yat, Dawlin? » 07 July 2009. SLA Europe Celebrates the Centennial. I had the great good fortune to join the SLA Europe Chapter for a Centennial Soiree last week in London. The weather was gorgeous, and the function room and rooftop deck were packed with good cheer. The champagne flowed, and we all enjoyed three delicious cakes—one for each digit in 100. An extra thanks to Don Roll and Al
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Association 20/20
JULY 9, 2009
Simply put, imagination and the desire to connect on some level are the forces which have fueled the social web. Though it’s been around for years, Twitter has exploded this year because of the convergence between creative users and industrious leveragers. If your association is looking for a little boost in imagination in determining how to best utilize Twitter, here are 5 ways to give your association something to tweet about: 1) Tracking Trends in Real Time – A couple of months
on Leadership
JULY 7, 2009
on Leadership … by Steven Davis, CAE. Leadership … an Ongoing Discussion. « Leadership … Continued Discussion 6/26/09. Leadership … Continued Discussion 8/3/09 » Leadership … Continued Discussion 7/7/09. In my 6/26/09 post I discussed the importance of communication in effective leadership. In this post I want to narrow that topic to a discussion of how an effective leader communicates about and responds to failure.
Wild Apricot
JULY 13, 2009
An interesting question on Twitter hashtags came from one of our readers last week — "Our organization has been using a certain hashtag on Twitter. Now another organization has started to use the same hashtag. How can we handle that?".( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology nptech Twitter social media.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
JULY 16, 2009
It’s a debate that anyone using social media these days is having: How much personal information do I share when I’m using social media for work, and how much work information do my personal friends care to know? What are reasonable expectations for a nonprofit to have about what staff members will say online? Should blogging, tweeting, etc. be official or unofficial?
Speaker: Jennifer Hill
Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.
Observations on Association Management
JULY 1, 2009
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Wednesday, July 1, 2009. Customer Service Matters. One of our client associations is very deeply involved in measuring customer experience and its role in companies profitability or lack thereof. From my perspective, then, its very easy to see how the treatment of customers (or members) can have an enormous impact on the success or failure of companies large and small.
Moving through the Association World
JULY 27, 2009
After my first year as an Association staffer I have realized that maybe Vanilla Ice had it right. The first book I read to prepare myself for my role in an Association was Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams. The book details how mass Internet collaboration has changed the way we do business.
BlogClump
JULY 27, 2009
skip to main | skip to sidebar. BlogClump - Blogging About Associations From a Gen Xer. A Gen Xer giving his thoughts and opinions on the Association world. Monday, July 27, 2009. Finally Something to Blog About. I know I have been very inconsistent, but I have just started reading Chris Andersons latest book Free - which you can read for free in some versions.
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