Wild Apricot

MAY 12, 2009

Great new presentations on social media are coming out almost daily, and many are directed specifically to the needs of non-profits. But it can be time-consuming to search out those that are up-to-date, actionable, and appropriate to nonprofits. Here's a hand-picked selection of slideshow presentations to get you started.( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology Fundraising nptech Web 2.0 Best practices online community Social networking case studies Non-profit Communications social media.

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Idea Architects

MAY 29, 2009

I once had a friend who had an interesting idea about her pay when speaking at a conference. In lieu of charging an honorarium for general sessions or keynotes, she envisioned passing an offering plate at the end of her talk and asking people to make a contribution based on how valuable they found her presentation. While she never actually did it, I'm convinced that the quality of her work would have led to much bigger paydays from the participants than the fee she was charging the sponsoring or

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GlowGlobally

MAY 5, 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. « ASAE Study Mission 2009 – Dubai, UAE. Emerging Market Strategy Seminars – Chicago and DC in August » May. 05. 2009.

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Off Stage

MAY 31, 2009

Off Stage. May. 31, 2009 - Standing on the Beach: Google "Wave". 12.00. Normal 0. false false false. EN-US X-NONE X-NONE. MicrosoftInternetExplorer4. I’m not a software developer—heck, I’m not even a real geek. I’m just a dedicated user of the stuff, and my creative juices start to flow when I see how new applications might be used to solve problems and – often – to create new ones.

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Elipsis Partners

MAY 28, 2009

Meditated Momentum. On associations, technology, parenting, people, meditation, and America. Thursday, May 28, 2009. Community. Tonight, I hosted the monthly dinner for my friends, the members of the Thursday Night Group. Thats not an official name, just how I identify them in my Gmail contacts. About 18 months ago, I was desperate to make contact with people going through what I was going through, coping with separation and the path to divorce.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 22, 2009

By now, even your grandmother knows social media is hot, but what’s the ROI on that social networking? Even for nonprofits on a tight budget, there are plenty of good monitoring tools. But what if you could track stats for all your major networks - free - from your desktop or home page, without giving out your passwords? SociafyQ is designed to do just that.( read more ).

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Idea Architects

MAY 15, 2009

After they determine learning outcomes, many presenters immediately identify content segments for their session. Too often though, presenters don’t sufficiently consider context before selecting content, and that’s a missed opportunity. At least four participant contexts should be considered as a part of session design: Their profession or industry What’s happening in the participants’ profession?

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GlowGlobally

MAY 4, 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. « ASAE Study Mission 2009 – Lessons from Singapore. Final Stop ASAE Study Mission 09 – Abu Dhabi, UAE » May. 04. 2009.

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Off Stage

MAY 20, 2009

Off Stage. May. 20, 2009 - Transparency in Association Management. 22g5rgdg5n. One of my favorite Washington insiders, Chris Dorobek , is a blogger and commentator whom I follow regularly. His insights on government and technology are a good focus point in understanding how Web 2.0 and the accompanying issues are affecting government policy and workings, and – by extension – what lessons we, as association managers, can learn from what’s happening in Washington.

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Ever wonder why brands like Apple, LEGO, and Sephora are going all-in on branded communities? It’s because online community building is the secret sauce to connecting with audiences in ways that ads and emails simply can’t. But here's the best part—it’s not just for big corporations. Associations can create thriving online communities too. GrowthZone’s eBook, "The Power of Community," breaks down exactly why a branded online community can be a game-changer for your association.

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Associations Live

MAY 27, 2009

New word: "Weisure". I saw it in the Star Trib last night on the editorial page, written by Jim Shea for the Hartford Courant. What is it? He explains that weisure time is fitting fun around work, rather that fitting work around fun. Good or bad? I guess we have to all make that decision for ourselves. I for one would like to think that I work to live, not live to work, but that's just me.

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High Context

MAY 26, 2009

A landing page is a web page created solely to support traffic that is inbound from an e-mail or online promotion. Landing pages are optimized for the audience you anticpate sending to them, sporting tailored content that helps the prospect to take whatever your desired next action is. They are a critical tool for online marketing. One thing that many people forget about them is that the best landing pages have the crust cut off.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 1, 2009

Have you been wondering if your organization needs a blog? In this guest post, Michael Faye of AssociaDirect talks about how blogging can help you to connect more effectively with your community of members, and outlines 5 basic considerations in planning a non-profit blog. Is Blogging Right for Your Organization? Practically every customer and potential customer I speak with inevitably brings up social media.

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Idea Architects

MAY 10, 2009

Starbucks has long touted that it is as much about community as it is about coffee. But its rapid expansion cannibalized its essential essence and commoditized its brand value and its offerings. Faced with declining revenues, a tough economy, and pricing challenges from high-end coffee-come-lately challengers like McDonalds and Dunkin' Donuts, Starbucks is fighting back with revamped product pricing and offerings.

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Executive Connections

MAY 22, 2009

Executive Connections. « Weve got your number | Main. | Whats New? » 22 May 2009. On the Road Again! I am finishing up a terrific visit with the members of SLA’s Southern California Chapter.  I participated in a great panel discussion and also spoke to the gro up about all that is new at SLA.  Then I had an opportunity to speak to a group of MLIS students at UCLA.    It was great to hear from both today’s info pros and tomorrow’s.  I do not think a

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Off Stage

MAY 21, 2009

Off Stage. May. 21, 2009 - AE Education in your Inbox: A Resource List. Many AEs have told me they dont "have time for social media" "When am supposed to Tweet?", they ask. "And keep up a Facebook page? and write a blog? You gotta be kidding, Lindenau!" Well, look--I do understand. But my answer is, listen up! You dont have time NOT to use the social media tools.

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Associations Live

MAY 18, 2009

Like the short video posted below.The world has most definitely changed. This weekend was a girls get away weekend. Seven of us headed up to Minnesota's newest resort and spa - Chase on the Lake in Walker, MN. Great place. Great fun. Great Spa. This time (we've been doing it for many years) there was something different. We of course kept track of each other via cell phones - but this time when we were discussing old movies, or some trivia that none of us could remember, the blackberries were wh

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High Context

MAY 20, 2009

Successful web sites have extreme clarity on the outcomes they are built to achieve and which audiences they will need for success. These two factors are more important than almost any other element of the process: if they are off base you’ll never get anywhere no matter what you invest in design or technology. Yikes! Here are a few questions to consider for the next program, product or service you wish to support with the Web: What specific outcomes do we need to create to achieve our goa

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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.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 26, 2009

For quick consultations with colleagues, or staying in touch with your contacts, free instant messaging (IM) services like Google Chat, Skype, AIM, and many others will fit the bill. But if you need a user-friendly way to interact directly with those online supporters of your organization who aren’t on your contact list, a chatroom might be a useful tool for strengthening your online community.

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Idea Architects

MAY 7, 2009

For much of March and April, my professional work involved teaching presentation and facilitation skills to subject matter experts (SMEs). SMEs are folks who know their content inside and out, but aren’t always well-versed in how to help others learn from their expertise. Yet they are the ones that associations, in particular, often rely on as speakers and workshop presenters.

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on Leadership

MAY 17, 2009

on Leadership … by Steven Davis, CAE. Leadership … an Ongoing Discussion. « Leadership … Continued Discussion 5/1/09. Leadership … Continued Discussion 6/5/09 » Leadership … Continued Discussion 5/17/09. In this post, I want to share a quote from It’s Our Ship , authored by captain D. Michael Abrashoff.

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Observations on Association Management

MAY 12, 2009

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Tuesday, May 12, 2009. The Contemplative Sciences. Association management is, in and of itself, an odd profession (if, indeed, it is a profession, which I question). When one is employed as a direct staff member of an association, one becomes engaged in a business in which financial profit takes a back seat to many other objectives.

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Guilt by Association

MAY 11, 2009

A nice article in the Boston Globe this past week covered how three well-known area companies succeeded during the last recession. They are Staples, Akamai and Thermo Scientific. The lesson from Staples can apply to anyone. Chief executive Ron Sargent told the Globe that during the 2001 recession, he focused on three things: Take care of the customer.

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High Context

MAY 11, 2009

Sue Pelletier of MeetingsNet and the Face2Face blog interviewed me last week about web strategy for event web sites. This previews some of the ideas I will be covering at ASAE’s Annual Meeting in Toronto this August. I was fortunate today to have the chance to speak with Web guru C. David Gammel about what organizations can do to make their event Web sites really get the results they want.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 29, 2009

Twollars, the Twitter-based "currency of appreciation," stepped into the spotlight this week with a new site design, a write-up at Mashable, and even a mention in Business Week. CharityWater.org scored over $1,500 US from Twollars — but will those virtual micro-donations add up to real-world funds for other charities? ( read more ). Tags: Non-profit technology Fundraising nptech Social networking Twitter social media.

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Association 20/20

MAY 7, 2009

If there was one thing an association marketing team must do is put the general principles of behavioral economics into practice at all levels of strategy, tactics and relationships. . Behavioral economics reveals the power of emotion in decision-making even in the presence of rational facts. Think of it as what I termed a couple of years ago as Association EQ or the Emotional Value Proposition (EVP).

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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.

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Executive Connections

MAY 7, 2009

Executive Connections. « What SLA is doing for unemployed members | Main. | On the Road Again! » 07 May 2009. Weve got your number. One of our wonderful SLA staff members, Jeff Leach, was curious about just how much we were offering attendees at the SLA 2009 Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO, so he decided to count.  You may have seen these numbers, but I can't resist crowing about them. * 450 booths in the INFO-EXPO  with 263 of the leading companies in the ind

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Off Stage

MAY 7, 2009

Off Stage. May. 7, 2009 - Newspaper Death Watch. 12.00. Normal. 0. false. false. false. EN-US. X-NONE. X-NONE. MicrosoftInternetExplorer4. I’ve been following the online discussions about the potential demise of newspapers: the discussion is interesting because it reflects the influence the digital world has on the lives of many of us—like it or not, some of our traditional ways of doing things are being phased out.

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Associations Live

MAY 7, 2009

I was helping a co-worker with a technical issue earlier today, and we had to go to Google to find instructions for loading up a specific program and driver. As we were running the search, she mentioned in passing “What did people do before Google was invented.” I thought of the “Did you Know?” video that people kept sending to me, and thought that I’d share it here.

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