Wild Apricot

MARCH 21, 2013

Here's our round-up of over 27 free non-profit webinars for April, 2013.

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YourMembership

MARCH 12, 2013

The following is a guest blog post from Leni Hall, a web support specialist with a focus on social media at YourMembership.com. She is currently pursuing her Bachelors of Science Degree in Internet Marketing through Full Sail University. Before joining YourMembership.com, Leni worked for Marriott International as a Spa Manager at the Renaissance Vinoy Resort and Golf Club.

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Spark Consulting

MARCH 28, 2013

Back in the mid-1990s (so, in Internet time, 500 years ago), I was a member of a thriving online community on the Runner’s World website. We shared training regimens, asked each other questions, told race stories, got injury and gear advice, told stupid jokes, gave each other a lot of s**t, got into arguments and then made up, and generally had a ball. “Wait!

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Reid All About it

MARCH 15, 2013

Google Reader is where I go first thing in the morning for my professional reads about associations, marketing, digital media, technology, etc., and at the end of the day for my personal reads about food, culture, etc. I have hundreds of RSS subscriptions in dozens of Reader folders. Yes, I find a lot to read on Twitter, but its randomness, although appreciated, is no substitute for Reader.

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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 As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

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Association Leaders

MARCH 5, 2013

I met a leadership lover recently. Her name is Ann Tardy. She has a great story – the short of it is after successfully practicing corporate law, she discovered she had a passion for leadership and mentoring. She stepped away from her law career to become a leadership and mentoring trainer and consultant. The story is much deeper than this and you can find out more about Ann at her website.

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 22, 2013

If thinking about "going mobile" makes you manic, here are some advice and tips to help figure out what mobile means to your organization.

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YourMembership

MARCH 5, 2013

Recently, LinkedIn posted its findings in regards to professional goals. Its latest study revealed that the top five professional goals for people in the US in 2013 are: Professional development through learning new skills (48%). Network/build more professional relationships (46%). Get a new job/career (29%). Get a raise (28%). Get promoted or move into a leadership role (25%).

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Spark Consulting

MARCH 25, 2013

Last week, I was in the process of signing a new client. We’re moving fast, because they need the main piece of the project done and ready to share with their Board at the end of April. So we’re working on formalizing the relationship (aka “contracting and billing”) at the same time as we’re getting started on the actual work.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 22, 2013

Every time I see the word media in this post by Jeff Jarvis, I think associations. He talks about media’s business model : “building a pay wall around content because content is valuable, damnit.” And then says, “I’ve been arguing to media that relationships are more valuable. Knowing people because you have their trust and give them value builds a rich and deep relationship — builds data about that relationship — that can be far more valuable for far longer than a mere transaction.

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Principled Innovation

MARCH 31, 2013

Jeff De Cagna , chief strategist and founder of Principled Innovation, has been selected as the opening keynote speaker for the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives (CESSE) 2013 Annual Meeting. Jeff’s keynote talk, which will take place on Wednesday, July 17, 2013 at the Omni Providence Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island, will focus on themes and ideas shared in his provocative free e-book, Associations Unorthodox: Six Really Radical Shifts Toward the Future. “For

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Aaron Wolowiec

MARCH 25, 2013

It’s been several months now, but I was invited by Bryan L. Crenshaw, southeast zone adviser of the Michigan District of Key Club International, to present two breakout sessions on public speaking and confidence building at the organization’s 2012 Fall Rally in Wayland. As a former club president and district board member, I was eager to give back to this next generation of leaders and (fingers crossed) association professionals.

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 11, 2013

Here's an overview of two new resources in our Membership Knowledge Hub: Building Event Attendance and Inspiring Event Volunteers.

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YourMembership

MARCH 19, 2013

If they don’t think of you, they won’t volunteer. If your event doesn’t come to mind, they won’t attend. If your conferences are not on their calendar, they’ll go elsewhere. If they don’t know what you do for them, they won’t renew their dues. If your private online community is not part of their daily Internet ritual, you won’t see them there.

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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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Spark Consulting

MARCH 19, 2013

If you ask a group of kindergarteners if they can sing, dance, draw, paint, act, etc., every single one of them will raise her hand. If you ask that same group if they can read or do math, you might get a few hands, but largely, no. If you ask a group of middle schoolers if they can read or do math, every single one of them will raise her hand. If you ask that same group if they can sing, dance, draw, paint, act, etc., you might get a few hands, but largely, no.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 29, 2013

Friday, already?! Time to get it done and get to the weekend. I’ve got your leisure time reading selections all ready for you. Curated Post of the Week. No surprise, I love curated posts. The Verge publishes The Best Writing of the Week on Sundays. It usually introduces me to well-written posts that I might have missed during the week, usually about the intersection of life and technology.

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Thanks For Playing

MARCH 15, 2013

If you're a regular reader, you probably know by now that I started my own business, Spark Consulting , this past summer. My new website has been live in a dev environment since November, but it recently moved to its permanent home. With that, it's time to retire Thanks for Playing, at least in its current incarnation. I still blog just about every week day, only now I'm doing it over at the Spark Blog.

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Principled Innovation

MARCH 25, 2013

This post originally appeared on the Associations Now Leadership Blog on March 7, 2013. In a recent post , Associations Now blogger Joe Rominiecki shared what both he and I regard as a startling fact: 53 percent of associations surveyed in 2011 had raised their dues in the previous three years. To put it another way, during the most severe economic decline in most of our lifetimes, more than half of associations surveyed still moved forward with a dues increase.

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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!

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 12, 2013

The DoGooder Video Awards - presented by See3 Communications, YouTube, the Nonprofit Technology Network and sponsored by Cisco - are calling for submissions until March 22, 2013.

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YourMembership

MARCH 8, 2013

Happy Friday and Welcome to the Weekly Wrap Up brought to you by the team at YourMembership.com! The weekly wrap-ups are a great resource to find industry provoking articles, blog posts, upcoming events, fun facts, and provide up-to-date news and tips found throughout the association and workforce space each week. Please feel free to leave a comment, ask a question or just enjoy the week’s top ten picks!

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Spark Consulting

MARCH 7, 2013

Last fall, I had the opportunity to participate in The Boondoggle. Organized by Joe Gerstand t and Jason Lauritsen , it provided an opportunity for 10 people who didn’t know each other to sit in a cabin outside Omaha for 2 1/2 days and think and talk deeply about the future of work. By the afternoon of day two, we’d pretty much all gotten past the posturing, and we were finally getting real.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 1, 2013

On Monday, it looked like all the smarty pants in DC were tweeting from the xPotomac conference. Search for the #xpotomac13 hashtag to get a taste of the brain candy, or check out Jay Daughtry’s notes and links to other xPotomac posts. Hopefully, if your job requires you to develop relationships with the media, you use Twitter to do that. If not, start by creating Twitter media lists.

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Association Leaders

MARCH 14, 2013

I read an interesting article the other day about leadership. The article got me to think about my role as a leader in a different way than I previously had. Often we fall into the rut of thinking of leaders as “the boss” or “the manager” As managers, we encourage the rut by judging and criticizing the actions of our team without regard for how that judgement might affect the team as a whole.

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Thanks For Playing

MARCH 6, 2013

Did you observe the National Day of Unplugging last week? What did you learn? You know what's awesome? Minimum Viable Awesome. Jeff De Cagna challenges boards to be better in the March issue of Associations Now, and offers advice on how to actually do that in the online supplement. Hiring? Make sure you respond to all applicants , whether or not you intend to interview them. 6 words that stop change at associations, and how to get around them.

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 18, 2013

Here are some tips and resources to help you serve up satisfying website content.

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YourMembership

MARCH 19, 2013

'Categories: Association Management Tags: associations , member community , member organizations , member retention , online community , online member communities , online member community , private online community , yourmembership.com If they don’t think of you, they won’t volunteer. If your event doesn’t come to mind, they won’t attend.

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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.

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Spark Consulting

MARCH 6, 2013

Did you observe the National Day of Unplugging last week? What did you learn? You know what’s awesome? Minimum Viable Awesome. Jeff De Cagna challenges boards to be better in the March issue of Associations Now, and offers advice on how to actually do that in the online supplement. Hiring? Make sure you respond to all applicants , whether or not you intend to interview them. 6 words that stop change at associations, and how to get around them.

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Optimist Consulting

MARCH 4, 2013

Go ogle Alerts have been around for a number of years, but they are still a great way for membership organisations to search and monitor news information. What is a Google Alert? A Google Alert is a search that is performed by Google based on search criteria you have set and the results are then emailed to you. They typically search news sites and blogs.

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Principled Innovation

MARCH 1, 2013

My brand new Associations Now article on boards and business models is now available online. The magazine has given the article the title, “Trapped in The Past,” although I refer to it as “Five Reasons Why Boards Are Killing Association Business Models.” In addition to the article, I hope you will check out the companion piece I wrote as web extra on “Five ‘Next Practices’ for Board Business Model Stewardship.” While the article shares deeper reaso

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