YourMembership
MAY 22, 2012
Membership Software Association Management Software. Home. Solutions. Associations. Nonprofits + Foundations. Chambers + EDCs. Corporate + Social. Education + Alumni. Advantages. Branding. Control. Add-On Products. Support. Pricing. Company. News + Press. Customers. Technology. Management Team. Partner Programs. Corporate Responsibility. Inside YM. Careers.
Wild Apricot
MAY 25, 2012
Here's our round-up of free non-profit webinars for June 2012. Topics include email marketing best practices; nonprofit sustainability; executive compensation; social networking; grants and much more.
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Thanks For Playing
MAY 1, 2012
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 01 May 2012. Who Are Your Allies? Associations, particularly small associations, tend to suffer from a lack of resources, aka "thats a great idea, but we dont have any money for it." Which can have a seriously negative consequences on impact and what the organization is able to accomplish.
Aaron Wolowiec
MAY 25, 2012
On May 23, Destination Michigan hosted its annual Michigan Meetings Expo at the Bavarian Inn Lodge in Frankenmuth. This year, instead of a traditional keynote session, the opening general session comprised five different speakers – each delivering one of five top Michigan meetings trends in five minutes or less. Trend topics were solicited from local, state and national media outlets, as well as various social media channels, last year’s attendees and registrants of this year’s event.
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Reid All About it
MAY 8, 2012
Quiz time: How often do you try a new recipe? A different gas station or restaurant? An unfamiliar magazine or radio station? When’s the last time you talked with someone about an idea or project that flopped, or asked for constructive criticism? When did you last seek ideas from someone with a different perspective? Or collaborate with a colleague from another department?
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YourMembership
MAY 15, 2012
Membership Software Association Management Software. Home. Solutions. Associations. Nonprofits + Foundations. Chambers + EDCs. Corporate + Social. Education + Alumni. Advantages. Branding. Control. Add-On Products. Support. Pricing. Company. News + Press. Customers. Technology. Management Team. Partner Programs. Corporate Responsibility. Inside YM. Careers.
Wild Apricot
MAY 15, 2012
Here's a great internship opportunity for an up-and-coming marketing professional in Toronto’s growing technology sector. Wild Apricot is cloud-based membership software for small associations and nonprofits. Our marketing philosophy revolves.
Thanks For Playing
MAY 17, 2012
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 17 May 2012. The 1000th Post. Actually, the 1000th post was yesterdays What Im Reading. I just realized the milestone was approaching - well, passed - today. Oops. Ive been writing this blog since July 2008 - almost four years. I still have 65 subscribers, same as when I reported on my 500th post (hm, probably ought to try to promote subscribing a little harder).
Association Subculture
MAY 18, 2012
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Friday, May 18, 2012. Dont Sweat the Small Stuff - Thoughts on Loss. It struck me yesterday how many of us seem to be suffering losses of different sorts. Whether parents, siblings, pets, friends or colleagues each loss seems very immediate. We tend to feel a certain sense of melancholy when we lose celebrities we dont even know.
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Reid All About it
MAY 14, 2012
Is that even a real word? Yes, it is, says Dictionary.com : truth·i·ness [troo-thee-nis] (noun): “the quality of seeming to be true according to one’s intuition, opinion, or perception without regard to logic, factual evidence, or the like: the growing trend of truthiness as opposed to truth.”. And Wikipedia says: “Truthiness is a quality characterizing a “truth” that a person claims to know intuitively “from the gut” or because it “feels right” without
Association Leaders
MAY 29, 2012
This weekend was Memorial Day. Memorial Day isn’t just a three day weekend, an extra day off of work or school. Memorial Day is a day we remember and recognize the volunteers, the leaders who died in service of our country. Just about everyone has a friend or relative who died fighting for or has served in the military protecting the freedoms we hold so dear, yet so often take for granted.
YourMembership
MAY 4, 2012
Membership Software Association Management Software. Home. Solutions. Associations. Nonprofits + Foundations. Chambers + EDCs. Corporate + Social. Education + Alumni. Advantages. Branding. Control. Add-On Products. Support. Pricing. Company. News + Press. Customers. Technology. Management Team. Partner Programs. Corporate Responsibility. Inside YM. Careers.
Wild Apricot
MAY 9, 2012
Here are two new resources from Wild Apricot - Getting Started with Volunteer Recruitment and Volunteer Recruitment Checklist - designed for the staff or volunteers of small non-profits and membership organizations who are new to volunteer recruitment.
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Thanks For Playing
MAY 11, 2012
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 11 May 2012. Friday Top 5. In about two hours Ill be on my way to Pennsylvania for the weekend. While it is Mothers Day weekend and my mom does live in PA, thats not the only reason Im headed there. Tonight is the premiere of Well of Dreams , a documentary film made by a friend focused on the life story of the extraordinary Anne Okelo.
Aaron Wolowiec
MAY 8, 2012
Never. It’s a simple word that packs a remarkably powerful punch. And if you regularly use this word (or some iteration thereof) throughout the normal course of your workday, you could – potentially – be sabotaging both you and your colleagues without so much as a second thought. It’s time to stop and take notice. In its simplest form, the word never means: at no time, not at all, absolutely not, to no extent or degree.
Eric Lanke
MAY 14, 2012
Eric Lanke. Association executive and author. Pages. Home. Leadership. Innovation. Member Engagement. Generations. Books Read. Fiction. Monday, May 14, 2012. I Dont Want to Serve on Your Committee. image source. This may come as a shock, I know, but I dont view it as an honor. I view it as a timesuck, and its not clear to me what kind of value (if any) Im going to get out of the experience.
Association Leaders
MAY 7, 2012
Many people in leadership positions are also in management positions. As a result, these two concepts are sometimes mistakenly considered to be similar or even identical. They are not. Even the dictionary thinks they are similar. Management is defined as the act of directing, handling or controlling. While leadership is defined as guiding or directing a group.
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.
YourMembership
MAY 31, 2012
Membership Software Association Management Software. Home. Solutions. Associations. Nonprofits + Foundations. Chambers + EDCs. Corporate + Social. Education + Alumni. Advantages. Branding. Control. Add-On Products. Support. Pricing. Company. News + Press. Customers. Technology. Management Team. Partner Programs. Corporate Responsibility. Inside YM. Careers.
Wild Apricot
MAY 14, 2012
If you need to develop a social media policy, here's an overview of a great workbook and social media policy template from Idealware.
Thanks For Playing
MAY 10, 2012
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 10 May 2012. What Do You REALLY Want to Know? Data, data everywhere - but what does it MEAN? We can measure a lot of stuff - opens and clicks and visits and time on page and community engagement scores and number of members and average tenure and number of attendees and satisfaction scores and followers and fans and shares and whos talking about this and reach and RTs and responses, ad infinitum ad
Aaron Wolowiec
MAY 2, 2012
As part of my ongoing series titled “Achieve More,” I’m profiling this month the role of collaboration in the development of dynamic, meaningful, and compelling education and networking experiences. Interestingly enough, collaboration is defined as the act or process of collaborating , as well as the product resulting from collaboration. A few years ago, the Michigan Society of Association Executives (MSAE) introduced a new award recognizing innovative collaboration.
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Eric Lanke
MAY 21, 2012
Eric Lanke. Association executive and author. Pages. Home. Leadership. Innovation. Member Engagement. Generations. Books Read. Fiction. Monday, May 21, 2012. Dont Rush to Fill the Silence. image source. This is one of the toughest lessons Ive had to learn as a leader. And it is something I still dont always get right. In a staff meeting, on a conference call, at the Board table--there are invariably times when silence occurs, when a difficult issue has presented itself, and everyone is looking f
Golden's Rules for Association
MAY 22, 2012
The series had its ups and downs and wild swings in quality, but there is no question that Fox Television’s “House M.D.,” which came to an end after eight seasons this week, was consistently ambitious and compelling TV. Held together at its center by the bravura performance of Hugh Laurie in the title role, the [.].
YourMembership
MAY 24, 2012
Membership Software Association Management Software. Home. Solutions. Associations. Nonprofits + Foundations. Chambers + EDCs. Corporate + Social. Education + Alumni. Advantages. Branding. Control. Add-On Products. Support. Pricing. Company. News + Press. Customers. Technology. Management Team. Partner Programs. Corporate Responsibility. Inside YM. Careers.
Wild Apricot
MAY 23, 2012
How is our increasing use of mobile devices (Smartphones, tablets, etc.) impacting non-profits and membership organizations? We're hosting this month's Nonprofit Blog Carnival and we want submissions on mobile for non-profits.
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.
Thanks For Playing
MAY 15, 2012
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 15 May 2012. TED Talk: Try Something New. Working frantically on slides and handouts for three presentations over the next three weeks, so todays post is a VERY short but inspiring TED Talk video on the benefits of trying something new: Share on FriendFeed.
Association Subculture
MAY 9, 2012
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Wednesday, May 9, 2012. What Do Benefit Corporations Have to do With Associations? Everything. Those companies who are becoming benefit corporations are required to select and demonstrate compliance with a particular independent third-party standard that measures their commitment to good business practices, as well as social and environmental performance.
Eric Lanke
MAY 28, 2012
Eric Lanke. Association executive and author. Pages. Home. Leadership. Innovation. Member Engagement. Generations. Books Read. Fiction. Monday, May 28, 2012. Dont Say It If You Dont Mean It. image source. Think of this as part two to last weeks post, Dont Rush to Fill the Silence. How many times have you witnessed (or been a player) in the following scene: Board member has an idea.
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