YourMembership
MAY 22, 2012
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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.
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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 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.
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.
Speaker: Jessica Bonney from VICA and Jeff Horne from Wicket
What does delivering an exceptional member experience mean in today's world? With the right insights, tools, and strategies, you can identify what truly matters to your members, drive meaningful engagement at scale, and continue to meet the ever-evolving needs of your members. Join association experts Jessica Bonney from VICA and Jeff Horne from Wicket who will share practical insights on how to build an exceptional member-driven experience by gaining a deeper understanding of your members and d
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 30, 2012
We hosted this month's Nonprofit Blog Carnival - and here's our round-up of posts on mobile for non-profits.
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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.
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.
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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 31, 2012
Here's an infographic that offers great tips on social networking at trade shows and events.
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
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.
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.
KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup
MAY 18, 2012
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.
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 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 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.
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
KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup
MAY 4, 2012
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