Wild Apricot
OCTOBER 19, 2011
This month we've found 22 free non-profit webinars. Topics include mobile marketing; press releases; email marketing; multi-channel fundraising; volunteer job descriptions; grant proposals and much more.
Reid All About it
OCTOBER 8, 2011
Is it five o’clock already? It’s been a good day. Most of the items on your daily to-do list have been crossed out. However, you’re getting your usual late afternoon second (or third?) wind. Your brain is still clicking. You could still put in a few hours work. Then a thought rears up in your mind, or is it a little devil on the shoulder? Wouldn’t a beer or glass of wine taste good right now?
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Eric Lanke
OCTOBER 24, 2011
Eric Lanke. Association executive and author. Pages. Home. Leadership. Innovation. Member Engagement. Generations. Books Read. Fiction. Monday, October 24, 2011. Why Innovation is Hard. image source. A little over a month ago I attended WSAEs National Summit on Innovation for Associations. As chair of WSAEs Innovation Task Force, I was instrumental in helping to frame WSAEs annual conference around the subject of innovation, and was even recognized as the chair of the conference itself.
Association Leaders
OCTOBER 30, 2011
As an association management professional and a business person, I spend time thinking about and planning for the future. I’m sure you do this in your business as well. For example, you try to imagine what kinds of products/services your customers will want in ten years so you can position your company to deliver them. I wonder what associations will look like in ten years so I can determine how we can best be positioned to meet and exceed their needs and the needs of their members.
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 As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.
Virtual
OCTOBER 26, 2011
It’s meeting season. Over the past three weeks, our clients have held nearly a dozen meetings and conferences of all types—with over 2500 total attendees. We’ve had some great success with our meetings and events in recent weeks. As I think about why, it struck me that there are a few general rules that associations [.].
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Wild Apricot
OCTOBER 27, 2011
Take a Nonprofit Blog Carnival ride to get insight into the volunteer experience and how you can improve it. Here is a round-up of posts from around the web offering tips on volunteer engagement.
Reid All About it
OCTOBER 4, 2011
If you’re behind in your blog reading, like I am, let me help you out by suggesting a few of my recent favorites. Three of these bloggers have something in common, can you figure out what it is? Long ago I stopped trying to keep up with Facebook changes. My work doesn’t require me to be a Facebook expert, so why not let the experts figure it out and soon enough I’ll learn from them everything I need to know.
Jamie Notter
OCTOBER 10, 2011
Blog. Consulting. Speaking. About. Contact. Generations. Humanize. Books: Jamie Notter. Leadership insight.right when you need it. The Deeper Issues Behind Race for Relevance. Posted October 10, 2011. in Books and Reading , Change - 5 comments. Tweet. I have had the book Race for Relevance: 5 Radical Changes for Associations for a couple of months now, wanting to do a review here in the blog.
Association Leaders
OCTOBER 24, 2011
When we think about great leaders we often think about the characteristics they have that make them great. We talk about their values, the way they inspire others, that they lead by example, their vision and more. What we often overlook is their ability to communicate with ALL their constituents. I think the single most important trait great leaders share is they are GREAT communicators.
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Virtual
OCTOBER 26, 2011
It’s meeting season. Over the past three weeks, our clients have held nearly a dozen meetings and conferences of all types—with over 2500 total attendees. We’ve had some great success with our meetings and events in recent weeks. As I think about why, it struck me that there are a few general rules that associations [.].
Wild Apricot
OCTOBER 26, 2011
Meet our Product Design Team, get updates on the upcoming Version 4.3 release, and hear all about our progress on next year's future product updates.
Eric Lanke
OCTOBER 31, 2011
Eric Lanke. Association executive and author. Pages. Home. Leadership. Innovation. Member Engagement. Generations. Books Read. Fiction. Monday, October 31, 2011. Race for Relevance is a Negotiating Position. Theres been a lot of buzz in the association community lately about Race for Relevance (R4R), the book by Harrison Coerver and Mary Byers. I saw Coerver present its ideas at one meeting of association executives I attended, lots of my colleagues saw him present at another , and a third Im fa
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.
Jamie Notter
OCTOBER 13, 2011
Blog. Consulting. Speaking. About. Contact. Generations. Humanize. Books: Jamie Notter. Leadership insight.right when you need it. Making Silos Work. Posted October 13, 2011. in Change , Humanize , Managing People - 7 comments. Tweet. Everybody hates organizational silos. They are a problem. They get in the way. They need to be “busted.” And to some extent, I agree.
Association Leaders
OCTOBER 17, 2011
I participate in many meetings – in fact, every day I am involved in one or more meetings of one kind or another. There are staff meetings, conference calls, webinars, committee and task force meetings, board meetings, conferences, trade shows, and more. There is nothing more frustrating than unproductive meetings – they are a waste of everyone’s time – and time is a finite and very valuable resource.
Association Subculture
OCTOBER 28, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Friday, October 28, 2011. Embrace the Ordinary. There goes my hero. Watch him as he goes. There goes my hero. Hes ordinary. Foo Fighters, My Hero. We put too much mystery in the word "innovation.". We ascribe profound moments of change to the "eureka" myth and assume we just dont have much to offer. We imagine brainstorming sessions must be fast-paced, high energy idea-fests with lots of loud talking and waving arms over heads with the requisite magical results.
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
OCTOBER 7, 2011
Stories can be powerful, but hard to capture. We found a video and a post that offer helpful tips for gathering stories. ( read more ).
Eric Lanke
OCTOBER 10, 2011
Eric Lanke. Association executive and author. Pages. Home. Leadership. Innovation. Member Engagement. Generations. Books Read. Fiction. Monday, October 10, 2011. Help the Customer Succeed. image source. One of the best parts of my job is getting out and visiting my members where they live and work. We are a trade association, so my members own or manage businesses, and most of their businesses are manufacturing companies.
Jamie Notter
OCTOBER 4, 2011
Blog. Consulting. Speaking. About. Contact. Generations. Humanize. Books: Jamie Notter. Leadership insight.right when you need it. Exploring #Humanize: Generative. Posted October 4, 2011. in Humanize - 1 comment. Tweet. When Maddie and I did an informal talk on the book back in August (before we were done editing!), one of the participants asked us to elaborate on what it means to be “generative.” Of the four human elements in our trellis, this one was the least familiar, apparently.
Association Leaders
OCTOBER 3, 2011
Having been in the business of working with volunteer leaders of associations for nearly twenty years, I’ve given lots of thought to why people volunteer, what makes people good volunteers and is there such a thing as a bad volunteer? Regarding the last question, do you remember the adage ‘There’s no such thing as bad students, only bad teachers’?
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KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup
OCTOBER 6, 2011
Virtual
OCTOBER 21, 2011
It’s impossible for anyone who has witnessed the personal computer and personal technology age from its beginning to separate Steve Jobs from that incredible odyssey. From the start, he envisioned, created, and defined new platforms and categories of media experience. Sometimes he was not the first to invent, as with the mouse, the MP3 Player, [.].
Wild Apricot
OCTOBER 20, 2011
Saturday, 22 October is Make A Difference Day! Here's some information on how you can get involved.
Eric Lanke
OCTOBER 17, 2011
Eric Lanke. Association executive and author. Pages. Home. Leadership. Innovation. Member Engagement. Generations. Books Read. Fiction. Monday, October 17, 2011. The Chief Detail Officer. Heres a TED talk worth watching. Its from April 2010, but the point it makes is timeless, even if the Tiger Woods jokes arent. Rory Sutherland persuasively makes the case that organizations dont spend enough time working on the small stuff.
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.
Jamie Notter
OCTOBER 18, 2011
Blog. Consulting. Speaking. About. Contact. Generations. Humanize. Books: Jamie Notter. Leadership insight.right when you need it. Social Media is the Wave. Posted October 18, 2011. in Humanize - 1 comment. Tweet. Let’s say you’re on the beach building a sand castle. It’s a nice sunny day, and you build quite a masterpiece with towers and moats and walls (heck, it can have a working drawbridge for all I care, because this is just a metaphor after all).
KiKi L'Italien's Acronym Soup
OCTOBER 28, 2011
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