Wild Apricot
JANUARY 21, 2011
It looks like February is going to be as busy month - with 31 (and counting) free non-profit webinars already scheduled. There is a wide range of webinar topics, so have a good look through this round-up, since there's bound to be something of interest to you or other folks in your organization.( read more ).
Reid All About it
JANUARY 6, 2011
Chris Brogan inspired me to think about online communities and “ platform fatigue.” In a post aimed at public relations pros, he says: “We want to connect on maybe two or three networks tops. One or two of these will remain the “commons” services like Facebook or Twitter. The rest of people’s interactions are going to fall into smaller communities, often private or self-selected in some way.”.
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Association Subculture
JANUARY 20, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thursday, January 20, 2011. Association Executives: Provocative Proposals Research Project. Second stage is cut. Were now in orbit. Stabilizers up, runnning perfect. Starting to collect. requested data. "What will it affect. when all is done?". thinks Major Tom. Major Tom, Coming Home - Peter Schilling. The Short of It.
Idea Architects
JANUARY 3, 2011
To break things up a bit in 2011, I will be offering a leadership limerick each Monday, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. You imagine a future quite bold A vision you want others to hold Connect one-on-one with those who care Embrace their thoughts about what you share And this might bring them into the fold Individuals and organizations often develop elaborate roll-out plans and presentations to sell the masses on a new vision for a project or the org
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Association Advocacy Chick
JANUARY 11, 2011
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, social media divas Lindy Dreyer and Maddie Grant, CAE of SocialFish have published their first book, Open Community. The book offers advice to associations looking to either create or expand their online communities with the help of social media. From an advocacy perspective, this is an excellent resource for government relations professionals.
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Wild Apricot
JANUARY 19, 2011
So your non-profit organization needs to get a website, finally – or to revamp the existing website, perhaps to make it work better for your members and donors, perhaps to reflect a change in direction or brand. No matter what your non-profit website’s design and content will be, there are two big questions you need to nail down early in the planning process: How will we build our website, and where will its files be hosted?
Reid All About it
JANUARY 27, 2011
Norman Rockwell took me on a trip through American political and cultural history earlier this week. The North Carolina Museum of Art exhibit, American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell , i ncludes 47 years of his covers for The Saturday Evening Post plus dozens of other paintings. I first got a deep look at Rockwell almost ten years ago when the Corcoran Gallery of Art presented Norman Rockwell: Pictures for the American People.
Association Subculture
JANUARY 6, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Thursday, January 6, 2011. Why Being Anti-Indispensability is Pro-Membership. You were working as a waitress in a cocktail bar. When I met you. I picked you out, I shook you up, and turned you around. Turned you into someone new. Now five years later on youve got the world at your feet. Success has been so easy for you.
Idea Architects
JANUARY 5, 2011
During the past few weeks I have been a participant in an online discussion I found to be fascinating and frustrating, one that has been a catalyst for incredibly insightful comments and unnecessarily judgmental or inflammatory opinions. The reason? One bright and articulate young professional blogged about why he would not be renewing his membership in a professional association.
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Mizz Information
JANUARY 24, 2011
Mizz Information. Monday, January 24, 2011. Facebook Page Alert App SmackDown. If you administer one or more Facebook Pages you know that the most frustration feature (or lack thereof) of that task is the fact that Facebook does not offer any kind of alert mechanism to let you know when someone posts a new comment on your Wall, or comments on something you post.
GlowGlobally
JANUARY 12, 2011
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. « When Will China and India Surpass the West? The Face of Innovation from the East » Jan. 12. 2011. MCI to Host International Meeting Planners at IMEX’11 in Frankfurt.
Wild Apricot
JANUARY 10, 2011
Are your members, volunteers or potential donors using social media? The answer is YES - research confirms even 20% of adults 50-64 use social networking daily. While social media campaigns can be time consuming and/or expensive, you can start small and set simple, specific and achievable short term goals.( read more ).
Reid All About it
JANUARY 18, 2011
Clay Shirky ’s Foreign Affairs article, The Political Power of Social Media (registration required), is a fascinating read that rebuts and shreds Malcolm Gladwell’s view about the power of social media to facilitate change. Shirky doesn’t like our Administration’s “instrumental” approach — social media used as short-term action-oriented political tools with the focus on computers rather than phones — because it “overestimates the value of broadcast media while underestimating the val
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Association Advocacy Chick
JANUARY 5, 2011
Every year around this time, I make a list of 10 goals I want to accomplish by 11:59 pm eastern time on December 31. Like everyone else, I want to drop a few pounds, exercise more and spend quality time with family and friends. However this year, I decided not to make a list. Why? Because I only have one goal: to be me, only better. . What does better mean to me?
Idea Architects
JANUARY 10, 2011
Every Monday I offer a leadership limerick, highlighting a leadership fundmental in limerick form. Delegation gets lots of things done If people have the permission to run Your support is what they need Don't overmanage or underlead Or their success is sure to be none People exercise initiative only when they have freedom of choice and the power and authority to act.
Mizz Information
JANUARY 20, 2011
Mizz Information. Thursday, January 20, 2011. Five Reasons Why Facebook Will Never Replace Your Website. (I wrote this for Socialfishing , but given my recent bloggers block, Im reposting it here.). Today someone said something which still has me reeling hours later: "Facebook will eventually replace websites." Was this person the first to ever have said it?
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.
Wild Apricot
JANUARY 13, 2011
Content Strategy is a term that is popping up more and more often in the business world. In a guest post, Ja-Naé Duane defines content strategy and shares her advice on how to promote your cause, association, non-profit or member organization using a content strategy.( read more ).
Reid All About it
JANUARY 13, 2011
“Technology killed criticism,” says Morgan Meis in On the State of Criticism 2011. Everyone’s a critic now, writing reviews on Amazon and blogs, and ranting or raving on Twitter. Netflix, Pandora and Amazon make personalized recommendations based on algorithms, decreasing our reliance on professional critics. Meis sees this loss of authority for critics as an opportunity for them to share their experience and love of art, rather than merely judge it. “The death of the critic-as-autho
Association Advocacy Chick
JANUARY 31, 2011
Recently, the Congressional Management Foundation released a survey of congressional staffers and their thoughts on advocacy. The results were quite interesting. Among the findings, the survey identified the most important factor that influences an undecided Member of Congress. No, not the lobbyist or the media. It’s the legislator’s constituent.
Idea Architects
JANUARY 18, 2011
To break things up a bit in 2011, I will be offering a leadership limerick each Monday, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. To make new or better I behest Thou shalt not dally nor rest Start thinking big now Use your existing know-how And put your ideas to the test. Innovators call it rapid-prototyping. In Built to Last , Jim Collins and Jerry Porras describe Trying a Lot of Stuff and Seeing What Works.
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Association Adviser
JANUARY 11, 2011
January 2011 -- Features In this digital era, traditional media properties become smarter about connecting with members and reinforcing the membership value proposition. By Hank Berkowitz.
Wild Apricot
JANUARY 17, 2011
Is your organization one of the 49% of nonprofits who said they have no formal marketing or communications plan for 2011? If you are still developing your plan or are curious to see what other nonprofits are planning this year, you should have a look at the 2011 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report. Conducted by Nonprofit Marketing Guide.com , the report is based on a survey of 780 mostly small to medium-sized nonprofits in North America in December 2010.
Reid All About it
JANUARY 11, 2011
You can’t go far on the web without tripping over a productivity expert, or lifestyle guru but that’s another story. Unlike many productivity posts, this list from Lifehacker of ten ways to upgrade your morning routine is well worth reading. It includes a few ideas I hadn’t seen before — ideas that make sense and are doable. My mornings have been more productive lately not only because of the push-ups that Lifehacker encourages, but also because I’m using time blocks to schedule my day.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
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The Hourglass Blog
JANUARY 16, 2011
skip to main | skip to sidebar. Sunday, January 16, 2011. A Prescription for Innovation. This is part of an on-going dialogue between Eric Lanke and Jeff De Cagna on the work of the WSAE Innovation Task Force and the status of innovation in the association community. For an introduction to this dialogue, go here. For Jeff’s first post on why innovation is critical to the future of associations, go here. + + + + + + + In his most recent post, Jeff calls out WSAE’s white paper on Innov
Idea Architects
JANUARY 25, 2011
The President makes an annual address. Publicly traded companies release quarterly earnings. Sports teams compile stats for every game. There was a time when most companies and associations produced annual reports. That seems to have diminished over the years. But has our need to track progress? Has interest in the health of our organizations? Has the value of weaving together isolated facts into a coherent narrative about a company, an association, a profession, or an industry?
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