Higher Logic
AUGUST 15, 2017
Whether they’re in your office or working remotely, your association probably has volunteers contributing to projects every day. They might be doing multiple microvolunteering activities, serving on a committee, or helping with special initiatives – all of which are essential to your association moving forward. So keep them motivated and feeling valued by showing appreciation for their hard work.
YourMembership
AUGUST 16, 2017
People become members of associations for many reasons. Professional development is one of them. One way you can help your members with their professional growth is to put jobs in front of them which may help them further their careers. Doing so will encourage more participation on your job boards and help your members locate. The post 3 ways to share career center jobs with your members. appeared first on YourMembership.
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Spark Consulting
AUGUST 16, 2017
Association membership professionals, particularly in the last several years, talk about engagement A LOT. We want our members to be more engaged. We want to measure engagement. We want to score engagement. We want to reward engagement. We want to inspire our members’ competitive spirit to increase their engagement to be higher than the next member.
Potomac Core
AUGUST 29, 2017
Driving Sustainable Industry Growth Helps Trade Associations Energize Member Engagement . With global economic uncertainty dominating most conversations, we’re learning that Trade Associations who drive sustainable industry growth are helping their organizations by energizing member engagement. Forward thinking CEO’s are utilizing Strategic Planning or Business and Engagement Planning to research Industry challenges and Business outcomes and then identify their Associations as extensions o
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Wild Apricot
AUGUST 9, 2017
Many people jump into a nonprofit career without understanding what it actually takes to thrive in the nonprofit world. Unfortunately it’s those same people who burn out quickly. Not to be discouraged though, a good understanding of what’s to come will allow you to manage your expectations and plan for a successful, impactful career in the nonprofit world.
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Higher Logic
AUGUST 31, 2017
Subject matter experts (SMEs) have the potential to be the most versatile and impactful members of your community. But are you enabling them to make an impact and, more importantly, do you know what obstacles they are facing within the community and your organization? We often find that online communities are unintentionally set up with roadblocks that make it harder for subject matter experts to participate.
YourMembership
AUGUST 10, 2017
For thousands of association professionals traveling this weekend to Canada for ASAE’s 2017 Annual Meeting, Canada means much more than Mounties. As always, the ASAE team has put together an action-packed agenda filled with informative sessions on a wide variety of topics designed to appeal to organizations of all sizes. And, while having too much. The post A “can’t-miss” list for #ASAE2017 sessions. appeared first on YourMembership.
Reid All About it
AUGUST 25, 2017
The weekly list of free webinars and events for the association community… Amanda Kaiser (aka Smooth the Path) has partnered with Dynamic Benchmarking on the association community’s first benchmark survey on new member onboarding. Follow that link to Amanda’s blog to learn how your association can participate and find out more about this important survey.
Spark Consulting
AUGUST 30, 2017
A good friend of mine recently returned to the 9-to-5 office world after several years of freelancing while her kids were small, and she asked me if I had any advice about being a better boss, since she’s managing a team for the first time in several years. And with Labor Day fast approaching, and having recently had the pleasure of a delightful lunch with the woman who taught me much of this, now seemed a good time to share what I learned from my first, best boss in my association career.
Speaker: Sean Yoder
Nonprofits are under more pressure than ever to demonstrate financial accountability while continuing to expand their impact. Traditional budgeting models often fall short, reinforcing silos, limiting flexibility, and stalling growth. Enter collaborative budgeting: a dynamic, team-driven process that enables smarter resource allocation and builds financial resilience at scale.
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 24, 2017
I’m just going to say it, lots of nonprofit professionals are overworked and underpaid. So what do you do when you love your nonprofit job, but it doesn’t pay the bills? Here are 11 gigs that can make you money on the side.
WBT Systems
AUGUST 29, 2017
Association members encounter an overwhelming amount of information every day from organizations pushing themselves into the already crowded professional development space. No matter how hard you sell your online course or educational program, your prospect’s purchasing decision is most influenced by what others tell them or what they see others do—that’s the power of social proof.
Higher Logic
AUGUST 10, 2017
Advances in technology and web design have changed what we expect from the internet and the websites we use every day. A great website five or ten years ago wouldn’t meet the cut today. Think about Facebook’s early design, for instance. It was text-heavy and clunky. (Don’t remember what Facebook was like in 2004? Take a trip down memory lane with PCMag.).
YourMembership
AUGUST 9, 2017
Change is a noun and a verb. Wait. Before you blame the foreign guy (that’s me) for bad grammar in using this phrase, let me clarify. At the upcoming 2017 ASAE Annual in the great city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, there will be a session of the same named presented by our client, the American. The post #ASAE17 session: Challenges faced, lessons learned from applying an education strategy. appeared first on YourMembership.
Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Community Engagement
There’s more than one way to end the year with impact—and we’re letting you decide the direction. In this "choose your own adventure" community-led webinar, attendees will vote in real time to pick one of three year-end event strategies to explore in depth: Volunteer Appreciation Events 🧡 Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Campaigns 🌈 Mission/Program Celebrations 🎉 Once the path is chosen, we’ll dive into a step-by-step engagement workflow plan tailored to that format, showing how
Reid All About it
AUGUST 18, 2017
Your weekly list of free webinars and events for the association community… It drives me nuts when I hear about associations that don’t give their employees a decent professional development budget. Short-sighted. Hypocritical too. Maybe this article by Thomas Marcetti will help someone get the support they need. Expeditionary marketing, emotional marketing, and evangelism marketing —three underappreciated yet effective approaches for marketing association educational programs, according t
Eric Lanke
AUGUST 21, 2017
Last week I wrote about a presentation I would be giving at one of my association's major conferences -- a presentation on the work product of one of our technical committees. In that post, I said this: Why I'm giving this presentation -- instead of say, the chair or other member of the committee -- is an interesting story in and of itself. Without going into too much detail, let me just say that I think it is a reflection of a larger trend within my association where we are becoming more and mo
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 15, 2017
Have you ever worried your nonprofit could have some hidden legal risks? Nonprofit attorney and strategist Erin McClarty shows you 3 common legal traps and how to avoid them.
WBT Systems
AUGUST 8, 2017
Millennials will make up nearly half the U.S. workforce by 2020. Generational definitions vary but most characterize millennials (or Generation Y) as 21 to 35 year olds. Generation Z, usually described as those who are 21 and under, is already a bigger group than the millennials or the boomers. Their numbers alone are enough to compel associations to pay attention to the educational content and delivery methods these generations need and seek.
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Is your current AMS is creating more problems than it solves? You can lead the change. This eBook shares a customizable letter designed to help you clearly communicate your organization’s challenges, highlight the benefits of a modern system, and make a strong case for exploring a new AMS. Whether it’s outdated reporting, clunky workflows, or member frustration, this resource will help you start the conversation with clarity and position yourself as the advocate your organization needs.
Higher Logic
AUGUST 1, 2017
Retention is king. It’s vital to growth and sustainability as well as the success of new member acquisition campaigns. Because how valuable are new members if they stay for just one year? That’s what many new association members do. They join, pay their dues, and drop their membership a year later. For some associations, first-year members account for more than 70 percent of attrition.
YourMembership
AUGUST 8, 2017
Like many of you, I’m excited about attending ASAE Annual. Not only will this be my first time in Toronto, Canada, but I will also be presenting a session on redefining your association’s member value propositions. Traditional value propositions have shifted to become the expectations of your members. They demand continuing education and job opportunities, The post #ASAE17 session: Redefining association member value. appeared first on YourMembership.
Reid All About it
AUGUST 11, 2017
Look out associations, now that LinkedIn is owned by Microsoft, you can expect it to become a professional development and networking behemoth. This week it launched a new service that identifies potential mentors and people who might be looking for mentorship in a specific location , and then helps them connect. Hmm, sounds like a souped-up association mentoring program.
GrowthZone
AUGUST 23, 2017
A recent article in the career section of the ASAE website explores the ins and outs of the career paths available in the association industry. We’ve highlighted some key points in the excerpts below. In many ways, working for an association is different from working in other types of organizations. Here are a few characteristics that set them apart from the for-profit and government sectors.
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Unlock the Power of Historical Data A Data Revolution: Why Your AMS/CRM Needs a Native Data Warehouse Today’s association leaders need more than real-time snapshots—they need the full story. MemberSuite: A Data Revolution reveals how a native data warehouse transforms your AMS into a strategic decision-making engine. In this free eBook, you’ll discover: The difference between a database and a data warehouse—and why it matters How to gain historical visibility into membership, engagement, events,
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 16, 2017
Here's how to create an amazing membership website from scratch and without any technical expertise.
WBT Systems
AUGUST 15, 2017
An effective online learning marketing plan has three phases. First, create awareness in your target audiences—their awareness of the need for pursuing professional development and their awareness of the educational programs your association offers. Then, make the sale—move your prospect from thinking “I should take a class” to “I am registered for a class.”.
Higher Logic
AUGUST 29, 2017
Websites are par for the course. Your nonprofit probably already has one, but you may be leaving money on the table if you’re not consistently working on improving your website’s visibility. Just having a website isn’t enough. You need to go beyond building the initial site to create an effective online destination for your donors, volunteers and supporters, as well as prioritize getting new eyeballs on your content.
YourMembership
AUGUST 4, 2017
It was bound to happen. Really, I held out for as long as I could. At first, I resisted the hype around Amazon’s Alexa voice-activated assistant. I rolled my eyes at people using Alexa to turn on lights, listen to the news, order paper towels. Then, of course, it happened. Before last year’s Abila User. The post 3 Alexa tips to generate value for your association members. appeared first on YourMembership.
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.
Mariner
AUGUST 12, 2017
If you have chapters - geographic components of any form - join us. for a full day of conversation focused entirely on how to. "LeverageChapters. We're calling it CEX: Association Component Exchange. The "We" is a group of curious component relations professionals with. hosts Billhighway and Mariner.
GrowthZone
AUGUST 6, 2017
As part of Facebook’s effort to stop the spread of misinformation and false news on their platform, they are removing the ability for Pages to edit how a link appears on Facebook. According to Facebook.com, by removing the ability to alter link metadata (i.e. headline, description, and image) from link sharing on Facebook, they are eliminating a channel that has been abused to post false news.
Wild Apricot
AUGUST 28, 2017
Every month we compile the internet's biggest list of nonprofit webinars. Here are 44 free nonprofit webinars for September 2017.
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