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.
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.
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WBT Systems
AUGUST 1, 2017
Everyone knows that sitting in an audience listening passively to a speaker is not an effective way for adults to learn, yet that’s still the norm at many conferences and educational events. It’s time for associations to upend ineffective education with flipped learning. Flipped learning is the brainchild of two high school science teachers who decided in 2007 to have their students watch preparatory videos online before coming to class.
YourMembership
AUGUST 31, 2017
These are exciting, yet challenging, times to run a business with models constantly disrupted all around us (see: Uber with taxis, Amazon with retail). We may now feel impending pressures to reinvent, innovate and/or transform in our fields and niches. These are part of the marching chants nowadays, and they’re accompanied with dire warnings: If. The post Innovate or die?
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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.
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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.
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.
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.
YourMembership
AUGUST 24, 2017
Members today are overloaded with information, and it’s easy for emails to end up in the digital trash. That’s a problem. You can’t deliver meaningful content to members if they don’t open your e-mails. “The subject line is the first impression and should be compelling enough for a member to want to open it,” says. The post Best practices in email marketing. appeared first on YourMembership.
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
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
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.
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.
Higher Logic
AUGUST 17, 2017
In 2016, businesses lost $63 billion dollars due to bad customer service. That’s up from 2013 by a whopping $20 billion. To make matters worse, almost half of customers will stop doing business with a company because of bad service – a percentage that will likely increase as younger generations (who are more likely to switch companies) become more prominent and influential.
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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.
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.
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.
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
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Wild Apricot
AUGUST 16, 2017
Here's how to create an amazing membership website from scratch and without any technical expertise.
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.).
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.”.
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: 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.
Reid All About it
AUGUST 4, 2017
Your weekly list of free webinars and events for the association community… For the first time in several years, I’m not attending ASAE Annual. Instead, in case you’re dying to know, I’m heading to Massachusetts for a family gathering. Living apart from family is tough, especially with one brother on the west coast and the other on the east coast, so I try to take advantage of every opportunity to see them together.
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
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.
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.
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WBT Systems
AUGUST 22, 2017
Associations have always been the first place members turn when thinking about professional development. But, as economic and technological changes increase the demand for new skills and knowledge, colleges and universities see a market need and they want in. Meet the new professional development competition for associations: higher education. “If higher education is going to thrive in the century ahead, it’s time to think of college not as a life stage or a credential, but as a lifelong communi
YourMembership
AUGUST 25, 2017
Managing association membership can be as diverse as your organization’s members. But, while so much is changing—member expectations, communication methods, revenue streams—one thing has remained the same: Member retention is key to your association’s survival. So, how do you know what your members want? Why do they stay with you, and why do they leave?
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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