Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
'This week’s link round-up offers 4 posts that can help you “unlock and use your superpower”, identify powerful Facebook content, tell compelling stories on your website, and create great donor newsletters.
Spark Consulting
FEBRUARY 5, 2015
'You have TWO upcoming opportunities to join me and Peggy Hoffman to explore a new model that allows associations and our volunteers to focus our limited resources, measuring everything we do by how well it supports and contributes to the mission of our organizations. Option one: In-person at ASAE. Peggy and I are presenting for ASAE’s new Marquee Management Series, Tuesday, February 17, from 1-3 pm.
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Aaron Wolowiec
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
'Elliott Masie, The MASIE Center. On Wednesday, Jan. 14, I had the opportunity to interview Elliott Masie for an ASAE Professional Development Virtual Learning Session titled, “ Ask the Expert: Accelerating the Spread of Knowledge, Learning and Collaboration.” Elliott is a provocative, engaging and entertaining futurist, analyst and speaker – focused on the changing world of the workplace, learning and technology.
Association Leaders
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
'We’ve all seen them. Some of us have written them. I’m talking about lists…not grocery lists or to-do lists. I’m talking about the tenets of leadership lists. I love reading other people’s tenets of leadership lists. I like what those lists allow me to learn about the people who wrote them. The lists give a real insight into the kind of leader these people are.
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YourMembership
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
Last week we held our monthly Thought Leadership webinar titled Boost Your Association’s Brand Through Storytelling: 6 Hacks to Improve Your Marketing , with Willis Turner, CAE, CME, CSE, the President & CEO of Sales and Marketing Executives International, and a widely recognized thought leader, keynote speaker and author of the new book 42 Rules for Engaging Members Through Gamification: Unlock the Secrets of Motivation, Community and Fun.
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Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
'Want to learn how to make your members feel they really matter? Here are details on our upcoming free Expert Webinar presented by Allison Fine, author of Matterness: Fearless Leadership For A Social World.
Mariner
FEBRUARY 21, 2015
'Yet another call came in to Mariner asking about alternatives to the basic chapter model. We suggested that looking beyond the association world might generate more solutions.
Aaron Wolowiec
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
'This month’s guest blog post is by Jeff Hurt , executive vice president of education and engagement for Velvet Chainsaw Consulting. It was originally posted on Jan. 28. Jeff Hurt, executive vice president, education and engagement, for Velvet Chainsaw Consulting. Photo courtesy of Jeff Hurt. As conference organizers, we need to learn about the power of experience.
Virtual
FEBRUARY 10, 2015
'Ever really think about the agenda for a meeting? Often, agendas aren’t created with a lot of thought, they’re just a list of things that an association or consortium needs to cover in its meeting. But a properly structured agenda can be the difference between an effective meeting and one that drifts. Here are three tips for setting better agendas: 1.
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YourMembership
FEBRUARY 20, 2015
There is no question that change is inevitable. I’m sure you’ve heard the saying “you can’t ignore change, you must embrace it!” When it comes to technology, understanding and investing in the right areas is critical to an organization’s health and future success. According to the Harvard Business Review three factors affect what an organization can and cannot do: its resources, its processes, and its values.
Jamie Notter
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
'(I published this post originally on LinkedIn ). I came across the first account (that I have found, anyway) of Zappos'' emerging experiment with the internal management system of Holacracy. Journalist Aimee Groth wrote a long and detailed account of how the rollout is progressing. Despite working on it for over a year, it is by no means fully rolled out--Zappos is the largest organization (1500 employees) to use the Holacracy system so far.
Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
'This week’s link round-up is all about showing some love to your donors. The posts look into what we can learn from a pop star, tips on donor retention and some Valentine''s Day themed gratitude.
Optimist Consulting
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
'I was interested to read about the launch of LinkedIn for Good this month. If your membership organisation recruits trustees and volunteers outside your membership, then it is worth looking at LinkedIn’s new initiative. With volunteering-opportunity adverts on LinkedIn only costing around £20, it is an affordable way to reach some of the 17 million professionals on LinkedIn in the UK.
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Aaron Wolowiec
FEBRUARY 24, 2015
'A few months ago, I was looking for a kid-friendly, clean, affordable place at which my family and I could eat during a weekend getaway. So the first thing I did? Turned to Yelp for customer reviews. I didn’t want marketing speak, but instead the pros and cons of dining experiences. I did the same thing a few weeks later while looking for a hotel. The point is: Word-of-mouth is a powerful marketing tool.
Mariner
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
'Wow! The first month of 2015 certainly got by us quick. Or should I say … the first month of our 14th year has flown by! That’s right. Mariner is celebrating 13 years of growth and success, moving from our humble roots as a professional association management company begun in 2002 to becoming national (and international) recognized experts on association management, volunteer engagement, and leadership development.
YourMembership
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
What does your association’s brand say about the organization? Ideally, it should represent the leader for your industry or profession, locally, regionally, or nationally. For years associations have relied on word of mouth (WOM) to play a role in creating that awareness. WOM is a very powerful tool. There is no question that social networking has taken WOM to a whole new level.
Jamie Notter
FEBRUARY 11, 2015
'UPDATE: Before you order the Kindle version, wait until next week, because we''re thinking about offering a drastically reduced price leading up to the release. More details coming. Book update: the Kindle version of When Millennials Take Over is now available for pre-order (and so is the hard copy , of course). If ebooks are your thing, be aware that Amazon is the ONLY place you’ll be able to get our book for the first year.
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
FEBRUARY 9, 2015
'Social media can be a great tool to reach out to potential members and engage current ones. Here''s a summary of the Social Media Update 2014 report by the Pew Research Internet Project that looks into social media habits and demographics of users.
Optimist Consulting
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
'I was looking at the issue of branded images for a client and I realised that many membership organisations are not utilising these sorts of graphics for their social media channels – which I think is a mistake. So I wanted to outline why I think membership organisations should invest in producing images and I include a few good examples. Why visual matters.
Aaron Wolowiec
FEBRUARY 1, 2015
'Samantha Whitehorne, deputy editor for Associations Now. Q & A with Samantha Whitehorne, Deputy Editor, Associations Now. Q: If you were a superhero, what would your name be, and why? A: Sassy Samantha. Of course, I’d only use my sass for good. And I would have the ability to fly, because it would be awesome, plus I’d like to wear a cape.
Virtual
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
'You’re right, that title seems really counterintuitive. Let’s be honest, it’s really never a good idea to frustrate your members. Ever. But a recent experience on my home front brought that concept to mind. Let me explain. One recent morning – on a school and work day nonetheless! – our internet service at the house stopped. With a big family and oodles of connected devices, that’s always a pretty bad scenario.
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YourMembership
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
Are your association’s branding efforts in need of a little spring cleaning? We tend to roll into each year with new objectives and strategies ready to be implemented. As exciting as that can be, if you don’t take the time to review and sunset old initiatives to make room for the new, it is virtually impossible to successfully reach your goals. Your website is one of the most important components of your brand identity – it’s the virtual front door to your organization.
Jamie Notter
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
'BIG NEWS to announce! In conjunction with Good.co , Maddie Grant and I will be hosting a new #culturechat Twitter chat every other Thursday at 1 pm EST starting this Thursday, February 5th. Mark your calendars!! Our first #culturechat will be about GENERATIONS AND CULTURE – a topic you know is very close to our hearts. Will you join us to talk about such things as generational dynamics, how to retain and/or attract the best talent from different generations, and how to deal with internal con
Wild Apricot
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
'The latest edition of the Nonprofit Communications Trends Report offers up some excellent insight into the minds of non-profit staff. We''ve gathered some highlights and shared a handy inforgraphic to help make sense of it all.
Optimist Consulting
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
'I was delighted to present at CHASE, the annual charities and membership organisation expo this week. You can download my presentation on how membership bodies can use content marketing here. If you would like a non-obligation chat about your content marketing needs do get in touch.
Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson
Payroll optimization can be one of the most time-consuming and complex factors of small business management. Yet, organizations that crack the code on streamlining employee compensation often discover innovative avenues for growth. With the right strategies in place, outsourcing and streamlining payroll processes can result in substantial time and resource savings.
Aaron Wolowiec
FEBRUARY 3, 2015
'The last time I booked a weeklong family vacation, I was shocked at the prices of hotel rooms. We weren’t looking for anything fancy, but those prices sure did crimp our style. And we’re not the only family of five suffering from hotel sticker shock. According to a new report by STR Inc. , a hospitality research firm, hotel rates in 2014 were the highest they’ve ever been, with an average of $115 per night – that’s a 4.6 percent climb.
Mariner
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
'When volunteer leaders ask me how can I find more volunteers or how can I get them to do what they promised? My first response is have you shown. them the love?
Eric Lanke
FEBRUARY 23, 2015
'Three weeks ago, I starting sharing the advice I gave to my association''s newest employee, who had recently passed her three-month anniversary with our organization. The advice was focused specifically on our core values, and I offered it to her three-months in (rather than on her first day) on the presumption that it might have more meaning and impact for someone who had spent some real time in our organization.
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