YourMembership
MAY 22, 2013
'Categories: Member Engagement + Retention Tags: millennials TIME Magazine published a recent article entitled The Me Me Me Generation. The subhead read “Millennials are lazy, entitled narcissists who still live with their parents.” The secondary subhead read “Why they’ll save us all.” Before the rage of the Millennial reader befalls me, I want to throw out the two statistics this article touts.
Wild Apricot
MAY 15, 2013
'Here''s an overview of a new resource from Idealware that can help you understand when and how to use infographics.
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Spark Consulting
MAY 23, 2013
'A couple of months ago, Shelly Alcorn proposed conducting an association jam this summer. What is a “jam”? Also known as a “hack” or “hackathon,” jams aim to bring smart people together to “ explore an interesting challenge ” and come up with some potential solutions to it. Shelly put the call out to association execs to offer to host local jam sessions, which is what I’ll be doing in DC on Saturday, June 29, from 4 – 7 (ish) pm ET.
Association Subculture
MAY 15, 2013
'No his mind is not for rent. To any god or government. Always hopeful yet discontent. He knows changes aren''t permanent. But change is. Rush, Tom Sawyer. Here is the link to the video for those who can''t see the embed. It seems fitting to feature Rush again here on the Association Subculture in light of their recent (OVERDUE IMHO) induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Virtual
MAY 30, 2013
'The founding members of an association will define it for many years to come. Prospective members and opinion leaders often look at an organization’s founding members as a way to establish how likely that organization is to succeed. That’s why it’s so important to think about your mix of members at launch. Consider: Industry leaders. [.].
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YourMembership
MAY 10, 2013
'Categories: Member Engagement + Retention Tags: member engagement , member retention Engage has become quite the buzzword. You can’t go to a conference or read an article about membership or member organizations without someone telling you about the importance of engagement. We even do it here. A lot. But engaging your members has become one of those phrases that has lost its meaning to many and [.] ( Read more. ) The post Member Engagement: you’re already aces appeared first on You
Wild Apricot
MAY 10, 2013
'This membership link round-up offers: tips on how to overcome the association value gap; a reminder about what’s good in associations; insight into rapidly growing associations; and a look at why many online communities fail.
Spark Consulting
MAY 9, 2013
'Eons ago (actual time: four years), I wrote two blog posts on the topic of consulting and RFPs. They’re still among my most popular posts ever. I got thinking about this topic again recently for a few reasons: I just got my shiny new ASAE Buyers’ Guide, which includes an article on the RFP process. There’s been some chatter lately on some of the Collaborate communities about the RFP process.
Association Subculture
MAY 13, 2013
'"I am somebody. I was somebody when I came in, I''ll be a better somebody when I leave. I am powerful and I am strong. I deserve the education I get here. I have things to do, people to impress and places to go.". ".because -18 sucks the life right out of you, but +2 says I''m not all bad." Rita Pierson. Here is the link to the talk if you can''t see the embed.
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Jamie Notter
MAY 8, 2013
'I delivered a webinar with Brad Palmer of Jostle yesterday titled “Transforming Your Workplace Culture from Toxic to Humanized.” It was a great event, with 140 people viewing and listening online, many of whom had GREAT questions. It’s the first webinar I’ve been a part of where we ran out of time to answer the audience questions.
Eric Lanke
MAY 27, 2013
'image source "This notion of suppressing overhead to give taxpayers more bang for their buck is the opposite of how it works. Suppressing overhead suffocates organizations and leads to higher turnover, poorer leadership, and worse service." I read this in a recent Dan Pallotta post on the HBR blog. I like reading Pallotta because I regularly come across insights like this.
YourMembership
MAY 29, 2013
'Categories: Social Media and Business Trends Tags: content , content marketing , yourmembership.com Getting someone to become a member — whether it’s an elementary school secret society or an industry association – is simple. Exclusivity. Give them something they can’t get elsewhere, that they can’t live without. That’s the secret sauce plan of membership.
Wild Apricot
MAY 24, 2013
'This week''s Apricot Jam link round-up includes advice on incorporating a welcoming wave; 5 questions boards should ask; tips for giving donors what they want; mistakes to avoid at your next event; and more.
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Spark Consulting
MAY 30, 2013
'First, marketing had the 4 Ps: Product, aka what you’re selling. Price, aka what it costs. Placement, aka how do you get your product to your customers. Promotion, aka how are you selling your product. Then, marketing moved to the 4 Cs: Consumer, aka who is your audience and what do they want. Cost, aka what it costs (that one didn’t change).
Association Subculture
MAY 28, 2013
'"The Eagle Hill School is Harvard, MA believes that every student can learn, that learning differently requires teaching differently, and that we must educate our students to learn about learning in order to form new beliefs in the search for intellectual autonomy." Stephen Tonti. What a wonderful TEDTalk. Even more important, is what associations can take away from it.
Jamie Notter
MAY 23, 2013
'This is not a rhetorical question–I am openly wondering about this topic these days. I’m reading Why Work Sucks and How to Fix It , by Cali Ressler and Jody Thompson, advocates for the “Results Only Work Environment.” They talk a lot about how deeply ingrained our thoughts are regarding time in the workplace. It all stems from the industrial era–putting in your time at your machine.
Eric Lanke
MAY 20, 2013
'image source "You need to run the association as if it were YOUR business, knowing that it is NOT." I read this on Tom Morrison''s blog the other day and thought it was one of the best answers I''d ever heard to one of the most debated questions among association staffers. Who''s association is it? Yours or the members? Personally, I''ve always thought it was kind of a false dichotomy.
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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.
YourMembership
MAY 15, 2013
'Categories: Member Engagement + Retention Tags: online communities While it may seem weird that a technology vendor (with online communities, might I add) would share this post, we want our clients, and those entertaining the idea of becoming our clients, to be successful. This means giving them advice on how to make the most of our products and features.
Wild Apricot
MAY 17, 2013
'Here is a letter to the board from a new volunteer offering some insight and advice Dr. Seuss-style.
Virtual
MAY 15, 2013
'You only have one chance to make a first impression. That’s why an effective launch strategy is so critical for an organization. Here are a few rules of thumb for an effective launch. 1) Don’t launch until you are ready. I’ve seen countless organizations launch before they’re ready to handle inbound web inquiries, still having [.].
Association Adviser
MAY 14, 2013
'By Marcus Underwood. Thanks to improving internet speed, online video, once considered a clunky, unsatisfying experience has gone mainstream—in a big way. Consider these findings from comScore, Inc : Internet users viewed on average 19 hours of video in the month of December. Nearly 85 percent of U.S. internet users have viewed online video. The average online content video is 5.4 minutes long, and the average online advertising video is 24 seconds.
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Jamie Notter
MAY 20, 2013
'I had the great pleasure of doing a webinar recently with Brad Palmer, the CEO of Jostle. We were talking about shifting your organizational culture from toxic to Humanized. For that webinar, I wrote up a definition of organizational culture, which is something I hadn’t done before. Well, that’s not entirely true. We define culture in Humanize (the human elements we talk about show up simultaneously at three levels: culture, process, and behavior), but we don’t provide a singl
Eric Lanke
MAY 6, 2013
'I''ve been blogging lately about what it takes to lead an organization in a new direction. I don''t pretend to be an expert in this area. My blog posts are reflections of the thoughts I''m having as I try to lead my own organization through the turbulent waters of change. If you accept this premise of one of my previous posts, that we can only see the destination by moving towards it , then it seems to me that one of the pivotal responsibilities of the leader is not to present the clearest poss
Robert M Barnes
MAY 23, 2013
'They are like my children. These brands that I have had a hand in creating and giving life to online and in reality. All in partnership with my favourite people in the world.
Wild Apricot
MAY 6, 2013
'Is your organization raising membership fees this year? Here is some insight into membership dues and don''ts.
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Idea Architects
MAY 10, 2013
'I love May in Indianapolis. While much of my home city wraps itself in the black and white of the Indianapolis 500, the well-designed landscaping bed surrounding my bungalow bursts with color. Every day I awaken to some new growth emerging, some new form taking shape, some glorious color crying out to me. Because of the talent of the landscape architect who planned this cycle (definitely not me), the seemingly never-ending sequence of growth and color unfolds for several weeks.
Association Adviser
MAY 14, 2013
'By Hank Berkowitz. As Thomas Friedman, bestselling author of The World Is Flat, quipped in a recent New York Times op-ed , “something really big happened in the world’s wiring in the last decade, but it was obscured by the financial crisis and post-9/11.” Thanks to social media, 4G, iProducts, broadband, wireless, the cloud, Big Data, Skype and apps, we’re now more connected than ever.
Jamie Notter
MAY 31, 2013
'I facilitated an all-day strategy session with a Board of Directors yesterday, and the group did very well in clarifying its strategic choices. At the end, one of the participants said he was feeling a little “unsettled” by the conversation. I think this is a common–and important–feeling you get when you push through to clarity.
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