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6 Strategies to Enhance Accessibility at Association Events

AMR Management Services

As association professionals, we have a responsibility to create inclusive and accessible experiences for all attendees. By taking a few steps, we can ensure that everyone feels welcome and can fully participate in our events. While this is by no means an exhaustive list, below are some practical tips to make your next event more… The post 6 Strategies to Enhance Accessibility at Association Events first appeared on AMR Management Services.

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How to plan for your association’s digital transformation

Nimble AMS

Is your association planning to adopt new technology or software? If so, you are planning your organization’s digital transformation. Your digital transformation will look different from those of other associations and member-based organizations. However, the core theory is the same: a digital transformation occurs when you switch your technology and adopt digital processes.

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How to Foster Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) at Your Association

YM Careers

Is your association doing everything it can to foster diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives? Find out in this deep dive article. The post How to Foster Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) at Your Association appeared first on YM Careers by Community Brands.

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Unveiling the 2024 Association Benchmarking Report: Insights into Association Challenges and Progress

Association Adviser

Naylor Association Solutions and Association Adviser are proud to present the 2024 Association Benchmarking Report, an in-depth analysis of the current trends, challenges, and progress shaping the association landscape.

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A New Look At Running Grants & Programs: Why Use A System When You Have Excel?

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 As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

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Good Data Governance Equals Great Member Experiences

.orgSource

Lately, I’ve been writing about the importance of connecting technology to values and emotions. But I may be glossing over an important point. It’s impossible to create that high-level, human-centered impact without getting into the weeds. Data is the foundation for every technological initiative. Good data governance is essential for successful digital outcomes.

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Report: Workers Eager for Continuing Education

Associations Now

Employees are looking for credentials that improve their promotion prospects, according to a new survey, suggesting an opportunity for associations. A new report suggests that American workers are highly motivated to pursue affordable educational opportunities, a finding that aligns with association credentialing and certification efforts. The 2024 Workforce Education Motivations Report , released last week by the HR and training firm InStride , is based on a survey of more than 1,000 U.S. worke

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Beyond features: Ensuring LMS user experience & security

Freestone

Introduction Is your continuing education program searching for the right learning management system (LMS) to transform your user experience? Your LMS plays a crucial role in offering a positive user experience. An effective LMS can significantly enhance the learning experience, foster engagement, and drive successful outcomes. The key to unlocking these benefits lies in optimizing the LMS user experience.

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Podcast: How AI Can Revolutionize Your Email Marketing

Association Adviser

Imagine sending newsletters so personalized that every recipient feels the content was made just for them. In the latest episode of the Association Adviser Podcast, Erica Salm-Rench, COO of rasa.io, shares how AI is transforming email marketing, boosting engagement, and driving non-dues revenue for associations.

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Answering 4 FAQs About Starting a Workplace Giving Program

NXUnite

You’ve likely heard about workplace giving and its potential to transform your company’s reputation, culture, and employee engagement for the better. By becoming an industry leader in corporate social responsibility (CSR), you can stand out from competitors and enact lasting change in your community. However, launching a successful workplace giving program requires thoughtful planning and implementation.

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Find New Non-Dues Revenue Streams for Your Organization with This Free Guide

Struggling to generate revenue beyond membership dues? You're not alone. Our free guide, The Ultimate Guide to Non-Dues Revenue for Associations , offers practical strategies to help your organization boost financial health. Inside, you'll explore creative ways to generate income, including: Educational offerings tailored to your audience Event-based revenue opportunities Job boards that drive engagement and income Corporate sponsorship ideas A checklist to evaluate and strengthen your current a

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What Do You Belive In?

Spark Consulting

I’m pretty much just re-upping this post, because it’s a good one. Back in 2011, Bisnow published an article that included this quote: When you ask most people about their jobs, they tell you what they do and how they do it, but not why. “Why you do what you do is what makes people lean in closer,” Mary [van de Wiel] says. For example, Duarte, a company which creates presentations for many high-profile speakers, describes itself on its website by saying, “We love wh

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Amplify Your Impact at Xperience 2024: A Premier Software User Conference in Las Vegas

NetForum

Xperience 2024 is your chance to elevate your skills and connect with industry leaders in Las Vegas. This three-day event at The Cosmopolitan Hotel features inspiring keynotes, hands-on training, and cutting-edge tech insights designed to help you modernize workflows and grow engagement. Don't miss out—register today and amplify your impact Amplify Your Impact at Xperience 2024: A Premier Software User Conference in Las Vegas appeared first on NetForum Association Management Software.

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Aptify celebrates innovation at Xperience 2024

Aptify

As Xperience 2024 approaches, the excitement is building for what promises to be an extraordinary event filled with innovation, learning, and inspiration. A key highlight of the conference is the annual Aptify User Community Innovation Awards, where we celebrate the creative solutions and impactful projects that have made a significant difference within the Aptify community over the past year.

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Click Q&A with Frank Paterno

Click

In our Questions series of articles, we help the Click community become better acquainted by profiling customers, partners and team members. What attracted you to the role of Senior Vice President of Partner Channel at Click? Two things. Firstly, the vision of the leadership team that I am now part of. The opportunity to join an organization that knows where it wants to go, and to be an integral part of that journey, was one that I couldn’t refuse!

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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Heres How To Fix Them

Speaker: Dave Sackett

Traditional budgeting and forecasting methods can no longer keep pace with today’s rapidly evolving business environment. Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty. To stay ahead, finance leaders must leverage a future-forward approach—one that leverages real-time data, predictive analytics, and continuous planning to drive smarter financial decisions.

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Building trust-based capital through nonprofit endowments

Candid

A new generation of philanthropic leaders are pressing forward to develop more ways to make a greater impact on the communities and issues to which they are dedicated. Today, more than ever, grantees need greater capacity and more predictable long-term funding streams to ensure they have the infrastructure resources to sustain themselves and their work of advancing economic and social progress.

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UK Festival Awards announces Bristol to host 2024 edition

Event Industry News

The UK Festival Awards returns on 3rd December 2024, hosted this year in the UK’s festival city, Bristol. Organisers have announced this year’s awards will be held in the former industrial space, Document, with the UK’s festival industry converging to celebrate achievements and successes from the last year.

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What Should Your New Communications Hire Do?

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

We love to see nonprofit communications teams grow! I always do a little dance in my chair when someone in our community says they’ve been approved to hire a new comms team member. But then the question becomes, what should that new communications hire do? How should we write that job description? In other words, what’s the vision for how your nonprofit communications team should grow?

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Successful Preboarding for New Employees

Achurch

Successful onboarding integrates new hires into the workflow and fosters belonging. Great onboarding makes employees more likely to stay in the short-term and improves overall retention. Prepping for successful onboarding begins before their official first day. Once an offer letter is signed and before a new hire’s first day on the job, begin “pre-boarding.

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The Everyday Donor: Unlocking Prospecting Segments Through Behavior Analysis

Speaker: Tim Sarrantonio, Director of Corporate Brand

Do you really know your donors? Not just what they give, but who they are? 👥 In this interactive session, we’ll break down how nonprofits can use behavioral indicators (affinity, recency, frequency, and monetary value) to build prospecting segments that go beyond wealth screening and actually align with donor identity. You’ll walk away with practical strategies to move beyond basic demographics and cultivate supporters based on how they already engage with you!

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What does racial equity look like in lean foundations?

Candid

Advancing racial equity has become a critical imperative for philanthropies aiming to make a meaningful impact. As part of that shift, many funders are looking to ensure their staff, leadership, and board reflect the racial and ethnic diversity of their communities. For foundations with few or no staff, ensuring equitable representation and implementing racial equity practices can be both a complex and critical endeavor.

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Oveit – Don’t let registration be your weak link

Event Industry News

As an event organizer, you’re constantly juggling dozens of tasks – coordinating speakers, managing schedules, ensuring smooth crowd control, arranging accommodations, handling sponsor perks, and overseeing AV setup. Each element is crucial, yet none is as pivotal as the guest’s first real interaction with your event: the registration process.

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Tips for Writing Better AI Prompts: A Guide for Nonprofit Communicators

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Earlier today I presented a brand new webinar Easier Content Creation for Nonprofits: Mastering AI, Repurposing and Curation. In addition to tips on repurposing and curating content, I included a whole section on writing better AI prompts for your communications. Want to watch the recording of this webinar? Become an All-Access Pass Holder! You can watch this webinar and hours of other recorded webinars, PLUS attend as many live webinars as you want for 365 days.

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Deciphering SEO News: Antitrust, AI, & What They Mean for You

Nexus Marketing

Summer 2024 has been one for the books in the SEO world. We’ve seen some wild industry developments that promise to bring more change to the SEO status quo than we’ve seen in a very long time. If you keep track of SEO, tech, or digital marketing news, you’ve probably picked up on the buzz. And you probably have a few questions, namely, “What does all this change mean for my brand and SEO strategy?

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2025 Association Survey Results Report

GrowthZone’s 11th annual survey highlights trends, challenges, and strategies shaping the membership industry through insights from U.S. and Canadian association professionals. Get your copy of the 2025 Association Survey Results Report to see how your organization measures up: The biggest challenges associations are facing Membership retention trends and non-renewal insights Strategies for automatic renewals and reinstatements Shifts in member engagement tactics Why members are joining (and sta

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Streamlining demographic data collection

Candid

Demographic data is critical to helping our sector better understand and meet the needs of diverse communities. Foundations increasingly recognize the importance of recipient organizations’ demographics in informing their grantmaking process to ensure their grants are equitably distributed and impactful. At Candid, we’re working to streamline the process of collecting and sharing demographic data, fostering transparency and accountability in the nonprofit sector, and reducing the burden on nonpr

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Swagable

Event Industry News

At Swagable, we create event swag fit for the 21st Century. We help you build stress-free, trackable digital goody bags that build connections with your customers and their communities. Using our digital swag platform, we’ve traded wasteful for purposeful – no more transportation nightmares, no more bulging recycling bins.

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[New!] Culture Change Made Easy Premium Access Newsletter

PROPEL

We have a cool new insider access newsletter to accompany Culture Change Made Easy – subscribe for weekly insights from the book! We’ll dig into a bunch of topics from the book and share practical applications as well as insider access and knowledge to paid subscribers. Help us achieve our mission – which is to eliminate frustration and feeling helpless to improve your workplace!

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Spend less time on data management and more on higher value activities

Effective Database

Spend less time on data management and more on higher value activities Data management is very often tedious work. It's important, but it's tedious, and can also be time-consuming.

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Turn Messy Data into a Strategic Asset with This Essential Guide

Is messy, outdated, or duplicate data making it harder to track engagement, revenue, and performance? Poor data quality can slow your organization down and prevent you from making informed decisions. With The Dirty Data Guide , you'll discover: Practical steps to clean your data and maintain accuracy over time. A checklist to help your team implement data hygiene best practices.

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A big impact with bite-sized social media

Candid

Three seconds. That’s the average time viewers will spend on a social media video before they decide to move on. Facebook reports that their users spend, on average, 1.7 seconds on viewing a post before scrolling to the next. Many have pointed to social media as the cause of our shorter attention spans, although movie and television shots have also become shorter.

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Case study: The London Card Show at Jockey Club

Event Industry News

The event On 11 and 12 May 2024, card enthusiasts from across the UK and Europe gathered at Sandown Park Racecourse for Europe’s biggest card show.

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Breezio Celebrates Successful Event at ASAE Annual

Breezio

Breezio celebrated its successful participation at the 2024 ASAE Annual Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio , where it showcased its innovative online engagement platform and connected with industry professionals. The company co-sponsored the Platform Power Party at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, emphasizing its commitment to fostering vibrant communities. Breezio remains dedicated to empowering associations with tools that enhance member value and looks forward to continuing its mission following the e