Higher Logic
DECEMBER 27, 2018
Dear [Valued Customer/Wrong Name], I have a hunch that being greeted like that made you feel more like a machine than the living, breathing, unique, and invaluable human that you are. Wouldn’t you say? Now, as a consumer in 2019, how much generic and lifeless content are you hoping to, well…consume? My guess would be little to none, but you’ll still run into it, whether it’s in your inbox or your social feeds.
Idea Architects
DECEMBER 27, 2018
How do you overcome resistance to change? No matter the audience, profession, or industry this has been one of the most common questions I've encountered this year. Resources that offer insight are abundant. My sampling of them finds that they tend to focus on how to overcome objections or conquer the resistance. Anecdotally most, but not all, seem to frame the issue as a win-lose proposition and offer counsel on how to ensure your proposed changes win against those who oppose them.
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Wild Apricot
DECEMBER 27, 2018
Here are all the free nonprofit webinars I could find happening in January.
Blue Sky eLearn
DECEMBER 28, 2018
How vital is non-dues revenue for your association? For many, it is quite substantial. In 1953, more than 95% of revenue for professional associations came from membership dues. Recently, that number had decreased to a mere 30%. Over the last few decades, the biggest driver of non-dues revenue has been technological advancements. Technology has paved the way for innovative methods of generating non-dues revenue while providing significant value to your members.
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 As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.
Association Adviser
DECEMBER 28, 2018
A group of 12 state societies of association executives collaborated with Whorton Marketing & Research in Las Vegas, Nevada and Event Garde in Kalamazoo, Michigan to conduct a survey of their education, meetings, and professional development activities. The survey was conducted among 1,986 associations during the period of January 25 to February 16.
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Association Success
DECEMBER 27, 2018
We followed the data and found the articles that were the biggest hits! As 2018 comes to a close, we’ve taken the time at AssociationSuccess.org to reflect on how much we’ve grown and changed, and the direction we’ll take in the coming year. As we approach our third birthday, we’ve learned from our growing pains and made our New Year’s Resolutions focused on becoming more coordinated, efficient, and determined!
Blue Sky eLearn
DECEMBER 28, 2018
How vital is non-dues revenue for your association? For many, it is quite substantial. In 1953, more than 95% of revenue for professional associations came from membership dues. Recently, that number had decreased to a mere 30%. Over the last few decades, the biggest driver of non-dues revenue has been technological advancements. Technology has paved the way for innovative methods of generating non-dues revenue while providing significant value to your members.
Principled Innovation
DECEMBER 22, 2018
It is November 2017 and I am boarding a flight home from a conference in the USA. I was tired and feeling like s**t. It had not been a great year at work, in my own head and physically and psychologically I was not in a great place. I spent most of the year not caring about what I ate or drank; whether I exercised or not; and, feeling like I was going in circles.
Event Industry News
DECEMBER 24, 2018
Emerging festival ticketing technologies and new applications of existing technology are some of the biggest trends in the festival industry. With the right festival ticketing and registration mix, you can gather data to enhance the festival goer’s experience, reduce ticket fraud, and decrease entry waiting times. Enhancing the Event-Goer Customer Experience.
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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
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
DECEMBER 26, 2018
Happy Holidays! It’s that time of year where we show our readers some love with some FREE goodies. On Monday we shared how you can get your customized training plan with self-paced courses recommended just for you. Today, we’ll look at one of the courses you get when you sign up for our Free Membership. Creating an Email Welcome Series This mini-course includes a 6-minute video and will show best practices for creating an email welcome series that engages your new subscribers from t
Beth Kanter
DECEMBER 28, 2018
Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits. Most recently, we co-authored a policy brief for the Toda Peace Institute on artificial intelligence and its implications for civil society. We are tracking reports, articles, and new items about AI and Social Good. Here’s this month’s roundup. People’s Guide to AI: This comprehensive beginner’s guide to understanding AI and other data-driven tech explains AI-based technologies so that
Effective Database
DECEMBER 27, 2018
I’ve written in the past about cognitive biases and how they can affect our judgment. One that I didn’t mention in that article is the recency effect , which I find can have an adverse effect on data management, or more importantly, how we don’t use data as well as we should. The recency effect essentially says if you have, say, a list of numbers, you’ll remember the last few and the first few, but the middle of the list is quickly forgotten.
Event Industry News
DECEMBER 27, 2018
When it comes to ensuring you have quality temporary Wi-Fi for your conference, how do you know what to look for? When you check with the venue and they say “it’s all okay, we have Wi-Fi…” do you leave it at that? Fli-Fi shares its top tips on what to consider when planning connectivity for your conference. We will help you understand the functionality to look for and enable you. to head out on the path to getting connectivity right, and maybe even gain some useful insight that you didn’t
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.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
DECEMBER 28, 2018
Happy Holidays! It’s that time of year where we show our readers some love with some FREE goodies. Today’s freebie is a little more advanced, but one a lot of you will need. Do you know the difference between a strategic plan versus an annual work plan? Where does an editorial calendar fit in? If you are confused about how many different plans you have, take this self-paced online course: Documenting Communications Decisions: What Goes Where This course includes a 3-minute video the
Robert Skrob
DECEMBER 26, 2018
Members are calling each week, presenting their problems, their self-doubts, their questions about the strategy, their fears about whether the program works — and if it does work, whether it will work for them. Although it’s important to challenge your members to expand beyond their comfort zones, if your calls are one doubt after another, you are sowing discontent, frustration, and disappointment.
Event Industry News
DECEMBER 28, 2018
Companies invest a lot of money to attend exhibitions, but it’s not often we see that investment reflected in a superior exhibition stand design. The temptation to minimise costs through use of shell- scheme packages means businesses are wasting the opportunity to maximise their ROI. Not only that, but they could be risking damaging their brand identity in front of potential customers.
Event Industry News
DECEMBER 28, 2018
Event Tech Live is Europe’s only show dedicated to event technology. Boasting a packed educational programme across five sector-specific stages, here you can catch up with content that you may have missed from 2018’s event. From the Launchpad Stage at Event Tech Live 2018. Panelists: Bogdan Maran, Co-Founder & Chief Evangelist, Splento. This footage has been kindly captured by our friends at First Sight Media – firstsight.media.
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!
Event Industry News
DECEMBER 27, 2018
Celebrated pop-punk triple-header Slam Dunk has outgrown its home in the south, at Hatfield Forum, and goes greenfield for the first time this May Bank Holiday weekend. “The university licence was for 9,999 and we couldn’t physically fit more people in there,” founder/organiser Ben Ray tells Event Industry News. “Thankfully we were able to find a new site locally at Hatfield Park.”.
Event Industry News
DECEMBER 24, 2018
Joining host James Dickson on this week’s Event Industry News podcast is Nick Gold, director of Speakers Corner. For many years, the company has been a leading supplier of event hosts and speakers, with a vast portfolio of clients. The company’s roster includes celebrity names, but also a vast list of specialised speakers that can be booked for sector-specific events.
Event Industry News
DECEMBER 24, 2018
Emerging festival ticketing technologies and new applications of existing technology are some of the biggest trends in the festival industry. With the right festival ticketing and registration mix, you can gather data to enhance the festival goer’s experience, reduce ticket fraud, and decrease entry waiting times. Enhancing the Event-Goer Customer Experience.
Event Industry News
DECEMBER 24, 2018
Joining host James Dickson on this week’s Event Industry News podcast is Nick Gold, director of Speakers Corner. For many years, the company has been a leading supplier of event hosts and speakers, with a vast portfolio of clients. The company’s roster includes celebrity names, but also a vast list of specialised speakers that can be booked for sector-specific events.
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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
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
DECEMBER 27, 2018
Happy Holidays! It’s that time of year where we show our readers some love with some FREE goodies. Our Nonprofit Communications Trends Report has become the “go-to” source for what’s REALLY happening in the world of nonprofit communications and fundraising. This report is compiled from the answers of over 600 nonprofit professionals who took our 2019 Nonprofit Communications Trends Survey in November.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
DECEMBER 24, 2018
Happy Holidays! It’s that time of year where we show our readers some love with some FREE goodies. Want a nonprofit communications training plan that meets you where you are? Get the free customized training plan that comes with our Free Membership. You just need to take this super-fast quiz so we can assess your Marketing Maturity Level and recommend which of our brand-new, self-paced online courses will work best for you.
Event Industry News
DECEMBER 28, 2018
Event Tech Live is Europe’s only show dedicated to event technology. Boasting a packed educational programme across five sector-specific stages, here you can catch up with content that you may have missed from 2018’s event. From the Launchpad Stage at Event Tech Live 2018. Panelists: Bogdan Maran, Co-Founder & Chief Evangelist, Splento. This footage has been kindly captured by our friends at First Sight Media – firstsight.media.
Event Industry News
DECEMBER 28, 2018
Companies invest a lot of money to attend exhibitions, but it’s not often we see that investment reflected in a superior exhibition stand design. The temptation to minimise costs through use of shell- scheme packages means businesses are wasting the opportunity to maximise their ROI. Not only that, but they could be risking damaging their brand identity in front of potential customers.
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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.
Event Industry News
DECEMBER 27, 2018
When it comes to ensuring you have quality temporary Wi-Fi for your conference, how do you know what to look for? When you check with the venue and they say “it’s all okay, we have Wi-Fi…” do you leave it at that? Fli-Fi shares its top tips on what to consider when planning connectivity for your conference. We will help you understand the functionality to look for and enable you. to head out on the path to getting connectivity right, and maybe even gain some useful insight that you didn’t
Event Industry News
DECEMBER 27, 2018
Celebrated pop-punk triple-header Slam Dunk has outgrown its home in the south, at Hatfield Forum, and goes greenfield for the first time this May Bank Holiday weekend. “The university licence was for 9,999 and we couldn’t physically fit more people in there,” founder/organiser Ben Ray tells Event Industry News. “Thankfully we were able to find a new site locally at Hatfield Park.”.
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