Sat.Oct 24, 2020 - Fri.Oct 30, 2020

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Rethinking from Scratch to Better Deliver for Members: Emily Crane, Georgia Motor Trucking Association

Association Adviser

Emily Crane, VP of safety and education for the Georgia Motor Trucking Association, tells us how they're supporting trucking companies this pandemic-influenced year and beyond. The post Rethinking from Scratch to Better Deliver for Members: Emily Crane, Georgia Motor Trucking Association appeared first on Association Adviser.

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2020 Considerations: Certification and Digital Credentialing

CommPartners

As more and more learners migrate online and associations expand their LMS offerings, it’s time to consider creating a robust professional development experience by rewarding learners for accomplishing courses or personalized learning paths. Digital badges and certifications are confirmations of accomplishments that learners can carry with them throughout their careers.

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42 Free Nonprofit Webinars for November 2020

Wild Apricot

Here are all the free nonprofit webinars happening in November 2020 that the Internet has to offer.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 10.30.20

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Session recordings. Professional development is a must in uncertain times. To remain relevant and employable, you need to keep your skills sharp. But right now—and probably well into 2021—the only way to do that is through online learning. WBT Systems explains how virtual conference session recordings can serve as a launchpad for an association’s online learning portfolio.

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A New Look At Grant Management: Why Use A System When You Have Excel?

Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phill Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business

For many nonprofit organizations and NGOs, managing grants 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 As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks. Join Gareth Webb and Phil Selley in this new session as they walk through the grant lifecycle, highlighting key operational and financial challenges

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67 Powerful Coaching Questions to Ask Yourself & Those You Supervise

Aaron Wolowiec

Whether you’re coaching boards, speakers, staff, volunteers or other stakeholders, asking powerful questions helps individuals work through the process of self-discovery and generate their own solutions. It’s not necessary to have all of the answers yourself. Rather, the coach’s role is to act as a collaborative and inquisitive partner, drawing out information and creating greater self-awareness.

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Don't Write Another Year-End Giving Letter Without These 5 Tips (+Template)

Wild Apricot

Get ready for year-end giving season and craft the perfect communications using these tips, letter template, and examples.

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Meet Q&A: A New Way to Support Your Community Members

Higher Logic

The post Meet Q&A: A New Way to Support Your Community Members appeared first on Higher Logic. Higher Logic’s Community Q&A gives you a whole new way to collect, maintain, and measure community questions and answers. The post Meet Q&A: A New Way to Support Your Community Members appeared first on Higher Logic.

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5 tips to move forward in 2021

Association Success

Association professionals are gearing up for the holiday season, and many have begun looking into ways to start the new year fresh, as we see in the top articles in this week’s Friday Five. Starting with strategies for planning conferences in 2021, and ending with how to build brand awareness and attract new members, association professionals are looking forward.

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Podcast: How to Take Care of Your Virtual Event Participants

Association Adviser

Lindsay Gross & Kate Pojeta of Event Garde discuss their holistic approach to participant care and virtual event management on The Association Adviser Podcast. The post Podcast: How to Take Care of Your Virtual Event Participants appeared first on Association Adviser.

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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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How to Develop a Successful Subscription Business Model for Your Organization

Wild Apricot

Nonprofits have so much to learn from subscription based businesses like Netflix and Spotify. Here's how your nonprofit can implement and benefit from a subscription business model.

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20 Online Community Examples That Will Inspire You

Higher Logic

The post 20 Online Community Examples That Will Inspire You appeared first on Higher Logic. Does community feel like an abstract concept? Dig into these 20 online community examples to understand different use cases and benefits of building a branded community. The post 20 Online Community Examples That Will Inspire You appeared first on Higher Logic.

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5 sneaky ways to ask your members for referrals

Association Success

All of us have at some point been on the receiving end of a referral campaign, and we all know how annoying it can be to feel like you’re being asked to do the work for an organization. . So, when coming up with our own referral programs, design them with this in mind: If you would not want to receive the request, why would your members? “You have to make it fun,” said Elisa Pratt during a conversation about her member-exclusive AssociationSuccess.org course, “Who is your member of 2030?”.

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BPI/BRIT Awards donate £54,000 to Stagehand’s ‘COVID-19 Crew Relief Fund

Event Industry News

Supporting live music and events industry professionals hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. Bringing overall recorded music sector donations to the artist and music community co-ordinated by the BPI to around £1.67 million. The BPI/BRIT Awards can announce the donation of £54,000 to the COVID-19 Crew Relief Fund administered by Stagehand – the Production Services Association (PSA) Welfare and Benevolent Fund.

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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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October Update: Another fang-tastic month!

Wild Apricot

Treat your organization this month with new resources and coming events, including 8 new blogs and an opportunity to speak at the Virtual PersoniFest 2021. Everyone that submits a speaking proposal gets a free “Life of the Virtual Party” t-shirt in celebration of the 2021 virtual experience.

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Your Feelings Might Be Stopping You Before You Start

Smooth The Path

In the past few months, I’ve given as many as seven presentations a week. Between rehearsal and the actual virtual presentations, I’m getting a lot of practice. But still, I don’t feel like I knock every performance out of the park. Every once in a while, I give a talk that feels a little bit off. Sometimes the technology doesn’t do what it is supposed to do.

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Are you a good leader? Then you have these 3 qualities

Association Success

Good leaders tend to share three key qualities: competence, emotional quotient and adaptability. That’s according to business consultant John Spence , who outlined those attributes in a TEDx talk called “The Leader of the Future ” in 2019. A good leader doesn’t have to be a genius, he or she just needs to be competent — both at their jobs and the leadership aspects of their role. .

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Eventboost @ Event Tech Live 2020

Event Industry News

Meet Eventboost. Eventboost is a single all-in-one event management platform enabling event professionals worldwide to simplify the organization of in-person, virtual, and hybrid events. Transforming events’ complexity into simplicity. Expert event organizers and beginners are using Eventboost to manage effortlessly any stage of their events. From large conferences registration to high-quality live-streamed events and sessions, our technology elevates the event experience, bringing guests’

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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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5 Things to Consider When Naming Your Nonprofit

Wild Apricot

Does your nonprofit's name reflect your mission? In this post, we go over everything you need to consider when coming up with a name for a new nonprofit or renaming an existing one.

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Forget the Scares. Let’s Talk About Your Hopes This Halloween

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Every other year or so around Halloween I revisit a blog post about what scares you to help us all face what’s holding us back. (Here are the 2016 and 2018 posts.). But 2020 just seems like some never-ending horror movie, and there is no sign things will get better especially in the US with COVID-19 cases surging and the most contentious election in our lifetimes.

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4 things to look for during a content audit

Association Success

After months or years of publishing content regularly, your organization will accumulate a substantial archive. While this depth of content is incredibly valuable, not all posts are created equal. In fact, poorly written or formatted posts can hurt your organization more than help it. . To address this problem, there’s no better solution than a content audit.

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Events didn’t restart on 1st October – so what now?

Event Industry News

It was and is a major blow to our sector, not at all what any of us wanted to hear. It hasn’t just affected Events Organisers, but everything in the supply chain of our industry. Even Event Tech businesses are not immune as we have seen in recent days. Oliver Rowe Co-Founder, VenuIQ. However – there are still opportunities though to deliver meaningful content, experiences and events.

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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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Calm and collected: 6 steps for board members to reduce tensions in a community

Ungated

By David C. Wilson, Esq. Community association boards sometimes find themselves at odds with homeowners when carrying out their fiduciary duties and responsibilities. Board members often may feel unsure of what to do when an angry resident constantly complains and may not know how to reduce tensions that arise in the community. One of the first questions many boards ask is whether to involve legal counsel.

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Social Media and Newsletter Ideas for November 2020

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Have some gaps to fill in your editorial calendar for next month? The suggestions below should help! (If you aren’t using an editorial calendar we HIGHLY recommend you do! You can learn Everything You Need to Know about Editorial Calendars for 2021 in our next two-part webinar series. ). These ideas come from our Monthly Nonprofit Writing Prompts email newsletter*.

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Is ‘freemium’ part of your content strategy? How free content can build brand awareness and attract new members

Association Success

The internet has revolutionized the way we consume content. Though people once gladly paid for newspapers, books and magazines, today’s readers have a never-ending library of free content at their fingertips. . While much of this content is poor quality — riddled with factual errors, uninspiring viewpoints, or outdated information — a significant portion of it is excellent.

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New production company JEM LIVE launches

Event Industry News

Experienced events and creative industry professionals Mark Davies (pictured right), Jerry Cleary (pictured left) and Edwin Higgins (pictured centre) have joined forces to launch a new event production company, JEM LIVE. JEM LIVE combines a physical event production offering with services such as live streaming, extended reality (xR) and social media amplification to enable organisers and agencies to expand the reach of their event.

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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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2 Ways to Strengthen Your Membership Referral Program

MemberClicks

So you have a membership referral program in place, but the problem is, few people ever take advantage of it. You have it listed on your website, and you include it in your new member welcome packet. What else can you do? What else should you do?

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Communication Etiquette in a Distributed Workforce

Achurch

Etiquette is more than knowing which fork to use at a fancy dinner party. It’s a social convention that encompasses agreed upon rules and interactions between groups. Etiquette within your workplace is defined by the people who make up your culture. In an in-person work environment, some rules of etiquette may include being aware of smells or keeping your workspace tidy.

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Introducing ePly Virtual Venue!

Eplys

Planning events, whether in-person, virtual, or a combination of the two, is hard enough as is. Finding speakers, securing sponsors, coming up with new and creative ways to engage attendees.it’s a pretty hefty undertaking (to say the least). So the last thing you need is multiple software systems you have to jump back and forth between. (One for registrations, one to actually host the event and/or livestream sessions, etc.).