Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Have you dipped your toes into the world of text-to-give fundraising? Whether you've tried it yet or not, we have the ultimate guide to help you succeed.

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Eric Lanke

OCTOBER 1, 2018

I had lunch with a colleague this week and our conversation turned to staff bonus plans. In prefacing my description of the bonus plan I've put in place for the staff at my association, I described it (with a bit of tongue in the cheek) as "needlessly complicated." This, frankly, is based on some feedback I've received from my team. After explaining it to her, however, she said she didn't think it was complicated at all.

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Team Strategy Organization 113

Smooth The Path

OCTOBER 2, 2018

This morning a man in a hard hat was roaming around our neighborhood paying particular attention to the telephone poles. I asked him what they were doing with the telephone poles. “We have been inspecting and protecting the power poles from damage from rot, insects, and things like that,” he said. What the poles are called was an important enough distinction that he corrected my choice of words.

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WBT Systems

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Alleviate Career Anxiety by Promoting Lifelong Learning. Read more about Alleviate Career Anxiety by Promoting Lifelong Learning.

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 As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

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Higher Logic

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Whether you’re on a small team, a team of one, or a large team with divided responsibilities and resources, marketers all have a few things in common: We need to accomplish things quickly, handle multiple projects at once, stay inspired, keep ourselves updated about current events, and collaborate with others across our team or departments. Another similarity?

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Tools Marketing Social Media Software 233

Reid All About it

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… Dave Coriale is a robot. Okay, was a robot. Or, rather, a telepresence attendee at an association conference and trade show. He describes his experience over at the DelCor blog along with the reasons we might be seeing this technology more often at offices and events near you.

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DC Washington Tools Certificate 170

WBT Systems

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Certification vs. Certificate Programs: Which Is Right for Your Association? Read more about Certification vs. Certificate Programs: Which Is Right for Your Association?

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Certificate 219

Higher Logic

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Marketing to your customers is hard work – sometimes it can feel like you’re pushing the same boulder up a hill every day, like good ol’ Sisyphus. Customer marketing can come with great rewards, though, especially if you’re using tech tools to make your life easier. Online community is one of those tools that can increase the reward while minimizing the work.

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Blue Sky eLearn

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Clinical trial training can be expensive. While traditional face-to-face meetings can have their benefits, they also cost more and are more time consuming. Virtual investigator meetings can allow for tremendous cost savings while increasing continuity and communication. Here’s how: Reduction in Setup Time. While virtual meetings still require meticulous planning, there are fewer logistics to worry about and therefore can be set up in a shorter amount of time if needed.

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Spark Consulting

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Are members who join with a price incentive more or less likely to renew membership the following year? Less likely. Don’t offer pricing discounts unless your audiences are EXTREMELY price sensitive or your membership is declining and you’re desperate to get people in the door by any means necessary. Does offering a discounted membership based on time of the year (i.e. a summer sale) dilute the value of membership?

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WBT Systems

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Survey Says… Online Education’s Role in Membership Marketing. Read more about Survey Says… Online Education’s Role in Membership Marketing.

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YourMembership

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Not only was the?YourMembership?team sweating through the hot Florida summer days, we were also busy releasing updates and enhancements to streamline your operations that enhance your members experience. We’re excited to share some insights into what we’ve been working on. Increasing Platform Performance Throughout?the last few months and culminating with our September releases, YM has.

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Principled Innovation

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

When I was appointed to my first CEO role in 2001 I had no idea how I was going to keep up with the demands. I had many direct reports, a Board of Directors to report to and everyone wanting a piece of you. There had to be a way to get control of what was going on in my life. I dug deep into learning ways to control my schedule and not let it control me.

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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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Association Success

SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

Are you dealing with member queries to the best of your ability? There are a few basic rules of member service that all associations should keep in mind. No matter the size of your budget or staff, what counts is how your members feel at the end of an interaction with the organization. All member interactions must focus on a positive experience that shows active listening (or active reading if it’s an email), attention to detail, and a demonstration that you (as staff) are making an effort.

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WBT Systems

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Importance of an LMS Roadmap When Selecting a Learning Platform. Read more about The Importance of an LMS Roadmap When Selecting a Learning Platform.

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LMS 150

Associations Now

OCTOBER 4, 2018

If attendees critique a conference that you spent months carefully planning, it can be hard not to take it personally. The best way to handle it likely involves digging deeper into the negative feedback and then making room for improvement. For the past few weeks, I’ve been watching a lot of Top Chef. My observations from the cooking competition: Some chefs really like to use dashi, and making panna cotta usually doesn’t turn out well for contestants.

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Social Media Conference Survey Tips 108

Idea Architects

OCTOBER 3, 2018

A meeting I recently attended had participants introduce themselves by sharing a book that influenced our thinking about leadership and organizations. Just one we all cried? It was a great question though, and I immediately jotted down some of the dozens of titles I might have used as my answer. From that list, here are six of the books I find myself returning to and re-reading regularly (in alphabetical order).

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Leadership Resources Strategy Organization 108

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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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The National Theatre today launches smart caption glasses, which will transform access to theatre for audiences with hearing loss. This ground-breaking new service has been developed with the NT’s Partner for Innovation, Accenture. Audience members will be able to view captions at any performance in all three of the NT theatres, seated in any seat, thanks to revolutionary Open Access Smart Capture technology, the result of an ongoing collaboration between the NT’s technical team and speech

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WBT Systems

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Help Millennials Get Jobs: Offer Online Learning & Career Resources. Read more about Help Millennials Get Jobs: Offer Online Learning & Career Resources.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 1, 2018

In its new Self-Publishing 3.0 campaign, the Alliance of Independent Authors is urging members to build their own sustainable platforms with multiple revenue streams, rather than relying on Amazon or others to fuel their success. The Alliance of Independent Authors (ALLi) thinks the age of Patreon and Kickstarter might offer something useful for self-publishers.

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GrowthZone

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Membership pro, Frank Kenny, explains how to build a board of directors that is representative of your members (and why it’s important you do so). When you scan the faces of your board members, what do you see? How many are men? How old are they? Are they mostly of the same race? When I am prepping for facilitating a strategic planning retreat or board orientation I always ask the CEO, “How well does your association’s board reflect your members and community?”.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Max Fellows, Director of Client Services at MCI Experiences will be presenting his lecture on ‘Designing The Participant Journey’ on Monday 8th October as part of the University of Westminster’s Event Design Open Lecture Series. The talk will be taking place at 5pm at the Marylebone campus opposite Madame Tussauds. In his session Max will be talking about how a successful event is one that engages participants in myriad ways.

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Innovation Marketing Industry Conference 93

WBT Systems

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Critical Role of an LMS Business Analyst during Implementation. Read more about The Critical Role of an LMS Business Analyst during Implementation.

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LMS 150

Associations Now

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Society for Personality and Social Psychology offers grants that fund members’ big ideas for small meetings. Members get to see their programs come to life, and SPSP has a new way to engage members. Would you like to add energy and enthusiasm to your meeting roster without too much staff or resource involvement? Giving your members a role in developing new small-scale meetings could be one way to go about it.

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Proposal Committee Conference Review 96

Delcor

OCTOBER 3, 2018

I was a robot once. More accurately, I spent a day as a telepresence attendee at a conference, including “rolling” the expo floor. It all started when I was helping Association Forum identify innovative technology displays for the Digital Depot at Holiday Showcase. I remembered a Modern Family episode about Phil not making it home for his daughter’s graduation party—instead, he attended via a telepresence robot.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Organisers of the Event Technology Awards (ETA) called in software specialist Evessio to develop the awards’ 2018 edition site [ [link] ] and to reflect the quality of the brand. “We sent a folder of information about what we wanted and back came the perfect website,” Adam Parry, co-founder of the Event Technology Awards, says. “It had really been thought about and all the options we’re likely to need are a part of the package rather than add-ons after the fact, which makes a real difference.”.

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WBT Systems

OCTOBER 2, 2018

The Critical Role of an LMS Project Manager during Implementation. Read more about The Critical Role of an LMS Project Manager during Implementation.

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LMS Project 150

Associations Now

OCTOBER 4, 2018

How one organization utilized non-traditional venues for a creative, memorable conference experience. For years, events have been held at tried-and-true locations like convention centers and hotel ballrooms. But as attendee demands and desires increase, creativity must also increase. And that means rethinking the location of your next conference. The rise of non-traditional meeting spaces has been supercharged in recent years, as meeting planners look to cut costs and attendees continue to seek

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