Sat.Nov 24, 2018 - Fri.Nov 30, 2018

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Inside Baseball

Eric Lanke

I'm not much of a sports fan, but one sports analogy I use pretty consistently is the term "inside baseball." I use it to describe a situation when I'm going into too much jargon and detail in front of an audience that doesn't understand or doesn't need such an in-depth explanation. I'm even self-conscious about doing it, often warning people before plowing deep into the picayune that what I'm about to say may be too much "inside baseball" for them.

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How to Brand Your Nonprofit To Scale Your Positive Impact

Beth Kanter

?. Note from Beth: My colleague, Simon Mainwaring, has launched a new series of online courses “ WeFirst Works ” that help you find your purpose – whether an individual, company, or nonprofit. . How to Brand Your Nonprofit To Scale Your Positive Impact – Guest Post by Simon Mainwaring. Nonprofits do critical work in their communities and around the world and, in so doing, build the awareness of their brands to scale their impact.

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40 Free Nonprofit Webinars For December 2018

Wild Apricot

Here are all the free nonprofit webinars I could find happening in the month of December.

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What Burning Man's 10 Principles Can Teach You About Building Community

Higher Logic

Some people might be nervous to tell their employer that they’re jet-setting to the desert for Burning Man — because, wait, what is Burning Man anyway? The answer is not a simple one. A festival? Nope. A Mad Max-esque utopia? I’d say so. A party in the desert? Sure, but I’ll get back to that. The largest Leave No Trace (LNT) event in the world? You betcha.

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Forecasting Failures Are Costly: Here's 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 Static budgets, rigid annual forecasts, and outdated financial models limit an organization’s ability to adapt to market shifts and economic uncertainty.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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Learning Campaigns: A New Way to Engage & Educate Your Community

WBT Systems

Learning Campaigns: A New Way to Engage & Educate Your Community. Read more about Learning Campaigns: A New Way to Engage & Educate Your Community.

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November Update: Get the Dream Nonprofit Career You Deserve

Wild Apricot

In our November newsletter, you'll find information on our free careers webinar, details of new releases, and our Member App Mini Course to help you get started using the mobile app.

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Must-have functionality for your next association management software

YourMembership

Your association may be small, but when it comes to selecting new association management software (AMS), you’re about to make a big investment – not just a financial one, but also an investment in the future of your association. To ensure your investment in your new AMS will enable your staff to best serve your. The post Must-have functionality for your next association management software appeared first on YourMembership.

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Tips for Attracting a Younger Audience to Your Webinars

Blue Sky eLearn

Did you just come up with a brilliant idea for a webinar? Is your topic exciting and thought-provoking? You may have the most riveting webinar ever, but you probably won’t consider it a success if you don’t have an audience. In this article, I’ll go over some ways to attract a younger audience to register for, and ultimately promote your webinars for you.

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What Kind of Community Manager Are You?

Higher Logic

Any community manager knows that good community teams come in all shapes and sizes. Our community managers at Higher Logic can trace their roots back to education, human resources, research, journalism, and so much more. With such diverse backgrounds, it should come as no surprise that each community manager brings different values and strengths to the team.

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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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HighRoad Solution Presents Email and Marketing Automation Best Practices for Associations at ASAE’s Tech Conference

HighRoad Solution

HighRoad Solution is thrilled to be a part of this year’s ASAE’s Technology Conference and Exposition. We proudly support over 450 association and non-profit organizations who use our marketing automation and email solutions to boost engagement, increase revenue, and communicate with their constituents to further their mission.

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Association 4.0 by Sherry Budziak and Kevin Ordonez

Eric Lanke

This book was handed to me at a recent WSAE event I attended -- handed to me not by the authors (who were also there) but by the WSAE staff executive, and with a specific request. “Eric, you like to read. Will you please read this book and write a review of it.” “Sure,” I replied. “But only if I can be brutally honest.” The WSAE staff executive’s response?

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Tips for Attracting a Younger Audience to Your Webinars

Blue Sky eLearn

Did you just come up with a brilliant idea for a webinar? Is your topic exciting and thought-provoking? You may have the most riveting webinar ever, but you probably won’t consider it a success if you don’t have an audience. In this article, I’ll go over some ways to attract a younger audience to register for, and ultimately promote your webinars for you.

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5 Things Your Organization Should Do to Improve Website Accessibility

Associations Now

With increased attention being given to situations where website design renders content inaccessible for people with disabilities, now’s a good time to keep in mind strategies to ensure users aren’t getting forgotten by your developers. Recently, the content management platform WordPress drew scrutiny for an overhaul that presented major accessibility challenges.

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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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MICE industry’s top athletes revealed at first Calisthetics Games

Event Industry News

Event profs battled it out to be crowned the greatest athletes in the industry at the first-ever Calisthetics Games: The MICE Edition, hosted by micebook at Factory 45 in London last week. Point3 Wellbeing’s Siôn Stansfield won the greatest male athlete title, while Kivent’s Loretta Matzke was named the greatest female athlete. Marriott Luxury Brands’ Michael Wiseman and Barbara Dunay both picked up Best Sportsmanship awards, while the Mental Attitude and Most Hussle awards went to emc3’s Imogen

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10 Body Language Techniques for Powerful Presentations

GrowthZone

When making presentations, it’s critical to be aware of the messages you’re sending through body language. Set up your board members for success. with The Field Guide to Board Orientation. 10 Tips for Effective Body Language: Open your chest and arms and keep your back straight to help you relax. Smile to make your audience comfortable. Gesture with your arms and hands and look your audience in the eye in order to keep the audience’s attentions.

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Increasing Readership Engagement: eNewsletter Briefings

Association Adviser

In our fast-paced, digital world, our attention spans are waning. So is our free time away from screens. Business professionals face more work demands than ever leading to a juggling match between work priorities and association membership involvement. With little free time, members no longer feel like they have as much time in their schedules to fully engage in reading a magazine.

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Time for a Conference Chatbot?

Associations Now

If you’re looking to improve onsite customer service at your meeting, a chatbot may be a good choice. Not only will it help answer your attendees’ most frequently asked questions, but it will also provide your association with data and insights. A few weeks back there was a discrepancy in my cellphone bill that I was dreading having to resolve. Why?

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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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How to create a must-share event

Event Industry News

Social media is now an intrinsic part of life, whether you’re a marketing manager, an online influencer or just a consumer of other people’s channels. In fact, when it comes to measuring the success of any event, online engagement has become a key metric. So, how can you broaden the exposure of your next event? Here are our top tips for boosting those shares, likes and comments.

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6 Bad Habits that are Killing Your Membership Marketing

Membership Marketing

The most recent research shows that nearly half of all professional and trade associations are experiencing growth in their membership counts. But that also means over half of associations are reporting declines or stagnation in membership. What is holding back growth for these associations? Much of the problem lies in not following sound marketing practices.

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What New Members Want

Association Success

Welcoming new members at in-person events sets the tone for engagement. Through my research into new member engagement , conducted alongside Amanda Kaiser at Kaiser Insights, we found that programs designed to welcome new members into an organization get results. They can boost member renewal rates and improve a member’s experience for the long haul.

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Helping—and Keeping—Members in Hard Times

Associations Now

Whether due to job loss or career transition, your members might face times when it’s difficult to pay dues. Offering a transitional membership category can be one way to retain members through a period of hardship. Melissa Klingberg still remembers a time when economic and job conditions were not so favorable in the healthcare industry. At the height of the 2008 recession, the North Carolina Medical Group Management Association started to see its membership numbers dip.

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Navigating Payroll Compliance: Future-Proofing Payroll in an Evolving Regulatory Landscape

Speaker: Jennifer Hill

Payroll compliance is a cornerstone of business success, yet for small and midsize businesses, it’s becoming increasingly challenging to navigate the ever-evolving landscape of federal, state, and local regulations. Mistakes can lead to costly penalties and operational disruptions, making it essential to adopt advanced solutions that ensure accuracy and efficiency.

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Spektrix and Artifax announce powerful new event management functionality

Event Industry News

Partnership gives local arts and entertainment organisations more flexibility to evolve revenue models and manage their venues as an asset. Spektrix, the leading cloud-based box office software for arts and entertainment organisations, today announced a new feature that combines the streamlined benefits of Artifax event management with the ticketing, marketing and fundraising functionality Spektrix clients already enjoy.

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12 Ways to Add More Hygge to Your Office

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

If you are on Instagram or Pinterest at all, you can’t help but run into a lot of hygge-inspired photography. (The photo at the top of this post isn’t mine, but the smaller ones below are.) Hygge is the Danish concept of coziness, comfort, warmth, and charm that gets Danes through the long, cold, dark winters. It’s about enjoying and indulging in the small things, even when the environment around you is much less hospitable or pleasurable.

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Why Member Engagement No Longer Means Face-to-Face

GrowthZone

Your members don’t need to show up to all your events to be engaged. It’s time for associations of every size to walk away from 20 th -century rules and fully embrace online marketing. Here’s one of five proven tactics that will increase member engagement through online interaction. Use Storytelling to Drive Digital Engagement. Content is critical for engaging members and prospects, so don’t overlook the power of storytelling.

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Membership Hack: Get Social With Onboarding

Associations Now

When new members join, you might send them a welcome letter or packet of information. But one association goes a step further and recognizes new members on social media platforms. How to hack it? When a company joins the Air Conditioning Contractors of America, they receive traditional member-onboarding materials, including a mailed packet of information, a welcome email, and a check-in call.

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How To Build an Exceptional Member Experience | Weds, Dec 11th, 3PM EDT

Speaker: Jessica Bonney from VICA and Jeff Horne from Wicket

What does delivering an exceptional member experience mean in today's world? With the right insights, tools, and strategies, you can identify what truly matters to your members, drive meaningful engagement at scale, and continue to meet the ever-evolving needs of your members. Join association experts Jessica Bonney from VICA and Jeff Horne from Wicket who will share practical insights on how to build an exceptional member-driven experience by gaining a deeper understanding of your members and d

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EventsAIR’s EventStream Engage wins best new product in the 2018 Australian Event Awards

Event Industry News

EventsAIR has been recognised for its outstanding work in event technology with the announcement of national winner of Best New Product category in the 2018 Australian Event Awards. EventsAIR’s EventStream Engage was released earlier this year and provides a powerful yet flexible and cost-effective solution for event managers to increase attendee engagement via setting goals and activities which attendees access through the EventsAIR Attendee App.

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Elaboration - The Key to Transformative Content?

AMR Management Services

Associations create content – research and publications, conference presentations, professional development trainings, webinars and podcasts, etc. – all to support the learning and advancement of.

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How to Shape Your Personal Brand

Association Adviser

What are brands? Brands are perceptions. When people choose a brand over another, their choice is not random, but has developed over time. People choose brands because they have established perceptions and expectations of the benefits they will get from using that product or service. Just like product and services, we have personal brands. You may not be aware of this, but you are building your brand every day.

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