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How to prepare your association for 2022 and beyond

Nimble AMS

As an association leader, pr eparing for an uncertain future can seem like a big challenge. . These ideas from a recent association trends study can help you prepare your organization for whatever comes next. As an association leader, you might look at 2022 stretched out before you and wonder how to prepare for what’s to come. After all, the past two years have given us all twists and turns. .

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How the Association of Change Management Professionals Launched a New Online Community

Higher Logic

The post How the Association of Change Management Professionals Launched a New Online Community appeared first on Higher Logic. Introducing a new online space for member engagement represents a big change. How did the staff at the Association of Change Management Professionals pull it off? The post How the Association of Change Management Professionals Launched a New Online Community appeared first on Higher Logic.

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The Big Shift—A Conversation About the Impact of Change

.orgSource

The Association 4.0 Podcast allows me to do something I love. I’m able to exchange ideas and opinions with the savviest leaders in the industry. Recently, Jacqualine Price Osafo, MBA, CAE, and I had a wide-ranging conversation about the need to shift and the impact of change. The adjustments we made to manage uncertain circumstances […]. The post The Big Shift—A Conversation About the Impact of Change appeared first on.orgSource.

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Learning Science Made Easy: Retrieval Practice

WBT Systems

Let’s say you encounter a juicy, insightful paragraph while reading an article and think, “Wow, this is good. I need to remember this.” You slow down and read it again.

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 As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

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How to Create Quick Wins with Analytics

Association Analytics

The post How to Create Quick Wins with Analytics appeared first on Association Analytics.

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5 Recommendations in Honor of Healthy by Association Milestone Anniversary

Aaron Wolowiec

As I reflect on the past five years of Healthy by Association and plan for the year ahead, following are five ways each of us can easily integrate more intentional health and wellness practices into our personal and professional lives.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.21.22

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Membership survey. Please participate in MGI’s 14 th annual Membership Marketing Benchmarking Survey , our industry’s most comprehensive and valuable study on membership marketing. The more data MGI collects for this study, the richer the results for everyone. The survey closes next week so don’t delay.

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Reducing Member Churn with Predictive Analytics

Association Analytics

The post Reducing Member Churn with Predictive Analytics appeared first on Association Analytics.

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Preparing your organization for an uncertain future

Aptify

As an enterprise association, trade or labor union leader, how can you plan for 2022 and beyond when you don’t know what’s in store? . Here is some association trends data that can help point the way for your organization to better serve your members in uncertain times. . Planning for the future isn’t always easy. After the twists and turns from the past two years, who knows what’s to come?

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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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OnePlan is now free for anyone to plan an event site

Event Industry News

Event site planning platform OnePlan is now free to use for anyone to plan an event. OnePlan gives event and festival organisers the ability to design their event site easily in one platform, enabling real-time collaboration for colleagues, partners, suppliers and any stakeholder. Whatever you want to plan on a map, you can now do it for free in OnePlan.

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Can’t Raise Cash Through No VAULT of Your Own?

Blue Avocado

Do you lead a nonprofit that needs money? Do you look with envy on some other executive directors who haul dollars into their vaults in sacks or bitcoins? Maybe you’re like me—an outsider director. Outsider directors don’t know rich people who are trying to give away their estate. We didn’t graduate from a famous college. […]. The post Can’t Raise Cash Through No VAULT of Your Own?

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How to Create Quick Wins with Analytics – 2/9/22

Association Analytics

The post How to Create Quick Wins with Analytics – 2/9/22 appeared first on Association Analytics.

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4 Tips for using video effectively in your digital strategy

Candid

As a nonprofit professional, you know how powerful advocacy videos can be for charitable organizations. Just think of the classic ASPCA video featuring a carousel of devastating animal video clips and Sarah McLachlan's melancholic voice in the background. You know it’s almost impossible to watch that video without a few tears welling up in your eyes!

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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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London wins bid to host 2023 Ecocity World Summit

Event Industry News

London has won a bid to host the biennial Ecocity World Summit in June 2023. First held in 1990, Ecocity World Summit is the pioneer global conference on sustainable cities. Every two years it brings together urban stakeholders from across the globe to focus on key actions cities and citizens can take to rebuild our human habitat in balance with living systems.

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How Often Nonprofits Communicate

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

If you’re curious about how often other nonprofits communicate on Facebook, Instagram, email, or any other communications channels, we have answers from the 2022 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report. . Communications frequency is one strong indicator of effectiveness. If you don’t get your messages in front of the right people often enough, it’s hard to accomplish your communications, marketing, and fundraising goals.

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Reducing Member Churn with Predictive Analytics – 1/27/22

Association Analytics

The post Reducing Member Churn with Predictive Analytics – 1/27/22 appeared first on Association Analytics.

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How to Be a Great Supervisor: Insights Learned from 20 Years of Managing

Blue Avocado

People are experiencing a level of stress never seen or imagined in the past. We call on employees more than ever to effectively balance their work life with increasing economic, health & safety, family, cultural, and political challenges. How can supervisors help their employees perform at their most productive level amid all the stressors in […].

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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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Holding a virtual exhibition on your WordPress website

Event Industry News

Virtual events are increasingly getting popular. Keep reading to learn how to hold a virtual exhibition by using WordPress if you’ve been pushed into hosting an online event or you just like the notion of hosting a virtual exhibition in general. Benefits of Virtual Events: Why are virtual events better than physical events? Remote participation.

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Blogs I Read Often for Mixed Links

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

If you are new here, just about every Friday I poke around the internet and try to find articles, blog posts, videos or downloads that I think can help you either do your job better or take care of yourself. We call this round-up Mixed Links. While I often have people email links, below are the blogs or websites I could share with you pretty much every week.

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New year, new look. Introducing 2022 Candid Seals of Transparency.

Candid

This year, as part of our commitment to bring greater value to nonprofits, we’re launching Candid Seals of Transparency with a fresh, new look. Seals are a tangible way to demonstrate your organization’s commitment to transparency and build confidence among potential supporters. . Be one of the first organizations to earn a new 2022 Seal of Transparency to display on your Candid nonprofit profile and website.

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Hiring talent: 5 strategies to recruit and retain young professionals

Ungated

Contributed by Nicole Tacktikos. Finding talented young professionals to recruit, develop, and retain has become increasingly more challenging for numerous industries, including community association management. Mentorship and career development have become critical components to cultivate loyal, knowledgeable, and effective community managers. Community association management companies and associations need to adjust their hiring strategies to attract and motivate young professionals in a highl

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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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Top event trends we expect to see in 2022

Event Industry News

At Canapii, we have witnessed a tremendous rise in the use of the virtual and hybrid format. These events deliver rich experiences of a remote and physical event simultaneously. We believe that these events will continue to grow in popularity and evolve in ways we have never seen before. Here are some of the event tech trends in Canapii that will get you excited about hybrid: Badges will be printed and distributed among attendees to allow a smooth and contactless check-in in the venue.

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Learn about the key indicators that dictate whether you need a new membership model

HighRoad Solution

As you, your fellow executives and board members gaze into the future, you may be throwing around or even “test driving” ideas of new models to diversify your revenue streams and change how you monetize your content. This could be due to revenue declines, or just the need to adapt to new market drivers. Whatever the reason, you're not alone. Over the last few years, a majority of associations have reported difficulties in membership engagement and growth, and have turned to innovation before deg

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Transform Strangers into Friends

Smooth The Path

When attendees have a great networking experience, they may feel joyful, excited, accomplished, and perhaps more open to possibilities. But all too often, networking events leave participants, especially those who are alone, feeling rejected, awkward, exhausted, stressed, embarrassed, lonely, and vulnerable. During the recent Virtual Networking Incubator, a 12-week event co-founded by Matchbox Virtual Media and me; we spent some time exploring the emotions that come forward while networking. 58%

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Refreshing Membership Trends in Association Industry Survey Results

GrowthZone

GrowthZone recently released the 2022 Association Industry Survey results. Last November, GrowthZone surveyed over 300 association professionals across the U.S. and Canada. The results showed a number of interesting trends impacting today’s associations covering the topics of: -Annual operating budgets. -Membership growth and retention. -New services and innovations.

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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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Hilton Birmingham Metropole tailors events offering for overnight stays

Event Industry News

Hilton Birmingham Metropole – one of the UK’s most expansive overnight meetings and events destinations – has unveiled its new-look and highly flexible bedroom options, which are aimed at meeting the evolving needs of its guests. More than 600 of the hotel’s rooms have been upgraded and adapted as part of the venue’s much anticipated, multi-million pound refurbishment.

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Nimble AMS Celebrates its 30th Release

Nimble AMS

Welcome to 2022- a new year full of fresh perspectives, bigger opportunities, and celebrations filled with laughter and fun. At Nimble AMS, the start of the new year signifies a big milestone for us – our 30 th release. That’s a decade (10 years!!) of following Salesforce seasonal release model. . We started Nimble AMS to challenge the status quo.

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Identify Spots of Fear for a Better Member Experience

Smooth The Path

There are points at which your members are in heightened states of fear. They probably wouldn’t admit to feeling fear. And they certainly wouldn’t recognize their fear as irrational, although it probably is. Fear is felt at all ages and stages of membership, even though what we might see is posturing, overcompensating, and carefully hiding anxiety.