Sat.Aug 06, 2022 - Fri.Aug 12, 2022

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Why your association needs to adopt a data governance policy

Nimble AMS

Does your association have a data governance policy? In our data-driven world, governance is crucial in maintaining the integrity, accuracy, and security of your organization’s data. But according to the Community Brands 2022 Association Trends Study , only 39% of association professionals have one! While data analytics might be communicated as a high priority, the surveyed association professionals report their confidence in the state of their member data remains weak.

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Planning the Perfect Annual Fund Campaign

Wild Apricot

If you’re looking to bring in secure funding for your nonprofit organization, annual fundraising is a must-do! A watertight annual fund campaign helps you strengthen donor relationships, bring in new supporters and secure your operational expenses.

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Here’s Your Chance to Experience the Potential of Flipped Conference Learning

WBT Systems

How about a little homework before you attend the upcoming ASAE Annual Meeting in Nashville? I promise it won’t take much time at all.

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Findings of 2022 Non-Profit Survey on Value Proposition

Aaron Wolowiec

Halmyre has released their latest report: Growing Value: Findings of Halmyre's Non-Profit Value Proposition Survey. This is based on the 2022 survey of Non-Profit Executives about value proposition, member engagement, pricing strategy, and data intelligence. Here are two highlights from the learning.

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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 As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.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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Association Brain Food: 8.12.22

Reid All About it

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. Membership model. It’s the right time to reevaluate your association’s membership model , says MemberSuite, because members (and their employers) most likely have different expectations, preferences and needs after two years of economic and pandemic-induced change.

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Drones, Robots, and Farmers—Prepare Your Association To Meet Fast-Moving Technology Trends

.orgSource

To make a point about technology and its impact on the future of work, Hugh Lee, Co-Founder of Fusion Productions, told me this story: “Several years ago, we invited some young presenters who were developing cutting edge farming technology to digitalNow. They were using drones to fly over fields and analyze the irrigation and fertilizer […]. The post Drones, Robots, and Farmers—Prepare Your Association To Meet Fast-Moving Technology Trends appeared first on.orgSource.

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Philanthropy must prioritize elevating and including Black voices

Candid

In 2020, the philanthropic sector started conversations about how philanthropy can better support Black-led organizations and the Black community. Organizations hosted “listening” sessions, in which the Black community shared their experiences with leaders in the sector, mostly non-Black people of color and white people. In my opinion these sessions to “educate” individuals and organizations, stirred up Black trauma and reinforced stereotypes.

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Five tips to improve your connection with Gen Z members

Nimble AMS

Is your association looking for ways to boost your ties with Gen Z members? At times, it may seem like younger members are speaking a different language but strengthening your communication with Gen Z professionals ensures a future of member engagement and retention. . Here are five ways to improve your connection with young professionals at your association: How to connect with Gen Z members at your association.

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Using RACI to Make Your Collaboration Faster

PROPEL

Everyone wants collaboration, particularly across silo lines, but we often fail to acknowledge that collaboration comes with some down sides as well, specifically the toll it can take on speed. Collaboration requires meetings, and meetings take time. If you take collaboration to an extreme (everyone collaborates on every project or decision), then obviously next to nothing could get done.

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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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Smart Growth: How to Expand Your Nonprofit’s Programs While Resisting Temptations

Blue Avocado

Article In Brief: The Problem: New ideas for expanding impact tempt nonprofits to expand their target population, chase new grants or donors, and/or enlarge mission without realizing organization growth. Why it Happens: Nonprofit founders and leaders seek new ways to make a bigger impact without considering all the impacts on the organization. The Solution: Nonprofits […].

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Cracking into corporate giving

Candid

Corporations have the resources to provide significant funding to nonprofits and are becoming a growing part of many organizations’ revenue streams. So how do you tap into these funds? We’re here to help you crack into the corporate giving options available to you. . Some background: Corporations donated over $20 billion in 2021. , This number has been steadily increasing over the past few years, growing 23.8% between 2020 and 2021 according to Giving USA. .

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Employee training is the key to helping your entire organization grow

Nimble AMS

Do you offer technology training opportunities for your employees? Providing employee training ensures great benefits for your association. You’ll have better-skilled staff, who are more confident and productive in their roles. With continued employee training, you’ll be able to promote from within your association, reducing the overall staff recruitment costs and increasing morale and loyalty within your organization. .

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3 Persistent Myths About Hybrid Work

Achurch

3 Persistent Myths About Hybrid Work. If you learn a hobby on your own, you risk developing bad habits or poor techniques that will come back to haunt you later. However, an experienced instructor can guide you to improve your performance in a healthy, sustainable way. Expert guidance also makes a difference for organizations adopting the hybrid work model.

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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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Pet Rules: Creating fair and reasonable rules fur better or worse

Ungated

By Joni Lucas . Establishing reasonable rules can help communities striving to be pet friendly avoid ending up in the doghouse. Developing fair pet rules are critical to keeping Fido, their owners and the community content with tails wagging. . While it may seem some communities have gone to the dogs, it’s no surprise people are so enamored with their pooches and other pets.

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Five Favorite Tips on How to Write Faster

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

After our webinar on How to Write Faster at Work , we asked participants to name the one tip they planned to try first from the dozens we shared. Here are the top five tips nonprofit communicators plan to try first to write faster at work. Using a Timer. We recommend using a timer in two different ways when writing. First, if you are having trouble getting started, set it for 10 minutes and force yourself to write on the topic for that long, no matter how bad the writing may be.

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AEV announces a legal services partnership with nQ legal

Event Industry News

The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has announced a partnership with nQ legal, a law firm specialising in creative industries and live events. nQ legal, based in Manchester will support the AEV Conference 2022 at the Harrogate Convention Centre, November 30, 2022 and provide AEV members with access to legal services and consultants specialising in live events.

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Is It Time To Revisit Your Mission, Vision and Values?

Association Adviser

With the world going through immense changes over the last few years, many associations are taking a deeper look at the direction they want to take moving forward. For many, this re-evaluation has prompted the question of whether their mission, vision and values statements are still relevant for where the association is going. These statements […].

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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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Sit. Stay. Set standards: The most valid and enforceable pet restrictions are written in community declarations

Ungated

When drafting or amending pet restrictions in community associations, it’s important to be familiar with local laws. It’s also essential to review your community’s declaration to ensure pet restrictions and rules can’t potentially be challenged by an owner as unreasonable. A complete prohibition on pets in the declaration is valid and enforceable, says Denise Lash, an attorney, founder of Lash Condo Law in Toronto, and a past president of the CAI Canada Chapter.

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Get Your Email List Ready for Year-End Fundraising NOW

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

Based on some questions we got during last week’s webinar Getting People to Click: How to Write (Ethically!) for Opens, Clicks, and Conversions ( recording available with an All-Access Pass ), many of you still aren’t maintaining healthy email lists even though we’ve been talking about this for over 2 years now. This is concerning any time of year, but believe it or not, year-end giving is right around the corner and a clean email list is essential for making it through the mor

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Making Hay through the storm

Event Industry News

With eight years in the sector, Tinique Hay conceived Hay Events, a solution for entrepreneurs and small business management, in 2018. The company launched in lockdown, providing Hay with an opportunity to hone her virtual and hybrid event skills. In this episode, Tinique Hay talks host James Dickson through her background, her inspirations for the new business and why she singled out the entrepreneur niche.

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Attention-Grabbing Subject Lines for Your Organization’s Event Emails

MemberClicks

Half the battle in event planning is event promotion. And just because you share info about your event doesn’t mean that people will care. Crafting marketing messaging — emails in particular — should be fun and exciting, not challenging! Take the guess work our of writing event promo email subject lines with our ideas and templates. But first, lets explore email marketing for events, best practices and some stats.

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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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We tried the 5 best Higher Logic competitors - here's our feedback [In-depth comparison]

Clowder

If you’re responsible for any kind of online community, sooner or later you’ll come across Higher Logic. They’re one of the biggest players in this space and with the launch of their Higher Logic Thrive Community platform earlier in 2022, they’re determined to become even bigger.

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The Next Normal: There’s No Going Back

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

In March 2020, much of the office-world went virtual. Even while we were terrified and clear that the already existing disparities in our community would be exasperated, there was also a brief window where we felt like we had more control of our most precious resource: time. . As a consultant, I experienced the privilege of the new, Zoom, workplace.

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Ticket Tailor launches Flyah: a free website builder tool specifically for event creators

Event Industry News

Ticket Tailor, the online event ticketing platform for event creators, announces the launch of Flyah. Flyah is a free website builder tool built solely for events. The simple drag and drop tool, allows users to build beautiful, mobile responsive event websites in minutes, not hours. When event creators begin the journey of creating their experiences, a website can often be their first port of call in turning the idea into reality.

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Organizing a Hybrid Conference: Tips, Tricks and Tools

MemberClicks

Conferences are an amazing way to learn new skills, hear stories for other people in your industry and to meet new people. About 1 in 4 Americans work from home and the appeal of participating in events from home is more appealing than ever. But what is a hybrid event? Why would you host one? HOW would you host one? We’re diving into all the questions you have about hybrid conferences and events, so read on to learn more!

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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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How to Engage Association Members, Build Loyal Members, and Grow Revenue [Ultimate Guide]

Clowder

It’s getting harder and harder to engage association members. As demands on the public’s attention proliferate, community managers need to work harder and harder to ensure that their members see enough value to renew their memberships.

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Mixed Links for Nonprofit Communicators – August 12, 2022

Nonprofit Marketing Guide

The Bombay Club. New Orleans, LA. We’ve made it to another Friday! Hey – sometimes you gotta celebrate just making it through the week. Let’s wrap things up with the most helpful articles, posts, tips, and more from around the world of nonprofit marketing and fundraising. This week we have the important of the design process, TikTok Stories explained, some direct mail testing, and more.

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BMA House amongst first to achieve Greengage ECOsmart Platinum accreditation

Event Industry News

BMA House is amongst the first venues in the world to achieve Greengage’s ECOsmart Platinum accreditation. Platinum venues are described as having an: Outstanding approach with the highest possible standard of environmental sustainability applied. Platinum ECOsmart venues are leaders in hospitality and have considered sustainability in all aspects of their business.

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