WBT Systems

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Frugal Innovation Practices for Associations with Tight Budgets. Read more about Frugal Innovation Practices for Associations with Tight Budgets.

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Association Success

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Every membership organization has members who go above and beyond. . They’re the people who show up early to every panel, share every social media post and bring something extra to the table. They’re your biggest fans, advocates, and ambassadors. . But as much as you might appreciate your organization’s super users, it’s not always clear how to bring them into your overall strategy. .

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Follow these steps to make your year-end giving campaign the best yet, as well as getting inspired by three great examples.

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Blue Sky eLearn

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Recently, Blue Sky eLearn’s Senior Sales Director, Lance Simon, sat down with Emilio Alonso-Mendoza, CEO of AG Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, David Ditker, CEO of the Assistive Technology Industry Association, and Dan Streeter, Vice Presid e nt of Learning Strategy and Development at Blue Sky eLearn. . The four sat down to discuss what has been learned hosting virtual events over the past six months.

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 As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

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Aaron Wolowiec

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Communication misunderstandings are happening more in the current remote work world. Carol Vernon shares how individuals and teams can leverage their communication style preferences to get the best outcomes.

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Your association’s website is the main touchpoint for members and prospects. Make sure it’s providing the right experience with these easy-to-implement strategies.

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Higher Logic

OCTOBER 14, 2020

The post Want to Grow Non-Dues Revenue? Try a New Email Promotion Strategy appeared first on Higher Logic. Adopting a new email promotion strategy can help your association boost revenue from virtual events, webinars, online courses, and other paid opportunities. The post Want to Grow Non-Dues Revenue? Try a New Email Promotion Strategy appeared first on Higher Logic.

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Aaron Wolowiec

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Charlotte Muylaert, Marketing Leader for Billhighway is our Gardian of the Month.

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Association Success

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Starting with eight ways to increase engagement, and wrapping up with embracing change and failures, this week’s Friday Five shows association professionals are looking into changing their cultures for the better. . Every week, we pull five articles our audience liked most from our newsletters to keep up with what’s trending. How do we come up with this list?

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Wild Apricot

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Learn how you can spend more time out in nature and less time managing your organization with recreation software.

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Higher Logic

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The post 7 Best Practices for Online Community Moderation appeared first on Higher Logic. Community moderation is a skill, first and foremost. Take these seven steps to effectively moderate your community. The post 7 Best Practices for Online Community Moderation appeared first on Higher Logic.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Setting up Google Analytics goals gives you insight into your association's audiences, your website performance, and your performance as a marketer. Here's how. The post Google Analytics for Associations: The 4 Analytics Goals Every Association Must Track appeared first on Association Adviser.

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Association Success

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Foundation regularly reports on association sources and ratios. According to a November 2016 report , revenues from membership dues were down to 45% of total revenue for trade associations and a meager 30% for professional associations. Advances in technology have opened new doors of opportunity to drive non-dues revenue.

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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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Smooth The Path

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Unless you work for a kayak seller, or a flour producer, or a toilet paper manufacturer, you are probably wondering how stable your livelihood is. Finances and job stability are many people’s number one worries right now. Business owners are wondering how to keep their businesses afloat, organization leaders are wondering if they can keep their full staff employed, employees are wondering how long they will have a job, and freelancers are wondering where their next project is coming from.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

While the events industry has gained support in Parliament following today’s Westminster Hall debate secured by Owen Thompson MP (Tuesday 13 th October), and the appeal by The British Event Industry Coalition (The BEIC) to endorse the empowerment of event industry professionals to provide COVID compliant events is gathering momentum; suppliers of the private life-cycle events sector are still being disregarded, namely small business owners, sole traders and freelancers who are not “employed” by

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Tony Martignetti. Today Tony Martignetti joins us to talk about marketing your bequests program. ~ Kristina. Guest Post by Tony Martignetti. Many nonprofit communicators shy away from spending much time marketing Planned Giving at their organizations. But here’s the thing: your donors won’t think to include your organization in their wills unless you ask them.

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Association Success

OCTOBER 12, 2020

For the past six months, we’ve been focused on surviving the pandemic, juggling a remote office, educating our children and staying on top of our responsibilities. But many of us have not taken the necessary step of making sure we are okay. Having these responsibilities piled on top of each other can be an overwhelming and stressful experience, one that is understandable and sometimes expected.

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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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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Virtual Expo Truths. Nearly every conference and trade show professional is searching for that perfect virtual platform or pricing model for replacing lost expo revenue. I’ve got bad news for you. Virtual expos will never be able to come close to replacing the revenue generated from your face-to-face expo. Here’s some of our learnings: 1. Corporate Booth.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 14, 2020

2Heads Global Design , the UK’s leading independent experiential brand marketing agency have been synonymous with innovation and experience design for nearly 40 years. Renowned for creating world class experiential marketing solutions that merge the limits of live and online, 2Heads were nominated in four categories at this years Event Technology awards on the agency’s debut year of entering.

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AssociationChat

OCTOBER 15, 2020

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Association Success

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In a healthy workplace, there is a culture of collaboration where people are friendly with each other and leadership understands exactly what each employee needs to do their best work. . That kind of understanding and solid relationship-building can only happen in an organization where people listen to one another. The employees’ concerns, feelings, and ideas need to be heard by their leaders and co-workers. .

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MemberClicks

OCTOBER 14, 2020

This is unchartered territory we’re all in right now — trying to navigate COVID-19 and how it’s not only impacting us, but our key constituents as well. For you, that’s your members.

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 12, 2020

On 2nd & 3rd of October, in spite of the pandemic and mixed weather, The Festival of Antiques Market was held at the East of England Arena and Events Centre. For two days, visitors and bargain hunters were able to browse and shop a great selection of indoor and outdoor stalls, all with strict COVID19 safety procedures in place. The Festival of Antiques is the first indoor activity at the arena since the lockdown.

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Nonprofit Marketing Guide

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Rebecca Barrack. Here is the latest submission for our Day in the Life of a Nonprofit Communicator series. This series lets you describe your workday in your own words. Rebecca Barrack works mostly at home with some time in the office. Let’s see how she does it. Rebecca’s Bio: Rebecca is a wife and working mama of two beautiful girls, living on the Space Coast of Florida.

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Ungated

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Millions of college graduates continue to face uncertainty as they attempt to enter a workforce that’s been dramatically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. While many sectors of the global economy have been hard hit, community association management continues to be a profession in high demand. CAI launched the Community Management Training and Certification Program in September for 2020 college graduates.

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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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MemberClicks

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Are you planning on hosting a virtual event or virtual conference in the next several months? Maybe you’ve already hosted one, but you know you’ll need to host another down the road. Or, maybe you’re still planning on hosting an in-person event, but you’re considering adding in a virtual component (what many are now referring to as a ‘ hybrid event ’).

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Event Industry News

OCTOBER 16, 2020

Steven Charles Rooney (52) received an 11-year ban, which is effective from 18 October 2020, while his wife, Linn Rooney (40), was previously disqualified for 6 years. Husband and wife are banned from acting as directors or directly or indirectly becoming involved, without the permission of the court, in the promotion, formation or management of a company.

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Virtual

OCTOBER 16, 2020

In this episode of Five Minutes with Andy, we are joined by Gustavo Rodriguez, an operations manager at Virtual, Inc. to discuss two of Andy’s favorite things - baseball and business. Join Gustavo and Andy as they talk about the similarities between being a team player in baseball and at work. We also get to hear about Gustavo’s father, an MLL baseball player.

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