Association Adviser
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Ten steps to shape and maintain your online career center into a resource that serves your members’ career development needs and improves membership value. The post What to Do When You Inherit a Career Center: 10 Things You Should Do Now appeared first on Association Adviser.
WBT Systems
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
The Attendee’s Learning Journey Begins, Not Ends, with Your Virtual Conference. Read more about The Attendee’s Learning Journey Begins, Not Ends, with Your Virtual Conference.
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Spark Consulting
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
What happens when your membership plan becomes reality? Join me and Dana Anaman (National Association of Professional Insurance Agents) Wednesday, September 30 at 10 am ET as we take you through our journey to increase membership for the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents. We’ll discuss how we approached membership recruitment, onboarding, engagement, retention, and renewal – the full membership lifecycle – to increase membership.
Wild Apricot
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Here are all the free nonprofit webinars happening in October 2020 that the Internet has to offer.
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 As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.
Higher Logic
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
The post Our Customer Reviews Make Higher Logic a G2 Leader in Online Community Management appeared first on Higher Logic. Find out why G2 named Higher Logic an Online Community Management Software leader for the 6th quarter in a row. The post Our Customer Reviews Make Higher Logic a G2 Leader in Online Community Management appeared first on Higher Logic.
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Association Success
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
I will be the first to admit it, I hate to move. Houses, apartments, furniture, out of an extremely comfy chair — moving is oftentimes a huge chore. Moving data can often be more painful and awkward than lifting the heaviest piece of bedroom furniture. That said, after moving and integrating data from three different CRMs, it’s often a necessary evil that, if done well, can come with some tangible rewards for customers and associations. .
Wild Apricot
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Looking to create or refresh your foundation's website? Here are 12 templates you can try and examples of real foundations who use them.
Higher Logic
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
The post The Community Manager’s Guide to Understanding Community Analytics appeared first on Higher Logic. If you want to grow your online community, develop a strategic approach to tracking your community’s analytics. The post The Community Manager’s Guide to Understanding Community Analytics appeared first on Higher Logic.
Association Adviser
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
We answer your questions about starting an association podcast to spread industry knowledge, connect with more people and improve your association's brand. The post Ask Us Anything: Association Podcasts appeared first on Association Adviser.
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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
Association Success
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
To maintain your company culture, you need to hire people who fit in. . If someone doesn’t agree with the culture or is resistant to certain practices, it’s going to be difficult to build an environment where everyone collaborates and works toward the same core purpose. MORE: Your association needs a well-defined core ideology to grow. Here’s how to get there.
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
Simply Intelligent have provided in-the-moment feedback, event management and lead capture solutions for over 15 years. Providing solutions before cloud and mobile technology were part of our day to day lives. Yet you may not have heard of them…. They aim to bring a fresh, adaptable and affordable approach to event tech. Drawing on years of experience, they hope to simply provide answers for those that have thought… ‘Wouldn’t it be great if …’ But have yet to find a solution that meets the
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Flickr Creative Commons photo. When I advise nonprofits on how to build effective media relations strategies on a modest budget, I preach the importance of being focused. Instead of casting a wide net, nonprofits are often better served by identifying a handful of journalists who are influential in reaching their highest-value audiences – then working to build relationships with those journalists.
Association Adviser
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
Answers to what's on association executives' minds regarding strategy & planning, virtual events, and member surveys from our Aug 2020 benchmarking webinar. The post Q&A: Planning for an Uncertain Content Year appeared first on Association Adviser.
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.
Smooth The Path
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
The association industry is rapidly figuring out how to deliver learning virtually. But the other promise of in-person meetings, creating connections, is one area that has been tougher to address digitally. Likely as we solve this problem, we will develop many options for virtual networking during virtual events and other synchronous and asynchronous methods.
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
Opinion piece from Thom Greybe, Digital Creative Director at Avantgarde. During the peak of lockdown, brands and agencies in the event industry had to pivot and create ideas suitable for the times we were living in. But as we now finally find ourselves moving back to some sort of normal, we must make sure the ideas and experiences we are developing are future proof and not just fit for lockdown life.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
A nonprofit brand and style guide is right up there with an editorial calendar as a top tool for nonprofit communications pros. Here are some of the core elements you might include in yours: Brand Guidelines (colors, fonts, logo use, etc.) Style Guide (word choices that convey voice and tone, preferred ways to say things, grammar/punctuation choices, formatting guidelines, etc.
Velvet Chainsaw
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
A virtual experience successful beyond their wildest dreams? You bettcha. Hear from two key executives from the APA on how they strategically turned a challenge into an opportunity to bring their community together like never before. They themed each day around relevant content, particularly via general sessions, and turned networking on its ear. Exhibitors?
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!
Delcor
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
The COVID-19 crisis has forced many organizations to move to a virtual office on a temporary or indefinite basis. These organizations have leveraged digital workplace tools to get work completed, communicate, and collaborate all from outside of a physical office. During that time, surveys have indicated employees feel more productive working from home.
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Founding director of independent promoter/festival organiser From The Fields, think Kendal Calling, bluedot, Inner City Electronic, Off the Record and Bournemouth’s Arts by the Sea, Ben Robinson is never short of ideas. Touching on Kendal Calling and the company mantra, in this episode Ben focuses on music, science and culture fest buedot, typically at Jodrell Bank University, and transforming the event for a virtual audience in 2020, which, with a lot of the content educational, wasn’t a straig
MemberClicks
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
If you’re starting to think about what events will look like in 2021 and beyond, you’re not alone. But it’s not so much a question of when we’ll be able to get together in large groups again, as it is a question of what the virtual side of events will look like. Yes, the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly accelerated our need for online events, the idea of a hybrid event with both in-person and virtual components has been around for years.
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
I’m starting to think about questions for the 2021 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report Survey, which we typically open in early November. This has been such a strange and different year. I’m wondering how much we should switch up our questions and how much we should leave as is. We typically alternate some questions every other year. So, we would typically ask this year about.
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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
ReviewMyAMS
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Guest blog by Tirrah Switzer, Association Advocate, Community Brands Last week, YourMembership and ReviewMyAMS hosted a partner webinar to discuss top trends to retain your existing membership dues and examples of how associations are effectively increasing non-dues revenue. Teri Carden, Read more. Tags: AMS. associations. revenue. membership.
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Warwickshire’s Stoneleigh Park was once again the venue of choice for The Glamping Show, ending on 19 th September with exhibitors reporting brisk business. Launched in 2015 by Swan Events, the three-day event has grown steadily, regularly attracting visitors from more than 45 countries. Still perceived by many as a cottage industry, the reality of glamping is very different, with the UK and Europe now at the forefront of a global phenomenon.
Association Success
SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
With COVID-19 changing the working world for the foreseeable future, organizations around the world are adjusting to the flexibility working remotely brings. Not only does working remotely increase productivity, lower costs and improve employee retention , it also opens the opportunity for a wider pool of applicants. That’s why we asked Wall Street Journal-bestselling author Robert Glazer to join us for “ How to build a world-class remote team ,” a virtual workshop that will share key principles
Nonprofit Marketing Guide
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
According to the newly released 2020 Global Trends in Giving Report , it is! This surprised me as our Nonprofit Communications Trends Surveys usually has nonprofit communicators ranking social media as more important than email. Maybe it’s time for that mindset to switch? Here is what the report says: 26% of donors worldwide say that email is the communication tool that most inspires them to give with social media coming in a close second at 25%.
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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.
Aptify
SEPTEMBER 21, 2020
W hen it’s time to look for your next association management software (AMS) system, one thing you need to decide is what hosting environment you want. Do you want your AMS hosted in the cloud or on-premises? It’s important to understand the differences between the options before you make a decision. So, let’s take a look at some key aspects of the two hosting environments.
Event Industry News
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
The Government have so far failed to engage with MP’s questions regarding the lack of support for companies, freelancers and staff from the events sector. As the industry appears to be ignored, the question is being taken direct to their door. The protest will be socially distanced and showcase the professionalism of the events industry. Registration, track & trace and masks are required.
Association Success
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
As any association leader knows, the membership economy is far from new. Yet this centuries-old concept has gained new traction in today’s economy as for-profit businesses and traditional associations work to earn buy-in from potential members. . The reasons behind the membership economy’s booming success are complex, but break down to four key trends.
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