Associations Now

OCTOBER 22, 2024

A white paper from the National Association of Corporate Directors suggests boards are at risk of succumbing to short-term, reactive responses to trends like generative AI. Boards are struggling to be fit to respond to a rapidly changing technological environment, according to a new report.

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AMR Management Services

APRIL 27, 2020

Why a Virtual Event? Virtual events are held for the same reasons as in-person events: to deliver your association’s message to drive leads and revenue, drive adoption, and build loyalty.

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AMR Management Services

APRIL 27, 2020

Why a Virtual Event? Virtual events are held for the same reasons as in-person events: to deliver your association’s message to drive leads and revenue, drive adoption, and build loyalty.

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Event Industry News

MAY 30, 2019

Titled ‘People Buy Experiences’, Keith Prowse’s white paper gives thought leadership on the changing face of hospitality. The paper also looks at the demands, trends and best practices for guest engagement and retention that lead to the creations of world-class experiences. .

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Spark Consulting

JULY 18, 2013

Back in April, I came out with a white paper of the same name, which focuses on looking at how associations are using AMS and/or CRM to form better relationships with their members and includes case studies of three associations that have each taken a different approach to this.

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Thanks For Playing

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

As a component of that presentation, and with Jeff De Cagna 's advice and assistance, I wrote a white paper on the same topic. This week, I'm going to be blogging about what's in the white paper. Switching from an information creation mindset to an information curation mindset is one potential way out of our dilemma.

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Spark Consulting

AUGUST 22, 2016

Over the next week, I’ll be blogging about and sharing excerpts from The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm , the eighth white paper in the ongoing Spark collaborative series. Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants.

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Spark Consulting

AUGUST 1, 2013

I’m at the Bridge Conference today, presenting on Attention Doesn’t Scale , the Spark white paper first released last fall. Nonprofits are making this problem worse for our stakeholders.

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YourMembership

OCTOBER 9, 2018

You’ve read white-papers, investigated pricing and discussed with peers, you know that membership management software will help grow your organization. You’ve done your research. This will be one of the most important decisions your organization makes as it will impact members, staff, and the bottom line.

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Association Success

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Many associations are missing the mark – and missing revenue potential – when it comes to their conference sponsorship offerings, according to the findings in our new white paper, “The New Sponsorship Model for Virtual Events.”. Our white paper provides examples of these marginal-value benefits include: Logo Placements.

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Wild Apricot

JULY 15, 2011

Here is a round-up of five free reports, white papers and e-books offering insight on fundraising, resource-raising and mobile phone usage.( read more ).

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Blue Sky eLearn

AUGUST 16, 2019

Produce a white paper or eBook. You can develop a full white paper that combines all of the blog posts or create an eBook that dives deeper into the subject or covers multiple webinars on similar topics. You can also use a blog post to summarize the webinar and link out to the recording and other relevant content.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 2, 2011

Here is a brief review of five recently published research reports, white papers, e-books and guides that might be of interest to non-profit and membership organizations.( read more ).

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Wild Apricot

MAY 26, 2014

In this guest post, Elizabeth Engel and Peter Houstle introduce their newly released white paper, Getting to the “Good Stuff”: Evidence-Based Decision Making for Associations.' One of the biggest problems we encounter in decision-making is the problem of asking the right question.

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JANUARY 14, 2013

So if you've read my recent FREE white paper on content curation , hopefully you're all jazzed to start doing it for your members. One way is to use Curata , a tool that helps you easily find, organize, and share content on topics of your choice. Shout out to Ray VanHilst for the link.).

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Thanks For Playing

JUNE 27, 2012

Check this white paper out first. The Perfect Tweet ? Doing a readership survey? Inclusion is not the goal. What color is a yield sign ? And what does that have to do with leadership? Is your association stupid ? You wrote a great blog post – now what ? Is your association having trouble figuring out how to use Facebook timeline ?

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Wild Apricot

MARCH 7, 2011

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Thanks For Playing

JANUARY 22, 2013

Our conversation was based on the FREE white paper I released recently, Attention Doesn't Scale. I recently had the opportunity to sit down (well, virtually, anyway) with Bryan Kelly of Association Mavens to talk about content curation and associations.

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Eric Lanke

OCTOBER 3, 2016

I just finished reading the latest white paper from Elizabeth Weaver Engel of Spark Consulting, this one written with Shelly Alcorn of Alcorn Associates Management Consulting, entitled "The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm." The white paper is a good read, with real practical advice.

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Event Industry News

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

A new report released by Green Tourism, Visit Belfast and the Global Destination Sustainability Movement shows Belfast’s transition to become a premier sustainable tourism destination – and how other cities can learn from its approach A white paper released at the UKinbound Annual Convention in Belfast reveals how a pioneering partnership between Green (..)

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Jamie Notter

DECEMBER 17, 2019

In case you missed it, Maddie and I released a new white paper earlier this month about our new maturity model for culture management. The title of the paper is the same as this blog post, The New Work of Culture, and we chose that title because we’re trying to wake people up a little bit here.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 31, 2025

Host: Cecilia Sepp, CAE, CNP, principal and founder, Rogue Tulips Consulting Guest: Scott Hodge, author of the white paper Reining in Americas $3.3 Trillion Tax-Exempt Economy , and Tax and Fiscal Policy Fellow, Arnold Ventures Thu 2/6 at 10 a.m.

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.orgSource

JANUARY 28, 2025

Download our white paper for actionable insights on how to thrive in a digital-first world. Cybersecurity: We ensure your organization is protected with robust, future-ready security measures. Ready to lead your industry into the future? Take the first step with our Future-Ready Survey and identify areas for improvement.

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Association Success

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Invest in a valuable white paper. If you want to earn media coverage and position your association as a thought leader, white papers are the way to go. Many organizations offer a white paper in exchange for an email address.

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Spark Consulting

JULY 25, 2016

In this unsession, we’ll share a preview of our soon-to-be released whitepaper, The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm (yep, the next Spark white paper is about to drop, y’all!).

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Spark Consulting

APRIL 2, 2019

They’re also looking for the opportunity to demonstrate expertise, whether formally through things like conference presentations, research projects, “how to” guides, and white papers, or informally through interacting with your members.

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Spark Consulting

AUGUST 12, 2013

I’m excited to announce the third Spark white paper – The Mission Driven Volunteer – co-authored with Peggy Hoffman , CAE, President of Mariner Management. This week, I’ll be blogging about the contents of the whitepaper. The basic premise is: Associations’ current model of volunteering is broken.

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InternetAssociation

JULY 2, 2020

London, UK - Internet Association (IA) – the trade association that represents leading global internet companies on public policy – today has unveiled a White Paper detailing the key digital provisions that should be part of any U.S.-UK economies - as our White Paper today highlights. UK trade agreement.

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Spark Consulting

MAY 20, 2021

Even in one of the first collaborative white papers I produced, The Mission-Driven Volunteer , with Peggy Hoffman, we shared the story of the Oncology Nursing Society, where they were able to go from 1:26 active volunteer members to 1:5.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 22, 2015

I’m also helping them with case studies, white papers, tip sheets and articles. You can also find me online writing on the blogs of some of the best technology vendors in the association market, but I’m doing that undercover in collaboration with some of the best brains in the industry.

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Thanks For Playing

MAY 24, 2018

In 2016, Shelly and I returned to this issue and co-authored a white paper, The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm , addressing the crisis brewing in the global education to employment system and the unique role we believe associations can play in solving it. It was a great conversation and the topic stuck in my mind.

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Spark Consulting

MAY 24, 2018

In 2016, Shelly and I returned to this issue and co-authored a white paper, The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm , addressing the crisis brewing in the global education to employment system and the unique role we believe associations can play in solving it. It was a great conversation and the topic stuck in my mind.

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Associations Now

JULY 23, 2024

Mimo is trained on material from Pub Hub, ISA’s repository of proprietary information—white papers, articles, webinars, and more—to answer user questions relevant to the field. ISA leadership began discussions about creating Mimo late last year. “We I see that as a value-add to what LLMs can do.”

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Spark Consulting

AUGUST 29, 2019

A few months ago, Shelly Alcorn ( Alcorn Associates , Ubiquity University ) and I released a white paper titled Blockchain for Associations: Separating the Hype from the Promise. Would you like to? We released it at digitalNOW, in a session I gave with Katherine Matthews (of NCARB ).

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Spark Consulting

AUGUST 26, 2016

Download The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm white paper. We’ve got you covered. Remember: it’s free!

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Spark Consulting

JUNE 14, 2013

Today’s Top 5 is a list of my answers: This graffiti, photo taken in my neighborhood –> A new collaborative project I’m working on with Peggy Hoffman , a white paper tentatively titled: The Mission Driven Volunteer. I am so fortunate to know such smart people!

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