Author
Tim Ebner
Tim Ebner is communications director and press secretary at the American Forest & Paper Association in Washington, DC. He is a member of ASAE’s Communication Professionals Advisory Council and a former Associations Now senior editor.
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
3 Ways to Involve Members in Innovation
A new study says associations are developing better practices for pursuing innovation, but it’s often a top-down effort.…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Small but Mighty Meetings
To create a meeting with high impact, you don’t need a big budget or a huge crowd. You…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Board Smarts: Focus Formula
Use the 80/20 rule for better board meetings.
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Tech Memo: Rise of the DPO
GDPR ushers in the data protection officer. Here’s why that role is becoming necessary for many organizations.
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Memo: Letter Perfect
Small changes, like the American Alliance of Museums' addition of a gender-neutral prefix, make inclusion real for members.
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Rules of Engagement: Hold Back the Flood
Welcome new members with a steady, manageable stream of information.
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Hack: Recruitment Competition for Chapters
The National Association of Home Builders encourages friendly competition among chapter members with an annual fall membership drive.…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
The Art of the Welcome Email
When a new member joins your organization, don’t miss the opportunity to strike the tone with the right…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
A Do-It-Yourself Approach to Meetings
The Society for Personality and Social Psychology offers grants that fund members’ big ideas for small meetings. Members…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Hack: There’s No ‘I’ in Member
In communications with members, do you talk too much about yourself? The Society for Vascular Ultrasound removes ‘I’…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Help Rising Stars Build Soft Skills
Tracy Allen has been working for several years to cultivate important “soft skills” to help her get ahead…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Hack: Online Acronym Finder
The Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society recently revamped its acronym guide from a printed piece to a searchable online…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Looking Back to Move Forward With Member Data
The Entomological Society of America’s new membership study looks at historical data to shed light on current challenges…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Electric Power Industry Takes Command-Center Approach to Hurricane Florence
Hurricane Florence poses a severe threat to the Southeast, including coastal and low-lying regions of the Carolinas. As…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Use a Chatbot to Answer Members’ FAQs
When your members ask questions via social media, do you respond? It might hard to keep up. When…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Helping Chapters Reach Peak Performance
When it comes to volunteering, Michael Rosenberg, senior manager for member engagement at the Special Libraries Association, has…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Hack: Chapter Leaders as Conference Promoters
The Association for Corporate Growth organizes a competition to encourage chapter leaders to promote its annual conference. Participants…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
What’s Changed for Associations and Members Post-GDPR?
It’s been more than three months since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation went into effect. So,…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
3 Mistakes to Avoid During Member Onboarding
Common missteps or incorrect assumptions can jeopardize new-member relationships. The author of Retention Point, a new book on…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Add Purple People to Your Tech Team
Melissa Garcia, CAE, says there are typically two kinds of people in associations: blue people, who are business-oriented…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Hack: Speed Mentoring
There’s a quick way to make mentorship matches. “Speed mentoring” rotates participants around a room for rapid-fire conversations…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Turn Members Into Hackers (the Good Kind)
Associations can enlist their members to participate in quick-sprint hackathons to help develop new products and services. In…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
3 Tips for Perfectly Timed Renewal Reminders
Your members’ renewal date is important to you, but—like it or not—it’s probably low on their priority list.…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Hack: Referral Incentives
The Association of Academic Physiatrists incentivizes members who recruit members in August. For each new or reinstated member…
