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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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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Hack: Super Bowl Wager
Members of the Home Furnishings Association placed a friendly wager in advance of Super Bowl LIV. The $1,000…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Want to Put Members in the Spotlight? Take Better Photos.
A professional photographer shares tips on how to put members front and center in the photos you take…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Hack: Karaoke Battle
Can your members carry a tune? You’ll find out if you put on a karaoke fundraiser, like the…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Give Young Members a Greater Leadership Voice
To cultivate its pipeline of future leaders, the National Automatic Merchandising Association evolved its Emerging Leaders Network to…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Apply UX Design to Ease Members’ Online Experience
Principles of user experience design can help associations help their members move easily around their websites and other…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
The Personality-in-Chief: The Case for CEO Authenticity
As the face of an organization, how a CEO presents to members, staff, and the public matters. Many…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Influencers-in-Chief: CEOs on Social Media
Like many association leaders, these three CEOs use social media to actively engage followers and gain influence for…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Board Smarts: Ease the Time Crunch
Add efficiency to make board service more effective.
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Tech Memo: Got Tech Debt?
Legacy IT systems can cost you more than you think. Get a better understanding of the impacts of…
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Business DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Data Point: More Investment in AI
Early adopters of artificial intelligence are feeling bullish on the new technology, which is being applied in a…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Memo: Element of Surprise
Make magic for members with a big reveal. Here’s how the Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Rules of Engagement: When to Offer Dues Waivers?
In life’s critical moments, consider skipping the invoice by offering dues waivers.
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Hack: Easier Transitions for Student Members
Students can get lost in the membership shuffle, especially as they move from school into careers. Here’s how…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Three Ideas to Ramp Up Digital Member Engagement
Associations pros frequently cite member engagement as a top challenge, and many of the most effective ways to…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Hack: A Conference Led by Young Members
The International Casual Furnishings Association highlights young members’ voices at an annual educational conference. Millennial and Gen Z…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Stay Up and Running With Microservices
Some complicated things are better understood as a series of smaller parts. That’s the thinking behind a technology…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Top Tips and Tricks From 2019 Membership Hacks
In the weekly Membership Hack column, we share small ways that associations save time, money, and resources while…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Share Your Members’ “Year in Review”
Businesses like Marriott, Spotify, and Facebook use “year in review” campaigns to connect and engage with users, customers,…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Give Members the Gift of In-Person Conversation
Individual face time feels like a precious commodity these days, which makes it an especially meaningful way to…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Create More Sustainable Meetings
Do you know the carbon footprint of your last meeting? Think about the distance attendees flew, the hotel…
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GovernanceArticleOver 5 years old
Use DiSC to Overcome Board Conflict
Board conflict is a familiar challenge for many association executives. Sharon Kneebone, IOM, CAE, executive director at the…
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FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Hack: Crowdsourcing Grant Opportunities
The International Documentary Association connects members to an online database of grant funding. Members can also ask questions…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Three Ways to Create Forever Members
Has membership fatigue set in with the people your association serves? A forthcoming book explores how associations and…
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Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
#TEC19: How Diversity and Inclusion Power Tech Innovation
ASAE’s 2019 Technology Exploration Conference kicked off on Tuesday with a conversation focused on the value of diversity,…
