Audience
For Association Professionals
For mid-level association staff and aspiring leaders working in every functional area of an association, in the U.S. and internationally.
-
FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
Want to Try a Gaming Telethon? Do Your Homework First.
Nonprofits are seeing a lot of success with charitable livestreams targeting the gaming community, a trend that is…
-
Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Daily Buzz: Managing the Post-Holiday Funk
How to jump back into the swing of things after an extended break. Also: designing your nonprofit website.
-
Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Make Your Expo Exceptional
If your conference includes an expo, here’s some good news: Globally, attendee satisfaction with conference shows has remained…
-
2020 Cybersecurity Trends: Expect Things to Get Weird
Security experts say that cyberattackers are more likely to get experimental when distributing malware or attacking businesses in…
-
Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Daily Buzz: Give Meeting Attendees What They Want
Use event crowdsourcing to create your meeting agenda. Also: How to recruit top talent to your organization.
-
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…
-
Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
What’s on the Horizon for Meetings in 2020?
A new year often brings change. Three ways that association meetings may transform in 2020.
-
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…
-
Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Study: More Nonprofits Likely to Offer Raises in 2020
According to a PNP Staffing Group report, around 80 percent of nonprofits expect to offer at least a…
-
MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Daily Buzz: Stay in Touch With Lapsed Members
Encourage membership renewals from lapsed members with these three strategies. Also: how to drown out the distractions and…
-
FundraisingArticleOver 5 years old
Five Steps PAC Managers Are Taking in the New Year
Managing a political action committee—small or large—takes time, knowledge, and preparation. There are Federal Election Commission (FEC) reports,…
-
Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Daily Buzz: Is Social Media Getting Less Social?
New research shows that users are moving away from public social platforms. Also: revamping meetings in 2020.
-
Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Study: Not Enough Progress on Gender Diversity at Events
A study analyzing speakers at thousands of events since 2013 found a small improvement in the representation of…
-
Conscious InclusionArticleOver 5 years old
Ideas for Making Your Conferences More Inclusive
You want to make sure every attendee has the best experience possible, and that may mean rethinking how…
-
Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
“Disrupt” Your Meeting to Improve Attendee Productivity
Karen Malone of HIMSS talks about how she constantly thinks about innovation and disruption, including with her own…
-
LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Get Started on a Digital Badging Program
Why do digital badges matter? Many of today’s workers are digital natives. If you want to look at…
-
Why We Love Associations: 10 Top Stories From the Associations Now Archives
From news to opinion to quirky features about creative association pros, these are some of the stories that…
-
AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Community College Group to Help Member Schools Offer Food, Services to Students
Many students drop out of college for nonacademic reasons, and the Michigan Community College Association wants that to…
-
Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Daily Buzz: Why Education Should Go Beyond Conferences
Continuing education matters, but should it come just from meetings? Research shows members might want other options. Also:…
-
Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Daily Buzz: WordPress’ Big Spam Problem
Black-hat marketers are taking advantage of the weaknesses in WordPress to inject links into old content on numerous…
-
Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
We Asked, You Answered: What’s on Your Stop-Doing List for 2020?
In response to our recent poll, Associations Now readers shared the bad habits they plan to break after…
-
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…
-
OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Four Essentials for Converting to a Virtual Office Environment
Many associations are considering the transition from brick-and-mortar offices to a partial or fully virtual environment. While it’s…
-
Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Daily Buzz: Resolve to Do Less Busywork
To grow professionally and organizationally, encourage your team to participate in a deeper level of work. Also: how…
