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.
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Recruiting the Next Generation of Volunteer Firefighters
Although an estimated 85 percent of fire departments are supported entirely or mostly by volunteers, the number of…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
3 Lessons: Authentic Leadership
Dresden Farrand, CAE Vice President of Chapter Development Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc. Alexandria, Virginia It’s OK to not know.…
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Executive LeadershipArticleOver 5 years old
How I Got Here: Kim Grimm
Kim Grimm Interim Executive Director National Association for Catering and Events Columbia, Maryland Kim Grimm’s 20-plus years in…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Tips for Branding and Marketing a New Event
Getting a new association event off the ground is no small matter. It takes a team effort to…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Takeaways From the Sam’s Club Closures
Sam’s Club, a Walmart-affiliated membership-based retailer, shut down a large number of locations this week with little notice.…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Friday Buzz: Facebook Turns Its Back on Publishers
Facebook is making major changes to the news feed that will most likely affect the organic reach of…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Hack: Referral Credits
The Textbook and Academic Authors Association recently debuted a referral program that incentivizes members to recruit prospects in…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
How to Collect Better Feedback About Your Meetings
How do you know what could be improved at your conferences if you aren’t getting honest feedback from…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
CompTIA Initiative Looks to Inspire Future Technologists
A new CompTIA survey shows that while more teens are interested in tech careers, there’s a lack of…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
Virtual Office: 4 Tips for a Successful Move
Thinking of taking your association from a physical space to a virtual office? You’ll want to hear about…
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LearningArticleOver 5 years old
Wednesday Buzz: Online Learning Trends You Need to Know
The latest digital educational trends may make you rethink your membership offerings. Also: notes on a blackout at…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Report: Anxiety, Bad Habits Common for Frequent Business Travelers
A new analysis from Columbia University on the impact of frequent business travel suggests that issues of insomnia,…
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Meetings / EventsArticleOver 5 years old
Have a Fireside Chat With Your Members at a Chapter Summit
Associations and their chapters are like families: You occasionally need to gather from near and far for face…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Tuesday Buzz: Make the Best of Twitter in 2018
Should nonprofits leave Twitter in the dust of 2017? Beth Kanter says key features mean the platform still…
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OperationsArticleOver 5 years old
What Should You Make of the CPU Security Crisis?
Meltdown and Spectre, a series of hardware-level exploits only disclosed last week, led to a collective freak-out on…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
Going Global: Professional Women’s Group Gets International Offshoot
At a time when women’s issues are at the top of the news cycle, the parent company of…
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Organizational StrategyArticleOver 5 years old
Monday Buzz: Why Negative Feedback Backfires
A study touted in the Harvard Business Review sheds new light on the value (or lack thereof) of…
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AdvocacyArticleOver 5 years old
Groups’ Public Housing Campaign Aims to Move Beyond the Stereotypes
The nonprofit campaign ReThink: Why Housing Matters doesn’t shy away from the negative stereotypes around public housing—but it…
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Career DevelopmentArticleOver 5 years old
How Associations Can Make a Match With Millennials
Gen Y is grown up now, and looking for legitimate leadership roles to match. That means casting off…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Associations USA: Oklahoma
17,121 Total number of registered nonprofits in 2014 Source: National Center for Charitable Statistics 12 Number of museums…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Creating a Friendlier World for Alzheimer’s Patients
The Greater Michigan Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association is finding ways to get people with Alzheimer’s disease and…
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
5 Steps to Win Back Members
Associations may find it difficult to retain members, and a decline in membership usually results in lost revenue.…
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Marketing / CommunicationsArticleOver 5 years old
Friday Buzz: Engagement Scores for the Real World
Association Success reveals how to make engagement scores more meaningful. Also: Six ways to create more successful tweets.
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MembershipArticleOver 5 years old
Membership Hack: Reinforce Members’ Resolutions
The American Nurses Association’s #fitnursefriday social media campaign engages members and keeps them accountable for their New Year's…
