Seriously?

By Kristi Spargo, CAE

Like gazillions of others around the globe, as of late I have spent some (aka way too much) time binge-watching TV. I subscribe to a variety of streaming services and recently selected a potential new addiction. After the first somewhat engaging episode, the little black box popped up in the corner and informed me, ‘120 seconds until the next episode’ and even included a clock politely counting down.  I said aloud with disgust to no one else in the room, “Are you serious right now?”

Association Peeps in Cubicles Drinking Coffee!

Our latest conversation with everyone’s Nerdy Best Friend, Beth Ziesenis, about technology and tech tools to help make your job (and life) a bit easier! Association Peeps in Cubicles Drinking Coffee! #5

 

The Edge of 17 – Celebrating a Strong Partnership

By: Rachel Luoma, MS, CAE

As Partners in Association Management celebrates our 20^th anniversary in 2018, we are looking back over the last 20 years as a way to help us learn from the past and navigate the future.  For anniversaries, a 20^th is often celebrated as it marks a major milestone. When it comes to age, 18 is usually a big celebration as it means the transition from child to adult.   But oftentimes, celebrating a 17^th anniversary is overlooked – that ends today! 

3 Leadership Tips from the North Pole

By: Shelly Joines

Santa has a BIG job. Millions of children around the globe look forward to one night (or morning) depending on your traditions, to see what Santa has in store for them. Year in and year out, Santa seems to get it right. Do you ever remember reading the news after the holiday season, that Santa had a bad outing? Nope, didn’t think so!

How does he pull that off so consistently? Santa is one person… there must be more to the story. Maybe he has a team of people involved!

Find New Ways to Invigorate Your Organization

Column originally published in the Tallahassee Democrat, September 2017 on Notes on Non Profits (http://www.tallahassee.com/story/life/causes/2017/09/10/find-new-ways-invigorate-your-organization/647385001/)

Question Posed to the Column:

“Many nonprofits are membership based and rely on dues and conference revenue to survive. For example, I am active in a national association about to celebrate its 35th anniversary. Our membership is aging out and young professionals are not joiners. And as travel funds disappear, they do not attend conferences anymore. I know this is a universal concern for many professional organizations. Your thoughts and advice?”

4 Things Your Members Expect from Your Association

Posted by Callie Walker, MemberClicks

People join associations for a number of reasons – professional development, networking opportunities, certifications and ongoing education, etc. But regardless of why they join, there are a few underlying expectations people have of your association – things they expect you to adhere to, regardless of size or industry.

Preparing for Disaster

By: Matt King

Summer is upon us. It is a time for sun, sand and fruity drinks by the pool. However, as the June and July months come to a close, we begin to relive the frightening moments leading up to last year’s Hurricane Hermine. We are seeing storms starting to form in the Atlantic. The City of Tallahassee is instructing its citizens on where to fill up sand bags. Our minds start racing as we plan for the worst.

Social Media Professionalism

By: Lesli Sullivan

Online social networking has given us a new way to build connections for career management. It can also be a trap for self-induced embarrassment. Despite the importance of being professional online, research has shown that too few people heed the expert’s advice and it is costing them jobs.

Under Creative and Overwhelmed

By: Shelly Joines

Earlier this year I was planning a wedding and wrote on how similar it can be to your next large meeting in terms of branding and marketing through social media. This blog shares those previous tips of unique and consistent ways to get started if you’re feeling under creative and overwhelmed.

But now that I have that massive event under my belt, I’m on the other side of the tunnel and looking back it doesn’t seem so hard. In fact, I’ve learned about several other ways to incorporate social media and how to keep guests connected during the event! As always, I’m sharing low cost solutions with non-profits in mind.

Cyber Threats

By: Blake Dowling

I had a 25 person Association that we work with ask me last week why I did not let them know about the scam “boss phishing.” That’s when an organization receives an email pretending to be from the boss of a company asking accounting to send money ASAP to an account.