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Top Ten Association Management Resources: May part 2

Thursday, May 19, 2016

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Our latest round up of all the best and latest association management resources including how to add Snapchat to your association's social media platforms during events, tips for creating a simple, easily translatable association dashboard, and sample questions for your organizations next membership satisfaction survey.

  1. It's a Snap: Adding Snapchat to Your Event's Engagement Strategy (Associations Now)
    Reaching a large number of attendees, sharing “behind-the-scene” moments, and creating a sense of urgency and exclusivity are reasons why Samantha Whitehorne suggests taking NBC Sports’ lead in incorporating Snapchat as a new social media platform for your organizations next event. 
  2. 5 Ideas to Adapting to Shifts in Your Member Market (Associations Now)
    As jobs and professions evolve over time, your organization may see a shift in the types of members you attract. Joe Rominiecki gives five reflection points for your organization to consider to ensure you are meeting new demands. 
  3. 4 Performance Measurement Mistakes You Don't Want To Make (Foundation Center)
    While performance measures are hugely important, they are difficult to get right. Liana Downey suggests avoiding over-measuring, underutilizing the information you already have, over-thinking the process, and poor presentation. 
  4. Models and Components of a Great Nonprofit Dashboard (Nonprofit Quarterly)
    Dashboards should communicate complicated information precisely and simply for decision makers. Glen Frear provides a guideline for thinking through creating an effective dashboard for your nonprofit. 
  5. Members Leave Associations Without a Sound (Smooth the Path)
    Most members leave associations without giving feedback, so get their feedback while they are still there. 
  6. Don't End a Meeting Without Doing These 3 Things (Harvard Business Review)
    Always confirm key decisions and next steps, develop communication points, and gather session feedback before ending business meetings. 
  7. Sindhu Knotz of the Giving Practice reflects on six elements of their approach to peer learning developed over the last four years. 
  8. Callie Walker demonstrates how to tag other users in photos, create photo collages, and mute accounts you follow on Twitter.
  9. Saying Yes to Yes (Grants Managers Network)
    Carolyn Sosnowski gives a synopsis of Shonda Rhimes’ book Year of Yes, highlighting the relatable inspiration for organizations.
  10. 15 Questions to Ask in Your Next Member Satisfaction Survey (MemberClicks)
    Stuck on what to say in your membership satisfaction survey? Callie Walker provides 15 sample question that will give your organization useful feedback. 
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