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Mark Athitakis at AssociationsNow on supporting remote workers through regular communication and involvement to engage them more effectively

Blog post by Katie Bascuas, Associationsnow.com, July 14, 2014. Post reports on 22 CEOs who "will lead by example demonstrating health lifestyle habits in an effort to encourage the more than 2 million employees at their organizations to make healthier choices in their own lives." The simple seven are listed below. What about a simple seven for leading online? What would that look like? ""Life's Simple 7": getting active, controlling cholesterol levels, eating healthy, managing blood pressure, losing weight, reducing blood sugar, and quitting smoking."

blog by Mark Athitakis, Associationsnow blog, August 17, 2015 "Everything I Needed to Know About Association Governance I Learned in Kindergarten: Contribute ideas, respect differences, don't interrupt, ask questions, plan ahead, show up on time, let everybody speak."

Great article by Joe Rominiecki, June 24, 2015 in AssociationsNow on the online community manager role; quotes the latest Community Roundtable report on how the online community management skillset is needed by many staff, not just one person. There is a big difference between lurking or contributing as an individual in Facebook or LinkedIn groups and mentoring/leading/supporting an online community. Supports our inclusion of "convening" as a vital digital literacy skill.

Katie Bascuas on recent email surveys on usage, importance of short subject headings, etc. AssociationsNow, June 18, 2015

Really good article by Joe Rominiecki, June 24, 2015, AssociationsNow, on how online community moderation/support will become part of the role of more staff, not just community managers, in businesses, nonprofits, etc. Cites the recent Community Roundtable's report, too.

Nice blog post by Katie Bascuas at Associationsnow.com on "Walk and Talk" meetings.

AssociationsNow blog, July 30, 2014 "Toronto-based software company Wild Apricot, identified the same top three priorities reported in last year's survey: Small-membership organizations are most concerned about increasing membership, increasing member engagement, and demonstrating member value. Among the challenges that respondents said they face were attracting and engaging millennials and getting their boards and members to adopt new technologies. The survey gathered input from 487 organizations that represent fewer than 500 members and have operating budgets of less than $500,000. The findings provide a glimpse into the many facets of running a small-membership organization, including information about membership growth, recruitment and retention, membership models, and finances."

Ernie Smith, AssociationsNow,argues for tweets and other social media to bring people closer, while Sherry Turkle, MIT, was saying that we spend too much time on social media. It's not either or but both imo.

good blog on why PDFs fall short on usability by journalists and others who are not looking to print them out

good article on value of open source software by Ernie Smith, Associaitons Now, June 16, 2015

Interesting assessment of the value of volunteer moderators, July 7, 2015, by Ernie Smith on Reddit

new study on impact of millennials in workforce--want to use technology for connecting, communicating, and collaborating in much greater numbers than baby boomers do

Tech-Enabled Learning by Whitehorne, Associations Now, January 2016, refers to recent survey on associations using technology to help their members/staff learn

Interesting post on heightened presence of the Girl Scouts at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January 2016; they have a Cookie 2.0 personal website and app to assist cookie sellers/buyers and encourage girls to go into STEM fields.

white paper out on how associations can add value by providing different kinds of development opportunities with mini-credentials and certificates for employees desiring to move upward in their careers.

article by samantha whitehorne, Associations Now on pop-up events--one day high-quality connecting/learning events, May 2016

blog on how to attract younger members by redesigning conference to appeal to younger members who have families and by going to the graduation ceremony of Special Forces to engage with them early.

Blog post by Joe Rominiecki, June 11, 2014, on how staid organization--American Neurological Association--changed admission requirements and found new-"old ways" to engage with younger, newer members in the course of the first year of membership. 300 out of 1,880 at end of 2013 were new, often younger members. ""We have quite a few committees, and the committee work is a lot. The annual meeting programming is extremely scientific, so their participation in our interactive lunch workshop committee or our faculty development committee or our scientific programming committee is critical to the success of the meeting," Smith says." Excerpt: I'm a strong believer that the type of volunteering offered to young members is crucial, too. It has to be meaningful work. If I'm offered a choice between joining a group for young professionals or joining a planning committee for a particular association function (event, publication, education, etc.), I'll take the latter. I'd rather not just be lumped in with other young pros, fenced off in a separate little play area. I want to be doing some real work for the association. And DTV says I'm not alone: In that study, "I can do something for a profession or cause that is important to me" ranked as the most important reason for volunteering in associations, and that was true for all generations.""