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Can You Create a Social Offset for Your Next Conference? An Alternative to Destination Boycotts Sep 20, 2022

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Do boycotts work? Sometimes. But it's complicated.

Often, when it comes to hosting conferences, it turns out it's the workers at the destinations who get hurt the worst and the boycott doesn't always have the intended impact desired.

Could there be a middle ground for organizations hosting meetings in states that support legislature that *doesn't* align with an individual's – or an organization's – values?

SocialOffset is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation created to provide event organizers and their attendees with a tool to offset the economic impact of their event or stay in a city where local legislation and laws are not in alignment with their individual values. The "offset" is realized when an attendee elects to make a donation to a recommended list of local charities and/or organizations that support those impacted by particular laws that may be in conflict with the attendee's personal values. (This is similar to a carbon offset.)

Additionally, partners with supporting destination marketing organizations to showcase options to event organizers whose attendees have expressed concern about meeting in a particular location. It is the founders' belief that through this opportunity, event organizers, attendees, and destination marketing organizations can support those most impacted by these legislative activities rather than choosing to boycott locations.

Featuring guests Elena Gerstmann and Rhonda Payne!

Event Design Can Save Your Conference with Ruud Janssen Sep 12, 2022

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Today's Nonprofit Business Model often relies heavily on meetings and events. Whether it is for commitment to cause, content, or community; all we know is that the value proposition for an association often finds an important channel in its events.

But what happens when attendance begins to slide? What happens when the value of that value proposition doesn't seem to be what it used to be? Can Event Design Save Your Conference?

Ruud Janssen is an events industry powerhouse. You may have already seen his work if you've looked through tools like Miro or Mural and discovered a design tool called the Event Model Canvas.

Ruud is an international speaker, facilitator, and designer of high-stakes conferences & events. He is the Author of the Event Design Handbook (2016) and Design to Change (2021) and he serves as co-founder of Event Design Collective (http://edco.global).

He helps organizations innovate by thinking differently based on functional, social, and technological advancements using business and event model innovation.

Can you share the story with us about the Event Model Canvas, which is such a popular and helpful tool for people to know about? Why did you co-create it and how the Event Model Canvas, MURAL, and the Internet Society all collaborate on this effort?
Where do you typically see most associations getting their event design wrong?
So talk to me about #HorizonsOfChange and how that's built upon the Event Canvas…
Has anything changed events or event design forever, in your mind, since COVID came along?
How does the format – in-person/virtual/hybrid - asynchronous or synchronous impact event design?
What are your favorite practical ways to change the emotional state of participants?
What are some stand out examples of events that have the Ruud Janssen Stamp of Approval for being well-designed?
What is the best next step any association executive can take after hearing our discussion today?

On Deciding to Become a Certified Association Executive (CAE) with Guest Cecilia Sepp Sep 06, 2022

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If you work in the association industry, sooner or later you think about getting your CAE. The Certified Association Executive (CAE) credential is the marker of a committed association professional who has demonstrated the wide range of knowledge essential to manage an association.

Rogue Tulips Consulting's education program, The 501c League, supports aspiring and current CAEs with study groups, programs, and resources.

Join host KiKi L'Italien as she interviews Cecilia Sepp of Rogue Tulips and the 501c League about the study techniques that work best, the typical challenges people face when taking the CAE, and how to figure out if the time is right to get your CAE.

Money Matters for Nonprofits Sep 06, 2022

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Nonprofit board members know their organization must be financially healthy to do the most good, but some people find financial statements hard to decipher.

Join host KiKi L'Italien as she interviews author of the book, Money Matters for Nonprofits, Melisa Galasso.

Melisa is the founder and CEO of Galasso Learning Solutions LLC. A CPA with nearly 20 years of experience in the accounting profession, Melisa designs and facilitates courses in advanced technical accounting and auditing topics, including not-for-profit and governmental accounting.

The Essential WISP and Your Association Jul 26, 2022

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Data privacy rules continue to expand, and even if you are well informed on GDPR, you may not know why you need to know about the WISP.

A Written Information Security Program (WISP) is a set of documents that details an organization's security controls, processes as well as policies. In many states in North America, a WISP is a legally required document, to show the organization's IT security and data protection status.

It takes into account the policies and processes that should be in place to ensure that any organization, which processes, controls, manages, licenses and/or retain personal information about citizens, and has implemented the required level of data protection and cyber security. If these do not currently exist, a WISP can help identify the gaps in any security plan.

Join host KiKi L'Italien as she interviews David Clarke, Chief Technology Officer, The Trust Bridge, and Malcolm Dowden, Partner, Data Privacy, Cybersecurity and Digital Assets, Squire Patton Boggs, to discuss this important issue.

As data breaches and cyber security attacks increase, having the correct WISP documentation in place can demonstrate to clients and suppliers, customers and members, as well as the regulatory authorities and employees that your organization takes Data Protection and Cyber Security seriously, and has implemented the necessary safeguards.

Empowering the People through GovTech Innovation 2 Jun 28, 2022

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Learn More About Creating Vision Boards with Donna Baines May 26, 2022

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Vision boards are a visual way to set goals. A person can create many types of vision and dream boards depending on whether they are trying to set short or long-term goals. Join us for this quick discussion and learn more about vision boards and why and how to create them!

Cyber-Attacks Data Breaches What Associations Need to Know to Manage Risk Apr 05, 2022

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Guest experts David Clarke and Penny Heyes of The Trust Bridge joined host KiKi L'Italien to talk about the greatest cyber security challenges facing associations today and how association leaders can best navigate ever-changing data protection and privacy regulations.

Guests:

Penny Heyes, Chief Commercial Officer and co-founder, The Trust Bridge

David Clarke, Chief Technology Officer for The Trust Bridge and leading authority on security issues with experience across Finance, Telecoms, and the Public Sector

What are the key best practices that organizations should be considering?

What key questions should senior executives be asking their IT teams?

Is it the IT team's responsibility to make sure everything is secure?

Find out on this episode of Association Chat!

Beth Kanter, Allison Fine Discuss The Smart Nonprofit and Staying Human-Centered in an Age of Automation 1 Apr 05, 2022

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For this episode, nonprofit mavens Allison Fine and Beth Kanter joined Association Chat host KiKi L'Italien for a discussion about the information and tools nonprofit staffers and board members need to effectively use artificial intelligence without alienating the human stakeholders and donors on whom they rely.

Allison Fine is among the nation's preeminent writers and strategists on the use of technology for social good.

Beth Kanter is an internationally recognized thought leader in digital transformation and well-being in the nonprofit workplace, a trainer & facilitator, and a sought-after keynote speaker.

The two authors recently released their latest book, "The Smart Nonprofit: Staying Human-Centered in an Age of Automation" (published March 9, 2022) sharing examples of organizations exploring the use of "smart-tech" in nonprofits.

What does "smart-tech" mean for nonprofits? Why should nonprofits remain human-centered? Is it even possible?

For this episode, we asked them:

What does it mean to become a "smart nonprofit" and how is that related to being "human-centered?"
What are the opportunities and risks of smart-tech?
At what level should the C-suite and Board be involved?
"Do No Harm Pledge" – what is it and why it is important for associations to consider creating one
What is their writing process like? How do they keep egos in check while collaborating?

#Associations #Automation #AI #MachineLearning

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Climate Collapse: What Associations Need to Know and Do Dec 01, 2021

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The recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) laid out our current global situation in stark relief and as United Nations General-Secretary António Guterres declared it is "Code Red" for humanity. We are now past midnight and if the most recent Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow is any indicator, we are justified in saying our governments have failed us and we have to assume that we are now on our own. It is now too late for sustainability, and regeneration of our economic, social and environmental systems to attempt to preserve as much life as possible is our one and only priority. Join us for an update on the current state of the climate, and a deep exploration of the topic of Transformative Adaptation which is our last and best hope to cope with what is breaking upon our world. Associations are needed more than ever to use their capacity to step into the void of leadership and we will have practical suggestions on how you can motivate yourselves, your members and their workforces to push the needle on the adaptation we need now. Guests: Rupert Read is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, UK, a campaigner for the Green Party of England and Wales, former spokesperson for Extinction Rebellion and co-founder of the Green Activists Network, GreensCAN. He is the author of various books, including Parents for a Future - How loving our children can prevent climate collapse. Shelly Alcorn is a Principal in Alcorn Associates Management Consulting and specializes in strategy and governance for the association community. She is a frequent keynote speaker focusing on critical issues faced by organizations and society at large. Her main interests have been how to be more human in an increasingly machine-driven world and what impacts the rise of artificial intelligence will have on the workplace of the future. She is now laser-focused on our global climate emergency and the role associations need to play in the face of the sixth mass extinction. Find her on Twitter @shellyalcorn.

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