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What to include in your small-staff association’s tech budget
There are solutions out there to help your small staff work faster and smarter. Here’s what to include in your budget and how to get board approval for the technology your association needs. By Michelle Schweitz, Marketing Manager, Community Brands ...
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More New Features on YourMembership.com
Boy, have we been busy! YourMembership.com just rolled out more new features! Our already robust membership software and online communities just got more so with the roll-out of the Group Forums, Now! micro-blogging, Administrative Audit Log features and more. ...

Preparing for a Return to Business
As a child, one spends long hours asking when. "When are we going?...When will we get there?...When's dinner?...When will it stop raining?" I find myself feeling the same way about the economy. When are we going to start seeing things get better? Are things getting...

Public vs. Private Online Communities – What’s Best for Your Org?
And the debate rages on...or maybe you know nothing about this debate and you're scratching your head wondering what a private online community is. Facebook makes you log on so is that public or private? First, let me start by explaining what I mean. Public social...

Using Social Networking to Find a Job
For years, getting a job was about who you knew. And -- truth of the matter is -- it still is, but with social networking our community in which we network has become vastly larger. We've all heard the advice -- when you are looking for a job, tell everyone -- even...

Case Studies on YourMembership.com
YourMembership.com recently added case studies on the following clients: William & Mary (alumni association) MRA Association Management Solutions Shorecrest Preparatory School Check out how these very different groups employed our membership software and online...

Struggling to Stand Out – Saving Your Organization
American Idol is so wildly popular and I admit I've been known to tune in (although I am an apathetic citizen of reality land and do not vote). But one of the reasons the show (and karaoke for that matter) is so successful is that each one of us imagines our own...

Public is the New Private
It's Friday afternoon before a long, holiday weekend. How many of you will post something (pictures, a blog, a rant, whatever) about your Memorial Day exploits? How many of you have friends who will do it for you, while you are...errr.....indisposed? Unlike reality...

Chambers of Commerce: Cheering Your Way to Victory
In today's economy you have to be your own cheerleader, you have to call your members' attention to your greatness. Not an easy thing to do for groups that have formerly focused on promoting others' businesses and helping them to succeed. I could make all kinds of...

Your Members Should be Hearing it From You
Yesterday, my mother caught me. I'm a "grown" adult (as opposed to an un-grown one, I guess) but she still has a way of making me feel like the guilty kid with a hand in the cookie jar. I posted information about my life on my online social networking profile and my...