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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.9.3 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sun, 21 Mar 2010 11:13:13 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>a blog &amp; resource centre for NFP organizations</title><subtitle>a blog &amp; resource centre for NFP organizations</subtitle><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/atom.xml"/><updated>2010-03-17T17:33:16Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.9.3 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>Volunteerism in a Changing World: How is Your NFP Adapting?</title><category term="ASAE"/><category term="Association Trends"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="CSAE"/><category term="NFP Pulse"/><category term="NFP pulse"/><category term="NPO"/><category term="Not-for-profit pulse"/><category term="Research"/><category term="association research"/><category term="charity research"/><category term="not-for-profit trends"/><category term="volunteer relations"/><category term="volunteer research"/><category term="volunteers"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/3/17/volunteerism-in-a-changing-world-how-is-your-nfp-adapting.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/3/17/volunteerism-in-a-changing-world-how-is-your-nfp-adapting.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-03-17T17:06:05Z</published><updated>2010-03-17T17:06:05Z</updated></entry><entry><title>Everybody’s Doing It...Social Media, That Is: But is it Right for Your NFP?</title><category term="ARC"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="NFP Pulse"/><category term="NFP research"/><category term="NPO social media research"/><category term="Not-for-profit pulse"/><category term="Social Media"/><category term="association research"/><category term="association social media"/><category term="charity"/><category term="non-profit"/><category term="not-for-profit"/><category term="not-for-profit trends"/><category term="social media for NFP's"/><category term="the association resource centre"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/3/15/everybodys-doing-itsocial-media-that-is-but-is-it-right-for.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/3/15/everybodys-doing-itsocial-media-that-is-but-is-it-right-for.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-03-15T19:13:43Z</published><updated>2010-03-15T19:13:43Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[I don't mean to sound like your Mother but, if everyone was jumping off of a cliff would you do it too? 

Despite all the hype suggesting otherwise, social media isn’t for everyone.  Just like you would for any new strategic initiative, you should carefully think through whether it is a ‘fit’ with your organization.

I see the decision framed around three central questions...]]></summary></entry><entry><title>The Nintendo Generation?</title><category term="Association Trends"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="Multigenerational workplace"/><category term="Nintendo generation"/><category term="association leadership"/><category term="baby boomers"/><category term="challenges"/><category term="generation shift"/><category term="generation y"/><category term="leadership"/><category term="non-profit leadership"/><category term="not-for-profit trends"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/3/5/the-nintendo-generation.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/3/5/the-nintendo-generation.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-03-05T08:18:21Z</published><updated>2010-03-05T08:18:21Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[Not too long ago, I was at a dinner where I found myself in a conversation with a senior association leader.  He chaired the board at one of a model non-profit and had been around the block more than a few times in the business world.  So, needless to say, I was all ears when he decided to share with me his theory on young professionals.

He said: “I like to think of young people today as the ‘Nintendo Generation.’”]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Listen Up! Series on Member Needs &amp; Satisfaction #3: Effective Communication a Bellwether for Member Satisfaction</title><category term="ARC"/><category term="Association Resource Centre"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="Research"/><category term="The ARC Listen Up!Series on Member Needs &amp; Satisfaction"/><category term="association"/><category term="benchmarking"/><category term="member satisfaction"/><category term="members"/><category term="needs"/><category term="not-for-profit"/><category term="philanthropy"/><category term="research"/><category term="satisfaction"/><category term="stakeholder"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/2/18/listen-up-series-on-member-needs-satisfaction-3-effective-co.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/2/18/listen-up-series-on-member-needs-satisfaction-3-effective-co.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-02-18T14:00:47Z</published><updated>2010-02-18T14:00:47Z</updated><summary type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA["What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate"

If you take a minute to think about it, communication is at the root of so many of the world’s problems. Over time, lack of communication and miscommunication has led to many a sore back from sleeping on the couch. It has made people miss appointments and has left them waiting awkwardly in the wrong restaurants. It has battered and broken up the most iron-clad of relationships and caused people to lose their jobs. It has created civil and social strife and it has even led to and exacerbated wars.

Well, communication issues are also a major challenge for a lot of not-for-profits.]]></summary></entry><entry><title>Keep Track of the Medals at Vancouver 2010!</title><category term="2010"/><category term="ARC"/><category term="Association Resource Centre"/><category term="canada olympics"/><category term="medal counter"/><category term="medal tracker"/><category term="olympics"/><category term="vancouver"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/2/15/keep-track-of-the-medals-at-vancouver-2010.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/2/15/keep-track-of-the-medals-at-vancouver-2010.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-02-15T17:27:10Z</published><updated>2010-02-15T17:27:10Z</updated></entry><entry><title>NPO's Neither Panicked Nor Overly Prepared for the Generation Shift</title><category term="Association Resource Centre"/><category term="Association Trends"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="NFP Pulse"/><category term="aging"/><category term="association demographics"/><category term="association research"/><category term="baby boomers"/><category term="demographic shift"/><category term="generation shift"/><category term="generation x"/><category term="generation y"/><category term="not-for-profit pulse results"/><category term="not-for-profit research"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/2/9/npos-neither-panicked-nor-overly-prepared-for-the-generation.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/2/9/npos-neither-panicked-nor-overly-prepared-for-the-generation.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-02-09T20:13:26Z</published><updated>2010-02-09T20:13:26Z</updated></entry><entry><title>Even Dilbert Thinks the Generation Shift is Important...2 More Days to Participate in This Month's NFP Pulse!</title><category term="Association Trends"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="NFP Pulse"/><category term="NFP pulse"/><category term="Research"/><category term="association demographics"/><category term="association research"/><category term="baby boomer"/><category term="generation x"/><category term="not-for-profit"/><category term="not-for-profit shortage"/><category term="not-for-profit statistics"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/21/even-dilbert-thinks-the-generation-shift-is-important2-more.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/21/even-dilbert-thinks-the-generation-shift-is-important2-more.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-01-21T14:05:00Z</published><updated>2010-01-21T14:05:00Z</updated></entry><entry><title>Ready or Not, Here it Comes: How Will The Generation Shift Affect Your NFP?</title><category term="ARC"/><category term="Age of Canadian population"/><category term="Association Resource Centre"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="Canadian population"/><category term="NFP Pulse"/><category term="Not-for-profit pulse"/><category term="Research"/><category term="association demographics"/><category term="association research"/><category term="baby boomers"/><category term="generation x"/><category term="generation y"/><category term="not-for-profit demographics"/><category term="not-for-profit research"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/19/ready-or-not-here-it-comes-how-will-the-generation-shift-aff.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/19/ready-or-not-here-it-comes-how-will-the-generation-shift-aff.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-01-19T20:33:00Z</published><updated>2010-01-19T20:33:00Z</updated></entry><entry><title>And the Winner Is....</title><category term="ARC"/><category term="Association Resource Centre"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="NFP Pulse"/><category term="NFP pulse"/><category term="NFP research"/><category term="Not-for-profit pulse"/><category term="Research"/><category term="association demographics"/><category term="association research"/><category term="baby boomers"/><category term="generation"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/18/and-the-winner-is.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/18/and-the-winner-is.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-01-18T16:59:31Z</published><updated>2010-01-18T16:59:31Z</updated></entry><entry><title>Just Who Do You Think you’re Talking To?</title><category term="ARC"/><category term="ARC Blog"/><category term="Association Resource Centre"/><category term="Association Trends, Issues &amp; Challenges"/><category term="NFP Pulse"/><category term="NFP pulse"/><category term="Research"/><category term="Social Media"/><category term="Social Media"/><category term="association"/><category term="association research"/><category term="canadian association"/><category term="nfp social media research"/><category term="non-profit"/><category term="not-for-profit"/><category term="not-for-profit research"/><id>http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/12/just-who-do-you-think-youre-talking-to.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.resources4associations.com/the-arc-blog/2010/1/12/just-who-do-you-think-youre-talking-to.html"/><author><name>Carol-Anne Moutinho</name></author><published>2010-01-12T21:50:49Z</published><updated>2010-01-12T21:50:49Z</updated></entry></feed>