Get in the Know: Professional Development Day for Associations Coming Up in Vancouver

CSAE-BC is putting on a full-day professional development event that includes speakers on several topics including social media and QR codes. Our team will also be in attendance and will conduct an interactive workshop called Listen Up! Your Members Have Something to Tell You! We will present the findings from over 50 studies conducted with Canadian Association on the key drivers of member needs and satisfaction and then put you to work tackling a case study based on real-life association challenges in this critical area.Don't miss this great event!

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Get Your Free Highlight Report: Social Media and Canadian Nonprofits 2011

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Are Canadian nonprofits continuing to dive into the social media scene? Are they investing resources in this new technology? And most importantly, are they seeing any ROI?

This edition of the NFP Pulse surveyed 121 Canadian nonprofits on their current and planned use of Social Media. This is a continuation of our inaugural NFP Pulse survey on social media conducted 18 months ago. 

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If you like getting free research on top-of-mind nonprofit trends and issues, we really hope you will subscribe for email updates to our site or sign up to participate in future editions of the NFP Pulse. 

Coming up next? Canadian nonprofit governance! Stay tuned for more info....

The Association Resource Centre’s Not-For-Profit Pulse is an initiative where we will conduct regular short surveys of non-profit organizations on the topics, trends, issues and benchmarks that matter in today’s not-for-profit sector. The purpose of this research is to engage the not-for-profit community in discussion and to provide a resource that will help organizations position themselves in the evolving association landscape. In addition to sharing results with survey participants, this research will be a regular topic of discussion on The ARC Blog.

NFP Pulse Survey on Social Media: Last Chance to Participate!

Just a friendly reminder that you only have a couple of days left to participate in our second annual NFP Pulse on Social Media among Canadian nonprofits and recieve a free copy of our highlight report.

This edition of the not-for-profit pulse is a continuation of the inaugural social media survey conducted by the Association Resource Centre in December, 2009.  Building on last year's study, this short survey will look at social media use among Canadian nonprofits and how it has evolved over the past twelve months.

Click here for a link to the 5 minute survey.

Your input will be analyzed along with the results of other not-for-profit professionals with the subsequent analysis shared back with the not-for-profit community on the ARC blog and as a thanks for your input you will receive a complimentary PDF copy of the highlight report in late March.

Don't wait! Survey closes tomorrow!

Calling All Canadian Nonprofits: 2nd Annual NFP Pulse on Social Media Has Launched! Participate and Get Free Results

OK, if you're reading this blog, you probably know what social media is. On the off-chance you don't, or if you want a refresher, here's a quick video by Common Craft that I think sums it up very nicely.

Social media continues to explode among individuals and organizations across the world. The statistics are truly staggering:  Currently, Facebook has over 500 million active users, and in March, Twitter reported receiving almost 140 million tweets...per day!  Don't even get me started about blogs or the number of new social networking sites popping up with names like Jumo and Quora.

As more people and organizations jump on the social media bandwagon every day, these statistics continue to explode.

This edition of the not-for-profit pulse is a continuation of the inaugural social media survey conducted by the Association Resource Centre in December, 2009.  Building on last year's study, this short survey will look at social media use among Canadian nonprofits and how it has evolved over the past 18 months. 

In addition to examining the extent to which Canadian nonprofits are using social media and what tools they are (and are not) using, the survey will also look at how strategic nonprofits are becoming in the social media arena, as well as the extent to which they measure the success of their social media efforts, along with other key indicators.

Please take 5-7 minutes right now to participate in this valuable initiative. Your input will be analyzed along with the results of other not-for-profit professionals with the subsequent analysis shared back with the not-for-profit community on the ARC blog.

Your responses will be kept strictly confidential and, as thanks for your input, you will receive a complimentary PDF copy of the highlight report in early June.

CLICK HERE TO GO TO THE SURVEY

Survey closes on Friday May 20.

Thanks for your participation!

NFP Treats: Good Stuff from Around the Web

I came across a lot of thougtful nonprofit writing in the blogsphere last week...is Summertime in the air? Here are a few of my faves from last week.

Your Career

• Few us love everything about our jobs and some, sadly, love very little about the places where they spend so much time toling away. Jimmy Guterman gives new meaning to the saying 'Don't quit your day job' in this discussion about how today's professionals have more opportunity than every to transform their position into something better.

Engagement

A couple of great engagement pieces came onto my radar this week:

• Debra Askanase discusses why we should be focusing less on ROI and more on ROE (Return on Engagement)in social media activities
• Jeff Hurt talks about the different types of engagement and how you can leverage these at your next Meeting

Social Media

• Despite its sense of immediacy, Adam Singer explains that digital marketing is a journey. This is a great post for those of you just starting to get into or planning to get into the social media for your organization.
• Fran Simon has a few useful tips for those of us looking to do more to leverage LinkedIn as a social media tool.

Membership Models

•  Here is an interesting take on a discussion that's been making the rounds over the past couple of years: Joe Rominiecki looks at the 'freemium' membership model and what this might imply for diversity and inclusion.