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Scholarly Publishing Readings – July 2024

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The Second Digital Transformation Today, the scholarly publishing sector is undergoing its second digital transformation. The first digital transformation saw a massive shift from paper to digital, but otherwise publishing retained many of the structures, workflows, incentives, and outputs that characterized the print era. Read full article. Put Community at the Center of Your Publishing […]

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Membership Readings – June 2024

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Satisfaction Surveys Can Improve Your Member Volunteer Experience When Meagan Roloff, CAE, joined the National Association for Gifted Children in April 2023 as director of member services and engagement, she knew she’d be working on strengthening NAGC’s volunteer program. Read full article. Member Retention From member onboarding to engagement strategies to events, learn how to […]

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Subscribe-to-Open – An OA Business Model for the Times

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I’ve been in the academic publishing field for a good 45 years, and it’s been quite a journey. The conversation about open access and changing publishing models has been a lively one, growing more intense with time. It’s clear now that it’s not a matter of if but when these changes will happen, and figuring […]

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What to do with Your Association Publication?

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The pandemic had certainly made nonprofit organizations rethink their approach to marketing communications. Developing a stronger digital footprint is high on the priority list when the market begins to emerge around the “new normal”. This puts into question all communications and resource-heavy programs, including your association’s flagship publication. If you are considering the possibility of […]

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Membership best practices

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Member retention is often a lower priority than member acquisition, and small associations professionals are less confident about retention. Here are just some of our top best practices to get you started on a membership process. What drives member retention? Making sure that they see and experience the value of membership throughout their membership life, […]

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Ontario government passes emergency order allowing virtual meetings and AGM extensions for non profits (but not for co-ops)

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Courtesy of “The latest news + updates from Iler Campbell LLP” by Claudia Pedrero Last week the provincial government passed an emergency order giving Ontario non profits some much needed flexibility during this challenging time. Unfortunately, this order does not extend to Ontario co operative corporations, so organizations governed by the Co operative Corporations Act […]

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Business continuity planning (from theonn.ca)

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From The Ontario Nonprofit Network ( https://theonn.ca/nonprofits-on-the-front-lines-of-covid-19/ ) In an ideal world, we’d all have business continuity plans ready at our fingertips! If you do, now is the time to dust it off and ensure that everyone on your team knows what your plans are. If you don’t have one, now is the time to […]

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Trusted Sources for Health Information (from theonn.ca)

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From The Ontario Nonprofit Network ( https://theonn.ca/nonprofits-on-the-front-lines-of-covid-19/ ) Only rely on information provided by public health authorities to make decisions that affect your employees, programs and services. Here are trusted sources of information: Local public health units: http://www.health.gov.on.ca/en/common/system/services/phu/locations.aspx Public Health Ontario https://www.publichealthontario.ca/en/diseases-and-conditions/infectious-diseases/respiratory-diseases/novel-coronavirus Public Health Agency of Canada https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health.html The Government of Canada has published an Outbreak […]

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COVID-19 and Nonprofit Associations

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Becker Associates is keeping an eye on developments regarding the COVID-19 pandemic. Our staff have all been given the option to work remotely, and we review the situation daily. While we deal with the immediate ramifications of the rapidly changing situation, we are also keeping an eye on developments that affect our clients. We are […]

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Free Governance Assessment

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Did you know that your operating processes could be limiting you from doing your best work? Does your organization know which best practices will ensure its effectiveness?   Do you know the areas of your governance processes that need improvement? Every successful strategic enterprise needs to understand its strengths and weaknesses to ensure that it meets […]

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