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How to Restore Community Economies: Reestablishing the Right to Associate

NonProfit Quarterly

Decades of policy changes, however, often under the radar, today inhibit many diverse kinds of association. [We We need] the means to build associations that are powerful enough to successfully challenge the economic powers that be. Mutualism is the right to associate let loose in the economy. This must be rectified.

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How Can Technology Improve Association Member Engagement?

Affnetz

How can technology improve Association Member engagement? Among the things Association Members expect from their membership are opportunities for: Networking Education Service Associations can support these opportunities with strategically deployed technology tools. Technology can support education in several ways.

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How to Boost Association Member Retention: The Database Solution

Affnetz

Learning how to boost Association Member retention is a big concern for organization leaders. Faith in the Value Proposition Associations offer a value proposition to Members that says, If you join, youll receive these valuable benefits. What are some ways leaders achieve the goal of learning how to boost Association Member retention?

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In His Own Words: Bill Gates on Giving Away the Remainder of His Wealth

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press Evan Vucci, Associated Press Somebody should try and pay more taxes than I did, and save more lives than I did, and give more money than I did, and be smarter than Ive been, Bill Gates said in an interview.

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Recognition Powers High-Performance — If You Do it Right

Speaker: Radhika Samant and Todd Wuestenberg

While we understand its importance, we tend to associate recognition with intangible outcomes like engagement and sentiment, rather than direct impacts on retention and high performance. Employee recognition has often been deemed a "feel-good" initiative, tied closely to rewards.

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Volunteers Came Back to Nonprofits In 2023, After the Pandemic Tanked Participation

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press Steven Senne/AP Volunteer Evangelista Baez, 72, of Providence, R.I., The survey asked if respondents volunteered at a nonprofit or if they informally helped friends, family or neighbors or gave to charity.

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Melinda French Gates Reflects on Legacy of Gates Foundation

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

By Thalia Beaty, Associated Press Christophe Ena, AP Melinda French Gates left the Gates Foundation last year to pursue philanthropy and investment through her own organization, Pivotal Ventures, which she started in 2015.