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Are Associations Losing Their Members’ Trust?—The Leadership ColLAB Explores This Critical Question

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Trust isn’t a challenge that is currently top of mind for association leaders. We asked Nancy MacRae, MS, CEO of the Emergency Nurses Association , to help us frame this conversation by sharing her group’s commitment to that idea. The problem might be something you’ve never considered. Could the issue be trust?

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7 Totally Surprising Brain Tricks to Sell Your Cause

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Appeal to the massive subconscious mind to help sell your cause. Yet we spend a lot of time trying to persuade people by focusing on the 5% rational brain with statistics, rational arguments and feature lists. Brain scans show people’s brains light up in the emotional areas when they see the mean. Network for Good.

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People Want To Belong To Your Nonprofit’s Community

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Why do they choose to associate with you, rather than another charity? And how you should never feel bad about asking someone for a philanthropic gift, because it delivers a shot of dopamine that lights up the pleasure center of their brains. This is the joy of doing meaningful work together with like-minded people, with your friends.”

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5 Essential CME LMS Features for Your Healthcare Association

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If you’ve clicked on this guide, there’s a decent chance it’s because your current CME LMS is failing to meet the needs of your association. There are a wide variety of reasons why your CME LMS may not be the right fit for your association. Your association needs to report to PARS for all accreditation activities.

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Break Out of Your Comfort Zone…and into Breakout Rooms!

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We love putting like-minded individuals together in a brainstorming space! Attendees can choose which breakout room to attend based on their interest in the associated topic. . But what happens when a more niche session topic is ready for discussion amongst an even smaller group of interested attendees?

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5 Ways Neuroscience Helps Your Nonprofit Understand Donor Behavior

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The mesolimbic part of the brain assigns values to the sensory stimuli, helping us classify what we feel. The rational part of a donor’s brain still mediates the action evoked or prompted by the emotional part through values and learnings. When a donor responds to emotions, the brain releases volatile power chemicals. .

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Overcoming Screen Fatigue: A Nonprofit Hub Guide

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Video calls are a lot more straining on the brain than any face-to-face conversation. Our minds are together when our bodies feel we’re not. You cannot relax into the conversation naturally,” said Gianpiero Petriglieri , an associate professor at Insead in an interview with BBC Worklife. Give yourself brain breaks.

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