Offering effective speakers who can discuss timely, industry-relevant topics helps increase chapter engagement while driving wider awareness of your association. In this webinar, we’ll provide examples of how other associations have built their speakers bureaus, including how they’ve driven adoption. In addition, we’ll discuss the various resources available to chapters that want to build their own speakers bureau.
The Chapter Playbook: Part 2 — Marketing, Membership and EventsBillhighway
Some call it a chapter toolkit, we call it a Chapter Playbook. In part 2 of this mini-series, we cover:
- Marketing, membership and event information you should consider when creating your Chapter Playbook.
- Key questions for you to ask yourself as you build out a toolkit for your chapters to follow to set them up for success.
- Best practices to arm your chapters with to help them optimize their membership and event efforts.
This presentation to the Chicago Chapter of the American Marketing Association. Was intended to provide chapter leaders with an environmental scan of the association industry and relate that information to
3 Ways to Tap Chapter Relevance in 2021Billhighway
We’re at the beginning of a new year, and opportunity abounds us. We know chapters are more relevant than ever. In many ways, the success in 2020 for components was tied to the fact that they were in a position to pivot more readily. We can harness that agility with the right support and permissions, so how do we tap chapters? Learn three lenses to view chapter relevance through and how to make a case to optimize chapters as part of your overall association success strategy in 2021.
Idea Swap: Helping Chapters Embrace ChangeBillhighway
We need chapter leaders to make changes. It could be huge like shifting structures, medium like embracing new volunteer models, support services, affiliate agreements, or easy like changing your schedule. Resistance to change is natural. Anytime you introduce a new process or technology, you have to think about change management from the very start. Unfortunately, we underestimate how our leader training can support us in leading that change. This idea swap will explore how we can use our current and future training opportunities to help chapters embrace change.
Hosted by Billhighway & Mariner Management.
Drive Member Engagement through Revitalized Chapter EventsBillhighway
Are your chapter events struggling to capture member interest? Do you face challenges in creating impactful experiences that resonate and keep members coming back? Join us for an engaging webinar as we delve into the art of planning chapter events that drive participation and cultivate a thriving community.
This webinar is hosted by Billhighway & Mariner Management.
How to Train, Support & Inspire Chapter Leaders in One PlaceBillhighway
Chapter leaders are incredibly dedicated volunteers, but they’re not association management experts. They can be easily overwhelmed by your association’s expectations and the responsibilities of leadership. Ensure your chapter leaders have the knowledge and resources they need to succeed by inviting them to a chapter leadership conference. Join us as we walk through how to train, support and inspire your volunteers all in one place.
Driving Member Engagement by Showing #VolunteerLoveBillhighway
Mark your calendars: National Volunteer Week is April 19-25th! It’s the perfect opportunity to start thinking about ways to show your chapter volunteers the appreciation they deserve all year-round. Volunteering is one of the stickiest forms of member engagement, and happy volunteers can keep your association chapters on track for years to come. Given that 20-25% of staff labor in associations come from volunteer members, it’s a worthwhile effort to utilize recognition in creating a supportive environment. Let’s draw from research and our own community for a dynamic discussion on ways to spotlight association volunteers and celebrate volunteering in all aspects!
On-demand available here: http://bit.ly/2ipuM5N
In this week’s webinar, we’ll explore 5 ways to increase engagement at the chapter level by providing them with a foundation for success.
Sending CRPs Some Love: Our Best Chapter ResourcesBillhighway
February is the month of love! And you know who we love most? CRPs! CRPs make a difference every day by helping their association and chapters solve the challenges in front of them. But where do CRPs turn for help? Your community of course…and Billhighway & Mariner!
We’re floored by the range of issues that component relations professionals (CRPs) address daily, so we want to help you manage stressful chapter situations and give you strategies to circumvent them.
In this webinar, we:
1. Address challenges that are unique to CRPs, from chapter succession issues to monitoring component performance, and everything in-between
2. Provide different approaches to solving these tough chapter issues
3. Highlight our favorite resources, best practices, and tips & tricks
We have many resources for your moment of need, so let’s use them to look ahead and move the needle in 2022.
This webinar was brought to you by Billhighway & Mariner Management.
Igniting Advisor and Community Foundation Collaborationslpomara
In every community, there are a very small handful of professional advisors who “get” philanthropy. They are the
raving fans who advise the largest majority of charitable gifts while moving beyond just tools and techniques to the
deeper meaning of impact and systemic change. What if your community foundation could replicate just one of
those advisors... or 10 or 100?
This webinar will discuss how each community can customize a path to deeper and broader advisor collaboration.
Participants will learn:
• Trends of Professional Advisors and Philanthropy
• Current Charitable Advisor Roles
• Community Foundation and Advisor Best Practices
• Landscape of Charitable Advisor Groups
• Extending the Advisor and Community Foundation Conversation
Presentation covers 7 common mistakes that impact growing your donor base. Recommendations for communication with your leadership about donor acquisition, budgeting to reach growth goals, using analytics for maximum impact and much more.
Leverage Chapters to Engage & Grow MembershipBillhighway
Whether you believe it or not – chapters can play a key role in membership and revenue growth for your association. But how do you get there? How do you set your chapters up for success? How can you support them?
We’ll cover how…
- You can leverage chapters as a channel to reach new audiences.
- You can tap into (and boost) chapters unique ability to provide community and optimize the member experience.
- You can leverage chapter experiences to drive community influencers.
We’ll dive into how you can lead, support and measure these initiatives. The results will be a stronger channel and your chapter network will be aligned to association membership goals.
#LeverageChapters
#GotChapters
This 52-page deck shows the initiatives, plans, hopes and dreams of BDPA Atlanta chapter as they enter into 2011.
We encourage all stakeholders with BDPA Atlanta chapter to read or download this document. It will define 'BDPA 3.0" for you.
Revenue Revamp: 5 Game-Changing Fixes Help Chapters Increase Non-Dues Revenue...Billhighway
As an association exec, you’d love for 2024 to be a year of strong non-dues revenue growth – for you and your chapters. If sponsors, exhibitors, and advertisers believe your chapters can positively impact their bottom lines, chapters will convert more customers with less effort.
But most chapters (and some associations) inadvertently turn off those buyers because of website navigation, collateral, and messaging that leaves prospects confused and unconvinced. How can we help our chapters?
This fun session will outline simple changes that will help chapters to attract and convert sponsors, exhibitors, and advertisers efficiently and effectively including:
- How to quickly create a compelling case to invest money with your association
- Which stats and stories provide the most effective social proof of your value
- What information buyers need at various stages of their buying journey
We're diving into simple, game-changing fixes to help your chapters skyrocket their non-dues revenue. Think attracting sponsors, exhibitors, and advertisers like a pro!
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The Chapter Playbook: Part 2 — Marketing, Membership and EventsBillhighway
Some call it a chapter toolkit, we call it a Chapter Playbook. In part 2 of this mini-series, we cover:
- Marketing, membership and event information you should consider when creating your Chapter Playbook.
- Key questions for you to ask yourself as you build out a toolkit for your chapters to follow to set them up for success.
- Best practices to arm your chapters with to help them optimize their membership and event efforts.
This presentation to the Chicago Chapter of the American Marketing Association. Was intended to provide chapter leaders with an environmental scan of the association industry and relate that information to
3 Ways to Tap Chapter Relevance in 2021Billhighway
We’re at the beginning of a new year, and opportunity abounds us. We know chapters are more relevant than ever. In many ways, the success in 2020 for components was tied to the fact that they were in a position to pivot more readily. We can harness that agility with the right support and permissions, so how do we tap chapters? Learn three lenses to view chapter relevance through and how to make a case to optimize chapters as part of your overall association success strategy in 2021.
Idea Swap: Helping Chapters Embrace ChangeBillhighway
We need chapter leaders to make changes. It could be huge like shifting structures, medium like embracing new volunteer models, support services, affiliate agreements, or easy like changing your schedule. Resistance to change is natural. Anytime you introduce a new process or technology, you have to think about change management from the very start. Unfortunately, we underestimate how our leader training can support us in leading that change. This idea swap will explore how we can use our current and future training opportunities to help chapters embrace change.
Hosted by Billhighway & Mariner Management.
Drive Member Engagement through Revitalized Chapter EventsBillhighway
Are your chapter events struggling to capture member interest? Do you face challenges in creating impactful experiences that resonate and keep members coming back? Join us for an engaging webinar as we delve into the art of planning chapter events that drive participation and cultivate a thriving community.
This webinar is hosted by Billhighway & Mariner Management.
How to Train, Support & Inspire Chapter Leaders in One PlaceBillhighway
Chapter leaders are incredibly dedicated volunteers, but they’re not association management experts. They can be easily overwhelmed by your association’s expectations and the responsibilities of leadership. Ensure your chapter leaders have the knowledge and resources they need to succeed by inviting them to a chapter leadership conference. Join us as we walk through how to train, support and inspire your volunteers all in one place.
Driving Member Engagement by Showing #VolunteerLoveBillhighway
Mark your calendars: National Volunteer Week is April 19-25th! It’s the perfect opportunity to start thinking about ways to show your chapter volunteers the appreciation they deserve all year-round. Volunteering is one of the stickiest forms of member engagement, and happy volunteers can keep your association chapters on track for years to come. Given that 20-25% of staff labor in associations come from volunteer members, it’s a worthwhile effort to utilize recognition in creating a supportive environment. Let’s draw from research and our own community for a dynamic discussion on ways to spotlight association volunteers and celebrate volunteering in all aspects!
On-demand available here: http://bit.ly/2ipuM5N
In this week’s webinar, we’ll explore 5 ways to increase engagement at the chapter level by providing them with a foundation for success.
Sending CRPs Some Love: Our Best Chapter ResourcesBillhighway
February is the month of love! And you know who we love most? CRPs! CRPs make a difference every day by helping their association and chapters solve the challenges in front of them. But where do CRPs turn for help? Your community of course…and Billhighway & Mariner!
We’re floored by the range of issues that component relations professionals (CRPs) address daily, so we want to help you manage stressful chapter situations and give you strategies to circumvent them.
In this webinar, we:
1. Address challenges that are unique to CRPs, from chapter succession issues to monitoring component performance, and everything in-between
2. Provide different approaches to solving these tough chapter issues
3. Highlight our favorite resources, best practices, and tips & tricks
We have many resources for your moment of need, so let’s use them to look ahead and move the needle in 2022.
This webinar was brought to you by Billhighway & Mariner Management.
Igniting Advisor and Community Foundation Collaborationslpomara
In every community, there are a very small handful of professional advisors who “get” philanthropy. They are the
raving fans who advise the largest majority of charitable gifts while moving beyond just tools and techniques to the
deeper meaning of impact and systemic change. What if your community foundation could replicate just one of
those advisors... or 10 or 100?
This webinar will discuss how each community can customize a path to deeper and broader advisor collaboration.
Participants will learn:
• Trends of Professional Advisors and Philanthropy
• Current Charitable Advisor Roles
• Community Foundation and Advisor Best Practices
• Landscape of Charitable Advisor Groups
• Extending the Advisor and Community Foundation Conversation
Presentation covers 7 common mistakes that impact growing your donor base. Recommendations for communication with your leadership about donor acquisition, budgeting to reach growth goals, using analytics for maximum impact and much more.
Leverage Chapters to Engage & Grow MembershipBillhighway
Whether you believe it or not – chapters can play a key role in membership and revenue growth for your association. But how do you get there? How do you set your chapters up for success? How can you support them?
We’ll cover how…
- You can leverage chapters as a channel to reach new audiences.
- You can tap into (and boost) chapters unique ability to provide community and optimize the member experience.
- You can leverage chapter experiences to drive community influencers.
We’ll dive into how you can lead, support and measure these initiatives. The results will be a stronger channel and your chapter network will be aligned to association membership goals.
#LeverageChapters
#GotChapters
This 52-page deck shows the initiatives, plans, hopes and dreams of BDPA Atlanta chapter as they enter into 2011.
We encourage all stakeholders with BDPA Atlanta chapter to read or download this document. It will define 'BDPA 3.0" for you.
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As an association exec, you’d love for 2024 to be a year of strong non-dues revenue growth – for you and your chapters. If sponsors, exhibitors, and advertisers believe your chapters can positively impact their bottom lines, chapters will convert more customers with less effort.
But most chapters (and some associations) inadvertently turn off those buyers because of website navigation, collateral, and messaging that leaves prospects confused and unconvinced. How can we help our chapters?
This fun session will outline simple changes that will help chapters to attract and convert sponsors, exhibitors, and advertisers efficiently and effectively including:
- How to quickly create a compelling case to invest money with your association
- Which stats and stories provide the most effective social proof of your value
- What information buyers need at various stages of their buying journey
We're diving into simple, game-changing fixes to help your chapters skyrocket their non-dues revenue. Think attracting sponsors, exhibitors, and advertisers like a pro!
Communication lies at the heart of every successful association, driving growth, engagement, and impact in today’s fast-paced world. For chapters, communicating effectively is paramount to their strength and success. Are you ready to take your chapter communications to new heights?
Is it time to change your chapter structure? According to our Chapter Performance & Benchmarking Report, 1/3 of associations have made substantial chapter structure changes, while 1/3 are considering implementing changes.
We understand that change can be daunting. That’s why we’ll share various approaches, from small incremental adjustments to bold, transformative measures. Join us for an insightful webinar as we explore ways to adapt your chapters to meet the evolving needs of your members!
This webinar is hosted by Billhighway & Mariner Management.
6 Habits to Build in Your Components (& for CRPs!)Billhighway
As James Clear states, “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” When systems become outdated and ineffective, chapters fall into bad habits that inhibit their growth and endanger their future.
Join us to learn how to coach and support your chapters as they develop better habits. We share strategies to make small, sustainable changes.
Watch the webinar recording here >> https://youtu.be/A2dmqdT2r4U
This webinar is hosted by Billhighway & Mariner Management.
The 5 Most Important Metrics for Your ComponentsBillhighway
Are you ready to make your components more successful this year? Then, join us for this exclusive webinar to help your chapters build better habits and measure five essential metrics. We cover what you should monitor to stay ahead of the game.
11 Ways to Help Chapters Avoid (Or handle) a CrisisBillhighway
Sit back and enjoy this webinar where we decode crises we see (and feel) in chapters. We cover all kinds of troublesome scenarios, from chapter financial mismanagement, fraud, and cybersecurity attacks to AWOL or unprepared chapter officers and everything in between.
Your association’s approach to chapter crisis management and prevention depends entirely on your relationship with your components – in terms of both structure (subsidiary or independent) and your connection. While this webinar assumes chapters are subsidiaries, a situation that brings more risk to National and supposedly provides more control. Even if your components are independent, you (and your chapters) will benefit from this advice. Join us for some tips and best practices to help handle (or hopefully avoid) your next chapter crisis!
20 Things You Can Do For Your Chapters in 2023Billhighway
2022 was a big year for moving forward with “the new normal,” but are you ready to take your chapters to the next level in 2023? How will you make your volunteers’ lives easier? What tools can you use to better support chapter leaders?
In case you didn’t hear, Mariner Management turned 20 in January! As a celebration of this accomplishment and in honor of Billhighway’s 23rd year of service to component-based organizations, we’ve gathered our favorite “Top 20” tips we’d love to share.
Join us to learn:
→ Our top 20 resources, tools, and tips for CRPs
→ How to support your chapters now so they can plan for the future
→ Bring your questions for an “Ask Me Anything” chat with Peggy Hoffman
This free webinar will provide ideas you can start implementing immediately.
Can You Hear Me? Effective Practices in Communicating with Chapter LeadersBillhighway
Good old-fashioned communication is one of the best ways to build successful relationships with your chapters. Communication is a two-way street, but not everyone communicates in the same way.
Have you ever been frustrated by the lack of transparency between you and your chapters? Or felt like your communication revolved around administrative asks instead of resources and advice? Maybe it’s time to Mari Kondo your chapter communications.
Peggy Hoffman from Mariner Management — with help from some super communicator CRPs —shares advice and examples on creating effective chapter communication practices.
Speakers:
- Peggy Hoffman, Mariner Management
- Michele Champion, California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT)
- Jennifer Steffan, National Institute of Governmental Purchasing (NIGP)
- Wesley Carr, American Inns of Court
Hosted by Billhighway & Mariner Management.
The Webinar You Need to Get Your Leaders On Board with New TechBillhighway
When you discover a new tech tool, do you sign right up? Sit back and wait? Shake your head?
More than 130,000 new apps hit mobile platforms every month, and thousands of new startups target us with ads…all promising to be the best tech you’ve ever used. And the subconscious way you approach new tech can greatly impact the way you can leverage today’s biggest advancements.
Join Beth Z, Your Nerdy Best Friend, to discover your Technology Psychology. You’ll take a self-assessment to find out your Technology Psychology Persona to help you understand the benefits and limitations of your approach to new technology. You’ll also see the new tech world from other perspectives so you can understand why it’s so tough to get everyone on the same digital page when it comes to tech solutions.
JOIN BETH Z’S BRAND-NEW PROGRAM TO…
- Identify how you subconsciously approach new technology
- Gain insight into other views of technology to find common ground to be more productive
- Discover techniques that make new technology work better for you, no matter your Technology Psychology
- Leave with new tech tool ideas that you can use right away!
MEET YOUR NEW NERDY BEST FRIEND…
Beth Ziesenis: Author. Speaker. Nerd.
Since her first Motorola RAZR flip phone, Beth has made a verb out of the word “nerd.” She’s here to help you filter through thousands of apps, gadgets, widgets and doodads to find the perfect free and bargain technology tools for work and home. Although the only real trophy she ever won was for making perfect French fries at McDonald’s in high school, Beth Z has been featured on Best Speaker lists by several organizations that write best speaker lists. She has written a whole shelf of books on apps and has spoken to more than 100 thousand audience members just like you. And if you’re puzzling over why she goes by “Beth Z”… it’s because she only finds about three people a year who can pronounce her last name.
Hosted by Billhighway, Mariner Management & Your Nerdy Best Friend
Idea Swap: Ways to Celebrate & Appreciate Our VolunteersBillhighway
Don’t let National Volunteer Week (#NVW) sneak up on you! National Volunteer Week is April 17th through April 23rd. So go ahead and mark your calendars now! It’s an opportunity to shine a light on the people who tirelessly serve our associations. Volunteers represent a large portion of our organizations and keep our chapters thriving, making them critical to our ability to meet member needs and move our missions. We’d be lost without them.
The question is, how do we authentically reward, recognize and support our chapter volunteers? To celebrate, we’ve compiled our favorite ways to show appreciation now or at any time of the year. In reality, we don’t need a month or week designated to thank our volunteers; instead, we should be showing our appreciation all year long. So join us for an idea swap with your CRP peers chocked full of ideas and inspiration to show your volunteers some love.
Hosted by Billhighway & Mariner Management.
Chapter Performance & Benchmarking Unwrapped: Creating a Compelling Chapter S...Billhighway
Day 3 Agenda:
- How to build and create a compelling story about the value of your chapters
- How to find bright spots, tell stories, and what tech to use
View the workshop recording: https://youtu.be/XBzt76UwD7w
Members seek face-to-face opportunities to connect, learn, volunteer, and socialize with their peers more than ever. CRPs are looking for ways to activate that member engagement at chapters. Around the country, they’re asking:
- Are associations changing how they manage and relate to their chapters?
- What support and services should we give our chapters?
- How should we evaluate our chapters?
- Are chapters still relevant?
Mariner Management and Billhighway conducted the third Chapter Benchmarking Study to explore these questions and more. We went out to CRPs, CEOs, and Chapter Leaders. The data analysis offers a resource for benchmarking, sharing innovations in chapter management, and starting conversations about the future of chapters. Join us as we unveil the 2022 Association Chapter Performance & Benchmarking Report, and more importantly, look at how you can use it to answer your questions and optimize your chapters! #leveragechapters #gotchapters
Chapter Performance & Benchmarking Unwrapped: Using Dashboards to Tell the Ch...Billhighway
Day 2 Agenda:
- Explore how to use benchmarking to create a dashboard about your chapter programs
- Share how your association can use a dashboard to monitor chapter health
View the workshop recording: https://youtu.be/sXj0oGXwhn4
Members seek face-to-face opportunities to connect, learn, volunteer, and socialize with their peers more than ever. CRPs are looking for ways to activate that member engagement at chapters. Around the country, they’re asking:
- Are associations changing how they manage and relate to their chapters?
- What support and services should we give our chapters?
- How should we evaluate our chapters?
- Are chapters still relevant?
Mariner Management and Billhighway conducted the third Chapter Benchmarking Study to explore these questions and more. We went out to CRPs, CEOs, and Chapter Leaders. The data analysis offers a resource for benchmarking, sharing innovations in chapter management, and starting conversations about the future of chapters. Join us as we unveil the 2022 Association Chapter Performance & Benchmarking Report, and more importantly, look at how you can use it to answer your questions and optimize your chapters! #leveragechapters #gotchapters
Chapter Performance & Benchmarking Unwrapped: How Associations View ChaptersBillhighway
Day 1 Agenda:
- Overview of how associations view chapters from 3-levels: CRP (operations); CEO (strategy); Chapter Leader (volunteer experience on the ground)
- The findings of the 2022 Chapter Performance and Benchmarking Study
- Share how your association can use the data and findings
View the workshop recording: https://youtu.be/Mh3uxdlf3vs
Members seek face-to-face opportunities to connect, learn, volunteer, and socialize with their peers more than ever. CRPs are looking for ways to activate that member engagement at chapters. Around the country, they’re asking:
- Are associations changing how they manage and relate to their chapters?
- What support and services should we give our chapters?
- How should we evaluate our chapters?
- Are chapters still relevant?
Mariner Management and Billhighway conducted the third Chapter Benchmarking Study to explore these questions and more. We went out to CRPs, CEOs, and Chapter Leaders. The data analysis offers a resource for benchmarking, sharing innovations in chapter management, and starting conversations about the future of chapters. Join us as we unveil the 2022 Association Chapter Performance & Benchmarking Report, and more importantly, look at how you can use it to answer your questions and optimize your chapters! #leveragechapters #gotchapters
Virtual Idea Swap: Coaching Chapter Leaders for SuccessBillhighway
What would we do without chapter volunteers? They’re our everything! Year after year, volunteers step up, take on chapter leadership roles, then step aside for the next set of leaders. So how do we ensure our volunteers have what they need to contribute? How can we inspire them?
In this chapter virtual idea swap—Coaching Chapter Leaders for Success—you'll be able to collaborate with your CRP peers on essential coaching skills aimed at attracting and motivating volunteer leaders.
Billhighway: A Solution for Better Chapter Performance Billhighway
Do you ever wonder if there are ways you can help your chapters be more effective? Chapter leaders are typically not association management experts. They’re not financial whizzes, compliance professionals, database managers, technologists, or website administrators. The responsibilities of managing a chapter take many of them far outside their comfort zone and can limit their effectiveness in serving members.
The good news is you and your chapter leaders don’t have to put up with this frustrating situation. The solution is out there, but you might not know about it yet. Everyone’s familiar with AMS, LMS, event registration platforms, and other tools used for chapter management. But do you know that Billhighway unifies all that functionality into one solution that helps to significantly improve chapter performance, increase member retention, and grow revenue? Join us to learn more about how you can dramatically increase the performance of your chapters and why your chapter leaders and Executive Director will love you for it.
We traditionally focus on resources, tools, and insights that help you and your chapters without being a commercial for Billhighway. This webinar is different, so we want to be upfront about it. In times like these, associations need Billhighway more than ever. So we’re breaking with tradition and focusing this webinar on demonstrating how the Billhighway solution can help component-based associations solve the unique challenges of our current times.
Prepping for 2022: Chapter Virtual Idea SwapBillhighway
With 2021 winding down, what’s ahead for chapters? COVID will still be “a thing” and, for some, budgets will still be in flux. We can expect there will be challenges and new opportunities galore. So we put our collective heads together to think positively and proactively about 2022. We offered some tips based on 2021 and collaborated on how to prepare for next year. Participants shared lessons learned, ideas tried and solutions found.
You have a solid base for recruiting and training chapter volunteers that has worked well in the past. Then came the evidence-based research on volunteers challenging our percepts. Followed by the pandemic and increased volunteer burnout. Turns out our training programs need a new approach. What can you do? Let’s do a reboot on chapter volunteer training. Join us for a conversation on how to use volunteer motivations and personas to drive learning and rethink our approach so we can retain volunteers and develop future leaders. Ready to shift your volunteer training to get a better learning experience?
Drive Chapter Behavior with Targeted BenchmarkingBillhighway
Benchmarking (count and compare) can serve many purposes, but the most important purpose is to define what’s most important! Everyone’s likely heard some variation on the business maxim, “you can’t manage what you don’t measure,” but the corollary consequence, “you tend to manage what’s being measured” is often overlooked. Bottom line, if we want our chapters to help us serve the members and move the mission, we need to benchmark those behaviors that help us achieve that end. In other words, let’s count the things that count…and, oh by the way, all the things that count can’t necessarily be counted!
Benchmarking also implies comparison, and here’s the other important purpose. When we measure and make comparisons on those metrics which are truly important, we can then identify our “bright spots” – the high achievers – and replicate those behaviors across the system. Win-win!!
We talk about what we’re benchmarking (or not) and why. While there’s no guarantee, experience suggests that “if you measure it, they will do it,” so let’s be sure we measure the right stuff.
Chapter Events: Deciding on In-Person, Hybrid, or VirtualBillhighway
What’s the outlook for in-person chapter events in 2021 and how do we help chapter leaders decide whether to host an in-person, hybrid, or virtual event?
For nearly a year, CRPs and chapter leaders have focused on virtual. As the vaccine rolls out across the country, the focus is shifting to when chapters can resume in-person meetings (and indeed some already have). But should chapters plan on in-person meetings this year? Can they provide a safe experience? Will members be ready? What about hybrid—the word on everyone’s mind? Is that a viable possibility?
Like you, we had more questions than answers so we tapped one of the brightest minds we know on association and chapter events. Join us as we provide expert advice on how to help chapters make the right event decisions.
Hosted by Billhighway and Mariner Management.
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Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
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Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
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We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
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Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
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Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
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A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
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Speakers:
Bob Boule
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Gopinath Rebala
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Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
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Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
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https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
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Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
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In this presentation, we examine the challenges and limitations of relying too heavily on PHP frameworks in web development. We discuss the history of PHP and its frameworks to understand how this dependence has evolved. The focus will be on providing concrete tips and strategies to reduce reliance on these frameworks, based on real-world examples and practical considerations. The goal is to equip developers with the skills and knowledge to create more flexible and future-proof web applications. We'll explore the importance of maintaining autonomy in a rapidly changing tech landscape and how to make informed decisions in PHP development.
This talk is aimed at encouraging a more independent approach to using PHP frameworks, moving towards a more flexible and future-proof approach to PHP development.
2. Got chapters? We’ve got solutions. Billhighway unifies
finances and data for organizations with components. We
solve inherent operational, data and financial complexities
that impact component-based associations.
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association volunteers and staff create the greatest possible
value for your members and in ensuring the long term
health and growth of your association.
3. Identifying
the Need
• Speaker Help vs
Program Help
Finding
Speakers
• Curating Lists
• Setting Up a
Directory
• Providing
Speakers
Considerations
• Speakers Bureau
vs. Speakers
Directory
• Online Resources
• Traditional Formats
Turning Ideas
Into Action
• Measuring
Success
• Setting Goals
• Driving Adoption
01 02 03 04
Our Agenda
4. What problem are you solving
with a speakers bureau?
How do you want to measure
success? How do you know?
What type of speaker
resources do you need?
Key Questions
01 02 03
6. Why are they asking for a speakers bureau?
Do Chapters Really Need
Help Finding Speakers?
Do they need help finding “free” speakers?
Are they looking to expand their contact list?
Or is it a programming problem?
8. Curate Existing Lists Set Up Directory Provide Speakers
Curate Existing Lists
Finding effective speakers
and connecting them with
the right chapter can be
challenging. Curate
existing lists instead of
recreating the wheel.
Set Up Directory
Creating a directory of
speakers helps connect
people looking for a
speaker with those who
are looking to be a
speaker.
Provide Speakers
Every chapter is on the
lookout for programing
content. Offer a speakers
series, or provide training
to help find effective
speakers.
3 Ways to Help Find Speakers
9. AMA: Speaker Share
Curate an Existing List
Excel Spreadsheet
Call for submissions 2x per year
Don’t remove “old” submissions as they
can spark ideas
Over 5 years, 200+ recommendations
10. ATD (formerly ASTD): Searching Feature
Create a Searchable Calendar
Created searchable calendar of all events,
including speaker list and contact info
Takes 2-3 hours per month to update
Provides valuable insight into trends for
topics and speakers
140 chapters x 24 events = lots of speakers (1
event per month)
11. PCMA: “Best in Class”
Introduce “Best in Class” Speakers
Select speakers from top rated sessions at
bi-annual international meetings
2 year program
Offer each chapter 2 “best in class”
presenters each year (no cost)
Enables national to vet speakers
Gives chapters freedom to choose topics
12. GBTA: Speaker Directories
Set Up Multiple Directories
Updated annually
GBTA Speakers Bureau
Compilation of all speakers throughout year
Built & maintained by group of chapter presidents
Chapter Presidents Council Speakers Bureau
Recommend speakers from other meetings
Updated monthly
13. GBTA: Series based on research
Offer a Speakers Series
3rd speakers bureau offering from GBTA*
Speakers Series based on their research
Provide speakers who can discuss research
at no cost to chapters
Helps GBTA get “hot topics” included in
chapter programming
14. NATP: Provide Instructors
Develop a Certified Instructor Program
Offers a 2-day certified instructor program
Members learn how to become effective
instructors, using materials created by national
Enables certified members to work
throughout the country (not just chapters)
National compiled a list of courses and
instructors so chapters can choose by interest
15. IDEA! Live Web Tour
Think Outside the Box to
Source Your Speakers
Chapter leaders attend a webinar that
teaches them how to source speakers
Tips and what to expect
Live “web tour” on places in the local
community to find speakers
Helps chapters think outside the box
16. Bureau vs
Directory
Providing
recommendations
vs being a
resource for
speakers
Key Considerations
Speakers
Bureau vs.
Speakers
Directory
01
Bureau =
Vetting
A Speakers
Bureau implies
vetting or a
rating system
from the org
02
3rd Party
Confusion
Speakers
Bureau could
cause confusion
or set unrealistic
expectation
03
24. Incentives
AADE ties Diabetes Educator of the Year award to being available to travel to local
groups to give presentations – can help build the speaker directory?
You’ve Built It…But Will They Come?
Discounts
AMA offers 5% discount off the speaker fee for all bookings via their portal
Rethink “Competition”
• Rethink competition for speakers between local chapters and national
• Leverage best speakers from national events for local chapter events, at no
cost or discounted cost
• National Association of Tax Professionals schedules events and speakers
further in advance than chapters, so there’s rarely an issue
25. 77% 60% 91%33%
How Will You Measure Success?
Event Attendance? # of Users/Profiles?Event Evaluations?
26. What’s one thing you could do tomorrow? Here’s a few steps you can follow:
Turning Ideas Into Action
Confirm
Confirm your
chapters need help
finding speakers
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4
Review
Review (and
consolidate) current
speaker resources
Pilot
Pilot a platform (or
Excel spreadsheet)
with your org
Track
Set and track
metrics for local
chapters and
national to follow
Offering effective speakers who can discuss timely, industry-relevant topics helps increase chapter engagement while driving wider awareness of your association.
Finding the right speakers for different chapter programs or events can be a challenge.
Creating a speakers bureau can solve this problem by offering an easy-to-access system that connects people looking for a speaker with those who are looking to be a speaker.
In this webinar, we’ll discuss how others have handled this.
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Some key questions to keep in mind…
What problem are you solving with a speakers bureau?
Are you providing speakers
Or helping them to find their own speakers
Or is it bigger than just speakers – e.g., they need help creating programs
What type of Speaker resources do you need?
Bureau vs directory
Online resources
Traditional tools
How will you measure success?
- Building something that doesn’t get used doesn’t do anyone any good.
Speaker directory or bureau
Speaker lists
Speaker suggestions (respond to requests)
Sponsored speakers (e.g., Board members, staff, industry leaders)
Grants or Funding for speakers
Speaker training
Session package (curriculum, speaker, etal)
Nada
As part of research, had a true “aha” moment… Chapters request a Speaker Bureau…but why? What’s the problem it will solve?
Do they really need a Speakers Bureau?
Or are they having problems building out their programs / calendars?
Or do they have some speakers but just not enough?
If we don’t understand the problem they need to solve, providing a list of speakers won’t make a difference (and it won’t be used)
Before you begin building, make sure you’re asking the right questions.
Yes
No
Curate existing lists
Instead of recreating the wheel
Set up a directory
Provide speakers
Offering a speakers series
Training to find speakers
Simple tool: Excel spreadsheet where chapters submitted their favorite speakers and listed what topics they spoke on and contact info
Call for submissions 2x p/year - Over 5 years, had 200+ recommendations
Never remove “old” submissions as they can spark ideas. Did include submissions dates so chapters know how old / new each was.
Scanned every website and created searchable calendar of all events, including speakers + links + contact info. Can be sorted by geo location
Easy to do – only takes 2-3hours p/month to update
Provides valuable insight into trends re topics and speakers
140 chapters x 24 events (1 event p/month over 2 years) = lots of speakers
Easy to use:
Call host chapter for a reference
One call plus a couple of clicks = 100s of speakers
Select speakers from top rated session at bi-annual international meetings
2 year program
Offer each chapter 2 “best in class” presenters each year at no cost
Enables national to vet speakers and ensure they already meet the approval of the target audience
Gives chapters freedom to choose topics that best fit their programs
Multiple offerings:
GBTA Speakers Bureau
Updated annually
Compilation of all speakers throughout the past year
Chapter Presidents Council Speakers Bureau
Built and maintained by group of chapter presidents
Recommend speakers from other meetings
Updated monthly
3rd speakers bureau offering from GBTA!
Speakers Series based on their research.
After they generate research, they provide speakers who can discuss the research at no cost to chapters
Helps them get their ‘hot topics’ included in chapter programming.
The tough part is keeping the topics relevant. While it’s good to add relevant topics after they were used at a meeting, I’d like to get to the point where we’re are pushing relevant or HOT TOPIC speakers out to the Chapters. For lack of a better term, Programming the Chapter network. We’re working with our Professional Development Department to see how this could be accomplished. For example, we could designate July as Risk Awareness month and encourage all Chapters to have a Risk-related topic.
2-day certified instructor program
Members learn how to become effective instructors, using materials created by national
Enables certified members to work throughout the country, not just within their chapter
Also, national compiled a list of courses and instructors, so chapters can choose the topics, instructors they are interested in.
Related – consider contracting with a firm like the LearningStudio to create workshops – learningstudio.biz
Chapter leaders attend a webinar that teaches them how to source speakers
Tips and what to expect
Live “web tour” on places in the local community to find speakers, e.g. chambers of commerce, national associations, etc.
Helps chapters think outside the box
“Bureau” implies recommended speakers, where all vetting has already been done.“Bureau” often provides rating system“Bureau” can cause confusion with 3rd party “professional” speakers bureaus, e.g. International Association of Speakers Bureaus; Global Speakers Bureau; etc.