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Mission: Impact podcast

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Content Strategy with Hilary Marsh

8/31/2021

 
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In episode 30 of Mission: Impact, some of the topics that Carol and her guest, Hilary Marsh discussed include:
  • What content creation and curation means and how they differ
  • What content strategy entails and how to develop one
  • Why trust across staff departments is so important to a cohesive content strategy
Guest Information: Hilary Marsh is president and chief strategist of Content Company, a content and digital strategy consultancy and leading content strategy practitioner, mentor, speaker, and professor since 1999. She helps associations get better results from their content by improving their practices. Content Company’s clients include the American Bar Association, American Medical Association, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Endocrine Society, Institute of Food Technologists, and ISPOR. Hilary oversaw the member website for the National Association of Realtors from 2005 to 2011. Hilary is a co-author of “Association Content Strategies for a Changing World” (ASAE Research Foundation, 2018), “Content Curation, Associations’ Secret Weapon Against Information Overload” (self-published, 2020), and the “Leading Your Organization’s Content Strategy” chapter in the 4th edition of Professional Practices in Association Management (ASAE, January 2021).
Important Guest Links: 
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/hilarymarsh/ 
  • https://contentcompany.biz/ 
  • https://twitter.com/hilarymarsh 
  • https://getmespark.com/wp-content/uploads/ContentCuration2020.pdf 
  • https://www.asaecenter.org/publications/110419-association-content-strategies-for-a-changing-world-pdf
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Working with Volunteers with Peggy Hoffman

8/3/2021

 
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In episode 28 of Mission: Impact, some of the topics that Carol and her guest, Peggy Hoffman discussed include:
  • How local nonprofit chapters contribute to the larger organizations
  • What implications the rise of online professional development has for local chapters.
  • Why volunteers and chapters are the heart and soul of associations and yet a somewhat neglected aspect of working in a membership organization
Guest Information:
Peggy Hoffman is president of Mariner Management, an association management company which is home to two associations and provides an array of support and training to associations and most importantly member volunteers. Peggy has provided training and counsel to dozens of global, national and local membership associations over the past 30 years. She often draws on her own team’s research on volunteerism, member communities and association innovation. Peggy not only enjoys working with association volunteers but is an active volunteer for her professional association – including serving as a chapter past president – so she’ll draw from experience on both levels. Read her full bio at MarinerManagement.com and connect with Peggy on Twitter @peggyhoffman or LinkedIn. And ask her about triathlons, dance or living with three sons.
Important Guest Links: 
  • https://marinermanagement.com/resource/white-paper/2021-06-30/creating-association-roi-through-volunteer-training-toolkit/ 
  • https://marinermanagement.com/resource/white-paper/2019-10-22/2019-chapter-benchmarking-report/  
  • https://marinermanagement.com/ 
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/pmhoffman/ 
  • https://twitter.com/peggyhoffman 
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Digital transformation and associations with Elizabeth Engel

5/25/2021

 
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In episode 23 of Mission: Impact, some of the topics that Carol and her guest, Elizabeth Engel discussed include:
  • The significance of digital transformation for organizations
  • What’s different about digital transformation for associations
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    Avoiding shiny object syndrome in your tech related projects
Guest Information:
Elizabeth Weaver Engel, M.A., CAE, is Chief Strategist at Spark Consulting. For more than twenty years, Elizabeth has helped associations grow in membership, marketing, communications, public presence, and especially revenue, which is what Spark is all about. She speaks and writes frequently on a variety of topics in association management. When she's not helping associations grow, Elizabeth loves to dance, listen to live music, cook, and garden.


Important Guest Links: 
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/ewengel/ 
  • https://www.getmespark.com/
  • The Digital Transformation whitepaper:  https://bit.ly/3y4O6dy
  • https://www.amazon.com/Designed-Digital-Architect-Sustained-Management/dp/0262042886 

Contact Us:
  • Send an email: https://www.missionimpactpodcast.com/contact.html 
  • Get Nora to edit your show (she writes music too): nstraussriggs@gmail.com  

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Association trends with Shelley Sanner & Alanna McKee

3/9/2021

 
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In episode 18 of Mission: Impact, some of the topics that Carol and her guests, Shelley Sanner and Alanna McKee discussed include:
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Trends facing associations, including the need for greater personalization
- How associations have adjusted to the virtual environment
- What the future of work could like and how associations could contribute to the workforce development of the fields they serve







​Guest Information:
Shelley Sanner, CAE, MA, Senior Vice President, Industry Relations:

As senior vice president of industry relations, Shelley fosters knowledge-sharing and partnerships to promote innovation and excellence within the association industry. Her main areas of focus include identifying association challenges and trends and translating them into resources that benefit the community at-large. She also coordinates McKinley’s presence at events and within industry publications to ensure that we serve as a resource to the community on best practices and other insights.
Before joining McKinley in 2007, Shelley served as Membership Director at a higher education association. On a national level, Shelley has served in various volunteer leadership positions, taught courses and presented at many industry events. She has a Master’s in liberal studies from Georgetown University and an undergraduate degree from Juniata College, where she majored in French and education.  
Alanna Tievsky McKee, MSW, Director:
As a director within the consulting department, Alanna leads client engagements designed to maximize organizational efficiency and mission impact. She brings a creative and thoughtful approach to each of her clients, combining skills acquired through her training and experience as a consultant, clinician, and coach. During her time at McKinley, she has nurtured an expertise in member engagement and retention, strategic planning, governance and staff and volunteer leadership facilitation.  
Alanna has worked in and with the nonprofit sector for more than a decade and has supported nearly 100 unique associations as a member of the McKinley team. She is a social worker by trade and feels passionate about helping individuals and organizations solve challenges and reach their full potential. Alanna holds an MSW from the University of Pennsylvania with a concentration in nonprofit management and a B.A. in developmental neuropsychology from the University of Rochester.
Contact our Guests
  • https://www.mckinley-advisors.com/
  • https://www.mckinley-advisors.com/team/ 
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/shelleysanner/
  • https://www.linkedin.com/in/alanna-tievsky-mckee-47b79448/
Connection platform for online gatherings 
  • https://www.wonder.me/ 
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How to Hire a Nonprofit Consultant with Heather Yandow

11/17/2020

 
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Episode 10: This week we’re talking to Heather Yandow.  
 
We talked about: 
• What gets in the way of nonprofits hiring consultants successfully.
• Why an RFP process is often not the best approach to having a great experience with a consultant.
• The trends we are observing in this time of disruption.

Scenario Planning: An article describing the process from MIT Sloan management school

Heather Yandow brings more than 20 years of experience as an outreach coordinator, coalition leader, project manager, and fundraiser to Third Space Studio. She helps organizations with strategic planning, board development, change management, leadership development, and going from good to great. She has also served on the Board of Directors of Democracy NC, ncyt: NC’s Network of Young Nonprofit Professionals, and the Beehive Collective (a giving circle). She is also the founder of Nonprofit.ist, an online platform for nonprofits to find the consulting expertise they need.

​Links: 

www.nonprofit.ist/
www.linkedin.com/in/heatheryandow/
www.thirdspacestudio.com/

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