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Association Leaders Reveal Best Practices For Becoming Revenue Focused

Redefining Key Performance Indicators for Association Business Success

Lisa Daniel

Branding Yes& General Associations Non Profit Culture

DEI in Focus: Show Us, Don’t Tell Us

Forrest Mars Sr. came up with the idea for M&M’s after observing soldiers eating chocolate during the 1930s Spanish Civil War. As you know, heat liquefies chocolate like butter in a frying pan, making your fingers sticky. So, the concept of wrapping chocolate in a hard candy shell was born. With it, came an immortal tagline: Melts in your mouth, not in your hands. M&M’s are practical. They’re colorful. The characters are fun. Did we need them to be anything more?

Jonah Malin

Branding Yes& General Associations Non Profit Culture

How Brands Can Communicate Giving Back in an Authentic Way

Have you ever donated or volunteered but felt awkward about telling people or maybe even hesitated to post about it on your social networks? We’ve all been there –maybe it feels…too self-promotional?

Alexandra LaCroix

Digital Marketing & PR Yes& General Associations Announcement

Building a Buzz Around Workplace Giving

There should be a direct and overt connection between an organization’s “giving back” initiatives and its core values. If there is no such connection? Maybe the values aren’t really values—or maybe the giving back is a thinly-disguised PR play. If there is a connection? Giving back is a powerful way to build engagement with hard-to-recruit and hard-to-retain employees.

Robert W. Sprague

Digital Marketing & PR Yes& General Associations Announcement

Yes& Acquires Maryland-based Beyond Definition

Acquisition Strengthens Agency’s Branding and Digital Marketing Capabilities in the Association and Commercial Sectors

Yes&

Digital B2G Associations Cyber Security Government

Every Month Should Be Cybersecurity Awareness Month

Over the past year cyber and ransomware attacks targeting the nation’s supply chain and critical infrastructure have impacted the economy, national security, and public safety.

Rutrell Yasin

Branding Associations

Mental Health is Health

When most people think about health, they naturally think about the physical body. Insurance plans are built around it, workplaces tell you to stay home when you have a cold, and people are able to quickly spot when they or others are not feeling their best physically.

Sara Rassi

B2G Associations Non Profit Culture Government

A Lexicon of Zoom Fails

A new way of working demands a new vocabulary. As marvelous as Zoom and other videoconferencing platforms are, a surfeit of technical glitches and user errors accompanies the typical call. The author modestly proposes the following terms to describe our common experience—and common misery.

Robert W. Sprague

Marketing & PR B2G Associations Healthcare Non Profit

Women's History Month Doesn't Have To Be About History

Women’s History Month is the time of year when we look back on the whole of history and tell the stories of women who shattered the glass ceiling. Names like Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, Rosa Parks, Clara Barton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Princess Diana come to mind. These were women in the public eye. They are very much giants in history. However, it is important to note that glass is easier to shatter when it is already cracked.

Mel Echenique

B2G Associations Non Profit Culture Government

Organizational Culture: A Year in Review

To say that the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted life and wreaked havoc across the world is an understatement. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs, and more than 500,000 have lost their lives, to this deadly virus; while virtual offices and classrooms, masks, and social distancing are the new normal.

Carmel McDonagh

Digital Marketing & PR B2G Associations Government Announcement

Attracting a Diverse Workforce: What Messages Are You Conveying on Social Media?

Learn why it's more important than ever for companies to weave diversity and inclusion into the very fabric of their organizations if they wish to attract new talent.

Rutrell Yasin

Branding Digital Video Creative Associations

Re-Animated: How Animation Keeps Association Brands Alive During the Pandemic

In times when proximity brings peril, and live-action filming is both tricky and costly, associations have turned to animation to keep their brand narratives moving.

Josh Golden

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