Category Association Insights

NO-NONSENSE NONPROFIT SERVICES December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence

In the last fourteen years, Red Shoe Solutions (RSS) has been responsible for planning and directing dozens of large successful events in seventeen U.S. states, Canada and Europe, serving members from over forty nations in total. We select our clients carefully to ensure the highest level of service and the best professional fit.

Our experienced team provides complete administrative services, consulting and event management for nonprofits who take governance seriously...

Is email killing your team’s performance? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence No comments

Atos an international information technology services company with annual revenues of EUR 8.5 billion and 74,000 employees in 48 countries thinks so and is planning to ban email for internal communications by 2014[i].

What is email waste costing you? According to a survey posted in PRNewswire 25% of “email time” is wasted for a total of 15 days per year. Let’s do the numbers

Total employees X (average annual wage + 15% benefits) X 6% = YIKES!!!
Example: 1200 employees X $30/hour = W...

Choose not to be insulted December 15, 2021 Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence No comments

2012 was by all metrics an amazing year for our nonprofit. We had increased membership 250% in just nine months, achieved a 95% positive service rating from our members and had the most successful annual conference in recent history. Cash flow was growing accolades were glowing and the New Year was on track to be another record breaker...

Is email the bane of nonprofit progress? December 15, 2021 Affective Leadership, Association Insights, Emotional Intelligence No comments

Most nonprofit boards are risk averse so we find that the most effective way to make significant progress is to invest our own time and money to develop, test and prove service systems without any form of guarantee or initial investment required by the board. In the first year we typically lose money but once we work out all the bugs and have successful systems in place we are typically treated like valued partners and compensated fairly for continuing to provide the service...

FREE integrated technology for nonprofits December 15, 2021 Association Insights, Training One comment

The member services and event management side of our business has a very small staff and we cannot afford to squander our limited resources on ineffectual activities. We are however willing to invest time and money in any technology that allows use our time more effectively. Our driving philosophy is to allow technology to do EVERYTHING technology can do so people can do what only people can do.

The first thing technology should do for you is to integrate as many of your communication tools ...