Spark Consulting

MAY 11, 2020

Steal Like a Fundraiser: Innovations in Cause-Oriented Fundraising for Associations (PDF), co-authored with Sohini Baliga, December 2017. The Mission Driven Volunteer (PDF), co-authored with Peggy Hoffman, CAE, Mariner Management, August 2013.

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Principled Innovation

JUNE 3, 2013

If you’re interested in joining this conversation and you are attending ASAE’s Marketing, Membership and Communications Conference in Washington, DC on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, I will be speaking on the topic, “Why Membership is Killing Association Business Models” from 10:15 am-11:30 am in Room 150B of the Walter E.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 26, 2013

He attended the conference and says it “shone an important light on personalization, risk, innovation, and diversity—things your association should know a thing or two about.”. Ernie Smith from Associations Now believes the association and news industries could learn a lot from each other.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 29, 2013

People are too creative and innovative to not make it work. Sarah Lacy, the founder of Pando Daily, takes a look at the media landscape now that the last major newspaper hold-outs are going over to the paywall side and the big digital players say the only way to survive is to produce “s**t quality” content.

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Eric Lanke

DECEMBER 30, 2013

image source As we end another year, here''s a look back at the five posts on this blog that received the most page views in 2013. In it, I describe my takeaways from a roundtable discussion I facilitated at the second annual WSAE National Summit on Association Innovation.

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Portage Group

JANUARY 24, 2013

Well, it''s 2013 and we''re still here. So, to kick off 2013 on the ARC blog, I thought I''d share four (just four!) Associations that expect ongoing success need to be more agile, innovative and on top of change than ever before.what else would you add? What are your top strategic priorities for 2013 and beyond?

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Aaron Wolowiec

JUNE 11, 2013

What if… The first step to answering the “what ifs” is to attend ORGRPO 2013 , said Donna Oser, founder of Vital Associations, and chair of the ORGPRO Task Force. ORGPRO 2013 will offer two full days of educational programming for all levels of the employment spectrum. What if they thought out of the box a bit more? Genius Bars.

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Thanks For Playing

JANUARY 23, 2013

Personal branding trends for 2013 (I'm not so sure these are new this year, but they are good remidners). An interesting look at why innovation is so hard. Innovation is a product of CONSTRUCTIVE conflict. My favorite? Is there a leadership gene ? And I thought *I* didn't like RFPs !

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Portage Group

JANUARY 24, 2013

Well, it's 2013 and we're still here. So, to kick off 2013 on the ARC blog, I thought I'd share four (just four!) The Mayans mixed things up, got tired of writing their calendar or maybe they just wanted to freak us out a bit. The association sector is changing in so many ways, I hardly know where to begin.

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Spark Consulting

JANUARY 8, 2014

Associations Now shares the top five leadership lessons from 2013. Maddie Grant’s eclectic and interesting list of favorite reads of 2013. Association Adviser shares two case studies that prove it works. Eric Lanke reminds us that information is useless without action. The importance of “ this might not work.”

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Top 10 innovations of all time. The 2013 Blackbaud Charitable Giving Report is out and John Haydon breaks down the key insights. Content marketing: how often? As usual, ask your audience. Subtext, have we become too dependent on technology?

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Spark Consulting

MAY 29, 2013

The 2013 Social Media Marketing Report is out. blog roundup cool technology generations innovation leadership management marketing membership social media Associations Now Facebook Google Innovation Excellence Jamie Notter John Haydon SEO Shelly Alcorn Technology Review' Among the top 10 findings?

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Spark Consulting

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Top 10 innovations of all time. The 2013 Blackbaud Charitable Giving Report is out and John Haydon breaks down the key insights. Content marketing: how often? As usual, ask your audience. Subtext, have we become too dependent on technology?

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Association Subculture

JULY 3, 2013

1) Experimentation - If innovation is king, then experimentation is queen. I really don''t have much to say about this grassroots, virtual adventure that you can''t see for yourself on the video save to say I did learn a few lessons along the way. And it''s nuts. There is no policy manual to look for.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

Want to make real progress in 2013? Want to innovate in 2013? Does your association need social media training? There are signs. ALL decisions to buy - including membership in your association - are emotional , and there's a scientific reason for it. Jeff Cobb urges us to reflect, listen, curate, and give stuff away.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 15, 2013

10 Disruptive Questions For Instant Innovation. November 6-8, 2013. The Double-Edged Sword of “Young Professional” Katie Bascuas. Associations Now. 3 Tools to Simplify Your Digital World. Tom Cochran. Entrepreneur. Lisa Bodell. How to Lead When Your Employees Don’t Have to Follow. Association Executive Exchange.

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Higher Logic

AUGUST 17, 2017

That’s up from 2013 by a whopping $20 billion. Innovate and Generate Higher-Quality Solutions. Customers, especially B2B customers, are incredibly innovative and knowledgeable about their industries as well as the products they use. In 2016, businesses lost $63 billion dollars due to bad customer service.

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Higher Logic

JANUARY 27, 2020

Our 2020 Community Movers + Shakers are champions of communities, who see the value in the community movement, and we wanted to highlight, honor, and share the work of their creative and innovative minds with the rest of the industry. She started working with community at PMI, a global organization for project management, in 2013.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Jeff De Cagna's six ideas for 2013. Shelly Alcorn's five terms for 2013. Social media predictions for 2013 from the pros. Digital trends for 2013 that are not the same old same old. It's focus on the new year week! My favorite? SED: Serendipity, Empathy, Discovery. My favorite? Workforce development. My favorite?

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Idea Architects

DECEMBER 12, 2012

In my involvement in about 40 different conferences this year, I've noticed what once were isolated ideas or innovations beginning to be echoed repeatedly in other meeting designs. While the degree of replication varies, I think each of the following 15 considerations are worth every conference designer contemplating for their 2013 efforts.

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Association Leaders

JULY 16, 2012

On the other hand, if you are the underdog and you find new, creative and innovative ways to compete, you can win much more often. I look forward to reading Malcolm Gladwell’s book in 2013. Not a great winning percentage, but better than Mario Mendoza ‘s batting average.

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Principled Innovation

APRIL 8, 2013

In early January, I wrote a post on six serious ideas for 2013 that included the concept of SED, which is short for serendipity, empathy and discovery. Serendipity, empathy and discovery are essential ingredients of new value creation that can be combined in appropriate measure through the work of innovation.

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YourMembership

MARCH 5, 2013

Its latest study revealed that the top five professional goals for people in the US in 2013 are: Professional development through learning new skills (48%). The number one professional goal for 2013 is learning a new skill. Innovative ideas and social networking have played a large role in this. Get a new job/career (29%).

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Principled Innovation

NOVEMBER 1, 2012

Jeff De Cagna FRSA FASAE, chief strategist and founder of Principled Innovation LLC, has been elected chair of the RedRover Board of Directors. Jeff will begin his two-year term in January 2013. Jeff will begin his two-year term in January 2013.

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Blue Sky eLearn

MARCH 19, 2019

In 2013, three economists published a research paper called The Great Reversal in the Demand for Skill and Cognitive Tasks. in January 2013. I believe we are experiencing another ebb and flow in what our workforce is demanding due to innovative technological changes. What’s Next?

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Associations Now

JULY 2, 2019

Building an innovative culture? Start by not calling it “innovative.” As associations strive to strengthen workplace culture, creating “collaborative,” “innovative,” and “results-driven” environments is at the top of many organizations’ to-do lists. The post Daily Buzz: Is Your Culture Really “Innovative”? million meals.

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Principled Innovation

MARCH 25, 2013

This post originally appeared on the Associations Now Leadership Blog on March 7, 2013. IMPORTANT NOTE: Google Reader will be shut down on July 1, 2013, making this an opportune moment to subscribe to the Principled Innovation Blog via email.

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Higher Logic

MARCH 6, 2020

Most Innovative Way of Using the HL MA Platform (MA): American Roentgen Ray Society (ARRS). Just because it's automated doesn't mean you don’t need innovation. ARRS has been an iMIS-integrated client since 2013. They were an early adopter of automated campaigns, creating their first in 2015. Could This Be You Next Year?

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APRIL 26, 2012

” They asked each speaker to answer (in 75 words or less) the question: What development, trend, or marketing innovation do you predict will be in place by the fall of 2012 to influence every direct marketer’s year-end planning? Start With the "Why" Always the Last to Know: 50 Most Innovative Compan. Newer Post.

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Principled Innovation

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

I find it remarkable that it is February 2013, and I am still reading magazine articles advising associations to create strategic plans every five or six years, and encouraging leaders to review those plans just once a year. This post originally appeared last Wednesday on the ResultsDirect AssociationCentric Blog.

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Principled Innovation

APRIL 28, 2013

Jeff De Cagna FRSA FASAE , chief strategist and founder of Principled Innovation LLC, is serving as curator and provocateur for the inaugural Association Chief Executives (ACE) Symposium , to be held on Friday, July 12 at The Gannett Building in McLean, Virginia.

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Principled Innovation

JANUARY 30, 2013

Join Jeff De Cagna of Principled Innovation on Wednesday, March 6 for the P.I./TMA Principled Innovation is pleased to be partnering with TMA Resources to present this Executive Breakfast. Join Jeff De Cagna of Principled Innovation on Wednesday, March 6 for the P.I./TMA Bonus Deep Dive Session (10 am-12 noon).

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Principled Innovation

JANUARY 9, 2013

In my last post on six serious ideas for 2013 , I discussed the concept of “strategic legitimacy,” which is about challenging association boards to do a better job of providing future-focused stewardship in a world experiencing relentless transformation.

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Principled Innovation

APRIL 2, 2013

This post originally appeared on the Associations Now Leadership Blog on March 28, 2013. To make this happen, boards, CEOs, C-suite executives, and other contributors need to think beyond orthodoxy and embrace a 21st-century sensibility in their pursuit of business model innovation. You can read Part I here.

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Spark Consulting

MARCH 4, 2015

If you’ve missed the previous sessions Peggy Hoffman and I have given on our eponymous August 2013 whitepaper , you can catch us at ASAE later this month. innovation membership presentations volunteering webinars whitepaper Anna Caraveli ASAE Frank Fortin Guillermo Ortiz de Zarate Higher Logic Peggy Hoffman Peter Houstle'

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Smooth The Path

JUNE 19, 2017

I called 2013 my year of brave public speaking. While interviewing the most innovative associations, many respondents mentioned the continuum of innovation which involves starting small and continuously practicing change and innovation. The first association innovation to start with. Set a Goal.

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Aaron Wolowiec

MARCH 4, 2014

Donna currently serves as the director of executive search services for the Michigan Association of School Boards ; however, she also has extensive experience as a management consultant, coach and facilitator and specializes in membership, non-dues revenue and business innovation. Some may say we’re kindred spirits.

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