Association Navigator

OCTOBER 31, 2014

I’m thinking about innovation in the context of managing associations and non-profit enterprises. Innovation is a corporate buzz word, but it’s also a fundamental element in any successful and growing organization. The concept involved is using a “wide lens” when preparing a product or service innovation.

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Higher Logic

JULY 25, 2016

Leadership hype always focuses on the C-suite – are your executives on social media? But here’s another consideration: have you ever tapped leadership beyond the C-suite? 66% Mature communities had formal leadership/advocacy programs. Extend leadership beyond traditional roles. Take action on community leadership.

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OCTOBER 25, 2024

If a member is already dealing with stress and burnout at work, they will not have the mental capacity or time for a chapter or association leadership role. Billhighway describes nine strategies for recruiting chapter leaders that reduce the stress of leadership roles, offer more fulfilling volunteer experiences, and rejuvenate your chapters.

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Associations Now

APRIL 28, 2019

Today, everybody wants to feel like a stakeholder in an organization, and a new study suggests command-and-control leadership is obsolete. Leadership models come and go, but humility never goes out of style. The term for that is “servant leadership,” coined by Robert K. But strong execs still have a role to play.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 30, 2023

Associations regularly say they want to innovate, but often remain steeped in traditional ways. The term “innovation” has been thrown around all organizations for years. But as beneficial as innovation is, associations often struggle with it. However, the opposite approach helps innovation thrive. Radoslaw Nowak, Ph.D.,

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Positioning for Success in an Era of Disruption , where we highlighted the coming wave of AI and other emerging technologies, urging associations to embrace innovation early. For example: AI-powered systems can suggest relevant events, courses, or articles to members based on their interests and previous activity.

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Spark Consulting

MAY 2, 2014

We will also have an article coming out in Associations Now later this spring, so be sure to be on the lookout for that. innovation leadership management Big Data Peter Houstle' And don’t forget to download your free copy of the whitepaper at [link].

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Spark Consulting

JULY 17, 2013

Excited about open innovation (aka crowdsourcing)? Jamie also has a great piece referencing a Harvard Business Review article I really enjoyed in which he wonders if associations will be able to make the switch to “ transient advantage.” Frustrated by the 90/10 rule? You need to spend more time thinking about the problem.

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Wild Apricot

MAY 27, 2010

Blog posts and articles on Fundraising, Membership, and Social Media topped the active topics at AssociationJam.org this month, in terms of the numbers of submissions, views and reader votes. Carol-Anne Moutinho | Association Resource Center Reverse Innovation.( read more ).

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Spark Consulting

OCTOBER 24, 2013

. “ The Real Privacy Problem ” – long but fascinating article about some of the deeper issues at play in debates about privacy, freedom, and big data. blog roundup cool technology fundraising innovation leadership marketing membership social media Associations Now Beth Kanter sxsw Technology Review Twitter Wikipedia'

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Blue Avocado

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Article In Brief: The Problem: Nonprofits struggle with innovation despite creativity and a passion for changing the world being part of their make-up. The Solution: The secret to nonprofit innovation is partnerships built through strategic networking. Everyone wants to innovate, but very […].

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Association Success

OCTOBER 16, 2020

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Spark Consulting

MARCH 26, 2014

This is a great article, BTW.). The key to innovation? blog roundup innovation leadership marketing membership social media Associations Now Copyblogger Facebook John Haydon online advertising professional development Shelly Alcorn Technology Review Twitter' Is your association ready for the visual revolution ?

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Spark Consulting

MAY 15, 2013

Great article on teen behavior on “social” channels. (h/t Two, I have an article coming out in MSAE’s Association FOCUS magazine on this very topic in June.). h/t to Maddie Grant ). Feeling complacent? Try a little “ mental confusion.” my beloved H Street NE neighborhood).

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Reid All About it

APRIL 4, 2025

Getting tired of all these AI articles? Host: Dahlia El Gazzar, Dahlia+ Agency Guest: Noelle Russell, AI Leadership Institute Wed 4/16 from 9 a.m. Hear how associations can harness AI for growth, innovation, and long-term success. Plus, they provide a 30-day action plan. AI for associations. More info/register.

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AUGUST 16, 2024

But hang on for the rest of the article about the positive impact awards make. In a series of articles for Naylor, Jeff De Cagna advises associations to take a thoughtful approach to AI stewardship by helping your board understand AI’s capabilities and limitations, create AI governance measures, and anticipate AI’s evolution and impact.

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Thanks For Playing

JANUARY 30, 2013

Marketing Profs picked up Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter's survey on new leadership skills for the social media age (and wrote a really nice article about it). Still on Jamie, he clued in me in to a fantastic article that examines the concept of white privilege , Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. Want to innovate in 2013?

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Associations Now

JANUARY 28, 2020

To create innovative and interactive meetings, planners around the nation are raising the bar on productivity and capitalizing on attendee experience. Visit Orlando: How do you define innovation and what are you doing to infuse this into the meetings you plan? Innovation is anything that raises that level of expediency and accuracy.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 12, 2020

You’ve probably seen articles over the past few years about the death of the trade show. Join this timely discussion of commitment to action and sustainable change in regards to increasing representation in leadership, supplier diversity and inclusive event practices. Now it’s time to recover, relaunch, and rebound.” 86 exhibit booths.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 12, 2012

A few weeks ago I read an article in Fast Company about Anna Maria Chávez, CEO of Girl Scouts of the USA, and the innovative ideas the Girl Scouts have introduced – ideas I’ll return to in a future post. That’s right, it’s about skill development, community service and, most importantly, leadership. Tagged: Leadership.

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.orgSource

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Cultivating a Culture of Innovation: Bill Bruce, CEO and Eric O’Conner, Chief Innovation Officer from the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology delivered an engaging session on how AI can be the catalyst for creating a culture of innovation within associations.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 12, 2019

To make many of the changes Mike suggests, you need more than technology, you need staff with an innovation mindset. WBT Systems identifies ten traits of an innovation mindset to cultivate at your association if you want to turn innovative ideas and strategies into reality. Host: KiKi L’Italien, founder, Amplified Growth.

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Association Success

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Author’s Note: The American Journal of Transplantation (AJT) recently embarked on an experiment in crowdsourcing called The C4 Article. The C4 article offers a collaborative and experimental way to write a manuscript through crowdsourcing. A story of crowdsourcing and collaboration for positive engagement.

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Spark Consulting

MAY 16, 2014

So we’ve been talking a lot about innovation. Now, this is not their first time at the rodeo on the subject of innovation. In fact, they’ve been working on innovation initiatives for almost two years. And senior leadership needs to be fully on board with this, and follow the process themselves.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 9, 2013

These articles will give you a better understanding of the maker culture: The Maker Movement. Tagged: Association , digitalNow , Innovation , Leadership , Volunteers. Associations & Nonprofits Association digitalNow Innovation Leadership Volunteers' What’s a Makerspace? Photo by NoSoma (Flickr CC).

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013

Michelle Bruno just returned from their Convening Leaders conference and says, “More than any specific program feature or technological innovation, it was PCMA’s attitude toward digital disruption that was so obvious at the event. Tagged: Content Marketing , Innovation , Leadership , Twitter , Web and Social Media.

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Jamie Notter

JULY 3, 2012

Leadership insight.right when you need it. Want Innovation? in Change , Leadership - 6 comments. There was a time in the not-too-distant past when the people who were advocating for innovation in organizations were considered a bit on the fringe. It’s more mainstream to be focused on innovation. Generations.

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Spark Consulting

AUGUST 28, 2013

A recent NTEN article lays out the basics and urges you to get started! blog roundup changeblogging cool technology innovation leadership management marketing social media Associations Now Beth Kanter Big Data Colleen Dilenschneider David Gammel design thinking Eric Lanke Google Inc. Curious about design thinking?

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

For $27 a month, members have access to online forums, seminars, articles, blogs, leadership interviews and resource libraries. Tagged: Association , Community , Innovation , Membership , Networking , Nonprofits , Professional Development , Web and Social Media. Is 501 Mission Place (#501mp) the future we’ve been talking about?

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JUNE 5, 2020

Then I lose myself reading articles on Twitter or in newsletters, and, one of my favorite activities, compiling a list of more things to read. Kit” (innovation in a box) and then crowd-sourcing the most impactful tools that people use throughout the Disruptor League. It’s been hard to focus. More info/register. Host: Disruptor League.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

We’re scrolling alone—and it’s getting worse every year, per this Atlantic article by Derek Thompson. A hand-picked roster of big-thinking professionals at the forefront of innovation will share their vision and how they are actively creating the future of the events industry. Social fitness. Americans aren’t hanging out anymore.

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Spark Consulting

FEBRUARY 13, 2014

As I wrote in Attention Doesn’t Scale : Content curation provides a potential path to a new type of thought leadership [for associations], one that is more suited to a world where information is no longer the scarce resource…But that type of support will require a significant shift in our business models.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

They’re proof that innovation and improvement is possible—and replicable—even in tough times. Read the article (and report) to get the exhibitor perspective. Leading Into Tomorrow: Using Foresight to Expand Association Leadership in Critical Domains. Chapter bright spots. All is not gloom and doom. Mon 11/9 at 3 p.m.

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Portage Group

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

Reading this article on technology trends for 2016 got me thinking: It's hard to believe that just a decade ago, most of us had never heard of the term 'smartphone.' Beyond the continuous stream of disruptive innovation taking place, associations are facing a perfect storm of change in the environment inside which they operate.

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Jamie Notter

JANUARY 2, 2014

There is an article in the December 2013 issue of the Atlantic titled, “ They’re Watching You at Work.” ” It’s not so much about privacy or spying, as it is about big data, and how that can be applied, not to sales and marketing, but to the work of leadership and management. Well, some companies are.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 11, 2019

Rethink your leadership training programs , says WBT Systems, so you can develop leaders who not only lead your association into the future, but help lead their company (and industry) into the future too. Greg Satell, Innovation Excellence ). Presenter: Community IT Innovators’ CTO cybersecurity expert, Matt Eshleman.

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Association Leaders

JULY 16, 2012

A friend of mine recently shared an article from the New Yorker with me. The article is titled, “How David Beats Goliath” and is a pre-cursor to Malcolm Gladwell’s next book. The article was very interesting to me – partially because the examples used to prove his point were sports or history related.

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