The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

A Prescription for Innovation. This is part of an on-going dialogue between Eric Lanke and Jeff De Cagna on the work of the WSAE Innovation Task Force and the status of innovation in the association community. • Innovation is using technology to streamline operations and deliver new services.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

According to food writer Eve Turow, we have millennials to thank for this new national obsession. Through interviews over and over again, I kept hearing that people want something that’s tangible, that they can see and feel and smell and taste and that [millennials] are the guinea pigs of growing up in that [digital] world.”

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Reid All About it

MAY 14, 2021

Some of the highlighted trends are alarming: leaders are out of touch with employees and need a wake-up call, high productivity is masking an exhausted workforce, Gen Z is at risk and will need to be re-energized, and shrinking networks are endangering innovation. Presenters: millennials Molly Phayer and Erica Salm Rench. Quick hits.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Millennials are practical and engaged when forming brand perception, contradicting the idea of their “brand agnostic” mindset, a Concentric Marketing study finds. Getting into the millennial mind (scary, we know) is far from simple when it comes to products they purchase and brands they follow. E” Is for Engage.

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Associations Now

MARCH 4, 2014

Read on: A focus on training: In an article summarizing the results, Chief Executive magazine notes that the three companies differ slightly in their approach, but each has an executive training program of some kind. Chances are, a lot of people have great ideas for growth and innovation,” GE CEO Jack Immelt told the magazine.

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Vanguard Tech

AUGUST 8, 2013

However this news is personally comforting knowing since the newspaper I grew up reading will now be shepherded toward its future by a proven innovator who takes the long term view instead of eyeing the next quarter’s profits. We hear each day about the need for innovation, how “millennials don’t join,” and the “end of relevance.”

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Associations Now

AUGUST 11, 2015

Creating apps and innovative web platforms for your members is great and everything, but given the wrong circumstances, it may just be a lot of good innovation wasted. Someday, AHA might be dealing with millennials or generation Xers who keep their phones at their side. When Innovation Meets ROI.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2013

“Associations also need to do a better job of reaching out to Millennials with an updated, more non-traditional membership experience,” she said. ” Stern said the associations need to do a better job of connecting with Millennials. Can associations improve their IQ (innovation quotient)? ” Stern agreed.

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Achieve

DECEMBER 19, 2019

This can happen for an unveiling of an innovative new product or for a wedding whose guests can’t travel to attend the ceremony. This isn’t just a feature that would attract tech-savvy millennials. For example, many larger but more exclusive events now offer live streaming services so other people can experience it as well.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 3, 2023

Fri 3/3 at 10 a.m.* – Coffee with Innovators: Association Design Circle We meet on the first Friday of each month hosted by an association leader who leads a conversation on an association innovation topic. Our topic this month is association finance innovation. I’m happy to feature it as long as it’s not too product-centric.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 15, 2010

Or flipped through a magazine? Millennials? I see these ads everywhere--magazines, airports, bus stops--even online (I dont watch much TV). Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Millennials. Principled Innovation. My first reaction was less than sympathetic. Are you kidding me? Communication.

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Beth Kanter

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

It is a useful technique for creating a more responsive, flexible organizational culture as well as coming up with more innovative ideas for programs and grants that are a good fit. Ownerless Campaigns & Engaging Millennials : Jessy Tolkan, Here Now. Sometimes the enemy of innovation is not solving the right problem.

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Association Adviser

MARCH 19, 2013

If you look back at our most popular reader polls of the past three years it’s interesting to see how your peers’ concerns have shifted from strategy (2010) to communication and innovation (2011) to tools and technology (2012). “Associations are operating more like corporations. Charles Popper, Naylor.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 18, 2011

Maybe its the editor of one of your industrys trade magazines. Developing Millennial Leaders. Innovation. Millennials. Principled Innovation. We're All Millennials Now. Would the board members listen to him if he did? Maybe its not a staff person in your association. Communication. Encore Careers.

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AssociationChat

AUGUST 26, 2020

He’s the host and creator of My Grandmother’s Ravioli on the cooking channel host of the Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation on CBS and also published a book called Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving. So I host a show called the Henry Ford’s innovation nation. Mo is a journalist. He’s a correspondent for CBS Sunday morning.

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SCD Group

DECEMBER 2, 2013

Study Shows One-third of Workers Aren''t in Occupations Related to Their College Major AgriMarketing Magazine via CareerBuilder Choosing your college major is a significant life decision, but a new study from CareerBuilder suggests it may not necessarily define your career path. Disruptive innovation is the name of the game.

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Eric Lanke

APRIL 23, 2012

Innovation. I also read this fantastic post on SocialFish by Ryan Crowe about an outsider Millennials perspective on associations and association membership. Very pleased to see you now agree with me about the need for radical innovation in association business models. Innovation. (15). Principled Innovation.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 12, 2018

The universal perception of Millennials is that they have a short attention span. While in-app gamification is well intended and targets the Millennial mindset, it won’t have a lasting impact unless it’s coupled with ideation and improved problem-solving. Innovative Room Sets. The everybody wins model will not survive.

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Idea Architects

MARCH 22, 2013

Increasingly though, and perhaps most attractive to Millennials and the generation that will follow them, cultivating engagement will require us understand an swers to an additional questions: What would you like to create?

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