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It is so frustrating… Industry suppliers launch competitive products and events and our members purchase them. Members have a challenging problem and we have the solution but they do not use our solution. We reach only 14% of the population of potential members. Only 25% of our members come to the conference.
They are going through some massive cultural shifts as they reorient the decades old organization toward the future with a new focus on rapid innovation. They created a few formal channels for staff members to submit their great ideas (this is not so unusual). So often members ask, “will I get a copy of the final report too?”
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