Reid All About it

MARCH 24, 2016

“Innovation” is such a buzzword now that I wouldn’t blame association execs for tuning out when they hear it. But I like Jim Carroll’s slant on it: “Innovation is all about adapting to the future.” The conference website says Carroll will talk about: technologies and innovations that will affect association business models.

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Eric Lanke

JANUARY 30, 2012

Innovation. At a recent WSAE meeting I was asked to explain what we meant in our white paper on Innovation for Associations when we referred to the "mind of community." Had I had a copy of the white paper with me, I could have quoted from it directly. The added emphasis is mine, not the white papers.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Join Association Chat host KiKi L’Italien, founder of Amplified Growth, and her guests Elizabeth Weaver Engel (Spark Consulting) and Shelly Alcorn (Alcorn Associates) to discuss their newly released white paper about the chaotic climate the world is facing with education, the workforce, and the role associations could and should play.

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NJ Software Innovation Tips 150

Reid All About it

JUNE 14, 2024

Fíonta shares eleven effective marketing strategies for boosting event attendance. In Nimble’s AI success kit, you get four resources: two 30-minute webinar recordings about AI for associations and two white papers, an introduction to AI for associations and a guide to developing an AI strategy. AI for associations.

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Aaron Wolowiec

APRIL 9, 2012

The first is characterized as highly innovative, collaborative and experimental, and could easily be classified as an early adopter. Coupled with cutting-edge educational opportunities, case studies and white papers, these individuals are thought leaders in their field and light years ahead of their time.

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Strategy Blended Learning Survey Case Study 100

Reid All About it

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter at Human Workplaces released a new white paper on a maturity model for workplace culture. Aaron Costello, Consultant, MG Strategy + Design. Randy Jones, VP of Business Development and Strategy, eThink Education. We still have a long way to go. Tue 12/17 at 2 p.m. Thu 12/19 at 11:30 a.m.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 22, 2024

A white paper from the National Association of Corporate Directors suggests boards are at risk of succumbing to short-term, reactive responses to trends like generative AI. If the CEO isn’t able to convey the digital strategy, then succession planning becomes really important.”

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 18, 2023

Vista Cova’s white paper, Strategic Frameworks: The Future of Strategic Planning , explores how association executives are working with strategic plans in the post-COVID environment. The paper describes ten themes that emerged in their research and includes an appendix with the participants’ strategic frameworks.

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Reid All About it

JANUARY 26, 2018

Whenever association consultant Elizabeth Engel releases a white paper, I pay attention. No matter the topic, her papers are always interesting and informative. Five-Steps to a CME Digital Content Strategy. Presenters: Cheryl Contee, CEO, Fission Strategy. 1 CAE credit. More info/register. Host: ASAE. 1 CAE credit.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Fri 12/2 at 10 a.m.* – Association Community (Coffee with Innovators). Darren Cambridge, an innovation strategist most recently with the American Council on Education, will lead us in dialogue on the vital topic of building and sustaining community. How to Drive Pipeline with an On-Demand Webinar Strategy. More info/register.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Even with all the technological innovations revolutionizing membership recruitment strategies in today’s world, the membership brochure remains a mainstay of membership marketing. Walk through how to use the Toolkit to assess your organization and to plan future strategy to create a more ethical workplace. Host: Results Direct.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 23, 2016

The problem of fermenting innovation in the association world is well-documented, but the solutions are a little harder to come by. Could the lean startup strategy for building out ideas be one way to shift the conversation in your association? This strategy, Engel says, highlights a point of common ground for associations.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 28, 2010

Association Advantages for Innovation. Heres part three of the "innovation for associations" white paper Im helping to write while chairing the Innovation Task Force for the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives. Saturday, August 28, 2010. These advantages include: 1.

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Aaron Wolowiec

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Included here may be research time to develop unique content, custom Prezi or PowerPoint presentations, innovative instructional strategies, interactive learning exercises, engaging discussion topics and supplementary handouts. original research, white papers). Dissemination of speaker resources (e.g.,

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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Next Steps for Association Innovation. This is an exciting time for the WSAE Innovation Task Force. First of all, our white paper on association innovation is nearly finished. We’re looking for appropriate venues to publish and/or present the paper, and encourage your suggestions and help in disseminating it.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 10, 2021

They suggest an excellent (and entertaining) white paper to read on this topic and steps you can take to start your association’s journey from digitized to digital. At Strategy+Business, Elizabeth Doty says great teams build a habit of continuously improving their meetings by taking a moment to reflect on the meeting before it’s over.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 17, 2010

Principles of Innovation. The fourth meeting of the WSAE Innovation Task Force was held on July 16, 2010. For those of you new to this conversation, Im heading up an effort for my state society to define an evidence-based model of innovation for the association community. Im also blogging about it here.

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GlowGlobally

DECEMBER 22, 2010

global association strategy, regional planning and local infrastructure to grow your business. Together with follow up interviews from some of the largest European-based associations, MCI developed a white paper designed to address some of the key outcomes from the study. Constantly innovate. GrowGlobally.org. Membership.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

The Innovation Hub for Associations. Ive been blogging about my work with the Innovation Task Force of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives for a while now. Its called the Innovation Hub for Associations , and can be accessed here. The core of the site can be found under the "Innovation Model" tab. at 9:18 PM.

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The Hourglass Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

The Clinic of Innovation. Heres another fascinating post about innovation from the HBR blog. It describes the first-of-its-kind "Clinic of Innovation" at Oslo University Hospital--an internal unit within the hospital that is set-up to work like an outpatient health clinic.

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Association Success

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

I have shared the findings below, because they each represent important lessons for partnership professionals, to support the development of your programs and to equip you to make the changes you need to your strategy. Your Potential for Revenue”. You Need to Review”. Know Your Competition!”.

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Membership Marketing

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Innovation through Collaboration. We are always looking for new innovative ways to do things better. So I wanted to share two items that I came across this week that attribute successful innovation to collaboration. It’s a modern strategy based on two assumptions. First, innovation is collaborative.

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.orgCommunity

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Set Strategy. At the wide end of this funnel, your decisions will determine the overall campaign strategy. You can strengthen anecdotal information with research such as member needs surveys, white papers and case studies. Hiring a consultant to help you create these profiles is another strategy.

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Marketing Case Study eBook Social Media 68

High Context

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Thoughts On Strategy: If you can’t innovate now… If you are unable to innovate your web presence now you never will. Can social media be applied to your core strategies? Innovators are inherently optimistic people, which will really make you stand out from the crowd these days! You get the picture.

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Association Success

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

How I adopted the innovative start-up strategy for the benefit of my association. If you want to find out more, the white paper I co-wrote with Elizabeth Engel, Innovate the Lean Way: Applying Lean Startup Methodology in the Association Environment can be downloaded for free here. The rest will follow.

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Project Review Tools Innovation 68

Association Adviser

JULY 13, 2016

READER NOTE: To learn more about content management outsourcing, view our related webinar featuring Liz Richards, CEO of the Material Handling Equipment Distributors Association and Jill Andreu, VP of Content Strategy & Development, Naylor Association Solutions. Follow through, consistency and innovation. Why outsource? Conclusion.

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Content eBook Communications Social Media 60

Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 28, 2009

I navigated a world of suits and Dilbert-esque arguments over policies, procedures and white papers. Shelly’s favorite words are change, vision, strategy, tactics, learning, teaching and Lord of the Rings. innovation. (6). strategy. (5). innovation. (6). strategy. (5). Principled Innovation LLC.

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Association Success

DECEMBER 4, 2017

An introduction to the key concepts behind the innovative business strategy. Innovation metrics give a picture of the true usefulness of a product or service, and relate back to your desired impact rather than usage of the solution itself. 6: Pivot or persevere. Good luck!

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Project Products Innovation Resources 62

Associations Now

JULY 15, 2015

“Harnessing Technology to Improve Business Traveler Hotel Experiences,” a new white paper from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) Foundation, ponders this question through a series of interviews with experts in the travel space. A fresh concierge strategy. Want to learn more?

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Technology Survey Process Innovation 40

.orgCommunity

APRIL 18, 2019

Strategy Meltdown —The screen play. Sharon Rice ,orgSource’s managing director of business strategy, and I recently had a conversation about how an integrated approach to strategy gives plans the muscle to be actionable. Identifying business strategy falls to the executive leadership team. They are hunched over laptops.

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Strategy Analysis Membership Management Leadership 40

Idea Architects

MARCH 4, 2013

Introducing simplicity and clarity in areas that seem to be increasingly clouded by unnecessary complexity, specifically the topics of productive workplaces, strategy, and innovation. Traditional strategic planning may be dead, but the need to craft strategy most certainly is not. My response to all this? Count me in.

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Associations Now

JULY 24, 2017

Last month Vetted Solutions released a white paper, Diversity and Inclusion: Core Values Among Associations [PDF], that exposes similar challenges in the association community. Only 45 percent say they have a diversity strategy for hiring, and less than 25 percent have one for promotion and retention.

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Leading Learning

JULY 12, 2021

It also requires re-thinking significantly how the stakeholders in your learning business interact, the assumptions they bring to the table, and how new perspectives translate into new strategies. Your association may claim values like collaboration and innovation. But is that really true?

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The Hourglass Blog

MARCH 27, 2011

In my last post , I talked about something I called the Catch-22 of innovation. Your association wants to deliver new innovative products that meet the needs of your members, so you ask and poll them incessantly about their needs, wants and desires. Labels: Innovation , Umair Haque , WSAE. Innovation. Photo by vagawi.

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Innovation millennials Leadership Social Media 40

Associations Now

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

And if you’re not getting anything out of all this noble failure, you’re just imagining exciting and innovative ways to put yourself out of business. In the white paper, de Zarate and Engel point out a few practical ways to avoid the kinds of failure that you might outwardly celebrate but bemoan in the boardroom.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 26, 2011

This is part two of my reaction to Jeff De Cagnas excellent article on business model innovation for associations in the April 2011 issue of Associations Now. The WSAE white paper on innovation calls this understanding the mind of your community. Labels: Innovation , Jeff De Cagna , WSAE. Image source. at 9:10 PM.

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Innovation millennials Case Study Social Media 40

.orgCommunity

JULY 18, 2019

Associations have traditionally used membership “as an excuse to sell more stuff at discounted prices to members,” said Garth Jordan , senior vice president of corporate strategy at the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA). Michelle Brien is VP of Marketing & Product Strategy at WBT Systems and a member of.OrgCommunity.

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