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JANUARY 3, 2013

2013 is the year when association leaders will need to get serious about transformation. In 2013, I want to challenge association leaders to prepare for the vast serendipity that lives all around them, experience genuine empathy and embrace new possibilities of discovery.

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MARCH 31, 2013

Jeff De Cagna , chief strategist and founder of Principled Innovation, has been selected as the opening keynote speaker for the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives (CESSE) 2013 Annual Meeting. Mr. Keane is the overall volunteer organizer for CESSE 2013. I’m really looking forward to it!”

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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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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. 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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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. Even in 2013, association business models based on membership rely heavily on dues revenue.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2012

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

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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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