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The Engaging Story Behind Innovation, iPads and the Ohio State University Marching Band

SCD Group

During the fall of 2013, the Ohio State Marching Band hit the big time with 20+ million views on YouTube and six billion media exposures worldwide. Water’s incorporated a “traditions with innovation” theme to the band. Today’s innovations become tomorrow’s traditions,” Waters said.

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What leadership skills do nonprofit emerging leaders need to succeed?

Beth Kanter

Are leadership skills different for emerging “Millennial” leaders than for people from different generations? Raise their visibility internally with specific communication and development initiatives. Encourage innovative thinking, even if it means having to listen to the same ideas that were rejected 15 years ago.

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7 Secrets from a Hugely Successful Marching Band

SCD Group

The other day, Jonathan Waters, director of the highly rated Ohio State University Marching Band, shared ideas about the traditions and innovations of the band. During the fall of 2013, the Ohio State Marching Band hit the big time: 20 million people have seen us on YouTube; six billion media exposures worldwide.

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The Public Wants More Ambitious Leaders

Associations Now

75 % The percentage of respondents to the study who consider strategic thinking a key characteristic of a bold leader, followed by “innovative” (73 percent), “risk-taker” (62 percent), and “daring” (49 percent). Where’s the innovation up the corporate ladder? So how can a leader do better?

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Survey: How Associations Plan to Meet Top Challenges in 2014

Associations Now

It also indicates some of the strategies associations are planning to implement this year in areas from marketing to technology to leadership succession. This pressing issue is confirmed by plans to find innovative ways to deliver programs and services—clear paths to increasing membership and revenues,” according to the report.

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Building the Best Team: Curation not Creation.

Association Success

At my association, NCARB, we have been working according to Lean principles since Eric Ries sparked a lightbulb moment for me in 2013. A key aspect of Lean innovation is engaging in empathy, and as such we embarked upon a series of empathy sessions with both team captains and volunteers to try and understand the volunteer management dynamic.

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GMA Executive Conference: Perhaps the End of a Very Good Thing? A Review

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McChrystal’s wonderful presentation was a mix of military history (Lord Nelson at Trafalgar and Napoleon’s march to Moscow), the war on terror in Afghanistan and Iraq, and leadership lessons we should learn from these chapters. Lord Nelson – One of General McChrystal’s Leadership Examples.

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