Associations Now

DECEMBER 5, 2013

Two keynote speakers at ASAE’s 2013 Technology Conference & Expo share how to implement an effective strategy to create, organize, and deliver valuable content. Part of content strategy is asking questions like ‘How are we going to define whether our content is any good or not?’ This is the actual content itself.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 3, 2014

Confirmation Bias is our default preference for consuming information that supports what we already believe. Strategies that once delivered solid results are sputtering in today’s change-charged marketplace. Pitching Conferences As Innovation Labs. Would a Conference Innovation Lab be a good fit for your audience?

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Aaron Wolowiec

JUNE 24, 2014

As the weekly blogger (and deputy editor) for ASAE ’s AssociationsNow.com , I write about some of the innovative things that associations are doing for their meetings and conferences. For example, the annual conference and exhibition of the Health Information and Management Systems Society offered a three-day Wellness Challenge this year.

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Beth Kanter

APRIL 2, 2013

The 2013 Nonprofit Technology Conference takes place in Minneapolis next week. April 13, 2013 – 8:30-10:00. Plenary: Placing Little Bets: Failing Informatively for NPTECH Innovation: Beth Kanter, Erin Shy, Megan Kashner, Brian Reich, Allison Burns. April 12, 2013 – 1:30-3:00 PM. Gaping Void Cartoons.

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Mizz Information

JUNE 12, 2019

actually, I did go down that rabbit hole back in 2013, come to think about it. Advanced Strategies Enable Success. Community outcomes can be connected to complex business objectives like innovation, culture change and customer retention.” Active, ongoing community management can mitigate ALL negative engagement risks.”.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MARCH 27, 2014

Millennials are angry, vocal and hungry for social change says Nancy Lublin , CEO of dosomething.org and Umair Haque , director of Havas Media Labs in a September 2013 Fast Company article. They also expect you to text them important information as well as have a conference app. Fast Company’s Innovation Uncensored Conference 2013.

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Aaron Wolowiec

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Next year promises to deliver exciting new mobile technology, so when planning digital strategies, associations should consider mobile apps and websites, said Kim Harwood, president of Results at Hand Software. So as 2013 comes to a close and you plan for 2014, will you incorporate mobile technology into your communication plan?

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Association Success

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

How I adopted the innovative start-up strategy for the benefit of my association. I first read The Lean Startup by Eric Ries in 2013. We created a simple report based on this information and circulated it in an email marketing campaign to people who were set to take the test in the following months. The rest will follow.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 18, 2013

RT @ChatterBachs : 10 Strategies for Increasing Your #Creativity @DanielBurrus [link] #assnchat #innovation #nonprofit. — John Ricco (@johnricco) November 18, 2013. A reinvigorated imagination can spur unbridled creation of new ideas—channeling refreshed creativity back to innovation within your organization.

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Mizz Information

JUNE 12, 2019

actually, I did go down that rabbit hole back in 2013, come to think about it. Advanced Strategies Enable Success. Community outcomes can be connected to complex business objectives like innovation, culture change and customer retention.” Active, ongoing community management can mitigate ALL negative engagement risks.”.

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Idea Architects

SEPTEMBER 21, 2012

As more organizations focus on innovation, this is a question that every facilitator must be prepared to answer. Here are seven I find fundamental to my innovation facilitation: Let's remember Kurt Lewin's adage that behavior is a function of people interacting with the environment. Engage participants in field research.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 22, 2014

Also: tips on how to improve your learning strategies. One underlying message in Dunlosky’s work is that learning benefits greatly from identifying and constantly using effective strategies,” he says. Fear of change can hold your association back from success. Clear leadership can help keep your employees on board.

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Association Adviser

AUGUST 27, 2013

Cain, a former corporate lawyer and negotiations consultant who delivered the opening keynote presentation at the ASAE 2013 Annual Meeting & Expo in Atlanta, said that American business and American culture—even parents of young American children—tend to value extroverted personalities more than introverted personalities. Innovation.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2013

What surprised us most in 2013? Yet our research shows that very few associations— just 1 percent of respondents to our 2013 association benchmarking study—”embrace advertiser input when setting their content and communications strategy.” Can associations improve their IQ (innovation quotient)?

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Associations Now

JUNE 11, 2014

Taking notes is a good study habit because the act of writing makes whatever information you’re writing stickier. You’re more actively interacting with the information, so it’s more memorable. In 2013, ANA removed a strict, 140-year-old (!) and Canada.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 27, 2014

Graham IV, FASAE, CAE; Jeff De Cagna, FASAE, Chief Strategist and Founder of Principled Innovation ; and author Seth Kahan ; CM Services President and Head Coach Rick Church moderated. Though the internet provides plenty of the information people need for free, associations can prove their value by providing authoritative information fast.

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Associations Now

MAY 12, 2015

But it took the work of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab to do something significant about it. ” Perma.cc, introduced in late 2013, was born of these concerns. Libraries are in the forever business,” Harvard Library Innovation Lab Director Kim Dulin said in a news release. “We We developed Perma.cc

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Higher Logic

JANUARY 27, 2020

Our 2020 Community Movers + Shakers are champions of communities, who see the value in the community movement, and we wanted to highlight, honor, and share the work of their creative and innovative minds with the rest of the industry. Now, he's head of Structure3C, a community strategy firm. Follow Bill on LinkedIn. Matt Lawson.

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Idea Architects

JUNE 23, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Beginning in 2013, I hope to change that by repurposing a portion of my work to provide even more content-rich learning experiences coupled with compelling conversation over a sustained period of time. Newer Post.

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Velvet Chainsaw

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Instead the organization should amplify information people need to learn to have accelerated innovation and responsive performance at work, regardless of the format or origin. The education programming should assist people to develop strategies to improve their performance which ultimately results in greater engagement.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 14, 2013

” If you don’t provide curated content from your conference over a period of time to your customers, they start looking elsewhere for helpful information. If you don’t provide a drip by drip conference content strategy. That’s where a post-conference drip-content strategy helps. Who do you follow?

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Associations Now

JULY 6, 2016

Launched in 2013, the effort includes waiving the $150 application fee for graduating FITs who apply within six months of completing their training, and ACC sends packets to training directors and local chapter leaders with a guide for getting their FITs ready to apply for the FACC designation and template recommendation letters.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

No matter how innovative your culture is, if you can’t act on your big ideas effectively, they’re of no use. That’s why clear, well-considered project management is so important to your strategy. Another social network with a wide reach has struggled with the opposite issue.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 2, 2015

I didn’t do a complete unplug, as we’re so dependent on the Internet for information in navigate our daily lives, which is a huge change since I first got online in 1993. And, now with those beautiful sunsets behind me, I look ahead to 2015. I plan to do that with facilitation techniques for design and innovation labs.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 4, 2016

Published the Emerging Leaders Playbook: With the generous support of the Packard Foundation and in collaboration with Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies, we wrote and published the Emerging Leaders Playbook. Year in Review. I also designed and facilitated a six month peer learning cohort with colleague Stephanie Rudat.

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Idea Architects

JULY 20, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Good leaders are good stewards of the resources available to a group, but they also recognize that no one group can always have the information or resources it needs to do its work. Download More Information.

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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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Membership Marketing

DECEMBER 19, 2013

Good analytics can tell you who the best candidates are to recruit, who are most likely to renew, and what strategy will produce the best membership ROI. The groups with above average growth have often also used aggressive pricing strategies to bring in new members. What have you observed in your 2013 membership marketing experiences?

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Association Adviser

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Whether you need to adapt to a changing market, innovate your programs, engage new volunteers or develop new activities to advance your mission, your success requires changing the mindsets and behaviors of your team. Share information, ask questions and then stop talking and listen. Jennifer Blenkle, Frameworks.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 6, 2018

As the Chief Innovation and Information Officer for NCARB, Ortiz de Zarate has relied upon agile and lean startup methodologies to project manage big changes to the processes NCARB uses to certify current and future architects. I was offered the position of assistant director of information technology and accepted it.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 5, 2013

With ASAE’s 2013 Technology Conference & Expo wrapped up, association professionals were reminded once more of the possibilities created by technology. But driving change through innovation takes more than just big thinking. — Dion Hinchcliffe (@dhinchcliffe) December 4, 2013. Plus: event applications come 2014.

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Association Adviser

MAY 14, 2013

As our association benchmarking data confirms, information overload and communication clutter continues to be the Achilles’ heel of many associations. Fara Francis, chief information officer of Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), said she agrees with the numbers above. ” The fax is back. Conclusion.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 12, 2013

Seating should be informal — couches, benches or curved theater seating — with room for observers to stand in the rear. Technology, new innovative solutions, or content that addresses attendees’ biggest challenges tend to hit the mark best. 2) Design/Set-Up — Theaters should be kept intimate with a capacity of 30–50 people, max.

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Idea Architects

JULY 27, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Every Friday in 2012, I post information and insights about. Im current scheduling 2013 opportunities to lead half-day or full-day workshops on The Art of Facilitation: Maximizing Results and Individuals Contributions.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 14, 2014

Every time I have taught a social media and digital communications strategy over the past decade, I always include useful research studies about the who and how people are using these tools. 2013: A Year in Social Media. toilets4all pic.twitter.com/AlMaxiwR14 — WaterAid UK (@WaterAidUK) November 19, 2013.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 27, 2013

March is not only great for basketball, but is also good for nonprofit research studies about digital strategies and launches of new data tools. So if you like looking at and thinking about data and love to get your hands dirty with a data jujitsu, here’s a couple of goodies for you. 2013 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study.

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Beth Kanter

AUGUST 10, 2016

Today, the Foundation has released a new report: “ Beyond the Dollars: The Long-Term Value of Giving Days for Community Foundations ,” written by Third Plateau Social Impact Strategies. GiveMN learned the importance of having a crisis plan during a catastrophic technical glitch in 2013. “We

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