Smooth The Path

JUNE 19, 2017

Fear is not an association only problem, but it is still a critical issue for us because associations are smack-dab in the center of the technology storm. I called 2013 my year of brave public speaking. If someone asked me to speak to their organization, I said yes before I had a chance to think about it. Set a Goal.

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Potomac Core

MARCH 4, 2019

Global uncertainty and technological advances are forcing Members to make more informed decisions on how to spend their precious time and money. Organizations recognizing this shift are transforming from yesterday’s Associations to Tomorrow’s Associations. Members Hire Tomorrow’s Associations because they have no other choice.

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Thanks For Playing

JANUARY 30, 2013

John Haydon offers great tips for prepping your organization's Facebook Page to take advantage of Graph Search. Want to make real progress in 2013? Want to innovate in 2013? Does your association need social media training? There are signs. Jeff Cobb urges us to reflect, listen, curate, and give stuff away.

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.orgSource

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

When you are considering an update, it’s also a good time to take the temperature of trust in your organization. However, technology is a ruthless editor and could easily force a rewrite. If your members experience a shift in their professional direction, adjusting the organization’s purpose is critical to keep pace.

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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. Your association can leverage mobile technology for advocacy, education, member communications and engagement activities.

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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. Have Staff Wear the Latest Technology. Contact Whitehorne at swhitehorne@asaecenter.org. Samantha Whitehorne, deputy editor for Associations Now.

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Expo Logic

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Once again Apple has triggered an event-industry innovation streak. iBeacon is Apple’s implementation of Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) wireless technology to create a different way of providing location-based information and services to iPhones and other iOS devices. iBeacon for Events, floor analytics, indoor location and more….

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Associations Now

JUNE 6, 2013

Looking to reverse the damage done by recent budget cuts, 63 science and technology associations have asked Congress to scale back federal travel restrictions viewed as an impediment to important industry work. billion in research and development funding for projects in 2013 , including $6.4 Let us know in the comments.

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ChatterBachs

APRIL 9, 2013

I had the privilege of attending digitalNow 2013 at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Orlando, April 4-6. Encourage organization hacks. Advances in technology- Smart carpets detect falls, unfamiliar footsteps. Innovation cannot take away from current work that we’re doing. Make your association hackable?

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Aaron Wolowiec

JULY 16, 2013

Jeff De Cagna, founder of Principled Innovation LLC. To start us off, I spoke with Jeff De Cagna , founder of Principled Innovation LLC. A: Quite honestly, I was very concerned about the advice being given to association leaders about how to build organizations that will thrive in the years ahead. Q: Who should read this book?

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Vanguard Tech

AUGUST 8, 2013

However this news is personally comforting knowing since the newspaper I grew up reading will now be shepherded toward its future by a proven innovator who takes the long term view instead of eyeing the next quarter’s profits. Technology will be even more central to success. It is a powerful combination – mission and technology.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Vibrant urban areas can inspire innovation and increase productivity. Bustling urban areas offer vast educational, social, and entertainment opportunities that inspire innovation. Organizers scheduled morning bike tours and offered free electric vehicles to shuttle guests to local attractions and partnering restaurants.

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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. 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.

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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. Technology.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 16, 2013

I’m in Jacksonville, Florida today to open the plenary session of the Legal Services Corporation Technology Innovation Grant Annual gathering. In today’s complicated and networked world, legal services organizations need to adapt and improve their programs and fine tune their networks at a much faster pace than ever before.

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Associations Now

APRIL 7, 2014

Sixty-three percent of organizations polled for the “ 2014 AFP Payments Fraud and Control Survey ” reported they have either adopted or are planning to add new security measures, including secure signature stamps, electronic stamps, and storing payment data with third-party vendors. That’s down from 61 percent in 2012 and 68 percent in 2011.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2013

What surprised us most in 2013? Year-round, 365-day engagement through technology and social media is one of the biggest trends she has observed. InfoComm International , the audiovisual association, is one organization that does this very well, Stern said. Can associations improve their IQ (innovation quotient)?

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

As part of the partnership, ACC will help judge an innovation competition and connect regional winners in the healthcare category with attendees at its annual meeting. After taking part in the DC regional competition last month, Jacobovitz noted that the entrepreneurial contest matched his association’s innovation interests.

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Velvet Chainsaw

MAY 23, 2013

One where business leaders from all walks of life might come together to explore, discuss and design best options to inspire creativity and innovation within their own companies. C2-MTL is curated by Sid Lee, in collaboration with founding partner Cirque du Soleil, content partner Fast Company and technology partner Intel.

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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. Many conference organizers are looking for ways to attract a new generation to their event. Fast Company’s Innovation Uncensored Conference 2013.

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Associations Now

MAY 10, 2013

Also: If your organization is going through economic changes, make sure your CIO has a seat in the C-suite. — Team Slice-Works (@sliceworks) May 10, 2013. If his insights intrigue you, check out what he said about big data at ASAE’s 2012 Technology Conference & Expo back in December. (ht ht @sliceworks ).

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Associations Now

JUNE 28, 2013

— Omni Meetings (@OmniMeetings) June 28, 2013. “That ability to track and monitor the moments within an event, either as they happen or to catch up with them, is something we want to enhance,” Costolo said during a panel discussion at the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 24, 2014

With evidence that their networks were compromised by the National Security Agency in 2013, tech companies focused heavily on lobbying last year, though it was far from their only issue of interest. With a big push from leaker Edward Snowden, some of the biggest technology companies in the world got serious about lobbying in 2013.

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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. A common hang-up for many organizations, though, is an inability to define the substance of their content. This is the actual content itself.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 26, 2014

While it’s not the first such measure— Minnesota beat California to the punch by a few months—the crucial difference is that this legislation requires the technology to be turned on as the default setting. State-by-state technology mandates, such as this one, stifle those benefits and are detrimental to wireless consumers.”.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 13, 2013

This leads me to a question, “Why don’t more people who work for nonprofits embrace this “learning from failure” or growth mindset – especially when using technology? BLK SHP’s mission is to build and nurture ecosystems that can help unlock the creativity and voices of socially conscious innovators.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 1, 2013

You turn you head and before you know it, some of these organizations have lost their way and slowly disappear. It’s like clinging to a version of reality that the organization wants to be true although it has already slipped past them. Agile organizations need to adapt and remake themselves quickly. They lose their appeal.

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Tom Morrison

DECEMBER 5, 2013

It''s December 2013 and every association is about to embark on a new year. A year in which we want our associations to go to a new level, membership to increase, more members engage in our programs and a vibrant board who is thinking futuristic with great ideas and innovation at the forefront. If you do that, people will want to join.

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The “ CEA 2013 Sustainability Report ,” an update from a 2010 version, contains more than two dozen case studies illustrating company-specific environmental efforts. Consumers increasingly desire innovative, eco-friendly products, and the [consumer electronics] industry is delivering.”.

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Beth Kanter

JULY 23, 2013

It’s a way for SXSW to uncover people whose work (whether it’s a job, a hobby or volunteering) helps people through technology and invite them to get involved in the annual March event. Then send in your 300-word essay by the deadline of 11:59pm CDT on July 26, 2013. Does this sound like an opportunity you can’t miss?

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Velvet Chainsaw

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Millennials are eager to connect, participate and give says the 2013 Millennial Impact Report by Achieve. Since 2009, the report has focused on Millennial behaviors that would interest many nonprofits and conference organizers including trends in communication, service and giving. Millennials prefer to connect via technology.

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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. “When somebody joins an association, they connect to the organization, not necessarily to other people.” Demographics are complicating this.

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Associations Now

MAY 3, 2013

The Neurotechnology Industry Organization’s first NeuroGaming Conference, held earlier this week, brought emerging technologies within brain’s reach of consumers. “There is real science and the best technology ever produced behind these new capabilities to tie one’s nervous system directly into games.”

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 23, 2014

Over the next few weeks, you’re going to hear a lot of hype about up-and-coming technologies to watch in 2015—including from me. The prognosticators—complete with pointy hats—were out in full force at the ASAE Technology Conference & Expo last week in National Harbor, Maryland. Let’s get real.

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Association Success

AUGUST 2, 2017

The forum was created in 2013 to offer association executives a place for peer-to-peer exchange, dynamic education, and participatory learning opportunities, and it piqued our interest in its commitment to innovation and cooperation. The conference was not just engaging by name alone. A transparent process is a constructive one.

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Beth Kanter

APRIL 22, 2013

Case Foundation (@CaseFoundation) April 13, 2013. Some smart organizations are helping their people make failure not only productive, but also fun. That’s the summary of a post I wrote last week for the Harvard Business Review Blog called “ Go Ahead Take A Failure Bow.” #13ntcbets ow.ly/k24ok. 13ntcbets ow.ly/k24ok

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Associations Now

MAY 30, 2014

In fact, by either embracing it or purposely introducing it, disruption could ultimately lead their organizations and tradeshows to innovation and better engagement with their community. After all, he was a huge part of the launch and subsequent massive growth of New York Comic Con , which attracted more than 133,000 attendees in 2013.

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