Associations Now

JANUARY 7, 2015

Changing organizational culture is a difficult job, but associations are in a special position to influence culture—the 2014 Merriam-Webster Word of the Year—among both staff and members. Last month, before we all checked out for the holidays, dictionary publisher Merriam-Webster announced its 2014 Word of the Year : culture.

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Associations Now

APRIL 2, 2014

The winter of 2014 was a long, cold slog for many of us, but the end is in sight. If your leadership and staff can’t immediately articulate a single, overarching reason why all of your members and stakeholders do engage with your association, you’ll never be able to tell prospective stakeholders why they should engage.

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Velvet Chainsaw

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Your conference and association value proposition is under attack! Education and networking are two benefits of conference attendance and association membership. Reprinted with permission of Convene, the magazine of the Professional Convention Management Association. Yet, education is being disrupted in major ways.

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Leading Learning

JULY 2, 2020

I first posed this question in a post published in 2014. In my experience, there are a growing number of learning leaders at associations thinking in this way, but few have implemented a vision that is visible to their members and prospective members.

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