Reid All About it

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Competing against niche professional organizations, membership and conference revenue has “slowed to a trickle.” The writing has been on the wall for a long time—follow the link in the story to the 2014 memo written by a former ED. The organization’s outgoing treasurer describes the financial situation as “dire.” Oh yes, that worked!

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Aaron Wolowiec

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

So when I came across “Association Learning + Technology 2014,” a recent report by Jeff Cobb and Celisa Steele , founders of consulting firm Tagoras , imagine my delight! I’m sure the trends and data provided in the report will provide future blog fodder. As a former journalist, I love data. And trend data are even better.

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Spark Consulting

JULY 15, 2014

What does it take for associations to succeed at innovation? I’ve been doing some research on innovation initiatives in associations for a client and had written a bit about it for the Spark blog a few weeks ago. We talk about innovation in the association world a lot,” Engel says. “I I wondered what was happening.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Based on 2014 successes and trends, here are some things the association meetings industry may want to resolve to do in 2015. As 2014 draws to a close, it’s a time of reflection for many, as they think back on the highs and lows of the past year. After all, meetings are often the biggest driver of nondues revenue for associations.

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Jamie Notter

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Crown Business, 2014. I’ve been reading his blog for ages, and Maddie and I made prominent reference to two of his other books ( Hard Facts , and the Knowing-Doing Gap ) in our book, Humanize. By Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao. I have been a big fan of Bob Sutton for some time. I think it’s one of the best to come out in a while.

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 12, 2013

Writing for Velvet Chainsaw’s Midcourse Corrections blog, consultant Jeff Hurt says the perception often differs from reality. Do you have plan to advance your career in 2014? But do your attendees see it that way? Break the mold: When I say “Xerox,” what’s the first image that pops into your head?

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 20, 2013

A few days back I was pointed to an article on Forbes.com called “ How to Be Better at Your Job in 2014.” We overhauled our print publication and dove into the digital publishing world by launching AssociationsNow.com , five blogs, our Associations Now Daily News email, and an iPad app. Master content generation and curation.

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