Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 3, 2014

ELEVATE 2014 had two primary strategic priorities: Participant professional development. Don’t hide your conference focus in strategic planning documents. It’s time to get more innovative and provide general sessions that promote connecting and community through interactive, facilitated experiences. Fostering community.

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Beth Kanter

JUNE 11, 2014

If you have been reading this blog, you know that I’ve been very interested in the health and productivity impact of walking as work. There is documented research that it not only helps you become more fit, but can also help with leadership development, team building, networking and relationship building, and creativity and innovation.

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Associations Now

MAY 19, 2014

The leaked New York Times innovation report is one of the key documents of this media age. — Nieman Lab (@NiemanLab) May 15, 2014. Auditing the Times. Here’s our guide: [link].

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 2, 2015

The Sun Sets on 2014. When I look back on 2014, it was a very rich and productive year. And, I expect no less in 2015. I will continue exploring and writing about assessment, curriculum development, facilitation, evaluation, and documentation. I plan to do that with facilitation techniques for design and innovation labs.

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Beth Kanter

DECEMBER 31, 2013

My favorite posts were interviews with authors from outside of the nonprofit sector, including Adam Grant , Give and Take and Eric Ries , Lean Start Up and coverage of the Social Innovation Summit: Future of Technology. 2014 will be the year of learning for me. Many best wishes for happy, healthy, and abundant 2014 for you.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 6, 2014

A secret shopper will step into the attendee’s shoes to document the highs, the lows, and everything in between. Adapted from Donna’s Meeting Innovation post on Cvent’s Event Planning blog. With the right secret shopper, you’ll glean a wealth of actionable insight. Have you ever engaged someone to secret shop your event?

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 17, 2018

Innovation. With the need for multiple technologies, such as learning managements, content management, CRM and AMS systems, today’s associations must be able to easily connect their technology, as well as have access to training, documentation and user groups. 2 – How innovative is the CRM platform?

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Higher Logic

DECEMBER 22, 2015

He asked our five innovative community managers some tough questions, and they provided real answers. In 2014, ACUHO’s board reevaluated the association’s committee work and the online community concept came up—we launched in June 2015. This is an aggregate of our webinar discussion. The Kick-Ass Community Managers.

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Beth Kanter

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

Last week, I was honored to deliver the lunch keynote at the 2014 TechNow Conference in Pittsburgh, PA organized by The Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management at Robert Morris University. (My Innovation Story: It describes what are you doing that’s new, unique or innovative? 8: Document what you learned for your next campaign.

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Beth Kanter

APRIL 10, 2014

.” What happens in the lab is that they test campaign ideas that make use of new technologies such as mobile phones, tablets, social media, email, and others, network approaches, and others. But, more importantly, the lab documents and shares what has been learned with Greenpeace’s affiliates and leaders around the world.

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