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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | PRINCIPLED INNOVATION AUGUST 12, 2012 Making Innovation Happen Survey: Sharing Key Results key takeaway from the survey results is that while association CEOs are focused on driving innovation primarily as a cultural intervention, they are having less success with building innovation as a sustainable organizational capability. Blog, and, in the fall, I will be releasing an executive briefing memo for boards, CEOs and C-Suite executives with recommendations, advice and guidance for pursuing the work of innovation, based on the survey results. Video not showing? Find it on YouTube. Last week, I released some preliminary results from the P.I. Business model innovation. MORE >> | PRINCIPLED INNOVATION FEBRUARY 12, 2013 How Technology is Transforming Strategy Boards, CEOs and other leaders must now reimagine the practice of strategy if they are going to build truly remarkable organizations for the future. This post originally appeared last Wednesday on the ResultsDirect AssociationCentric Blog. Remarkable…simply remarkable. find it remarkable that it is February 2013, and I am still reading magazine articles advising associations to create strategic plans every five or six years, and encouraging leaders to review those plans just once a year. Do association leaders still believe we live in that world? Really? That’s remarkable. Really? MORE >> | RECENT POSTS JUNE 3, 2013 | PRINCIPLED INNOVATION
Asking different questions: MMCC 2013 edition APRIL 28, 2013 | PRINCIPLED INNOVATION
Jeff De Cagna serving as curator for ACE Symposium on July 12 APRIL 2, 2013 | PRINCIPLED INNOVATION
Overcoming the association value gap: part II MARCH 31, 2013 | PRINCIPLED INNOVATION
Jeff De Cagna to deliver keynote at CESSE 2013 Annual Meeting MARCH 25, 2013 | PRINCIPLED INNOVATION
Overcoming the association value gap: part I MARCH 1, 2013 | PRINCIPLED INNOVATION
My new Associations Now article is now live! | | | | |
| PRINCIPLED INNOVATION JANUARY 14, 2013  Three design challenges for 21st century association business models Association boards, CEOs and senior executives will need to answer a wide variety of questions as they embark on the work of developing new business models to enable their organizations to thrive over the next decade and beyond. The practical challenge: Making the shift from membership-centric to value creation-centric business models. . Blog either by email or RSS. Thanks for reading! MORE >> | PRINCIPLED INNOVATION MARCH 25, 2013 Overcoming the association value gap: part I Of course, this is extremely difficult to do, so in Part II later this month, I will explore how boards, CEOs, and C-suite executives can work together to overcome the association value gap. This post originally appeared on the Associations Now Leadership Blog on March 7, 2013. In a recent post , Associations Now blogger Joe Rominiecki shared what both he and I regard as a startling fact: 53 percent of associations surveyed in 2011 had raised their dues in the previous three years. No other single revenue category comes close to reaching that number. Thank you! MORE >> | PRINCIPLED INNOVATION AUGUST 27, 2012  What is Associations Unorthodox? Far too much of the advice given to boards, CEOs and senior executives today implies there is only one right way to correct the problems facing their organizations. hope this post helps to explain my motivations, and places the e-book in a broader context. Discovery and design live at the heart of the Associations Unorthodox conversation. What do you think? Associations Unorthodox MORE >> | PRINCIPLED INNOVATION JUNE 3, 2013 Asking different questions: MMCC 2013 edition To move the conversation in a more generative direction, then, I want to challenge boards, CEOs, C-Suite executives and other contributors to grapple with three core strategic questions that will require them to undertake an honest appraisal of personal, organizational and industry orthodoxies, as well as pursue a deeper exploration of what is possible for their associations in the years ahead: +What will it take for your association to thrive over the next decade and beyond? '“Is the association model broken?” ” “What does ‘member’ mean to you?” MORE >> | | | | | | | |
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PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2012  Associations Unorthodox e-book available on August 8
” In the e-book, Jeff challenges boards, CEOs, C-Suite executives and other key contributors to break free of the association community’s orthodox beliefs and make six radical shifts toward the future to help their organizations thrive in the face of relentless societal transformation: De-emphasize membership. Jeff De Cagna’s new e-book, Associations Unorthodox: Six Really Radical Shifts Toward the Future , will be available as a free download beginning this Wednesday, August 8. The e-book was produced in collaboration with DC-based branding firm, CHIEF. Updates MORE >> -
PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 Associations Unorthodox Shift #3:Eliminate budgets
Moreover, the inflexible constraints of traditional budgets constantly place association CEOs and C-Suite executives in the difficult position of having to justify to boards how dynamic external forces wreak havoc with fixed internal agreements around both revenue streams and costs. How is your association’s budget used as a mechanism of control by your board, CEO, senior staff or other leaders? Please check out the previous posts in the series.) The Problem. The reality of association budgeting, however, is often more problematic. The Opportunity. Additional Thoughts. MORE >> -
PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2012 Serious Questions: Are associations dead?
The CEO had just read my new e-book, Associations Unorthodox: Six Really Radical Shifts Toward the Future , and he wondered whether I actually believe associations are “dead” in the long run. In August, I launched the P. Serious Questions newsletter. Each issue of the newsletter presents a serious question on which I offer my thoughts for newsletter subscribers. Today, Today, I am publishing what I wrote on the September 2012 Serious Question of the Month on the P.I. The September 2012 Serious Question of the Month. Are associations dead? Time will tell, of course. Sorry!). MORE >> -
PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2013 Overcoming the association value gap: part II
To make this happen, boards, CEOs, C-suite executives, and other contributors need to think beyond orthodoxy and embrace a 21st-century sensibility in their pursuit of business model innovation. This post originally appeared on the Associations Now Leadership Blog on March 28, 2013. You can read Part I here. In Part I of this series earlier this month, I identified the association value gap as an underlying structural problem within membership-centric business models. The problem for associations is that the member market does not really exist. Are you ready to get started? MORE >> -
PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2013 Join Jeff for P.I./TMA Resources Executive Breakfast on March 6 in Alexandria, Virginia
TMA Resources Executive Breakfast for association CEOs, C-Suite executives and other association leaders. This executive breakfast, based on the Jeff’s provocative article in the March 2013 issue of Associations Now, as well as his hands-on experience as a nonprofit board member, will help CEOs and other senior leaders better understand the board beliefs and actions that run counter to effective business model stewardship and innovation. TMA Resources Executive Breakfast for association CEOs, C-Suite executives and other association leaders. Updates MORE >> - Associations Unorthdox Shift #6: Build a strategically legitimate board PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2012
- Associations Unorthodox Shift #2: Crowdsource strategy PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012
- P.I. Making Innovation Happen Survey is now open PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2012
- My new Associations Now article is now live! PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 2013
- Serious Questions: What will it take for your association’s stakeholders to thrive? PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2012
- Why business model thinking matters to associations PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 2012
- Jeff De Cagna serving as curator for ACE Symposium on July 12 PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2013
- Sign up for Serious Questions PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | SUNDAY, JULY 8, 2012
- Join Jeff for Better Boards Workshop on March 8 in Denver PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013
- Jeff De Cagna to speak at ASAE12 in Dallas PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012
- Jeff De Cagna to deliver keynote at CESSE 2013 Annual Meeting PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 2013
- Announcing the Making Innovation Happen Survey! PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2012
- Making Innovation Happen Survey: Preliminary Results PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2012
- ASAE12 Making Innovation Happen workshop agenda released PRINCIPLED INNOVATION | WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2012
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