Leading Learning

JULY 12, 2021

The main challenge associations face in digital transformation initiatives is that digital transformation is an iterative process that includes both technologies and culture. Review your legacy systems and processes. We have you covered: Assess where you are now. Secure leadership support and a funding commitment.

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Association Adviser

MAY 27, 2018

Our featured professional this month is Katie Butler, vice president of communications for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA). Katie has served IIABA since 2003 and has helmed the communications department since communications since 2004. AA: How do you set marketing and communications goals?

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Association Freak

MAY 21, 2022

Honey has been downloaded over 5M times and can automatically apply codes from more than 21,000 stores during the check-out process. Users, of whom 67% are Millennials, have saved $170M+ this year. The gap between winners and losers will be measured by their ability to adapt to these new realities. . On-demand discounts.

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Association Briefings

DECEMBER 19, 2020

The smart use of data can have a profound impact on all sectors of an association - membership, marketing, communications, meetings, education, and advocacy. Your members - especially your digital-first millennial and Gen Z members - aren’t just wanting an individualized digital experience. How Can We Help?

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Reid All About it

MARCH 16, 2018

If you plan to shop for a new learning management system (LMS) in the coming year, WBT Systems explains why you may want to work with an LMS consultant during the requirements, selection, and/or implementation process. Now for the main event: free professional development events for the association community. Get It Write ).

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Close collaboration of designers and engineers, and deep involvement by designers in working with materials and manufacturing processes. Obsessive attention to detail, supported by relatively long gestation cycles and an iterative, prototype-driven process. Communication. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. If you can confidently answer "yes" to that question, you get to move onto the second question, discussed in Part 2 , which is "Do you have a defined process for how innovation will function in your association?" Time in employee schedules for engagement in the innovation process; 2. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. If you can confidently answer "yes" to that question, then ask yourself the next question: Do you have a defined process for how innovation will function in your association? Its important to note that there is probably not one universal innovation process that will work for every association.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. But couple that policy with a transparent process by which ideas are selected and resourced for proper execution, and you may be able to create an environment where both sides of innovation occur. If youre lucky, maybe your contribution to the process can represent less than 20% of your time.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 16, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Im pushing for more connection and transparency with the members throughout the development process, but as the project moves forward Im discovering something very similar to brand exceptionalism infiltrating our thinking. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Companies tend to focus far more attention on improving the front end of the innovation process, the creativity. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Sunday, November 14, 2010. Innovation = Creativity x Execution. But the real leverage is in the back end.

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The Hourglass Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Its an interesting approach and the post contains a lot of thoughtful suggestions for designing a successful innovation process. But I want to focus in on the underlying concept--that for an innovation process to succeed, it must align with the organizations culture and way of thinking.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. I couldnt help but notice the similarities between this list and the Principles of Innovation recently drafted by the WSAE Innovation Task Force, including "an innovation culture led from the top of the organization" and "the commitment of resources to a process of innovation." Communication.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 10, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. A working innovation process is going to generate more ideas that can be acted upon. She communicates clearly with the entire team HOW these decisions will be made–the criteria by which the ideas will be evaluated and the conditions that must be met before they will be greenlighted.

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 21, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Born in 2006 as the brainchild of Dr. Nick LaRusso, the CFI was first called the SPARC Lab (with the acronym standing for its methodology: see, plan, act, refine, and communicate). But as Mayos CFI illustrates, it was also very much a process and resource issue for your organization. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 21, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. The work of the WSAE task force is predicated on the idea that innovation is a process —one that relies and people and creativity—but a process nonetheless, and like any process it needs to be clearly defined, resourced and continually improved in order to work. Communication.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 25, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. In my experience, people who go into the intersection with that kind of clarity just wind up crashing into other people, hurting themselves or others in the process. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. We're All Millennials Now. Courage and Clarity.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Designing a process by which innovation will occur in your association. Providing the necessary resources (time, talent and money) for your innovation process to function effectively. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Monday, January 31, 2011.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. The Board has recently culminated a process in which a new organizational mission and vision have been identified, and are now contemplating a name change in order to better reflect the changes in their environment and how the association is repositioning itself to expand and better serve its membership base.

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The Hourglass Blog

MARCH 22, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Dont go through the usual committee development, project approval, budget allocation process that bogs down so many associations. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Tuesday, March 22, 2011. The Catch-22 of Innovation. Baby Boomers. Encore Careers. Governance.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 17, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. For those of you new to this conversation, Im heading up an effort for my state society to define an evidence-based model of innovation for the association community. The problem to be addressed by the innovation process was clearly defined. Saturday, July 17, 2010. Principles of Innovation.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 8, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Unfortunately, from my point of view, only some of those lessons are good for the association community. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Monday, August 8, 2011. Good and Bad Lessons for Association Innovation. The same problem plagues many associations.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. And like a lot of manufacturing companies, they operate very close to the margin, using a variety of human and mechanical systems to strip inefficiencies and wasteful practices out of the process of making the product and shipping it to the customer. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. This is part of an on-going dialogue between Eric Lanke and Jeff De Cagna on the work of the WSAE Innovation Task Force and the status of innovation in the association community. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. Sunday, January 16, 2011. Guilty as charged.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. The group I was in focused on co-creation of programs and participatory decision-making--essentially having staff work hand-in-hand and continuously with members throughout the process of identifying, developing and delivering new programs and services. Communication. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. ” Then I read this post from Andrew McAfee about how the connected habits of Millennials are benefting organizations. Labels: Millennial Perspectives , Social Media. Now, the actual 'doing' or process is a slow media burn gaining collaborators along the way. Communication.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 20, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. “For HD and Blue Ray DVD HDMI audio I do not understand if any post processing is done on the 5.1 Project managers are particularly accustomed to using process maps, but as you note, we aren't doing it enough in associations. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 26, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Dont Wall Yourself Off From Your Community. The methods these companies used for attaining this understanding varied, but the knowledge, once attained, was used continually throughout their innovation processes and served as a constant guide for their successful decision‐making. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. If your leadership--however leadership is defined in your association--isnt on board with innovation, no innovation process you try to implement will succeed. Please comment if youd like to get plugged into our process. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 29, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Its part of an effort by my state association executives society to define an evidence-based model of innovation for the association community. Limited resources Innovative organizations commit resources to the process of innovation. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 28, 2010

skip to main | skip to sidebar. As Ive described before, our overall goal is to define an evidence-based model of innovation for the association community, and weve been analyzing several case studies of innovation in the for-profit community to see if those successful models can be adapted for the association world. Governance.

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The Hourglass Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Convinced that we have a unique perspective and that our approach to leadership is something that should be more widely shared and developed, I offered The Hourglass Blog as a venue for a broader community of GenX leaders to share their ideas and experiences. Communication. Millennials.

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Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

skip to main | skip to sidebar. They will expect early in their careers to take part in the decision making process. About a thousand similar statements are regularly promulgated to describe Gen Y/Millennials. communications. (4). community. (3). Thursday, September 24, 2009. We dont need no education. advocacy. (1).

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 18, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Ill read it right now; or (3) Oh man, thats going to require some thought and some processing. Communication. Developing Millennial Leaders. Millennials. We're All Millennials Now. Monday, July 18, 2011. Those Who Understand Your Members Best Arent on Your Board.

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Reid All About it

MAY 11, 2018

Now, the main event: free professional development events for the association community. Learn proven email marketing strategies for your live and digital events: generating awareness and registration, nurturing for attendance, and helpful follow-up communications that leave attendees wanting more. Hootsuite ). 1 CAE credit.

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Higher Logic

JANUARY 10, 2017

And, since we’re each getting millions of bits of information a second but can only consciously process about 60 bits , no one is immune to snap judgements. The faster we move, the harder it is to see the ways unconscious bias impacts our work and plays out in our communities. They impact our understanding, actions, and decisions.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

skip to main | skip to sidebar. Most of these consultants are trying to sell innovation as a toolbox, but as former BusinessWeek writer Helen Walters aptly points out: Innovation cannot be reduced to a process. Monday, September 12, 2011. There is No Recipe for Innovation. image source. Labels: Design , Innovation , WSAE.

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