YourMembership

JUNE 5, 2017

Last week, I participated in ASAE’s inaugural XDP (experience design project) conference. The event itself was created to encourage innovation; to get associations to rethink their conferences, breaking out of the ho-hum. The post Fear vs. innovation: what’s ultimately driving your organization?

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.orgSource

JULY 7, 2021

Groundhog Day thinking is the seductive loop that lurks in offices and conference rooms tempting us to reject fresh ideas for recycled solutions. The post Strategies for Innovation Stop Groundhog Day Thinking appeared first on.orgSource. How do you resist the pull of the […].

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Association Success

MAY 27, 2020

With a new normal put into place, some tech companies have jumped on board, creating software and devices that help stores, conferences, and more to control the possibility of future outbreaks. . This is the future of in person events and conferences. . Businesses are finally opening back up and with that, precautions are taken.

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Nimble AMS

DECEMBER 16, 2022

How to innovate at your member-based organization in 2023 . To drive innovation within your association, you’ll need to adopt flexible practices across your organization , prioritizing new opportunities to support your staff , members , and key stakeholders with modern association management software (AMS). Here’s how to get started.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 25, 2022

Like it or not, in our digital-driven world, non-members will evaluate how your association leverages innovative technologies to determine whether your organization is worth joining. Adopt innovative technology at your association. Innovative e-commerce. To recruit new association members, consider. Learn more.

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Velvet Chainsaw

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

High-tech user conferences like Dreamforce and Microsoft Ignite have been designing innovative hub spaces to engage and nurture their top customers for years. A conference hub should be a destination that participants want to go to when not attending sessions or walking the expo hall. Here’s what we came up with.

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Smooth The Path

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

The magnitude of an innovation project doesn’t determine whether the project is innovative or not. Innovation is synonymous with big. So innovation also might be just as well be synonymous with risky, scary and the domain of only a privileged few. Innovation Type 1: Evolutionary.

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ReviewMyAMS

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Somewhere in the drive to get members to join or renew, to fill seats at conferences, to sell journal subscriptions, and to simply conduct the daily business of an organization, many associations have lost sight of the driving forces that brought them together as an entity in the first place. Read more Tags: Mission innovation association

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Associations Now

JULY 4, 2023

The report outlines six principles “intended to drive experience innovation for years to come,” according to a release. Persona development is related to gathering emotional data, which Surmont said should expand beyond simplistic questions about the conference experiences. “We and ‘How was the hotel?’”

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Associations Now

JANUARY 26, 2020

Alice Mathu of IAAPA shares how innovation can include comfort, sustainability and trying the latest technology. To create innovative and interactive meetings, planners around the nation are raising the bar on productivity and capitalizing on attendee experience. Mathu has been at IAAPA for 14 years and a vice president for two.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JUNE 26, 2018

Innovation may be a tired word. There is no doubt that innovation has become an overused and confusing buzzword. Ask ten people to define innovation and you’re probably going to get a dozen or more responses. Innovation is change that creates a new dimension of performance said management guru Peter Drucker.

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Associations Now

MAY 18, 2017

How an outdoor advertising group brought ideas to its conference badge that it hopes to see in its industry’s ads. Conference badges probably aren’t going anywhere anytime soon, in large part because they serve a hugely functional purpose: They tell attendees who you are. Also: How you should think about social video.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 9, 2023

For complex conference programs, this insight means that you can increase satisfaction — and reduce attendee anxiety — by providing them with several targeted choices. For conferences that develop education sessions that appeal to a broad audience, applying the principles in this study can improve the attendee experience.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 12, 2018

These mental models are deeply embedded in our conference planning and management practices. Savvy conference organizers realize that their mental models have much more influence over their outcomes than their decisions and actions. This is especially true of our conference mental frameworks. Our Mental Model Lens.

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Nimble AMS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

“Dreamforce is truly an experience like no other conference,” said Logan Heaney, Sr. You can still register to attend Dreamforce virtually and view the conference for free on Salesforce+. Keep reading for more details on why your association should register for Salesforce’s annual conference. Solution Engineer. .

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 3, 2019

ASAE’s 2019 Technology Exploration Conference kicked off on Tuesday with a conversation focused on the value of diversity, inclusion, and human interactions in fueling future tech innovations. Real innovation is the process by which we solve fundamental problems that we as humans will face,” Shapiro said. “I

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Smooth The Path

APRIL 20, 2021

Conferences tend to offer two main benefits, education and connection. Many associations are developing academies that members can access whenever they need to learn, which means there is no longer the need for members to wait for the conference. Does that mean that soon there will be no need for conferences?

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Potomac Core

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

According to the Conference Board , corporate profitability may face headwinds resulting from higher costs as “the business cycle matures.” If member companies introduce more innovation to drive more profitability, is your association positioned to respond with equal or greater amounts of innovative solutions? Next Steps.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

But for association meeting professionals, they may attend another group’s conference to bring back takeaways that will improve their own events. I always admired ALA’s in-person conferences,” she said. The post How a Meeting Planner Swap Could Improve Your Own Conference appeared first on Associations Now.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Holding a pitch competition can be a great way to not only highlight new innovations but also create a session that encourages thoughtful participation. The set up remained the same: Innovators presented their work to a panel of judges—a.k.a. the sharks”—and received feedback before one winner was selected.

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AMG

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

I am honored to share that CAI is being awarded a prestigious award from the Public Affairs Council (PAC) - the Lobbying Strategy Innovation Award for our Condominium Safety Policy Response and Initiative – in response to the tragic Champlain Towers South condominium collapse. on June 24, 2021. Phoebe Neseth, Esq.

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Smooth The Path

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

Your annual conference is even more important than you think! For many new members the annual conference is the first time they get to interact with the association and the community in a meaningful way. If they have a good experience at this first conference they are more likely to become more engaged with the whole association.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 12, 2020

Resist the temptation to demand instant innovation, and instead motivate your team with conversation about the future. Evidence of that comes by way of the latest edition of the Conference Board’s annual survey of global leaders about their biggest internal and external concerns. Everybody must innovate!

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Membership Marketing

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In short, we have had to innovate. The need to innovate has led me to study some of the best practices in building an innovative mindset and culture. First is How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley, which I wrote about here. The second is a classic, The Innovators DNA , by Dyer, Gregersen, and Christensen.

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Association Success

DECEMBER 16, 2019

I bet that if you pull any association’s job posting for a leadership opening, you will find the word “innovation” at least half the time, either as a requirement of the type of person or a descriptor of where the organization is going. This is not the only way to define, measure or think of innovation.

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Spark Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2014

Great Slideshare from Jeff Hurt proposing radical change for conferences and events: We Need A Conference Revolution from Jeff Hurt. conferences innovation presentations Jeff Hurt' Of course, the question then becomes: how do we get from here to there?

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Associations Now

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Big idea: Successful innovation can be small, too. How do you define innovation? I want to invite you to the real world of innovation: small-sized innovation,” Tatonetti says on Association Success. One way to implement this vision of innovation is to focus on streamlining workflows. Hint, Hint; Nudge, Nudge.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 28, 2020

To create innovative and interactive meetings, planners around the nation are raising the bar on productivity and capitalizing on attendee experience. This means he is in charge of public relations and conference planning. Visit Orlando: How do you define innovation and what are you doing to infuse this into the meetings you plan?

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Eric Lanke

APRIL 30, 2018

It's an online, virtual conference put on by Association Success. Design constraints make innovation happen. They are what makes actual innovation happen. I participated in a SURGE Spring 2018 session on co-creation. Don't know what SURGE Spring 2018 is? Sessions have been recorded and are being posted this week (May 2-4, 2018).

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Smooth The Path

AUGUST 11, 2020

A conference that typically draws over 20,000 in-person attendees a year just announced their keynote speakers. Hopefully, virtual conferences will level the playing field for speakers. Have women, industry innovators, busy members, or young professionals been unable to attend your in-person conferences?

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Association Success

JULY 2, 2019

Using a cheerleader or champion approach to encourage innovation and new solutions to old problems can be a great way to get buy-in. Heidi spoke in the “Tech is Powered By the People’’ session during SURGE Co-Creation, an interactive virtual conference hosted by AssociationSuccess.org on May 1-3rd. BE A CHEERLEADER.

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Aaron Wolowiec

AUGUST 3, 2016

According to Disney’s culture statement , following are the core values of Disney’s approach to guest experiences: Innovation – We are committed to a tradition of innovation and technology. How do you and your team: Infuse innovation and technology into the design, development and implementation phases?

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Eric Lanke

DECEMBER 2, 2013

I mean, you follow all the blogs, you read all the books and you go to all the conferences. And you talk about innovation all the time. You even have your own blog where you put up posts about innovation and the people you meet at those conferences tell you how great they are. So, you''re not innovative.

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Association Success

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The winner will feature at November's SURGE conference! While innovation and adaptation are themes that resound throughout industry discussions, we don’t need to see change as a necessary reaction to our context. As such, November’s SURGE conference will be themed around Optimism for the Future. Change might be afoot.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Learn More About It Gwen Fortune-Blakely and Alexis Redmond will be discussing how organizations can work across generations to overcome challenges at ASAE’s Great Ideas Conference, which is taking place March 17-19 in Colorado Springs. The post Working Across Generations to Encourage Innovation appeared first on Associations Now.

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YourMembership

JANUARY 21, 2016

Conference organizers are always looking for ways to improve their yearly meetings, and one of the best ways to ensure members are engaged and their opinions heard is to hear directly from them. They want their members to help them discover new ideas for their upcoming annual conference. Have an innovative conference engagement idea?

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Aaron Wolowiec

AUGUST 3, 2016

According to Disney’s culture statement , following are the core values of Disney’s approach to guest experiences: Innovation – We are committed to a tradition of innovation and technology. How do you and your team: Infuse innovation and technology into the design, development and implementation phases?

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