Eric Lanke

JUNE 25, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. It just takes attention and time, and the process of building it begins in the smallest of all possible ways. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Member Engagement. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Eric Lanke.

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Texas Member Engagement Proposal Innovation 100

Eric Lanke

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Facebook changing everything again? Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Normally when theres a kerfuffle at one of the anointed tech companies, I have a hard time paying attention. Latest iPhone prototype "accidently" left in a bar somewhere? Publicity stunt. Maybe now it will start making sense to me. But with Netflix its different.

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Leadership Innovation Video Proposal 100

Eric Lanke

MAY 21, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. And your job, as a leader, is not to come up with all the answers. It is instead to identify all the real problems. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Leadership. During it they are reflecting, checking themselves, formulating their thoughts.

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Leadership Proposal Innovation Member Engagement 100

Eric Lanke

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Youll fail more often than youll succeed, but youll get better as time goes on, and youll learn more than you thought possible about true leadership. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Leadership. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Eric Lanke.

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Eric Lanke

JANUARY 16, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. But Ill bet the ensuing conversation will have far more value to your members than letting a speaker who doesnt know who shes talking to drone on. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Innovation. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Eric Lanke.

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Eric Lanke

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. No matter how much time and money it saved, it wasnt the kind of innovation we need to focus on. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Innovation. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Eric Lanke.

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Eric Lanke

OCTOBER 17, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Sutherland may not have a name for these ideas, these things that cost next to nothing but have an impact all out of proportion with their expense, but if a name is what it takes to focus more on them, we ought to come up with one pretty soon. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis!

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Eric Lanke

MAY 28, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. If you dont think the organization has the resources, the expertise or the commitment to deliver, say that, and get your Board talking about what it will take to build the capacity so that the truly great ideas can be realized. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Leadership.

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Eric Lanke

APRIL 9, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Ill be blogging here about some of our experiments, and Id appreciate any feedback or ideas my readers have to offer. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Member Engagement. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Eric Lanke.

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Eric Lanke

JULY 2, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. And that, I think, is worth the extra time and expense we pour into our chairman gifts. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Member Engagement. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Eric Lanke.

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Eric Lanke

JUNE 4, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. But you can use concept cars to inspire your members to action, to engage more actively with you in a discussion about what possible really looks like, and to which ends you should be directing your resources. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Innovation. Newer Post. Older Post.

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Eric Lanke

MAY 7, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Their job is not to impose solutions from above, but to help the organization develop the systems and resources to adequately address the problems that are holding it back. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Leadership.

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Leadership System Innovation Proposal 100

Eric Lanke

MARCH 19, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. As I tackle this issue for my own association and hear what other folks in the Circle are doing, Ill use this blog as an opportunity to share information and add even more voices into the conversation. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Member Engagement.

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Eric Lanke

JULY 23, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. What strategies have you successfully used to bring fun into volunteer tasks or your member engagement process? Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Member Engagement. 3 comments: Jeffrey Cufaude July 23, 2012 7:54 AM I wonder if it depends on the type of engagement you seek.

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Eric Lanke

JULY 16, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Id be interested in what others think, especially those who have actually been through association mergers in the past. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Leadership. 2 comments: David M. Patt, CAE July 21, 2012 2:38 PM Good observation, Eric.

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Eric Lanke

MAY 14, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Remarkably, it was the same organization that first did all the DONTs, and then did all the DOs. The DOs worked much better. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Member Engagement.

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Eric Lanke

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. But if you accept the underlying concept--that you must first understand what the member is trying to achieve before you can help them get there--then a great many changes may start happening. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Innovation. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post.

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Eric Lanke

APRIL 30, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. It was a tremendous insight for me, and one worth considering in order to breed a deeper understanding of the world we serve. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Member Engagement. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Eric Lanke.

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Recruiting Recruitment Proposal Member Engagement 100

Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Blending the intellectual with the intuitive. Be sure to add a pinch of that to your innovation recipe. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Innovation. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Eric Lanke.

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Eric Lanke

JANUARY 9, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. In the end, I dont know if any of that will change the world, but it might heighten my ability to do so. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Leadership. No comments: Post a Comment. Newer Post. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Eric Lanke.

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Eric Lanke

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. What if we convinced ourselves that this kind of self-actualizing success comes not from the individual struggle against the goal, but in the attempt to build the coalition that could best achieve the goal? What could such an approach mean for our community, our profession, and ourselves? at 7:00 AM.

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Eric Lanke

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. It helps to break the deadlock, and it helps bring people together around a common goal. Now, that’s what I call movie magic. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Innovation , Leadership. 2 comments: Anne W.

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Eric Lanke

APRIL 2, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Then, roll up your sleeves and put the statements to work by figuring out how your organization can move from the first to the second. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Leadership.

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Eric Lanke

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. What if the answer was a one hour phone call every month with a peer who is juggling the same balls and who has the same desire to look beyond and change the way things are done? Would you be able to find time for that? Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Innovation. Newer Post.

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Eric Lanke

JUNE 11, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Hopefully, when that shift occurs, it will coincide with the timing of next years retreat. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Leadership. 4 comments: Jamie Notter June 12, 2012 8:52 PM Wow, this is a great post.

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Eric Lanke

APRIL 23, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. We must find ways for our members to create their own value from the resources we can leverage for them, and stop assuming that we can accurately predict the problems they need solved. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Member Engagement.

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Eric Lanke

JANUARY 30, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. If you want your staff to better anticipate the needs of your members, to understand how your members community will react in predictable and unpredictable situations, you need to make them part of it. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Innovation.

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Eric Lanke

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. If you agree with its ideas but think theyre unworkable in your present situation, maybe you just need to stake it out as your negotiating position? Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Leadership. 6 comments: David M.

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Eric Lanke

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Not every association has a CGO with that capacity, but all would be well served by developing them. What do you say? Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Leadership. 4 comments: Jeffrey Cufaude February 20, 2012 8:11 AM Glad you're finding the series to be valuable Eric.

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Eric Lanke

JANUARY 2, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. But it is our turn, and I wonder if you could manage to step aside and let us lead while theres still something to work with. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Generations , Leadership. 4 comments: David M. And peoples' perspectives change over time.

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Eric Lanke

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. For all the dysfunction that surrounds many associations’ use of committees and task forces, they can still represent a unique benefit for professional development and industry advancement. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Leadership.

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Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. I dont manage this association. The chief staff executive does. And Id prefer to keep it that way. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Leadership. 6 comments: Jeffrey Cufaude September 26, 2011 8:39 AM It's a great question Eric.

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Eric Lanke

MARCH 12, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Shelly may not have the perfect answer, but I believe she has hit on something that will keep the association model more productively alive now and in the future. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Leadership.

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Eric Lanke

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. If a board and its CSE cant speak frankly about the resources the association has and those it will need to acquire in order to be successful, there is little hope that any set of elaborate plans will be properly executed. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Leadership.

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Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Its not fair to call us "slackers" anymore--us Xers with our mortgages, college savings accounts and flirtations with the alternative minimum tax--but it is such a tempting description, that I fully expect it will be recycled with abandon for these Millennials. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM.

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Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. There is a common body of innovation knowledge we can all draw from--things that have been shown to help and things that have been shown to hurt--but it is up to each one of us to study that body of knowledge and figure out how to apply it in our own situations. When will you? Posted by Eric Lanke.

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Eric Lanke

MARCH 5, 2012

Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. This is just one prism through which to view the challenge of system-based leadership, but for many organizations its an essential first step. Posted by Eric Lanke. at 7:00 AM. Email This BlogThis! Labels: Leadership.

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