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How Technology is Transforming Strategy

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As social, mobile and related technologies continue to drive deep and accelerating societal transformation, associations will continue to confront increasingly complex strategic challenges that will require fresh mindsets and more dynamic approaches to address. Today’s strategic landscape for associations could not be more different.

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Why business model thinking matters to associations

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Finding the next trajectory of association success begins with the challenging yet necessary work of business model innovation. This article examines why staff and voluntary leaders alike must build their capacity for business model thinking by outlining the critical roles these leaders play in the work of business model innovation.

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Associations Unorthodox e-book available on August 8

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Jeff De Cagna said, “Over the last ten years, I have collaborated with a wide variety of associations in the areas of strategy, innovation, governing and the impact of new technologies on the future of associating. Build a strategically legitimate board. and provide details on your inquiry.

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Associations Unorthodox #5: Collaborate everywhere

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Yet while having a central location to house face-to-face staff and voluntary activity offers certain benefits, the association headquarters also can be the physical embodiment of the bureaucratic inertia and risk aversion that too often slows the pace of organizational progress, especially in the areas of strategy and innovation.

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Six serious ideas for 2013

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At the heart of this fresh way of thinking about business model innovation is the value conversation. +Value conversations– In November, I began to roll out my new business model design framework for associations called the BMNEXT Design Canvas.

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Associations Unorthodox Shift #1: De-emphasize membership

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To have the chance to flourish going forward, associations must pursue the complex yet essential work of business model innovation. As a result, the membership and member centricity of their existing business models is an increasingly unsustainable burden for associations to carry into the future. The Opportunity.

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Associations Unorthodox Shift #4: Go all in on digital

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Despite the widespread adoption of distributive social, learning and related technologies, orthodoxy still insists associations conduct annual meetings and trade shows, as well as other in-person conferences, seminars and workshops. Most associations continue to rely on face-to-face interaction as part of their core value creation efforts.