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Weave a Safety Net—Find the Right Strategic Partners

.orgSource

Nancy MacRae, CEO at the Emergency Nurses Association and Kristine Hillmer, President and CEO of the Wisconsin Restaurant Association , steered their members through the challenge. Inspire and support the improvement or innovation of products or business practices. Offer opportunities that advance each partner’s mission.

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Three Leadership ColLAB takeaways your association needs to leverage

Nimble AMS

Overall processes were stagnant, outdated, and lacked innovation. While times may be unstable, and member trust in your organization may be low, Rice recommended innovative strategies to help rebuild trust before it’s too late. Growth was occurring at ENA, but at a significantly declining rate. That’ll Never Happen to Us.”

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Resilience Rides the Waves of Disruption

.orgSource

But, it also means using the disruption to identify opportunities for innovation and growth and applying lessons learned to develop future initiatives. Kristine Hillmer, President and CEO at the Wisconsin Restaurant Association, described this experience to our audience at.orgCommunity’s recent leadership ColLAB event.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 2.22.16

Reid All About it

New event tech is delivering more relevant experiences to attendees and savvy planners are using their mobile apps in innovative ways to attract event sponsors. Speaker: Ben Kotenberg, Instructional Designer, National Association of Tax Professionals, and Associate Lecturer, University of Wisconsin. Register. (1 1 CAE credit).

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10 Tips for Facilitating Conversation About Big Ideas and Innovations

Idea Architects

It's been two weeks of innovation as I was one of the facilitators for last week's National Summit on Association Innovation sponsored by the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives and as a volunteer, helped champion this week's ASAE InnovationTalks campaign. Determine the right time and environment. Facilitate assertively.

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Association Brain Food: 11.10.23

Reid All About it

Join a discussion of the following elements that are proving most important for meetings stakeholders: technological innovation, sustainability and social responsibility, collaboration and co-creation, emotional and well-being considerations. 1 CMP credit. More info/register. More info/register. 1 CAE credit. More info/register.

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CompTIA Study Finds Tech Hubs Where You Wouldn’t Expect Them

Associations Now

Another North Carolina region a little lower on the list—the cities of Durham and Chapel Hill, combined for purposes of the study—highlighted a broader trend in the report: The concept that college towns are becoming major hubs of innovation in their own right.