Eric Lanke

JUNE 12, 2017

A few weeks ago I mentioned that Spark Consulting was out with another white paper -- this one on the sometimes challenging topic of diversity and inclusion -- and that it was another thought-provoking read for association CEOs. To be fair to the authors, they admit in the text of the white paper that things are not really this linear.

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Eric Lanke

OCTOBER 3, 2016

I just finished reading the latest white paper from Elizabeth Weaver Engel of Spark Consulting, this one written with Shelly Alcorn of Alcorn Associates Management Consulting, entitled "The Association Role in the New Education Paradigm." The white paper is a good read, with real practical advice. It's a good list.

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Spark Consulting

MAY 10, 2019

When the time comes that the network effect hits the profession or industry your association serves, you will need to be nimble enough to make rapid decisions.

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YourMembership

OCTOBER 19, 2015

In our October YM CAE Thought Leadership Webinar, Building Space for Change within Your Organization , Jennifer Blenkle, Founder of Frameworks, shared her thoughts on why it is so important to embrace change to keep your organization relevant to your members and prospective members. interview link below).

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AssociationChat

JUNE 7, 2022

Explore thought leadership content and solutions from experts and vendors in the association industry. The Association Chat Knowledge Hub provides instant access to: White papers. Introducing the Association Chat Knowledge Hub. Transformation is Coming in the Association Management System (AMS) Market. 10 Common Myths Debunked.

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Thanks For Playing

JUNE 27, 2012

Check this white paper out first. And what does that have to do with leadership? The Perfect Tweet ? Doing a readership survey? Inclusion is not the goal. What color is a yield sign ? Is your association stupid ? You wrote a great blog post – now what ?

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Reid All About it

MARCH 1, 2024

In this success kit from Nimble AMS, you get four resources: two half-hourish webinar recordings about AI for associations and two white papers, one an introduction to AI for associations and one on developing an AI strategy. Explore the inner lives of leaders and leadership. AI for associations. More info/register.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

In a white paper titled “ Innovate the Lean Way ,” Spark Consulting’s Elizabeth Weaver Engel, CAE, and National Council of Architectural Registration Boards information systems director Guillermo Ortiz de Zarate point out that boards will pay lip service to high-risk initiatives without actually making them happen.

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Eric Lanke

MAY 22, 2017

Spark Consulting is out with another white paper -- this one on the sometimes challenging topic of diversity and inclusion -- and it's another thought-provoking read for association CEOs. There was universal agreement on the returned value of embracing diversity and inclusion in our association and in our association's leadership.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 18, 2023

Vista Cova’s white paper, Strategic Frameworks: The Future of Strategic Planning , explores how association executives are working with strategic plans in the post-COVID environment. The paper describes ten themes that emerged in their research and includes an appendix with the participants’ strategic frameworks.

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Association Success

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

At our annual meeting, we install our incoming leadership, recognize our existing and outgoing leadership, and recognize various members who have been active on committees or won awards. We added pictures of our incoming leadership, their titles, offices and how long they’d been members. Annual Meeting.

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Multiview

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

White papers, blogs, social media posts, and more, seem to be the simplest forms of content marketing, so it shouldn’t be hard, right? Turns out, we may be underestimating the true effects of this type of marketing, especially if your association doesn’t have a strategy, plan, and purpose for the content. Let’s start with the basics.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 19, 2013

Strong leadership is required to fix it. A new white paper on the subject sheds some new light on the subject, adds a handful of thoughtful case studies, and offers a sensible framework for a less dysfunctional volunteer structure. The post Leadership and the Future of Volunteering appeared first on Associations Now.'

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Thanks For Playing

JANUARY 30, 2013

Marketing Profs picked up Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter's survey on new leadership skills for the social media age (and wrote a really nice article about it). Hey, lots of people have been writing interesting stuff!

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MultiBriefs

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Vendors you've worked with on thought leadership can use their own personal experience in the industry to give a fresh perspective. Outside of social media are more traditional publications such as white papers and industry blogs.

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Eric Lanke

JANUARY 30, 2012

Leadership. At a recent WSAE meeting I was asked to explain what we meant in our white paper on Innovation for Associations when we referred to the "mind of community." Had I had a copy of the white paper with me, I could have quoted from it directly. The added emphasis is mine, not the white papers.

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Mariner Management

JUNE 30, 2021

In order to be successful, you’ll need strong, consistent support from your national headquarters leadership, actively providing direction and the resources for that change to happen; and from your chapter leaders, who need a clear understanding what the plan is, what the goals are, and the role that the chapters will play.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 26, 2016

The creation, care, and feeding of a strategic board of directors is one of the most significant leadership challenges facing association CEOs. Learn about the key findings from Association Laboratory’s white paper Creating and Sustaining a Strategic Board which incorporates ideas and insights from 25 association chief staff officers.

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MultiBriefs

JUNE 29, 2023

The IFMA's website is stocked with white papers, educational materials, and tools to show prospective members the value of joining. Now that you know how important it is to use a variety of marketing methods, it's time to establish your organization as a source of thought leadership.

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Jamie Notter

MARCH 13, 2014

These are questions that my colleagues Elizabeth Engel and Leslie White and I grappled with in a White Paper that we just released, titled Risk: The Missing Link Connecting Strategy to Implementation (it’s free and the link takes you directly to the PDF).

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

If not, take 15 minutes to participate in the Association Leadership Study. This study will find out what leadership practices nurture great boards, what behaviors and skills CEOs need to move their boards ahead, and more. 120 days left in the year—what do you still want to accomplish? Participate live or view the recording.

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Reid All About it

DECEMBER 13, 2019

WBT Systems shared some depressing statistics about the percentage of leadership positions held by women. Read their ideas for how associations can help support and train women on the path to leadership. Maddie Grant and Jamie Notter at Human Workplaces released a new white paper on a maturity model for workplace culture.

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The Big Picture

MARCH 14, 2012

 One Orange Feather recently released a  free white paper with primary research, statistics, and case studies. Leadership. Curious about how other associations are integrating social media into their communications mix and what it takes to succeed? Download a copy here. Posted at 11:31 PM in Social Media | Permalink.

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Potomac Core

OCTOBER 13, 2015

The SAP and Oxford Economics White Paper encourages employers to consider the following: Prepare for increasing diversity, changing employee demographics, and evolving definitions of work. Improve executive leadership skills and cultivation. Innovative Workforce Solutions: Call to Action.

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Blue Sky eLearn

JULY 31, 2017

What if learners submitted case studies and the community co-created solutions resulting in a white paper? What if after a 2-day leadership program you filmed 3-minute insight bytes and posted these takeaways for community inspiration?

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Eric Lanke

JUNE 10, 2013

They don''t want to assume a traditional committee leadership role. Our task force will investigate and discuss the issue for a while, and when we feel we’ve learned something, we’ll author a white paper on it, summarizing our findings, which the association can share with the rest of the membership."

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Jamie Notter

JUNE 18, 2015

The following is a guest post from Anna Caraveli and Elizabeth Engel, CAE, who have also written a very nice White Paper on engagement (link at the end). It could be a relationship, a volunteer activity, a community, an idea, an experience, a hobby. How does that play out in real life?

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Jamie Notter

AUGUST 5, 2014

Elizabeth Engel and Peter Houstle wrote an outstanding white paper earlier this year that provides a great map of the different aspects you will need to keep in mind if you want to get serious about data ( free download ). Leadership Strategy' ” But data-based decision making is not easy. ” Good luck with that.

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Jamie Notter

AUGUST 20, 2013

I just finished reading the new white paper that Elizabeth Engel and Peggy Hoffman have put out about “mission-driven volunteers,” and it’s fabulous. Leadership Managing People' And I think their lessons are useful in a variety of contexts, beyond just volunteering.

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Off Stage

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

For an information junkie like me, White Papers are the greatest thing since encyclopedias. One of the companies whose white papers I’ve appreciated (and cited in previous articles) is the Wav Group, which offers white papers on real estate technology trends. suggests this white paper from WAV.

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Associations Now

JULY 24, 2017

Last month Vetted Solutions released a white paper, Diversity and Inclusion: Core Values Among Associations [PDF], that exposes similar challenges in the association community. The Center for Talent Innovation study suggests that leadership matters—perceived bias is lower at companies with diverse and inclusive leaders.

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Forj

JULY 25, 2017

Titled “Learning to Lead in an Academic Health System,” the chapter provides an overview of the need for more emphasis on leadership training and finding leaders who have the right skills to lead. Turco herself contributed to Chapter 23, which focuses on educating future leaders. Turco comments: [link].

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Eric Lanke

MARCH 19, 2012

Leadership. If you followed me when I blogged at The Hourglass Blog , you know that I previously chaired their Innovation Task Force, and was the lead author on the White Paper on Innovation for Associations that the Task Force published. Leadership. (22). Eric Lanke. Association executive and author. Innovation.

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Association Success

DECEMBER 12, 2017

So it’s incredibly important that the Analytics department maintains communication with our members regarding what they need from our research publications and white papers. You have got to get your senior and executive leadership involved with the membership question, as well as your board of directors. Last but not Least.

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Association Subculture

JUNE 12, 2014

CAE, CEO and Chief Strategist at Spark Consulting LLC and Peter Houstle, CEO, Mariner Management and Marketing, LLC released a white paper on decision making processes that you can download for free here: Getting to the Good Stuff: Evidence-Based Decision Making for Associations. decision governance leadership'

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Association Success

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

In these conversations, some people indicated they would prefer to use a timesheet, and this anecdotal evidence fell into the hands of leadership. Once the leadership wants to pursue an idea it can be hard to push them into experimental mode instead of execution. It made some logical sense, so we jumped right in. The rest will follow.

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Leading Learning

JULY 12, 2021

Secure leadership support and a funding commitment. For more on how to do all that, download the full white paper for free at [link]. Learning about what digital transformation is (and isn’t), why it matters, what barriers are unique to associations, what advantages our industry has—that’s all interesting and useful.

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