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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

.orgSource

Sharon Rice ,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, is our expert for guiding associations through tough markets. At.orgCommunity’s recent Innovation Summit, Sharon explored how Blue Ocean Strategy can help you bypass the sharks and find your way to offering unique and powerful member value.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 12.4.20

Reid All About it

It includes questions about the impact of the pandemic on strategy, pricing, etc. If you’re interested in how much emphasis other organizations will put on areas ranging from blended learning to microlearning to combating downward price pressure, this is data you will find valuable. Raising sponsorship prices.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 1.15.21

Reid All About it

Content/education strategy. Hear how technology can help you use your member data to drive strategy at your organization. Hear about the results of Looking Forward TM 2021, a global environmental scan of the association sector and the implications of the data on association strategy. From Systems of Record to Systems of Action.

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How Job Market Changes Could Affect Association Hiring

Associations Now

A new report from Michigan State University, Recruiting Trends 2019-2020 , offers some clues about how the job market will change. They just don’t want to get caught committed to some high-priced labor that they won’t be able to continue to employ if things got tight. So, will this slow down any time soon? Nonprofit Hiring Slowing.

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SCD Group: Free to Fee: One Association's Response to the.

SCD Group

Small Business Association Of Michigan (SBAM) decided to make a change. Despite Michigan’s businesses mired in a long recession, SBAM was not satisfied with the status quo. SBAM is a broad-based “chamber-like” organization advocating for Michigan small business. It is an ongoing effort.

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What Ideas Can Your Meeting Steal From the Super Bowl?

Associations Now

I hope so, because Sunday’s Super Bowl XLIX is one of the largest and priciest events to happen all year, whether you’re talking audience, sponsorships, ticket prices, or food and beverage. Are you ready for some football? His response: “I like a little puppet that you can put your fingers in.

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Why That Mission Statement Matters

Associations Now

To make this a little less dramatic but bring it closer to home: A flawed new-member strategy isn’t so bad, a handful of disengaged board members isn’t so bad, a missed meeting attendance target isn’t so bad, a site-selection process that’s based mainly on who offered the swankest fam trip isn’t so bad, a chat about price-fixing isn’t so bad….