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The era of strategic planning is over

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During the more than twenty years I have worked in and with associations, it is my guess that organizations throughout our community have committed millions of dollars and hundreds of thousands of hours of staff and voluntary leader time to generate tens of thousands of pages of strategic plans and related documents. Sign up today for P.I.’s

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Making Innovation Happen Survey: Preliminary Results

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s new Serious Questions electronic newsletter! Associations CEOs believe other stakeholders trust their innovation decisions, but in return they express less confidence in some of those stakeholders when it comes to pursuing the work of innovation. Please sign up today for P.I.’s In preparation for ASAE's Annual Meeting next week, P.I.

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Associations Unorthodox e-book available on August 8

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” In the e-book, Jeff challenges boards, CEOs, C-Suite executives and other key contributors to break free of the association community’s orthodox beliefs and make six radical shifts toward the future to help their organizations thrive in the face of relentless societal transformation: De-emphasize membership. Eliminate budgets.

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Five reasons why membership is killing association business models: Part I

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Indeed, for many organizations, the membership imperative defines the very existence of the association: membership is who they are and what they do. Reason #1: Membership-centric business models organize all value around the membership relationship. ’s new Serious Questions electronic newsletter!

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Five reasons why membership is killing association business models: Part II

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Indeed, for many organizations, the membership imperative defines the very existence of the association: membership is who they are and what they do. s new Serious Questions electronic newsletter! Membership is perhaps the most sacred tenet in all of association orthodoxy. In the meantime, sign up today for P.I.’s

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Associations Unorthodox Shift #1: De-emphasize membership

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Indeed, the phrase, “membership organization” may well be the most orthodox description of an association’s organizational identity. It is extremely difficult for association leaders to reconsider their unswerving commitment to membership as the organizing premise for future business models. s Serious Questions electronic newsletter!

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Associations Unorthdox Shift #6: Build a strategically legitimate board

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For their organizations to succeed over the next decade and beyond, therefore, association boards must reassert their strategic legitimacy, or risk losing the support of the next generation of stakeholders. S SERIOUS QUESTIONS ELECTRONIC NEWSLETTER! It is a challenge associations must resolve to overcome. Additional Thoughts.

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