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Jeff De Cagna elected chair of RedRover Board of Directors

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Founded in 1987, RedRover is a national organization headquartered in Sacramento, California that focuses on bringing animals out of crisis and strengthening the bond between people and animals through a variety of programs, including emergency sheltering, disaster relief services, financial assistance and education.

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Jeff De Cagna to deliver keynote at CESSE 2013 Annual Meeting

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Mr. Keane is the overall volunteer organizer for CESSE 2013. CESSE, which was incorporated in 1977, is an informal, not-for-profit international organization of chief executive officers and mid-to-senior level staff members of scientific and engineering societies. I’m really looking forward to it!”

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Overcoming the association value gap: part II

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It is an invention designed to create artificial predictability and a sense of security for risk-averse organizations. We want everyone (or at least everyone who is eligible) to want membership in our organizations, even when membership benefits us more than them, which is almost always. Are you ready to get started?

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

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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. For some organizations, these investments have produced a meaningful return. Membership is perhaps the most sacred tenet in all of association orthodoxy.

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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. It is a challenge associations must resolve to overcome. They should focus instead on improving board performance. Additional Thoughts.

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Why business model thinking matters to associations

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Building a 21 st century organization is not an endeavor for the faint of heart. Business model innovation demands that associations identify imaginative ways to create and deliver radical new value to their stakeholders, begin building future market share and capture sustainable revenue streams back into their organizations.

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P.I. Making Innovation Happen Survey is now open

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As innovation becomes a more significant strategic priority in the association community, Principled Innovation will be tracking the challenges association CEOs face in making innovation happen within their organizations.

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