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Associations Unorthdox Shift #6: Build a strategically legitimate board

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This is the sixth and final post in my series on the six shifts presented in my new e-book, Associations Unorthodox: Six Really Radical Shifts Toward the Future , created in collaboration with CHIEF. Please check out the previous posts in the series.) It is a challenge associations must resolve to overcome. Additional Thoughts.

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Associations Unorthodox Shift #1: De-emphasize membership

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Over the next six weeks, I will publish a post on each of the six shifts presented in my new e-book, Associations Unorthodox: Six Really Radical Shifts Toward the Future , created in collaboration with CHIEF. Indeed, the phrase, “membership organization” may well be the most orthodox description of an association’s organizational identity.

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Join Jeff for Better Boards Workshop on March 8 in Denver

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Join Jeff De Cagna of Principled Innovation on Friday, March 8, 2013 in Denver for a full-day workshop on Building Better Boards , presented by the Colorado Society of Association Executives. Registration for the workshop is now open.

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Associations Unorthodox Shift #3:Eliminate budgets

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This is the third post in my series on the six shifts presented in my new e-book, Associations Unorthodox: Six Really Radical Shifts Toward the Future , created in collaboration with CHIEF. As a general rule, associations are risk averse organizations, instinctively conservative in every way, especially with their financial resources.

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Jeff De Cagna joins ATA Board of Directors

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Tinnitus is the medical term for the perception of sound in one or both ears or in the head when no external sound is present. Tinnitus is the medical term for the perception of sound in one or both ears or in the head when no external sound is present. 50 million Americans experience tinnitus to some degree.

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What is Associations Unorthodox?

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Each shift deals with an important area of association management in which doing what has always been done too often trumps the hard work of building our organizations to thrive, even right now when the latter is both an urgent priority and a non-trivial concern. What do you think?

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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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