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Read Jeff De Cagna’s latest article on business model innovation

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The article appears in the August/September 2012 issue of Association Magazine, the official publication of the Canadian Society of Association Executives. Jeff De Cagna’s latest article on business model innovation, “Designing Association Business Models for the Network Age,” is now available for download.

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Join Jeff for P.I./TMA Resources Executive Breakfast on March 6 in Alexandria, Virginia

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Detailed directions to NSBA, including information about public transportation, can be found here. The schedule for the morning is below: Registration and Continental Breakfast (8 am-8:30 am). Please join your colleagues for breakfast and networking before the morning session.

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Serious Questions: Are associations dead?

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For the most part, I find public ruminations on this kind of binary choice to be counterproductive. The CEO had just read my new e-book, Associations Unorthodox: Six Really Radical Shifts Toward the Future , and he wondered whether I actually believe associations are “dead” in the long run.

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Associations Unorthodox Shift #4: Go all in on digital

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Without question, it is sensible for associations to go fully digital in all other areas of their work, including communications, finance, governing, marketing, publications and research.

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Associations Unorthodox Shift #1: De-emphasize membership

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For example, the enormous popularity and global reach of public social networks has altered forever the fundamental human experience of associating, making it simple and mobile, ubiquitous and inexpensive. Membership has become a pass-through, with the effect of commoditizing traditional “pay-to-play” arrangements.

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

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Over the last twenty years, however, the power to dictate the terms of new value creation has shifted away from traditional institutions and toward individuals collaborating through public platforms, self-organizing groups and distributed networks.

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Serious Questions: What will it take for your association’s stakeholders to thrive?

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For the last few years, I’ve been asking some version of the following question of all of my clients, and of just about all audiences for my public talks: What will it take for associations to thrive over the next decade and beyond? What will it take for your association’s stakeholders to thrive over the next decade and beyond?