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Seen Elsewhere: Resources for Trend Scanning, Gaming, Productivity

Idea Architects

Sunday, April 01, 2012. The January 2012 briefing included information about trends such as Cash-Less, Eco-Cycology, DIY Health, and Screen Culture. For a great example of gaming in action, watch this 8-minute video on how the New York Public Library engaged 500 people overnight in writing a book about its collections.

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Don’t Close the Book on Indie Bookstores Just Yet

Associations Now

1,632 The number of members the American Booksellers Association has—down from 2,400 in 2002, but up after a period of recent declines, according to The New York Times. “We’ve got people opening new bookstores and people buying into existing ones,” ABA spokesman Dan Cullen told NBC News. “I

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Associations at Odds Over Proposed Massachusetts Ban on Noncompete Clauses

Associations Now

61 % The increase in court decisions regarding noncompete agreements between 2002 and 2012, according to a study conducted for the Wall Street Journal by the law firm Beck Reed Riden LLP. LINX argued that it was trying to protect information on its unique training methods from competitors, the New York Times reported.

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Plexus Consulting Group?: Crucial Conversations

Plexus Consulting

Authors are Patterson, Grenny, McMillan and Switzler, published in 2002 by McGraw Hill, and subsequently a New York Times bestseller. ► 2012. (42). Coincidentally, it’s titled Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking when Stakes are High. Older Post. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Welcome Message.

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Big Data: Big Headache or Big Opportunity for Associations?

Association Adviser

As best-selling author and product innovation expert Tony Ulwick explained at last week’s Innova-Con 2014 conference in New York, don’t ask customers or members what they want in a product, ask them what types of “jobs” they need to have done better. It’s also a great member benefit and new member recruiting tool.

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