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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Watch Out for Unintended.

Idea Architects

The reserves grown over the years and the consistently balanced budget unintentionally lead to individuals not wanting to invest any of the resources so carefully accumulated? Your dashboard indicators or balanced scorecard become not just metrics for gauging progress, but also mantras by which all strategy and tactics are determined?

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Facilitation Friday #29: Six Questions for Decision-Making

Idea Architects

Good leaders are good stewards of the resources available to a group, but they also recognize that no one group can always have the information or resources it needs to do its work. Facilitators should help groups explore the necessary and available resources for a good decision. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: People Are Starved for Real.

Idea Architects

Ill be doing so in the following new effort: Refresh Strategy Labs. Dec 2002 (6). Nov 2002 (4). Sep 2002 (2). Aug 2002 (3). Jul 2002 (3). Jun 2002 (2). May 2002 (4). These hands-on labs are designed to: focus on one specific strategic question of critical interest to an organization, or.

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Arrested Development? A Strategic Approach to Technology Reboots Association Growth

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HIMSS began reaching beyond “member” to “audience” in 2002 by offering resources and benefits not exclusive to dues-paying professionals. It was an evolutionary process more than an overall strategy at the time, according to Lieber. In this excerpt from our book, Association 4.0—Positioning Make Data-Driven Decisions.

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Opening the Door to Government Members

Associations Now

Some groups are reexamining their membership strategies to bring down that barrier. In 2002, NIDA set a goal to bulk up government membership by piloting a free, three-year government membership category with the option to renew as a dues-paying member. But state and federal rules are sometimes an obstacle to bringing in those members.

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Thinking and thriving

Aaron Wolowiec

After serving as an association executive for more than 10 years, De Cagna launched his company in 2002 to challenge association boards, CEOs and executives to build their organizations to thrive in an uncertain future. It lays the groundwork for new strategies and helps association leaders plunge into a future that may seem murky, at best.

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Context Is Everything: Online Communities

Beth Kanter

We were part of an email thread with a small group of individuals offered input on community management systems and facilitator recruiting resources. Highlights: April, 2002 Netpreneur AdMarketing discussion. It always begins with strategy - Nancy White, of Full Circle Associates , reminds us how important strategy will always be.