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Political Black Swans: Ignore Them at Your Association’s Peril

Association Success

In 2003, widespread protest broke out around me in Azerbaijan, a country formerly part of the Soviet Union. The country’s capital was brought to a standstill, and the work of our organization was set back for weeks. Given the magnitude of a black swan event, an organization does not have the luxury of making this mistake.

Georgia 101
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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Facilitation Friday #15: Tools for.

Idea Architects

Factor Analysis: An easy technique for quickly exploring the breadth of issues related to an individual question is to identify factors that (1) impede or (2) enhance progress for the question at hand. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2). Aug 2003 (1). May 2003 (2). Apr 2003 (1). Mar 2003 (1). Feb 2003 (3).

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Today’s Conference Education Model Was Created For An Economy That No Longer Exists

Velvet Chainsaw

Memorization and following instructions aligned well with the jobs of that era that were in manufacturing and hierarchical organizations. Most 21st Century jobs require critical thinking, complex problem solving, collaboration, creativity, innovation, and information analysis. Conference education copied that same model.

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Flexibility Is Key: Why the Top-Down Strategy Is Fading

Associations Now

Instead of finding your organization on the losing end of an emerging trend, you might have better luck adapting to your association’s needs. But maybe, if you reconsider the entire approach, you might find your organization in this spot a little less often. Rejigger the Approach. A Blast From the Past.

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15 Changes in the Learning Business Landscape

Leading Learning

During those 15 years, we’ve worked with a lot of organizations, done a lot of research, published hundreds of articles and podcasts along with numerous reports , hosted more than a hundred Webinars , and run multiple events , online and off. This is not intended to be a scientific or data-driven analysis of the changes.

Course 101
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Sift Skills: The Value of Big Data for Associations

Associations Now

As technology becomes more affordable, organizations are harnessing “big data” to improve member engagement. And even after the organization hired a $6,000-a-week consultant in 2003 to learn about making data-based business decisions, Dorman wasn’t convinced it would lead to any long-term benefit.

Texas 40
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What is SocialMention and what is its value?

ChatterBachs

From the Social Mention “About” page : “Social Mention is a social media search and analysis platform that aggregates user generated content from across the universe into a single stream of information. RT @ChatterBachs: Arent listservs just the 2003 version of soc media & RSS?! The Bright One Daily is out!