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Facilitation Friday #25: Five Keys to Strategy Discussions

Idea Architects

Facilitation Friday #25: Five Keys to Strategy Discussions. When was the last time you were in a session intended to produce good strategy that actually did so? Too often strategy conversations are anything but strategic. Participants bring their past experiences and present expectations to the strategy effort.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Leadership Limerick: Time for.

Idea Architects

Every Monday, I offer a leadership limerick, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. As Harvard economist Ed Glaeser notes, "Communications technology and face-to-face interactions are complements like salt and pepper rather than substitutes like butter and margarine.” Oct 2003 (1).

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Bringing Credibility to the Conversation: Katie Butler, IIABA

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Our featured professional this month is Katie Butler, vice president of communications for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA). Katie has served IIABA since 2003 and has helmed the communications department since communications since 2004. How did you come to work for an association?

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Leadership Limerick: The Whole.

Idea Architects

Every Monday, I offer a leadership limerick, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. Sometimes its a matter of different communication styles (think Myers-Briggs or DiSC); sometimes it is assuming people connect the dots on their own more than might be the case. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2).

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Leadership Limerick: Gratitude, Not.

Idea Architects

Every Monday, I offer a leadership limerick, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. So we need to be even more intentional when trying to communicate with the masses. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2). Aug 2003 (1). May 2003 (2). Apr 2003 (1). Mar 2003 (1).

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Best of the Web: February 2013

Association Adviser

9 Marketing Strategies You Must Stop Using—Now. Kent Lewis from iMedia Connection says you must stop using those (and seven other) ineffective marketing strategies, and focus your energy on what really works. MySpace in 2003? May 29-31, 2013 ASAE 2012 Marketing Membership & Communications Conference. Kent Lewis.

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Digital Privacy Compliance for Nonprofits: The Big 3 Laws

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But with the increased importance of data to your strategies comes an increased responsibility to use data properly and respectfully, not to mention legally. Regulation #1: The CAN-SPAM Act The CAN-SPAM Act was passed into US law in 2003, and it protects consumers from receiving emails that they never agreed to receive.