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

Idea Architects

These full-day labs (preceded by significant pre-work and surveying and post-event coaching and support) will use design thinking and user experience principles to help lab participants imagine and rapidly prototype new possibilities to immediately execute. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2). Aug 2003 (1). May 2003 (2).

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Facilitation Friday #25: Five Keys to Strategy Discussions

Idea Architects

We survey members. Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2). Aug 2003 (1). May 2003 (2). Apr 2003 (1). Mar 2003 (1). Feb 2003 (3). Jan 2003 (2). Whats the necessary amount of pre-work? Create iterative feedback loops. A planning committee discusses results and develops a plan. The plan is released.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Facilitation Friday #2: Behavior is.

Idea Architects

Think about the design and contents of the materials involved in this effort: the agenda, pre-reading, any advance homework or surveys, name badges or nameplates, and items you might have on tables to engage participants (toys, markers, notepads, Post-It’s). Oct 2003 (1). Sep 2003 (2). Aug 2003 (1). May 2003 (2).

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Surfing Alone: How More Time Online Cuts Into Everything Else

Associations Now

The Tech Policy Institute’s Scott Wallsten has analyzed information from the American Time Use Survey (ATUS) from 2003 through 2011, which looks at online usage. From 2003 to 2011, the average person spent less time on social activities, including attending parties and cultural events, as well as various forms of education.

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4 Stories about Association Membership

SCD Group

Fully 67 percent called it their top membership priority, according to a survey by Marketing General, a membership consultancy. Almost 9 out of 10 ranked it “very critical” in a survey by Tate & Tryon, a Washington accounting firm that specializes in non-profits. million in 2003. Over two years, total membership is down 11.6

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Motorcycle Industry: Efforts to Reach Female Bikers Paying Off

Associations Now

The number of female owners better than doubled from 2003 to 2014,” Sarah Schilke, marketing manager of BMW Motorrad USA and chairwoman of the female motorcycle-industry professionals group PowerLily, said in a MIC press release. As for their priorities when choosing a bike to buy, women, in the survey of 48,000 U.S. Confident Growth.

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Meetings Groups Merge To Further Sustainability In The Events Industry

Associations Now

Founded in 2003, GMIC’s mission is to transform the global meetings industry through sustainability, while CIC aims to facilitate an exchange of information within the industry. It found that 70 percent of the 30 surveyed centers have a dedicated sustainability coordinator or manager on staff.