Idea Architects

JULY 15, 2012

Too many organizations delegate observation and field research to a very small subset of individuals as opposed to engaging a wider cross-section of those who will actually be creating the improved or new product or service. This powerful IDEO mantra shared by most innovative organizations exemplifies the deep bias for action.

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Idea Architects

JANUARY 30, 2012

In reading this weekend about how the host committee leadership approached planning for the event, one specific aspect of their approach really impressed me. Dec 2004 (1). Nov 2004 (3). Oct 2004 (1). Sep 2004 (4). Aug 2004 (4). Jul 2004 (2). Jun 2004 (3). May 2004 (5). Jan 2004 (3).

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Idea Architects

JULY 23, 2012

committee member got the idea that we should begin to auction off every. And that has become a very real problem for organizations that. Sure, some organizations aren’t. So organizations used to a sponsorship gravy train are really. With less sponsorship dollars coming in the door, organizations now.

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Idea Architects

APRIL 9, 2012

The next time you are part of a committee, task force, or community that is in the forming stage, pose this question to help with the groups development: what do we need to know and understand about each other in order to develop the level of trust required for the work we have joined together to accomplish? Dec 2004 (1). Nov 2004 (3).

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Idea Architects

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The more our organizations successfully facilitate a professional home for people, a place where they build community and connections with colleagues, and dare I say it, lifelong friendships, the more the professional becomes personal. Dec 2004 (1). Nov 2004 (3). Oct 2004 (1). Sep 2004 (4). Aug 2004 (4).

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Idea Architects

JUNE 22, 2012

While the debate rages on about whether or not strategic planning as a process is alive, dead, or on life support (see here , here , and here ), organizations must still craft strategy. A planning committee discusses results and develops a plan. Dec 2004 (1). Nov 2004 (3). Oct 2004 (1). Sep 2004 (4).

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Idea Architects

MAY 25, 2012

If you are facilitating an ongoing group such as an internal staff team, a committee, or a learning community, your efforts fall somewhere between these two extremes I just described. Dec 2004 (1). Nov 2004 (3). Oct 2004 (1). Sep 2004 (4). Aug 2004 (4). Jul 2004 (2). Jun 2004 (3). May 2004 (5).

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Idea Architects

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Wild cards are people not tied to your organization who are good thinkers with contributions that could benefit you and your organization. Create an “Experimental Fund” that provides seed money and incentive for staff, committees, etc. Dec 2004 (1). Nov 2004 (3). Oct 2004 (1). Sep 2004 (4).

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SCD Group

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Especially because a similar labor issue cancelled the entire 2004-05 National Hockey League (NHL) season. About 20 years ago, two affiliated national organizations (working for the same industry) moved from partners to a feud that lasted more than a decade. 1 organization in the industry. But they and the organizations lose.

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Associations Now

JANUARY 28, 2015

a member of AAP’s Committee on Substance Abuse and a coauthor of the policy statement, said in a news release. The prior version of the policy , published in 2004, did not recommend a schedule change. “We know marijuana can be very harmful to adolescent health and development.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 16, 2013

For years, the two trade organizations had coexisted quite happily, with about 15 percent overlap in membership, mostly among large supplier companies that sold to members of both OFA and ANLA, which tended to serve different subsets of the industry. . Members of both organizations could see progress being made out in the open.

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Trade Association CEO Blog

APRIL 14, 2011

I wont debate whether the primary element in a successful trade association is the professional staff CEO or the passionate volunteers of the Board and Committees. Passionate volunteers are much harder to find and even harder to organize into productive member machines. Are you relevant to your organization? ► 2010. (8).

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Trade Association CEO Blog

AUGUST 1, 2010

You need champions of your cause from among volunteer members, including committee and board people. I thought I knew a lot after 24 years in association management but taking the role of CEO in 2004 opened my eyes to a wide new world of challenges. Are you relevant to your organization? Contact Me. Sunday, August 1, 2010.

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Higher Logic

AUGUST 10, 2017

Don’t remember what Facebook was like in 2004? People expect a similar level of influence in your organization. Some associations will even set up rotating volunteer committees that work directly with staff to help guide the organization. A great website five or ten years ago wouldn’t meet the cut today.

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Idea Architects

JULY 27, 2012

Instead of thinking of a workshop as an isolated learning experience, a committee meeting as a freestanding discussion, or a strategy session as a distinct and separate event, we need to design and facilitate them as a part of a longer chain of events, conversations, and meaning. Dec 2004 (1). Nov 2004 (3). Oct 2004 (1).

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Eric Lanke

JANUARY 23, 2012

That is the assumption that two-day strategic planning retreats have when they are organized to create a three-to-five year plan for an organization. Not just at the board retreat, but at every board meeting, on committee conference calls, and day-by-day with the staff. Thats what Humanize says, and Humanize is right.

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Off Stage

AUGUST 10, 2011

” An MLS manager said, “ I wrote an essay on this topic back in 2004…nothing has changed.” In other words, you need to keep solving the problem over and over again, because it arises from a natural tension between individual brokers and the collective organization working on their behalf.

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AssociationChat

JUNE 28, 2020

American Medical Association Opposes US Suspension of WHO Funding (source: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security) April 15, 2020 – “During the worst public health crisis in a century, halting funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) is a dangerous step in the wrong direction that will not make defeating COVID-19 easier.

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AssociationChat

APRIL 15, 2020

American Medical Association Opposes US Suspension of WHO Funding (source: Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security) April 15, 2020 – “During the worst public health crisis in a century, halting funding to the World Health Organization (WHO) is a dangerous step in the wrong direction that will not make defeating COVID-19 easier.

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