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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Seen Elsewhere: Crowdsourcing.

Idea Architects

Summary: Three thought-provoking websites, from beyond the association management realm, that offer new ideas for association executives. In this edition, explore examples of crowdsourcing in action, experiments in new forms of management, and a case of learning driven by a behind-the-scenes look at conference planning.

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Seen Elsewhere: Resources for Trend Scanning, Gaming, Productivity

Idea Architects

Summary: A selection of thought-provoking websites from beyond the association management realm that offer new ideas for association executives. If youre not a native gamer, you rapidly are becoming a member of the minority (see these " Game Player Data " stats from The Entertainment Software Association).

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Knowledge Application Gap Still Exists in Some Emerging Markets.

GlowGlobally

of India’s engineers are fit to work in a software product firm, and just 17.8% These findings are even gloomier than the 25% figure for employability that has been bandied about since 2005, when McKinsey released the results of a survey of international companies. Association Management. MegaTrends & Research (8).

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Mizz Information: Should Vendors be Industry-Specific?

Mizz Information

associations and for-profits when it comes to technology that I tend to. think that an association technology vendor needs to be specifically. focused on associations in order to both get the tech right and be able. For instance, association management software (AMS) is, obviously, specific to associations.

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The Hourglass Blog: Learning Innovation from the Mayo Clinic

The Hourglass Blog

In fact, the CFI itself owes its existence to some very unofficial activity: LaRusso recalls that the idea first arose in 2005 at a happy hour with colleagues. It seems that more and more of the typical associations products and services are being outsourced these days. Association Management. A Note from Eric Lanke.