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The Key to Taking Risk in 2014 is Non-Dues Revenue

Tom Morrison

There is a lack of innovation, seeking out member''s business needs, and listening for those things that could be huge drivers to member engagement, expanded revenues, and rising net worth. After the 2009 economic bust, every non-profit should be doing everything it can to enhance revenue streams to build its reserve funds.

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Association Hunger Games: Victory or Defeat?

Association Adviser

According to a 2005 Harvard Business Review article, “Companies typically realize only about 60 percent of their strategy’s potential value because of defects and breakdowns in planning and execution.”. The resulting gap represents lost opportunities and revenue. So, how does this translate to your organization?

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Seen Elsewhere: Building Creative.

Idea Architects

How Secure is Your Professional Development Revenue Stream? Professors from Stanford have created Coursera , a Khan Academy-style effort but featuring courses from the top universities for free. Nov 2005 (1). Oct 2005 (1). Sep 2005 (2). Aug 2005 (1). Jul 2005 (2). Jun 2005 (1). May 2005 (2).

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Ignoring the Impossible

Jamie Notter

They do $700 million in revenue a year, so this is not a small company. There’s a lot that goes into making those bullet points work, of course. December 2005 (5). November 2005 (7). October 2005 (4). September 2005 (4). August 2005 (7). July 2005 (4). June 2005 (4). May 2005 (4).

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Lunchtime Links: Social Media Isn’t Just for Young People

Associations Now

According to the study, which has been tracking all forms of social media use since 2005, six in 10 people surveyed between the ages of 50 and 64—and 43 percent of those 65 and older—were social media users. Overall, the report says that 72 percent of adults now use social media, up from just 8 percent back in 2005.

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Leading the way in a flattened world

Plexus Consulting

Worth, President at Plexus Consulting Group, LLC Two books that go a long way to explaining our world, how we got to where we are, as well as the factors that will determine where we are going, are Guns, Germs and Steel (1999) by Jared Diamond and The World is Flat (2005) by Thomas Friedman. This was not always the case, of course.

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Mizz Information: 31% of Associations Have Online Communities.

Mizz Information

I see it all the time in action--associations who launched a platform several years ago who are now questioning whether it was worth the money and whether its worth maintaining the community because theyre not seeing the activity and resulting revenue generation that theyd been promised by the software vendor. Guess what? Like what you read?