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

Idea Architects

Seen Elsewhere: Building Creative Capacity, Emerging Education Models, and Group Decision Making. How Secure is Your Professional Development Revenue Stream? Here are a few of the recent developments in education that no doubt will find their way in some form to association efforts. Open source education.

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The (Questionable) Value of Being the Authority

Jamie Notter

They’re going to stick with their online encyclopedia and a set of educational curricula (which actually accounts for 85% of their revenue anyway…who knew?). December 2005 (5). November 2005 (7). October 2005 (4). September 2005 (4). August 2005 (7). July 2005 (4). June 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. Big questions.

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What Smart Associations Do Differently

Association Adviser

Since 2005, the two groups had jointly produced a successful annual show and realized that many constituents knew each other and were members of both associations. They can also provide new sources of sponsorship revenue and member leads by identifying trends in attendee behavior and content interests.

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SCD Group: If everyone's complaining, perhaps its an opportunity for.

SCD Group

“By 2005, the iPod had eclipsed the Mac as Apple’s largest source of revenue, but the music player that rescued Apple from the brink now faced a looming threat: The cellphone. 5 Articles on Association Meetings & Education. E-learning will Impact Association Education Progr.

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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?