The Hourglass Blog

JULY 17, 2010

Inspired by the dedicated, defined and resourced “innovation function” that exists in many for-profit companies, we are examining a series of case studies that profile these processes. Weve now examined enough case studies where we feel ready to start writing a "white paper" on innovation for the association community.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Remember that our long term goal here is to create an evidence-based model for innovation in the association community, one replete with tested and practical strategies for how to "do" innovation in an association. Heres the first: Does your leadership embrace innovation as one of the strategies necessary to achieve your goals?

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 21, 2011

I say "another," of course, because of my work with the WSAE Innovation Task Force, where we helped define four key principles of innovation from the case studies we examined in the for-profit sector. The HBR post describes several strategies employed by the very famous and very innovative Mayo Clinic. Daring to Lead 2006.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

As part of our effort to develop an evidence-based model of innovation for the association community, we want to provide a way for associations to determine where they are on the continuum of innovative practice, and plug them into a set of proven strategies tailored for their own position. Daring to Lead 2006. Photo Source.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

The blogger, Michael Beer , thinks Ludwigs strategy of openness and transparency is rare among senior executives, but will necessarily characterize the leaders of the future. Its an interesting case study, and seems to typify the culture of truth Jamie Notter recently wrote about in Associations Now. Daring to Lead 2006.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 28, 2010

As Ive described before, our overall goal is to define an evidence-based model of innovation for the association community, and weve been analyzing several case studies of innovation in the for-profit community to see if those successful models can be adapted for the association world. Daring to Lead 2006. Social Media.

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Association Adviser

APRIL 16, 2013

Each program must support your overall strategy and mission, or it could have a negative impact on your membership and brand. MACPA, which has been a social media pioneer since 2006, attracts about 400 live attendees to its annual conference, and an additional 200,000 follow the tweet stream from the event. ” Tom Hood, MACPA.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 26, 2011

In the for-profit case studies our innovation task force studied, those organizations were imbued with a true sense of how the constituents thought—what they wanted, what they didn’t want, and how they would react in predictable and unpredictable circumstances. Daring to Lead 2006. Organizational Structure.

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The Hourglass Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

I wrote before how narrating your work is a very smart strategy because it lets you be helpful to others, and also increases the chances that they can help you. As I have summarized here, McAfee describes this in the language of generations, using Millennials as a kind of case study, but I think the dynamic is more universal than that.

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Membership Marketing

JANUARY 29, 2010

I think the findings of this study are as valid today as they were in 2006 when the book was published. Data-Driven Strategies -- “If there is one phrase that sets remarkable associations apart from their counterparts, it’s ‘data, data, data.’ Case Study. (9). Cost of Wrong Strategy. (8).

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