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Association Brain Food Weekly: 7.21.17

Reid All About it

LMS provider WBT Systems writes about instructional design innovations that associations could borrow from “ModPo” and a few other award-winning MOOCs. Presenter: Jeff Hurt, executive vice president, education and engagement, Velvet Chainsaw Consulting. A few years ago I took an excellent online Coursera course, Modern American Poetry.

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Long Live Your Education Sessions: How To Repurpose, Reuse and Recoup Meeting Costs

Tom Morrison

The key to the whole innovation was inventorying our content and then starting to ask… “What if we….?” The next bit of innovation was purchasing a $300 HD camera and a tri-pod. That is 100 new members we did not have to recruit! We finally found the golden nugget that pulled the big companies into our membership space.

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The Hourglass Blog: Those Fish Aren't Dead, They're Just Tired

The Hourglass Blog

An association board says do X, and the executive director responds with, okay, that will require Y, with Y being some combination of staff time, money, and board member engagement. But board member engagement? Innovation. Daring to Lead 2006. Principled Innovation. GenX Perspectives. Governance.

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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. Choosing to develop programs in areas that the association can do more effectively than the member can individually.

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