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Cultivating Next-Generation Association Leaders

Association Adviser

Formal tools like individual development plans create the structure required to frame activities that are congruent with the association’s strategy and goals. New York: Longmans Green. [ii] Conger, Harvard Business Review , June 2007. None of this work happens in isolation. There is an organizational context.

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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. For a great example of gaming in action, watch this 8-minute video on how the New York Public Library engaged 500 people overnight in writing a book about its collections. Dec 2007 (2).

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Thursday Buzz: ‘Free’ As a Data-Gathering Expedition

Associations Now

The flagship Condé Nast literary publication, which had published just a third of its magazine articles online for free, is changing course with a promotion that will make every issue of the magazine since 2007 available to everyone over three months. Social media automation tool IFTTT is brilliant. What’s the motivation?