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JULY 18, 2012

Seeking community in associations since 2008. Uber, DC, and the innovation model versus the permission model. Labels: blog roundup , Copyblogger , Facebook , Harvard Business Review , innovation , Jason Lauritsen , Joe Gerstandt , life in DC , Mashable , Shelly Alcorn. Association blogger and general troublemaker.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2012

Seeking community in associations since 2008. Innovating from the middle : not a mythical creature. Not only can you innovate if youre not the CEO, if you want to be the. Shelly Alcorn takes on trends for 2012 and how they might affect associations. Association blogger and general troublemaker. ► 2010.

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MARCH 16, 2010

Where in the World are the Innovators? This interactive map separates Asian, European, and North American cities who demonstrate both growing momentum and diversity of innovations as well as tracking those losing ground. Association Management. « Knowledge Application Gap Still Exists in Some Emerging Markets.

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AUGUST 1, 2011

The Season of Innovation. Thats certainly what it feels like with the ASAE Annual Meeting next week and the WSAE-sponsored National Summit on Association Innovation five short weeks after that. Many of our organizations face common challenges. Labels: Innovation , Jeff De Cagna , WSAE. Association Management.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Sunday, November 14, 2010. Innovation = Creativity x Execution. This is a fantastic post on innovation from Vijay Govindarajan , co-author of the new book, The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge. Simple and effective in underscoring the importance of execution in any innovation effort.

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JULY 3, 2010

3, 2010 - Association Management Lessons from the Public Sector. The Young Foundation released an interesting and useful report this week: the title is “ Capital Ideas: how to generate innovation in the public sector.” How can a membership organization make timely strategic decisions about its future?

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AUGUST 28, 2010

Saturday, August 28, 2010. Association Advantages for Innovation. Heres part three of the "innovation for associations" white paper Im helping to write while chairing the Innovation Task Force for the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives. These advantages include: 1.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

Tuesday, December 14, 2010. The Clinic of Innovation. Heres another fascinating post about innovation from the HBR blog. It describes the first-of-its-kind "Clinic of Innovation" at Oslo University Hospital--an internal unit within the hospital that is set-up to work like an outpatient health clinic.

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AUGUST 16, 2010

Monday, August 16, 2010. The Unsung Heroes of Innovation. Heres an interesting post on innovation from the Harvard Business Review. In it, Columbia Business School Professor Rita McGrath shares her insights on what makes innovation work in many of the companies shes observed. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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JULY 26, 2012

Return on Investment for social media is something all our organizations continue to struggle with. Association blogger and general troublemaker. Top association management Blogs. ► 2010. Alltop Association Management. How to Manage Social Employees, Social Media at Events, and Car Talk.

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JULY 11, 2012

Dealing with the pain of innovation. Labels: Acronym , Barbara Ehrenreich , blog roundup , branding , Copyblogger , Eric Lanke , Harvard Business Review , innovation , John Haydon , PRSA , Shelly Alcorn. Association blogger and general troublemaker. Top association management Blogs. ► 2010. Newer Post.

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JULY 29, 2010

Thursday, July 29, 2010. Barriers to Innovation in the Association World. In one of my last posts I shared the principles of innovation weve drafted as part of the "innovation for associations" white paper being written by the WSAE Innovation Task Force. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Wednesday, September 15, 2010. Whats Your Innovation Readiness? Regular readers of The Hourglass Blog know that Im chairing the Innovation Task Force for the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives. Heres the first: Does your leadership embrace innovation as one of the strategies necessary to achieve your goals?

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NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Friday, November 26, 2010. Next Steps for Association Innovation. This is an exciting time for the WSAE Innovation Task Force. First of all, our white paper on association innovation is nearly finished. Second, we are currently working on a new online community dedicated to innovation for associations.

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JUNE 21, 2012

This is: Does your association ever produce benchmarking reports? Labels: cool technology , innovation , NTEN , staff development , video. Association blogger and general troublemaker. Top association management Blogs. ► 2010. Alltop Association Management. Association Subculture.

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AUGUST 10, 2010

Tuesday, August 10, 2010. The Role of Trust in Innovation. If you didnt see it, Maddie Grant asked me to do a guest post on her SocialFish blog last week, and I shamelessly used it as an opportunity to promote the innovation project Im spearheading for the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives. Labels: Innovation.

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JUNE 5, 2011

Real-World Innovation for Associations. I accepted an invitation from a national professional society to present the information we have developed on innovation in associations at their Board retreat, and help them determine how it applied to them and what specific steps they should take.

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OCTOBER 17, 2011

Innovation. Its from April 2010, but the point it makes is timeless, even if the Tiger Woods jokes arent. Rory Sutherland persuasively makes the case that organizations dont spend enough time working on the small stuff. Ive been in association management for 18 years now. Labels: Innovation. Innovation. (15).

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APRIL 21, 2011

Learning Innovation from the Mayo Clinic. Heres another great HBR post describing another set of "principles of innovation." 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.

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MAY 21, 2011

The Innovation Problem for Associations. Jeff De Cagna had another great article in the April 2011 issue of Associations Now that I just got around to reading on one of my recent plane rides. The innovation problem for associations is not about process. How about the organization itself?

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MAY 11, 2011

Association Innovation as Brand Strategy. In it, he advocates an approach to innovation that focuses not on meeting the expressed needs of customers, but on pushing customers to become something theyre not. All authentic innovations ask you — want you — to become a different dimension of yourself. at 6:59 AM.

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JUNE 26, 2012

Labels: innovation. Association blogger and general troublemaker. Top association management Blogs. ► 2010. Alltop Association Management. How to Manage Social Employees, Social Media at Events, and Car Talk. Splash: Refreshment For Your Small-Staff Organization. Association 141+.

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MAY 2, 2012

Labels: Acronym , ASAE annual meeting , blog roundup , collaboration , Google , Harvard Business Review , innovation , Jamie Notter , Leslie White , NTEN , professional development , risk management , transparency. Association blogger and general troublemaker. Top association management Blogs. ► 2010.

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JANUARY 25, 2012

Seeking community in associations since 2008. One of my organizations former corporate partners writes a great blog on this topic, Fundraising Fundamentals , you should check out. Facebook is changing big time , again - is your organization ready? Association blogger and general troublemaker. ► 2010.

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MAY 1, 2012

Which can have a seriously negative consequences on impact and what the organization is able to accomplish. One way to address this is through creating a network of allied organizations. You need to figure out what organizations have similar enough, but not identical, missions and audiences. Top association management Blogs.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

The Innovation Hub for Associations. Ive been blogging about my work with the Innovation Task Force of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives for a while now. Its called the Innovation Hub for Associations , and can be accessed here. Creating a culture of innovation in your association.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Whats Your Innovation Readiness? The Innovation Task Force of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives (which I chair), is trying to develop an assessment tool for association executives to use in determining the "innovation readiness" of their associations.

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JULY 12, 2012

I would hope, for one, that youre no longer storing information like social security and credit card numbers in your association management software. I think most associations are now involved in social media at least to some degree, even if not very effectively. I dont think its just associations. ► 2010.

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JUNE 18, 2012

Association blogger and general troublemaker. Top association management Blogs. ► 2010. Alltop Association Management. How to Manage Social Employees, Social Media at Events, and Car Talk. Splash: Refreshment For Your Small-Staff Organization. Association Subculture. Blog Archive.

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MAY 22, 2012

Association blogger and general troublemaker. Top association management Blogs. ► 2010. Alltop Association Management. How to Manage Social Employees, Social Media at Events, and Car Talk. Splash: Refreshment For Your Small-Staff Organization. Association Subculture. Blog Archive.

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MAY 15, 2012

Association blogger and general troublemaker. Top association management Blogs. ► 2010. Alltop Association Management. How to Manage Social Employees, Social Media at Events, and Car Talk. Splash: Refreshment For Your Small-Staff Organization. Association Subculture. Blog Archive.

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MAY 8, 2012

Association blogger and general troublemaker. Top association management Blogs. ► 2010. Alltop Association Management. How to Manage Social Employees, Social Media at Events, and Car Talk. Splash: Refreshment For Your Small-Staff Organization. Association Subculture. Blog Archive.

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MAY 3, 2012

Association blogger and general troublemaker. Top association management Blogs. ► 2010. Alltop Association Management. How to Manage Social Employees, Social Media at Events, and Car Talk. Splash: Refreshment For Your Small-Staff Organization. Association Subculture. Blog Archive.

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MARCH 26, 2012

Association blogger and general troublemaker. Top association management Blogs. ► 2010. Alltop Association Management. How to Manage Social Employees, Social Media at Events, and Car Talk. Splash: Refreshment For Your Small-Staff Organization. Association Subculture. Blog Archive.

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APRIL 9, 2012

Association blogger and general troublemaker. Top association management Blogs. Start With the "Why" Always the Last to Know: 50 Most Innovative Compan. ► 2010. ► 2010. Alltop Association Management. How to Manage Social Employees, Social Media at Events, and Car Talk.

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MARCH 6, 2012

Making it Rain: How to Drive Non-Dues Revenue with Michele Klecha, Club Managers Association of America and Scott Oser, Scott Oser Associates. Labels: ASAE , innovation , presentations. Association blogger and general troublemaker. Top association management Blogs. ► 2010. Newer Post.

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JULY 17, 2012

Praise, coach, re-evaluate where your organization is going and how you all can best contribute to getting there. But it wont hurt nearly as much, and it wont be the be-all, end-all of making your organization better. Labels: innovation , management , professional development , staff development. ► 2010.

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