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AUGUST 1, 2011

Monday, 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. Labels: Innovation , Jeff De Cagna , WSAE. Communication. Innovation. I hope you do, too.

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DECEMBER 19, 2011

Monday, December 19, 2011. Innovation Does Not Happen Online. A new post, "Innovation Does Not Happen Online" has just gone up there. Labels: Innovation. Communication. Innovation. Daring to Lead 2011. Principled Innovation. ▼ 2011. (61). Innovation Does Not Happen Online.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Monday, November 28, 2011. Film Directing Lessons in Innovation and Leadership. A new post, "Film Directing Lessons in Innovation and Leadership" has just gone up there. A new post, "Film Directing Lessons in Innovation and Leadership" has just gone up there. Labels: Innovation , Leadership. Communication.

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DECEMBER 26, 2011

Monday, December 26, 2011. Its Not Innovation If It Only Serves You. A new post, "Its Not Innovation If It Only Serves You" has just gone up there. Labels: Innovation. Communication. Innovation. Daring to Lead 2011. Principled Innovation. ▼ 2011. (61). Posted by Eric Lanke.

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MAY 11, 2011

Wednesday, 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. The best and most enduring innovations make you someone else. Whats Targets innovation ask?

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MAY 21, 2011

Saturday, 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. Labels: Innovation , Jeff De Cagna , WSAE.

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JANUARY 1, 2011

Saturday, January 1, 2011. Are You Looking Forward to 2011? Since our launch weve posted on a variety of related issues, with my own focus more and more on efforts to define and promote innovative practices for the association environment based on successful models in the for-profit world. Communication. Innovation.

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JANUARY 31, 2011

Monday, 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 5, 2011

Monday, September 5, 2011. Recipes for Innovation. He has designed some very innovative tools.and created innovative designs for traditional tools. On one wall -they shared his princples of good design.thought there might be some relevance to your interest in innovation. good design is innovative.

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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. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Monday, October 24, 2011. Why Innovation is Hard. A little over a month ago I attended WSAEs National Summit on Innovation for Associations. The first day of the summit was facilitated by Jeff De Cagna , and its focus was on building new capacities for innovation within the association community. image source.

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APRIL 21, 2011

Thursday, April 21, 2011. Learning Innovation from the Mayo Clinic. Heres another great HBR post describing another set of "principles of innovation." The HBR post describes several strategies employed by the very famous and very innovative Mayo Clinic. Combination Innovation. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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JANUARY 26, 2011

Wednesday, January 26, 2011. Innovating 20% of the Time. Chris Trimble is skeptical of Googles 20% time--their stated practice of encouraging individuals to spend 20 percent of their time pursuing innovative projects of their own inspiration. And execution, as Trimble says, is the other side of innovation. Communication.

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JANUARY 16, 2011

Sunday, January 16, 2011. A Prescription for Innovation. This is part of an on-going dialogue between Eric Lanke and Jeff De Cagna on the work of the WSAE Innovation Task Force and the status of innovation in the association community. Hence our generic definition of innovation.

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MARCH 22, 2011

Tuesday, March 22, 2011. The Catch-22 of Innovation. Lots of good lessons in this HBR post for association professionals looking to be move innovative. Its the Catch-22 of innovation. Your members cant know what that next innovation is because it doesnt yet exist in their world. Communication. Innovation.

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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. Companies tend to focus far more attention on improving the front end of the innovation process, the creativity. Its excellent.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

The World Database of Innovation--CLOSED! I first stumbled across The World Database of Innovation in this HBR blog post from a few months ago. As well as over 200 in-depth case studies, it compiles the ideas of 4,500 or so innovation experts and consultancies. Five thousand two hundred and eight tools for innovation!

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JUNE 5, 2011

Sunday, 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. Image source.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2010

The Bedrock of Innovation. Failure of course is always a possibility with any attempt at innovation. Indeed the bedrock of innovation is failure. The perceieved price of failure in these environments is too high to attract the necessary champions for innovation. Labels: Innovation. Communication. Innovation.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2011

Innovation. Monday, September 26, 2011. The Education Committee. If your association is an association of physicians, then you might want physicians on your Education Committee to help you decide what kind of education to deliver to your members. Eric Lanke. Association executive and author. Leadership. Books Read.

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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 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. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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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. Monday, August 16, 2010.

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DECEMBER 5, 2011

Monday, December 5, 2011. This video just seems to sum up the process of innovation for me. Labels: innovation , strategy. She worked her way up from receptionist to executive director, switched directions to passionately pursue developing her skills as an educational content specialist and is now a consultant.

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AUGUST 24, 2011

Wednesday, August 24, 2011. How about communications? I love the list for its pop culture value and think it is nicely complemented with the hardcore research from the Higher Education Research Institute's First College Year Study. August 24, 2011 2:17 PM. August 25, 2011 4:37 AM. communications. (4).

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JULY 17, 2010

Principles of Innovation. The fourth meeting of the WSAE Innovation Task Force was held on July 16, 2010. For those of you new to this conversation, Im heading up an effort for my state society to define an evidence-based model of innovation for the association community. Im also blogging about it here.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Thursday, September 8, 2011. September 11, 2011 6:22 AM. I read this blog post, THEREFORE I will approach planning the education at our next conference using this technique. September 23, 2011 7:03 AM. September 23, 2011 7:50 AM. communications. (4). community. (3). education. (1). Eric Lanke.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 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. This is where the innovation rubber really hits the road.

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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. Saturday, August 28, 2010. These advantages include: 1.

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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. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Tuesday, September 21, 2010.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Wednesday, September 7, 2011. Note, I didnt say increase the frequency of your communications. September 7, 2011 3:24 PM. September 7, 2011 3:33 PM. September 7, 2011 3:40 PM. September 8, 2011 8:07 AM. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Association Management - Simplicity + Volume Might Do the Trick.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

Thursday, January 20, 2011. I believe in innovation. I have been watching the conversation over "future" and "innovation" evolve over the past few years led by thought leaders such as Jeff De Cagna , Jeffrey Cufaude , now Eric Lanke and WSAE to mention just a few of the many great thinkers out there. January 26, 2011 12:23 AM.

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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. The "innovation readiness" tool will also provide a framework for this discussion, and will help us organize the strategies we hope to develop.

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OCTOBER 18, 2011

Tuesday, October 18, 2011. We talk so much about creativity and innovation in the association sphere but we know so little about how to actually facilitate their achievement. Most of the time, innovation comes from modifying what currently exists and bringing new value to it, not coming up with a brilliant idea out of the blue.

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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. Limited resources Innovative organizations commit resources to the process of innovation.

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OCTOBER 28, 2011

Friday, October 28, 2011. We put too much mystery in the word "innovation.". The fact is, innovation isnt a project or an event, its a lifestyle. Labels: innovation , learning culture. She is determined to see associations continue to serve as a bulwark of adult education in the United States. communications. (4).

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JULY 29, 2011

Friday, July 29, 2011. Maybe you pictured a person who is a fearless, visionary, innovatively independent thinker. Link innovators with detail people, connect visionaries with tacticians, introduce social networkers to problem solvers, and so forth. communications. (4). community. (3). education. (1).

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