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Are You an Innovator or a Producer?

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Ideas to help you engage, empower and retain members. Are Innovation and Production at Odds? May 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Member Engagement + Retention , Membership Management , Social Media and Business Trends. HBR posted a good article recently about Why Managers Don’t Really Want to Innovate.

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The Trick to Innovating with Gen Y

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Ideas to help you engage, empower and retain members. How Do You Innovate With Millennials? May 31st, 2012 | Posted in Member Engagement + Retention , Social Media and Business Trends. But once you have them as active members of your staff, board or volunteer base, what do you do? Corporate Responsibility.

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Eric Lanke: Why Innovation is Hard

Eric Lanke

Innovation. Member Engagement. Monday, October 24, 2011. Why Innovation is Hard. A little over a month ago I attended WSAEs National Summit on Innovation for Associations. We werent talking directly about making your own association more innovative (that would get more attention on day two).

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Eric Lanke: Should Committees Report to the Board?

Eric Lanke

Innovation. Member Engagement. Monday, September 26, 2011. 6 comments: Jeffrey Cufaude September 26, 2011 8:39 AM It's a great question Eric. Reply Delete Michael Long September 26, 2011 2:55 PM Good question Eric. Reply Delete Eric Lanke September 26, 2011 7:45 PM Good comments all. Eric Lanke.

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Eric Lanke: What Race for Relevance Inadvertently Taught Me.

Eric Lanke

Innovation. Member Engagement. Monday, December 12, 2011. But then I read this justification for putting staff members in charge: Managing volunteer committees or task forces takes skills that not everyone possesses. You must understand how to communicate, build consensus, and deal with conflict. Eric Lanke.

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Mission possible: Finding and keeping volunteers

Aaron Wolowiec

Like zombies, committee members engage in busy work instead of generating new ideas to further the mission of the organization. Thanks to Twitter and Facebook, these generations – which in 2011 surpassed Baby Boomers for volunteerism – value virtual networks and don’t often communicate face to face. We get impatient.

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Eric Lanke: The Giant Hairball of Complexity

Eric Lanke

Innovation. Member Engagement. Monday, October 3, 2011. What fascinates me about the latest Netflix controversy is not the rebellion it has created among Netflix users, or the companys efforts to better communicate with and placate its customers. 5 comments: David McKnight October 3, 2011 11:47 AM Good post Eric.