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APRIL 10, 2012

Seeking community in associations since 2008. 10 April 2012. Each side feels like the other is holding out on the them or trying to gain advantage, and the lack of trust that results makes it hard to communicate and to work together for the good of the organization as a whole and, ultimately, the profession or industry you serve.

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The Hourglass Blog

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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The Hourglass Blog

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. • Innovation is using technology to streamline operations and deliver new services.

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Eric Lanke

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

Innovation. Monday, February 27, 2012. You are simply figuring out how to give the maximum freedom to specific pockets within the system, while still being able to maintain the integrity of the enterprise. They dont want to communicate the mission because they frankly dont act in support of the mission themselves.

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The Hourglass Blog

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 association wants to deliver new innovative products that meet the needs of your members, so you ask and poll them incessantly about their needs, wants and desires.

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The Hourglass Blog

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. Without execution, youre not innovating.

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Thanks For Playing

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Below youll find the slides from my presentation with Andrew Hanelly , Polly Karpowicz , and Maggie McGary at the ASAE Technology Conference last week: What the Tech Is Going on with Your Online Communications. ► 2012. How to Manage Social Employees, Social Media at Events, and Car Talk. Quick clicks: July 26, 2012.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

There is No Recipe for Innovation. Or so seems the conclusion of this fascinating blog post from Tim Leberecht of the the frog design and innovation firm, in which he reviews and connects several established and not-so-established kinds of innovation. His larger point seems to be that there is no magic pill for innovation.

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The Hourglass Blog

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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Association Subculture

MARCH 23, 2012

Friday, March 23, 2012. The question is - how many times do we over-complicate things? What coolness could we devise both at work and at home if we knew how to to choose between simplicity for the sake of function and complexity for the sake of art? Labels: creativity , innovation. March 24, 2012 12:41 PM.

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Jamie Notter

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Posted February 7, 2012. Interestingly, the item with one of the smallest gaps was innovation in products, services, and ideas. And note that we think the treatment of customers and employees is actually MORE important than innovative products. Moneyball and Management Innovation. The Results of Management Innovation.

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Tom Morrison

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

How to Be a Real Change Agent in Your Association. One of the biggest challenges associations face today is motivating and inspiring their Boards to face the facts, and take steps to move their association’s communication strategy, value propositions, and member service models into the future. Its not theory.

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The Hourglass Blog

MARCH 7, 2011

How to Tell if You Have a Bad Board. I think Ive mentioned before that one of the things I like to do on Hourglass is look at policies and practices in the for-profit world and see how they compare or can be applied to associations. My work on the WSAE Innovation Task Force came almost entirely from this mindset. Communication.

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Eric Lanke

SEPTEMBER 16, 2013

What''s interesting to me about re-examining them now is the degree to which they reflect a group of people struggling to understand how to work together in a changing environment, the way they speak to how far we have progressed since then, as well as the distance that we still have to travel.

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Association Subculture

OCTOBER 18, 2011

How about your board meetings? We talk so much about creativity and innovation in the association sphere but we know so little about how to actually facilitate their achievement. After I stopped laughing, I started thinking about how many times Ive seen these dynamics play out in the staff room and the board room.

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Idea Architects

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Any virtual event might also benefit from an in-person option, and any face-to-face meeting should explore how to incorporate virtual participation. Jul 2012 (11). Jun 2012 (12). May 2012 (13).

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Eric Lanke

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Innovation. You must understand how to manage a project. You must understand how to communicate, build consensus, and deal with conflict. You have to know how to schedule and manage meetings. The Mind of the Community. Innovation. (15). Principled Innovation. ► 2012. (45).

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Idea Architects

JUNE 4, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Monday, June 04, 2012. The conversation that needs to occur may be difficult, but Im not sure training people on how to have difficult conversations is the answer people need. on Monday, June 04, 2012.

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Velvet Chainsaw

AUGUST 8, 2012

ASAE 2012 Annual Meeting and Expo offers a wide variety of education sessions. Sunday, August 12, 2012, 1:30 – 2:45 PM. Video as an Educational and Communication Tool. Learn the value of using video to augment your professional education, advocacy, or communications efforts. DCC: Lower Level C, Innovation Lounge.

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Jamie Notter

OCTOBER 13, 2011

Patrick Lencioni offers some ideas on how to do that in his book, Silos Politics and Turf Wars (affiliate link). We also talk about this in Humanize in Chapter 6: How to Be Open. Moneyball and Management Innovation. The Results of Management Innovation. { July 2012 (9). June 2012 (7). May 2012 (7).

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Idea Architects

JUNE 22, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Friday, June 22, 2012. Just as innovators use rapid prototyping to put out a draft, get feedback, and rapidly offer an improved next iteration, so can we do the same with the strategy generation we help facilitate.

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Idea Architects

JUNE 11, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Monday, June 11, 2012. on Monday, June 11, 2012. Jul 2012 (11). Jun 2012 (12). May 2012 (13). Apr 2012 (13). Mar 2012 (13). Feb 2012 (13). Jan 2012 (14).

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Idea Architects

DECEMBER 12, 2011

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. So we need to be even more intentional when trying to communicate with the masses. Jul 2012 (11). Jun 2012 (12). May 2012 (13). Apr 2012 (13). Mar 2012 (13). Feb 2012 (13).

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Eric Lanke

JANUARY 23, 2012

Innovation. Monday, January 23, 2012. This will probably be the first of several posts describing the thoughts it provokes for how I am and should be running my association. CAE January 24, 2012 7:18 AM Eric, Great post. " Reply Delete Jamie Notter January 24, 2012 7:53 AM Great post Eric. Eric Lanke.

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Idea Architects

APRIL 9, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Monday, April 09, 2012. Competence to get the job done: Do you demonstrate through your actions that you know what you are talking about and know how to produce the desired results? on Monday, April 09, 2012.

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Association Subculture

JANUARY 12, 2012

Thursday, January 12, 2012. It occurs to me that I have no idea how to tell the clerk how to help me. Finally, in frustration I say, "I know how to find it on Amazon." They use a creative and innovative tactic to find the title on a competitors website. communications. (4). community. (3). advocacy.

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Association Subculture

MARCH 3, 2011

Godwin at Case Western - Positive Organization Development: Innovation-inspired Change in an Economy and Ecology of Strengths. This paper is a MUST READ for anyone interested in innovation in our association community. Sociologists have developed a canon of information on how societies form and evolve.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JULY 13, 2012

1,700+ CEOs in 64 countries identified collaboration, agility, mining connections and relationships, and innovation through partnering as the top critical traits that their employees need today. The 2012 IBM CEO Study, Leading Through Connections , identifies and analyzes CEOs’ perspectives on emerging business trends and issues.

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Idea Architects

MAY 4, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Friday, May 04, 2012. facilitation, his own communication style, and his own beliefs about. on Friday, May 04, 2012. Jul 2012 (11). Jun 2012 (12). May 2012 (13). Apr 2012 (13).

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Idea Architects

JANUARY 3, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Tuesday, January 03, 2012. I Wont Be Changing the World in 2012. The question posed to me was this: How are you going to change the world in 2012? on Tuesday, January 03, 2012.

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Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

I often think about how to manage/facilitate the "in between" in learning experiences, be it a conference or an individual workshop. I think how we frame, describe, and attend to that connective tissue is what distinguishes OK experiences from ones that are more robust. communications. (4). community. (3).

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AMR Management Services

MARCH 20, 2012

Tuesday, March 20, 2012. ” NASCA, an association for commissioners, directors and cabinet secretaries who oversee government operations, helps members implement public policy to improve efficiency and effectiveness and promotes interstate communication by showcasing innovative programs. .” ▼ 2012. (30).

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Tom Morrison

JANUARY 9, 2013

As I write this blog, our Association is ending another record year in revenue and net assets for 2012, further strengthening us to do some dynamic things for our members without charging extra dues. My point is, we have to think differently about our actions and truly ask ourselves as we make decisions on programs, communications, etc.,

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Association Subculture

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Labels: communications , community , social media. Maggie - These are all great points, it is so hard to know who wants to hear what or how to be safe from being burned.social media does have its uses and sometimes it does really help. We're still the humans determining how to use it. communications. (4).

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SCD Group

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

Monday, September 24, 2012. What is Innovation? By Jamie Notter via Get Me Jamie Notter blog Innovation is change that unlocks new value. And you can only access that value through innovation—by changing what you’re doing and how you’re doing it in ways that are deep enough to access this locked-away value.

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Association Subculture

JUNE 10, 2011

Godwin at Case Western - Positive Organization Development: Innovation-inspired Change in an Economy and Ecology of Strengths. This paper is a MUST READ for anyone interested in innovation in our association community. Preserving the status quo is antithetical to innovation and progress. communications. (4).

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Association Adviser

MARCH 18, 2014

In 2012, two very proud and longstanding organizations, the Texas Petroleum Marketers & Convenience Store Association (TPCA), founded in 1949, and the Texas Grocery & Convenience Association (TGCA), founded in 1938, merged into what’s now called the Texas Food & Fuel Association. Do you have a formal process for innovation?

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