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MAY 22, 2012

Seeking community in associations since 2008. 22 May 2012. With ASAEs Membership, Marketing & Communications Conference this week and an upcoming vacation, T4P is going on a little hiatus. ▼ 2012. Maurice Sendak, 1928-2012. Social Media And Events Continue To Grow: 2012 Research. 2 days ago.

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MAY 7, 2012

or international market expansion. Monday, May 7, 2012. 5 Nonprofit Trends to Watch in 2012. It’s early in 2012—spring is officially here and our spirits are uplifted. · More Honest Communication between Nonprofits and Their Donors: Oh yes, I do, I do believe it. ▼ 2012. (42).

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MAY 17, 2013

85 % The percentage of Americans who have a mobile subscription of some kind, with the vast majority of those reaching data speeds of 3G or higher, according to the MMA Mobile Marketing Economic Impact Study. The MMA study suggests that the industry could nearly triple in size from a job-creation level, from 524,000 jobs in 2012 to 1.4

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Innovation Right Before Your Eyes. I think innovation is often a very similar situation. Rarely does innovation mean creating something brand new that has never been done before. They had reduced student membership so it was free, and communicated this change to the chapter advisors. ► 2012. (9). at 4:49 PM.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Secrets of Innovation. A new post, "Secrets of Innovation," has just gone up there. Labels: Innovation. Communication. Innovation. Principled Innovation. ► 2012. (1). Film Directing Lessons in Innovation and Leadershi. Secrets of Innovation. Monday, November 7, 2011. at 7:00 AM.

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JULY 24, 2012

The International Association of Color Manufacturers (IACM) has created an amazing program for the upcoming Global Color Conference in Chicago. “ Food and Beverage Color in Today’s Global Market ” will be held at the Hotel Allegro, September 11-13, 2012. Communicating About Color Safety. The program highlights: U.S. &

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AUGUST 29, 2012

Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Does print still work for association marketing & communications? As you know by now, I’m an advocate of many of the new digital communications tools. “We see a strong future for the catalog, with this being one of many ways that we communicate with our customer.”

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APRIL 12, 2012

Seeking community in associations since 2008. 12 April 2012. The thing thats cool about it is that it makes the presenter (me in this case) think deeply about what shes trying to communicate and how best to convey that with words AND images and get crystal clear about the "so what?" April 13, 2012 10:58 AM. ▼ 2012.

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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. Principled Innovation. ► 2012. (1). It's Not Innovation If It Only Serves You. Innovation Does Not Happen Online.

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AUGUST 5, 2012

Sunday, August 5, 2012. Integrated Marketing Tip shows value of adaptive sites. This is just one tip from Marketing Tips in Social Media Age: Sharing Solutions & Solving Problems that will be presented and discussed at the 2012 ASAE Annual Meeting in Dallas, TX. ▼ 2012. Causeaholic. Click on this link.

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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. Image source.

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AUGUST 1, 2012

Wednesday, August 1, 2012. Integrated Marketing Tip for Associations and Nonprofit Organizations: Combine Live & DIgital. This is just one tip from Marketing Tips in Social Media Age: Sharing Solutions & Solving Problems that will be presented and discussed at the 2012 ASAE Annual Meeting in Dallas, TX. ▼ 2012.

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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. Labels: Innovation , Leadership. Communication. Innovation. Principled Innovation. ► 2012. (1). Film Directing Lessons in Innovation and Leadershi.

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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. Labels: Innovation , Jeff De Cagna , WSAE. Communication. Innovation. Monday, August 1, 2011. I hope you do, too.

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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. The Marketing Sherpa 2011 Social Marketing Benchmark Report. ► 2012. Quick clicks: July 26, 2012.

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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. Principled Innovation. ► 2012. (1). It's Not Innovation If It Only Serves You. Innovation Does Not Happen Online.

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MARCH 8, 2012

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. Thursday, March 8, 2012. at Thursday, March 08, 2012. And give your remarks on email marketing book. March 15, 2012 7:04 AM.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Recipes for Innovation. He has designed some very innovative tools.and created innovative designs for traditional tools. He has designed some very innovative tools.and created innovative designs for traditional tools. good design is innovative. good design is innovative. So heres a funny story.

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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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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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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Why Innovation is Hard. A little over a month ago I attended WSAEs National Summit on Innovation for Associations. As chair of WSAEs Innovation Task Force, I was instrumental in helping to frame WSAEs annual conference around the subject of innovation, and was even recognized as the chair of the conference itself.

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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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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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MAY 21, 2011

The Innovation Problem for Associations. “ Six Design Principles for Business-Model Innovation ” provides association executives with his usual thought-provoking push into territories we should really be spending more of our time in—but often don’t. The innovation problem for associations is not about process.

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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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The Hourglass Blog

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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APRIL 2, 2012

Monday, April 2, 2012. Be a Catalyst for Change - Play April 3 - 5, 2012! communications. (4). community. (3). innovation. (6). marketing. (2). Principled Innovation LLC. ▼ 2012. (23). Be a Catalyst for Change - Play April 3 - 5, 2012! skip to main | skip to sidebar. advocacy. (1).

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AUGUST 13, 2012

Monday, August 13, 2012. 30 Marketing Tips for Associations: Highly Rated Ideas from ASAE12. At the ASAE annual meeting Sunday (8/12/12), five panelists from five accredited association management companies shared 30 Marketing Tips in the Social Media Age. Causeaholic. AMR Management Services. Stronger by Association.

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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. The core of the site can be found under the "Innovation Model" tab. at 9:18 PM.

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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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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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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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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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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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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. Labels: Culture Change , Innovation , WSAE.

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MARCH 8, 2012

Thursday, March 8, 2012. I just read the greatest article from the Stanford Social Innovation Review called, " The Role of Brand in the Nonprofit Sector. " The brand itself should be built to withstand democratic creation of meaning, not dictated by a Communications Manager with a power complex. April 25, 2012 11:17 AM.

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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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