The Hourglass Blog

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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Idea Architects

JUNE 22, 2012

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Friday, June 22, 2012. Facilitation Friday #25: Five Keys to Strategy Discussions. When was the last time you were in a session intended to produce good strategy that actually did so?

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Association Subculture

APRIL 12, 2011

Words Make Worlds - Part 4 - Strategy vs Cultivation. 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. Labels: strategy. Associations have value.

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Plexus Consulting

MAY 7, 2012

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. Will your organization be moving in any of these directions in 2012?

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Thanks For Playing

MARCH 21, 2012

Seeking community in associations since 2008. 21 March 2012. Recapture your lost community members. Building an integrated communications strategy. On that topic, what is strategy anyway? March 22, 2012 11:20 AM. March 22, 2012 12:42 PM. ▼ 2012. Quick clicks: July 26, 2012.

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Association 141+

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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Association Subculture

APRIL 2, 2012

Monday, April 2, 2012. Be a Catalyst for Change - Play April 3 - 5, 2012! Shelly’s favorite words are change, vision, strategy, tactics, learning, teaching and Lord of the Rings. communications. (4). community. (3). innovation. (6). strategy. (5). innovation. (6). strategy. (5).

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The Hourglass Blog

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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The Hourglass Blog

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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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

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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Association Subculture

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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Association Adviser

MARCH 19, 2013

It’s interesting to see how your peers’ concerns have shifted from strategy (2010) to communication and innovation (2011) to tools and technology (2012). How clarified is your organization’s social media strategy? Almost half believed they had their social media strategies locked down. What is the No.

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The Hourglass Blog

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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The Hourglass Blog

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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Eric Lanke

JANUARY 30, 2012

Innovation. Monday, January 30, 2012. The Mind of the Community. At a recent WSAE meeting I was asked to explain what we meant in our white paper on Innovation for Associations when we referred to the "mind of community." Understanding the mind of any community isnt something you can learn from someone else.

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The Hourglass Blog

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. Precise strategy. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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The Hourglass Blog

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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The Hourglass Blog

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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The Hourglass Blog

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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The Hourglass Blog

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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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

APRIL 19, 2012

Thursday, April 19, 2012. I find this game so fun because it so clearly illustrates the principles of tone and inflection and how incredibly important they are in our communications. Remember, as addicted as we are to communication via text, etc., Labels: communications. skip to main | skip to sidebar. at 5:15 PM.

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Association Subculture

APRIL 30, 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012. The innovations in the filming werent intentional. If we are really searching for innovation in the association community, sometimes we need to purposefully strike out into areas that make us uncomfortable, or that we dont know much about. May 1, 2012 2:08 PM. May 1, 2012 5:11 PM.

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Association Subculture

MARCH 23, 2012

Friday, March 23, 2012. Can we use processes born out of simplification or complication to spark creative or innovative ideas? Labels: creativity , innovation. March 24, 2012 12:41 PM. March 24, 2012 2:31 PM. communications. (4). community. (3). skip to main | skip to sidebar. at 1:51 PM. Newer Post.

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Principled Innovation

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The August 2012 Serious Question of the Month. The ways in which associations answer this question certainly will exert great influence on how future value propositions, stakeholder segments and stakeholder relationships are defined, and will help shape future organizational investments in innovation.

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Association Subculture

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

Monday, February 13, 2012. We treat animals with integrity, respect and care and those values will permeate our organization both internally and externally both in our dealings with and our communications to the public.". February 14, 2012 9:03 AM. February 14, 2012 10:59 AM. February 14, 2012 12:09 PM.

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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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Association Subculture

JULY 23, 2012

Monday, July 23, 2012. Your readers may be interested to know that folks from Harley are going to be part of panel presentation on innovation at the upcoming WSAE Annual Conference. July 24, 2012 5:02 AM. July 24, 2012 9:12 AM. communications. (4). community. (3). innovation. (6). strategy. (5).

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Association Subculture

JANUARY 8, 2012

Sunday, January 8, 2012. January 10, 2012 1:57 AM. January 10, 2012 7:38 AM. January 10, 2012 9:42 AM. April 27, 2012 4:50 AM. Shelly’s favorite words are change, vision, strategy, tactics, learning, teaching and Lord of the Rings. communications. (4). community. (3). innovation. (6).

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Jamie Notter

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Posted February 23, 2012. I remember meeting with one of the senior regional managers who made a point about internal communication that I have since quoted liberally. Want Innovation? February 24, 2012 at 8:27 am. A small secret then becomes a future chasm in communication. February 24, 2012 at 8:50 am.

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Association Subculture

JULY 3, 2012

Tuesday, July 3, 2012. July 10, 2012 12:34 PM. July 11, 2012 4:29 PM. Shelly’s favorite words are change, vision, strategy, tactics, learning, teaching and Lord of the Rings. communications. (4). community. (3). innovation. (6). strategy. (5). innovation. (6). strategy. (5).

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Association Subculture

APRIL 5, 2012

Thursday, April 5, 2012. Shelly’s favorite words are change, vision, strategy, tactics, learning, teaching and Lord of the Rings. communications. (4). community. (3). innovation. (6). strategy. (5). innovation. (6). strategy. (5). Principled Innovation LLC. ▼ 2012. (23).

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Eric Lanke

JANUARY 23, 2012

Innovation. Monday, January 23, 2012. You can script the formation of strategy. This is where our illustrious leaders head off to their strategy retreats to develop their carefully laid plan that is then distributed to the worker bees for flawless execution. You Cant Script the Formation of Strategy. Eric Lanke.

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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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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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Jamie Notter

MAY 16, 2012

Posted May 16, 2012. In the sense of not letting us settle for weak strategies and ineffective processes. Moneyball and Management Innovation. The Results of Management Innovation. { May 16, 2012 at 9:31 am. Decentralize without clearly communicated high standards for results is probably a waste of time!

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