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Asking different questions: MMCC 2013 edition

Principled Innovation

Instead of trying to figure out how to extend the life of the existing paradigm, association leaders need to focus their attention on shaping the next one, specifically by building adaptive and resilient, i.e., thrivable, business models that do not depend on membership. Unfortunately, they are not the right questions.

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Help Your Members Find the Signal in the Noise

Spark Consulting

A list of “how-to” guides and curation tools. Steal Like a Fundraiser: Innovations in Cause-Oriented Fundraising for Associations (PDF), co-authored with Sohini Baliga, December 2017. The Mission Driven Volunteer (PDF), co-authored with Peggy Hoffman, CAE, Mariner Management, August 2013.

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Association Evolution: What Association Leaders are Thinking About for 2013 and Beyond

Portage Group

Well, it''s 2013 and we''re still here. Whatever the reason, I know that all you association leaders out there are constantly thinking about how to do things better and how to better serve your members in what in all likelyhood is a profession or industry that is going through a lot of change.

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Best of the Web: October 2013

Association Adviser

10 Disruptive Questions For Instant Innovation. How to Lead When Your Employees Don’t Have to Follow. November 6-8, 2013. The Double-Edged Sword of “Young Professional” Katie Bascuas. Associations Now. 3 Tools to Simplify Your Digital World. Tom Cochran. Entrepreneur. Lisa Bodell.

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Association Evolution: What Association Leaders are Thinking About for 2013 and Beyond

Portage Group

Well, it's 2013 and we're still here. Whatever the reason, I know that all you association leaders out there are constantly thinking about how to do things better and how to better serve your members in what in all likelyhood is a profession or industry that is going through a lot of change.

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Social Media Roundup: Hire and Nurture Innovators

Associations Now

Innovative ideas can revolutionize an industry, no matter whether it’s hardware or dance. But, how do you recognize an innovator during the hiring process? That, and more, in today’s Social Media Roundup: Getting Ahead With Innovation. The Secret of Innovative Companies: It Isn’t R&D innovationmanagement.se/2013/04/18/the…

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Empathy, new value creation and the stakeholders of the future

Principled Innovation

In early January, I wrote a post on six serious ideas for 2013 that included the concept of SED, which is short for serendipity, empathy and discovery. Serendipity, empathy and discovery are essential ingredients of new value creation that can be combined in appropriate measure through the work of innovation. It means ceding control.