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4 Things Membership Organizations Can Learn From Innovative Companies
Wild Apricot
JANUARY 7, 2013
The list of 50 Most Innovative Companies offers some ideas for membership organizations for 2013.
Is your Association a Learning Organization?
WBT Systems
JANUARY 31, 2017
Is your association a learning organization? A learning organization becomes more like a community that members can feel a commitment to. Is your Association a Learning Organization. So, how can associations adopt a learning culture and strategic plan that will enable them to become learning organizations?
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Six serious ideas for 2013
Principled Innovation
JANUARY 3, 2013
2013 is the year when association leaders will need to get serious about transformation. These are high impact ideas for association leaders who are serious about taking their organizations to the next level. At the heart of this fresh way of thinking about business model innovation is the value conversation.
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Jeff De Cagna to deliver keynote at CESSE 2013 Annual Meeting
Principled Innovation
MARCH 31, 2013
Jeff De Cagna , chief strategist and founder of Principled Innovation, has been selected as the opening keynote speaker for the Council of Engineering and Scientific Society Executives (CESSE) 2013 Annual Meeting. Mr. Keane is the overall volunteer organizer for CESSE 2013. I’m really looking forward to it!”
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Daily Buzz: Is Your Culture Really “Innovative”?
Associations Now
JULY 2, 2019
Building an innovative culture? Start by not calling it “innovative.” As associations strive to strengthen workplace culture, creating “collaborative,” “innovative,” and “results-driven” environments is at the top of many organizations’ to-do lists. The post Daily Buzz: Is Your Culture Really “Innovative”?
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My Top 5 Blog Posts of 2013
Eric Lanke
DECEMBER 30, 2013
image source As we end another year, here''s a look back at the five posts on this blog that received the most page views in 2013. In it, I describe my takeaways from a roundtable discussion I facilitated at the second annual WSAE National Summit on Association Innovation.
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Reads of the Week: February 1, 2013
Reid All About it
FEBRUARY 1, 2013
And if it isn’t yet for your organization, it probably should be.” Michelle Bruno just returned from their Convening Leaders conference and says, “More than any specific program feature or technological innovation, it was PCMA’s attitude toward digital disruption that was so obvious at the event. Fact: it works. Happy Friday!
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150 Association Evolution: What Association Leaders are Thinking About for 2013 and Beyond
Portage Group
JANUARY 24, 2013
Well, it''s 2013 and we''re still here. So, to kick off 2013 on the ARC blog, I thought I''d share four (just four!) Associations that expect ongoing success need to be more agile, innovative and on top of change than ever before.what else would you add? What are your top strategic priorities for 2013 and beyond?
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ORGPRO 2013: Learning and networking just like Apple
Aaron Wolowiec
JUNE 11, 2013
What if… The first step to answering the “what ifs” is to attend ORGRPO 2013 , said Donna Oser, founder of Vital Associations, and chair of the ORGPRO Task Force. ORGPRO 2013 will offer two full days of educational programming for all levels of the employment spectrum. What if they thought out of the box a bit more? Genius Bars.
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Five Things I Learned About Leadership In 2013
Associations Now
DECEMBER 23, 2013
Supporting diversity, stoking innovation, and building partnerships were all essential parts of the CEO’s toolkit in 2013. Innovation doesn’t have to be paradigm-shattering event. The public face of innovation has always been whiz-bang stuff: The moon shot, the website, the smartphone. Compassion counts.
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40 2013 Membership Marketing Observations
Membership Marketing
DECEMBER 19, 2013
Membership organizations are using Google Search and Content, Facebook and LinkedIn ads, Google Remarketing, and web ads to initiate a dialogue with a prospective member by gaining an email opt-in request to start and relationship with the organization. What have you observed in your 2013 membership marketing experiences?
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Social Media Roundup: Hire and Nurture Innovators
Associations Now
APRIL 19, 2013
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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Introducing the 2020 Community Movers + Shakers
Higher Logic
JANUARY 27, 2020
Our 2020 Community Movers + Shakers are champions of communities, who see the value in the community movement, and we wanted to highlight, honor, and share the work of their creative and innovative minds with the rest of the industry. Because online communities can transform any organization , you’ll see a range of industries.
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Social Media Roundup: To Innovate, Change the Culture
Associations Now
DECEMBER 18, 2013
Leadership teams in big organizations must adjust their approach to tackling issues that inhibit innovation. Are creative improvements to everyday business issues getting lost in the shuffle at your large organization? Reassess the mess and create a more structured environment to stimulate innovation. ht @ John_Brooker ).
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Thursday Buzz: Where Associations Saw Their Membership Grow in 2013
Associations Now
APRIL 3, 2014
Also: the consistent craft that drives innovation. For many organizations, membership is looking pretty solid these days, thanks to all the new faces. He reports that 53 percent of organizations in MGI’s most recent survey have seen growth in their membership numbers, and 24 percent saw increases above 6 percent. .”
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Social Media Roundup: How LinkedIn Encourages Innovation
Associations Now
JUNE 25, 2013
Check out how LinkedIn’s internal programs foster innovation among its staff. How do you keep your staff in an innovative gear? That, and more, in today’s Social Media Roundup: Internal Innovation. How does LinkedIn promote innovation within their organization? link] #assnchat. link] #assnchat.
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40 Nine Convention Center Trends For 2013
Velvet Chainsaw
MARCH 28, 2013
Recently I participated in the Convention Sales Professional International’ s Annual Conference “Tool Box For Success 2013.” Meeting professionals are looking for ways to be more innovative and often that requires more space than they traditional have secured. Don’t worry!
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Empathy, new value creation and the stakeholders of the future
Principled Innovation
APRIL 8, 2013
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.
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100 2013 in Tech: One Year, Many Trends
Associations Now
DECEMBER 24, 2013
No one trend truly defined 2013 in technology, but that just means the year was even busier than usual on the tech front. Twelve months ago, I called 2012 “the cloud’s year,” and it was a pretty good year for cloud computing in 2013, too. Read on for some of the year’s defining story lines.
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What I'm Reading
Thanks For Playing
JANUARY 30, 2013
John Haydon offers great tips for prepping your organization's Facebook Page to take advantage of Graph Search. Want to make real progress in 2013? Want to innovate in 2013? Does your association need social media training? There are signs. Jeff Cobb urges us to reflect, listen, curate, and give stuff away.
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ASAE Announces Passing of CEO John H. Graham IV, FASAE, CAE
Associations Now
JANUARY 13, 2020
During his tenure, which began August 1, 2003, ASAE more than doubled its membership and developed a wealth of innovative products and services to benefit association professionals and their partners. Before joining ADA, Graham served the Boy Scouts of America for nine years.
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Why An AMC (Like Ngage) Is A Great Place to Work
Ngage Management
APRIL 5, 2023
While not immediately recognizable to some, the concept of association management is familiar to the world of professional societies, trade groups, not-for-profits and philanthropic organizations. In four short years, Ngage became Michigan's largest association management company. Learning opportunities abound!
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Jeff De Cagna elected chair of RedRover Board of Directors
Principled Innovation
NOVEMBER 1, 2012
Jeff De Cagna FRSA FASAE, chief strategist and founder of Principled Innovation LLC, has been elected chair of the RedRover Board of Directors. Jeff will begin his two-year term in January 2013. RedRover is a national organization that focuses on bringing animals out of crisis and strengthening the bond between people and animals.
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Inoculate Your Association Against Fear
Smooth The Path
JUNE 19, 2017
I called 2013 my year of brave public speaking. If someone asked me to speak to their organization, I said yes before I had a chance to think about it. I offered my services to organizations all around town. Related: To start or sustain an association-wide focus on innovation the association’s CEO must be on board.
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98 Innovation: Key to Boosting Meeting Attendance
Associations Now
APRIL 5, 2013
Earlier this week, it announced it would postpone its 2013 Publishing Conference scheduled for later this month in Los Angeles. Over the past few weeks, the organization had contacted members and former attendees to see why they weren’t registering. By leading innovation, we exponentially increase the amount of money poured in.
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A decade of Nimble AMS: A flashback of favorite things
Nimble AMS
JANUARY 26, 2022
When we started Nimble AMS 10 years ago, w e looked at ways to change the industry, to disrupt the status quo of the association management software (AMS) space and help organizations rethink what an AMS actually is. To build a ground-breaking product that was innovative and cost effective. Want to see it for yourself?
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Sharing our Great Ideas
Aaron Wolowiec
MARCH 4, 2014
Likewise, many of the ideas garnered at this conference can be immediately tweaked and applied to your own organization. It’s confusing to know who to listen to and how it all applies to our organizations. Scott Oser, president, Scott Oser Associates. Some may say we’re kindred spirits. Monday, March 10, 1:30 – 2:45 p.m.
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Confirmation Bias And Why Conferences Need To Become Innovation Labs
Velvet Chainsaw
JULY 3, 2014
Pitching Conferences As Innovation Labs. Conference organizers often toss out the word innovation to promote their events, but where many fall short is in thinking through how they will deliver on that promise. Would a Conference Innovation Lab be a good fit for your audience? We can and we should.
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Sponsorships: What Do Meeting Organizers and Exhibitors Want?
Associations Now
JANUARY 23, 2015
A new study reveals what meeting sponsors and organizers are looking for from these partnerships. A top priority of event organizers today is driving revenue growth, and sponsorships are seen as a top area of opportunity, while exhibitors are looking to enhance the value of sponsorships. What do they consider more mundane?
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Overcoming the association value gap: part II
Principled Innovation
APRIL 2, 2013
This post originally appeared on the Associations Now Leadership Blog on March 28, 2013. It is an invention designed to create artificial predictability and a sense of security for risk-averse organizations. You can read Part I here. The problem for associations is that the member market does not really exist.
Jeff De Cagna serving as curator for ACE Symposium on July 12
Principled Innovation
APRIL 28, 2013
Jeff De Cagna FRSA FASAE , chief strategist and founder of Principled Innovation LLC, is serving as curator and provocateur for the inaugural Association Chief Executives (ACE) Symposium , to be held on Friday, July 12 at The Gannett Building in McLean, Virginia.
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Be the Voice of Relevance—Make Mission, Vision, and Values Fit the Moment
.orgSource
FEBRUARY 21, 2023
When you are considering an update, it’s also a good time to take the temperature of trust in your organization. Yet, the organization was able to grow that narrow cause into the larger role of supporting maternal and infant health. But today may be the moment to consider a more flexible approach. Values create community.
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88 Join Jeff for P.I./TMA Resources Executive Breakfast on March 6 in Alexandria, Virginia
Principled Innovation
JANUARY 30, 2013
Join Jeff De Cagna of Principled Innovation on Wednesday, March 6 for the P.I./TMA Association boards have a unique and critical responsibility for building their organizations to thrive over the next decade and beyond, especially in the realm of business model sustainability. Bonus Deep Dive Session (10 am-12 noon).
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How Technology is Transforming Strategy
Principled Innovation
FEBRUARY 12, 2013
I find it remarkable that it is February 2013, and I am still reading magazine articles advising associations to create strategic plans every five or six years, and encouraging leaders to review those plans just once a year. This post originally appeared last Wednesday on the ResultsDirect AssociationCentric Blog.
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Overcoming the association value gap: part I
Principled Innovation
MARCH 25, 2013
This post originally appeared on the Associations Now Leadership Blog on March 7, 2013. IMPORTANT NOTE: Google Reader will be shut down on July 1, 2013, making this an opportune moment to subscribe to the Principled Innovation Blog via email.
Ten “next truths” of governing the 21st century association
Principled Innovation
JANUARY 9, 2013
In my last post on six serious ideas for 2013 , I discussed the concept of “strategic legitimacy,” which is about challenging association boards to do a better job of providing future-focused stewardship in a world experiencing relentless transformation.
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Members Hire Tomorrow’s Associations
Potomac Core
MARCH 4, 2019
Organizations recognizing this shift are transforming from yesterday’s Associations to Tomorrow’s Associations. See their organizations as the front line and last line of defense for an Industry. Starting in 2013, the workforce shortage topic continually appeared in ISA’s research. Lori Anderson.
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Spark Consulting
MARCH 4, 2015
If you’ve missed the previous sessions Peggy Hoffman and I have given on our eponymous August 2013 whitepaper , you can catch us at ASAE later this month. innovation membership presentations volunteering webinars whitepaper Anna Caraveli ASAE Frank Fortin Guillermo Ortiz de Zarate Higher Logic Peggy Hoffman Peter Houstle'
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150 SXSW 2013 – Are You A Social Media Nonprofit Manager Looking for Your Peers? #npsmpeer
Beth Kanter
MARCH 14, 2013
Jen Mizgata (@JMizgata) March 10, 2013. The topics are below, followed by an insightful tweet: Brian Reich: Innovation Mindset. What are challenges that nonprofits face when trying to create an innovation mindset in their organization to support social strategy and how to overcome them? npsmpeer #sxsw. —
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28 Nonprofits struggling to meet demand
Aaron Wolowiec
APRIL 15, 2014
Leaders from more than 5,000 organizations participated in the sixth annual survey. Perhaps even more startling is that while 80 percent of nonprofits reported an increase in demand for their services, only 56 percent could meet those needs in 2013. As another cost saving tool, organizations are relying more on volunteers.
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digitalNow 2013 in Less Than 180 Seconds- #diginow13
ChatterBachs
APRIL 9, 2013
I had the privilege of attending digitalNow 2013 at Disney’s Contemporary Resort in Orlando, April 4-6. Encourage organization hacks. Stephanie Young, “Innovation by Disney: Transforming the Customer Experience” After 21 years with Disney, she is constantly surprised & delighted by guest experience.
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Association Navigator
AUGUST 19, 2013
We’re being told that the reason the Graham family is selling The Washington Post is because it’s been losing money for years and they need someone that can afford to continue losing money while he innovates the way the model operates. Uncategorized Association competition Association Leadership Innovation'
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Associations Now
OCTOBER 30, 2019
Read on for some offbeat facts and stories from organizations that aren’t giving up the ghost anytime soon. Also considered a cofounder of the paranormal organization, with roots dating to 1862, is Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, notes The Vintage News. Seen a ghost at your association? These groups probably have.
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75 Join Jeff for Better Boards Workshop on March 8 in Denver
Principled Innovation
JANUARY 16, 2013
Join Jeff De Cagna of Principled Innovation on Friday, March 8, 2013 in Denver for a full-day workshop on Building Better Boards , presented by the Colorado Society of Association Executives. Registration for the workshop is now open.
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