Spark Consulting

JULY 25, 2016

Our goal is to have a productive dialogue that opens all of our eyes to some new possibilities for benefitting our members, our other stakeholders, and society at large. We plan to challenge your thinking about the role associations can play in bridging the education to employment gap.

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Potomac Core

MARCH 4, 2019

They also understand the Industry’s business model from product design to marketplace, and the staff teams approach everyday as an act of invention: Helicopter Association International – Keeping the rotors turning is all that matters for HAI. The strategy, since 2015, has helped students achieve approximately 7,000 badges.

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Associations Now

JUNE 23, 2014

You can be an innovator without panicking, as one critic of “disruptive innovation” argues. So, what did you do to innovate and respond to disruption today? “Companies that were quick to release a new product but not skilled at tinkering have tended to flame out.” Or so the logic goes.

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Higher Logic

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Delivering a top notch product or service is important, but what ensures relevance for customers in today’s market is to ensure you know what they need and care about. Even more crucial, these insights must be applied to your product or service. The seeds of innovation are in your community insights. And if so, how?

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YourMembership

JULY 27, 2015

It’s been a great week in Dayton, Ohio as I wrap up my time at the 2015 Ohio Association of Association Executives Annual Conference. There are other disruptive innovations should be aware of as you make strategic decisions about where you will lead your association in this fast changing, tech driven environment we work in today.

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Associations Now

APRIL 9, 2015

The group revealed at its 2015 SNAXPO event in Orlando that it is looking to expand its membership base to make different kinds of food manufacturers feel more welcome. But as Convenience Store Products notes , consumers are pushing for healthier ingredients in both cases. Well, the Snack Food Association is about to find out.

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Blue Sky eLearn

MARCH 19, 2019

By 2015, that number had actually decreased to $50,219! Routine task occupations, which include clerical and office jobs, sales, and production occupations. I believe we are experiencing another ebb and flow in what our workforce is demanding due to innovative technological changes. Crazy, right? What’s Next?

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Aaron Wolowiec

JUNE 23, 2015

“Unfortunately, while we’ve been busily building and marketing the programs, products and services we think our audiences might like, the world has changed,” write Elizabeth Weaver Engel , CEO & chief strategist, Spark Consulting LLC, and Anna Caraveli , managing partner, The Demand Networks LLC, in their new whitepaper. “In

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Smooth The Path

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Members want us to solve problems that they can’t solve for themselves – Greg Melia , Director of Membership for ASAE at MASAE’s 2015 mid-year conference. Sometimes associations hear about the latest trend in technology, a way others are raising funds with sponsorships or in isolation they ideate an innovative benefit.

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Blue Sky eLearn

MARCH 18, 2019

By 2015, that number had actually decreased to $50,219! Routine task occupations, which include clerical and office jobs, sales, and production occupations. I believe we are experiencing another ebb and flow in what our workforce is demanding due to innovative technological changes. Crazy, right? What’s Next?

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Associations Now

MARCH 12, 2015

NAA mediaXchange 2015 gathers newspaper industry executives to share knowledge on how to generate revenue and increase their audience. More than 1,000 newspaper execs will be in Nashville for NAA mediaXchange 2015 , which kicks off on Sunday, to learn new strategies to grow both revenue and readership for their print and digital products.

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Beth Kanter

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

What if a funder got real-time input from its grantees and other partners to develop its investment strategy? In 2020, the foundation will close its doors. As part of its sunset strategy , the foundation is developing an initiative to support 21st Century Advocacy. Technology : Cheryl Contee, Fission Strategy.

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Higher Logic

AUGUST 15, 2018

At the risk of bragging too much about our collective success, let me recap all of Higher Logic’s recent, amazing growth: 2007-2015 : We maintained a steady 30% growth rate on our own over the years, as we forged ahead in providing the best community and collaboration software for our customers. Rob’s Focus: Tech and Next-Generation Research.

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.orgCommunity

AUGUST 22, 2017

Since NBBQA changed its business model in 2015, the association has seen lower operating costs, more focus on strategic business priorities, higher productivity and an increase in customers. Products enhanced by data that are continuously improved (e.g., He serves as a virtual CEO of an entirely virtual organization.

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Associations Now

MAY 7, 2015

Roller skating rink owners, coaches, and judges will learn how to improve their business and reach new customers, as well as discover the latest innovative products and services. Conference: 2015 RSA Convention and Trade Show. He’ll share strategies for managing teams to be as productive and effective as possible.

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AvidXchange: Association Management

JANUARY 16, 2023

Our guest for the first episode of “The Power of Change with Michael Praeger” is Cat Carmichael, the Chief Executive Officer for Strategy 123, a strategic community association management (CAM) consulting company focused on acquisition preparation, increased profitability and creating successful exit strategies and succession plans.

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Associations Now

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Some thoughts on wooing these exhibitors, who may offer ideas and innovations that your members need to be successful long term. Pentagon leaders regularly laud Silicon Valley-esque companies and have repeatedly said that harnessing entrepreneurs’ innovative ideas is crucial to the U.S. military’s qualitative edge,” she wrote.

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Associations Now

MAY 10, 2017

It’s a strategy associations can learn from. Chipotle was a breakout success in the restaurant industry’s fast-casual space, but in 2015 the company was in full on crisis mode. In large part, Espey succeeded in bringing customers back to Chipotle , and last week he shared some of those strategies with MMCC attendees.

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Associations Now

APRIL 28, 2017

The service, a product of AAA’s innovation lab A3Ventures—“A3” is a great way to slacken up “AAA,” by the way—allows residents in the California cities of Oakland and Berkeley to pick up a car wherever one might be located, drop it off in a specific zone within the city, and grab a different car later on.

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Associations Now

MAY 17, 2013

If mobile isn’t a big part of your strategy, you might be missing on a quickly rising movement. million in 2015. billion by 2015. The marketing reach could be even wider—the association estimates that the impact of mobile marketing could surge from $139 billion in 2012 to more than $400 billion in 2015.

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Associations Now

APRIL 9, 2015

Circling Back on 2015 Goals: How’s Your #Association Doing? — MemberClicks (@MemberClicks) April 9, 2015. At SocialFish , contributor Matthew Yeoman offers several subscriber strategies. Let’s be productive! ” Resolution Check. – [link] #assnchat #smassn pic.twitter.com/ALuSuApp3q.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 13, 2016

More than half (54 percent) of the executives who took part in our annual association communication benchmarking study felt their organization’s inability to generate non-dues-revenue (NDR) was a serious or significant challenge — up substantially from 2015. 2015. ** 11%. Source: Association Adviser 2015-2016.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 10, 2018

Social sharing has dropped by 50% since 2015 , which is making it more difficult to get eyeballs on your content. Your editorial calendar is not your content marketing strategy. I’ll be happy to feature it as long as it’s not product-centric. Host: Community IT Innovators. Stone Temple ). Search Engine Watch ).

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 2, 2015

I didn’t do a complete unplug, as we’re so dependent on the Internet for information in navigate our daily lives, which is a huge change since I first got online in 1993. And, now with those beautiful sunsets behind me, I look ahead to 2015. I have a couple of New Year’s rituals that help prepare me for a new year.

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GlowGlobally

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

global association strategy, regional planning and local infrastructure to grow your business. Categories: MARCOM , Market & Bus Planning , MegaTrends & Research , Product Mgmt. Using the latest research findings from leading global institutions, MCI assembled these megatrends to help with client 2011 strategy and planning.

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Associations Now

JULY 26, 2016

Influencer marketing, or the concept of getting a prominent online creator to sell your product to their audience, has a significant ROI potential if done well, but it can be difficult to get started. Check out some tips for trying out the strategy for your association. in return for every dollar spent. The only problem?

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Associations Now

MAY 12, 2015

Of all the winners of the 2015 Webby Awards , the winner of the law category might have the most lasting effect. But it took the work of the Harvard Library Innovation Lab to do something significant about it. Libraries are in the forever business,” Harvard Library Innovation Lab Director Kim Dulin said in a news release. “We

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Associations Now

APRIL 7, 2015

Microsoft has spent the past year shaking off many perceptions about its products and corporate structure—particularly the company’s willingness to play nice with others. But it appears that, under current CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft has figured out that this strategy is a nonstarter.

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Tom Morrison

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Competing today takes strategy, vision, purpose, execution, and the ability to look back and learn lessons, so as to not repeat costly mistakes. I have had the fortunate pleasure of being around some of the most innovative for-profit business owners in my life. Where can you add technology to streamline your productivity?

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GlowGlobally

APRIL 29, 2009

global association strategy, regional planning and local infrastructure to grow your business. « Enterprise Level Product Management & Sales in Europe. Here is an interesting view of Singapore in 2015. Therefore a critical stop for any association seeking to build an international strategy for SE Asia.

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Association Subculture

AUGUST 2, 2011

There are certainly levels of WIFM considerations in memberships, conference attendance and other consumable products that we offer. Shelly’s favorite words are change, vision, strategy, tactics, learning, teaching and Lord of the Rings. innovation. (6). strategy. (5). innovation. (6). strategy. (5).

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 4, 2016

During January, I review my work routines, systems, and rituals to redesign or tweak them to improve productivity. Rituals and routines have many benefits for your personal effectiveness. Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

I’ll be happy to feature it as long as it’s not product-centric. How to Create an Analytics Strategy & Roadmap. Do we struggle to get members to pay more for products and programs after they pay a membership fee? To keep up, you need a data strategy that can be flexible, responsive, repeatable, and finds immediate ROI.

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Associations Now

MARCH 10, 2015

A New Way of Taking Notes During this week’s Great Ideas sessions, I’ve been trying a new strategy for taking notes. At ASAE’s 2015 Great Ideas Conference this week, a longtime association thought leader highlighted the way language can set our expectations for innovation.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 17, 2016

No product-centric webinars, sorry. Meeting planners need to stay on top of technological advances, corporate initiatives, budget restrictions, attendee expectations, meeting innovations and organizational goals or risk becoming obsolete. Tue 6/21 at 12 p.m.* – How Meeting Planners Can Change the World. More info/register.

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Socious

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

They include kickass skills and strategy sessions as well as the keynotes and entertainment that your best networking opportunities will be attending. He is the winner of the 2015 MacArthur Fellowship, and was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People. 4:15pm - HubSpot Product Launch. Session Type: Breakout.

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Velvet Chainsaw

JANUARY 23, 2015

Today’s sponsorship buyer is far more sophisticated about sponsorship strategy. IEG defines Category Exclusivity as naming rights or the only company within their product or service category associated with the sponsorship. Here are four recommendations to consider as you fine-tune your 2015 conference sponsorship strategy: 1.

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