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The millennial mantra: give

Aaron Wolowiec

And so the new study by Achieve , a research and creative agency for causes and The Millennial Impact Project, caught my attention. GivingTuesday 2015: Attracting Millennial Donors looks at the behaviors of millennials during #GivingTuesday , which was Dec.

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The Joint Development Foundation: Offering "a Standards Organization in a Box"

Virtual

Here is an innovative approach to launching an organization quickly-- the Joint Development Foundation (JDF). The JDF, a Virtual client, was unveiled to the public in May 2015, and its first two projects, the 3MF Consortium and the Alliance for Open Media , have been successfully launched. What benefits does the JDF offer?

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Motown magic continues to attract business

Aaron Wolowiec

In 2015, the American Society of Association Executives will host its annual meeting Aug. ASAE sees the 2015 meeting as an opportunity for us to raise awareness about how the city has improved and educate our members and exhibitors about all the opportunities the city has to offer,” he said. 8-11 at Detroit’s Cobo Center.

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Why “Disruptive Innovation” Needs Disrupting

Associations Now

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? Christensen , whose influential 1997 book, The Innovator’s Dilemma , is a kind of ur-text of disruptive-innovation leadership theory.

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Community Dream to Reality: Top Five Ways to Prove Value to Executives

Higher Logic

Demand Metric study, 2014) This effective involvement is possible with the right balance of meaningful impact and innovation using smart risk mitigation and ROI. Your answer should include how the community will solve a certain, preexisting problem for the organization and other executives or thought leaders behind the project.

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Turning Our Members’ Problems into Opportunities

Smooth The Path

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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Reflections on Three Years of Blogging About Membership

Associations Now

I still believe every association has influential members, who frequently sit on the sidelines, but who also have the potential to be multipliers to other people, ideas, partnerships, and innovative projects. It takes a new style of engagement to get inactive members active. Thanks again for reading, and I hope you stay in touch!