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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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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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Protech Associates Creates “Tier 1 Support on Steroids”

Higher Logic

In early 2015, Protech Associates Director of Customer Care Matt Bruffey recognized the need to improve the customer support experience. Our account managers would have weekly or monthly calls with the customer project lead, but otherwise, the only real touchpoint was a support ticket. The whole process could not have been smoother.”.

Library 180
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The Cruft Challenge: When It’s Time to Disrupt Your Own Technology

Associations Now

Old approaches that were once seen as innovative eventually fall out of favor and get outmoded by faster, more innovative approaches. We’re nearing the finish line for 2015, which makes it as good a time as any to look back at some things we’ve touched upon throughout the year. ” A Clean Break.

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Study: Tech Leading Americans to Leave Vacation Days Unused

Associations Now

Despite getting more paid time off last year than we did the year before, Americans barely used any additional vacation time, according to a new Project: Time Off study. The good news is that we used slightly more vacation time in 2015 than we did the year before, according to research released this week by Project: Time Off.

Project 40
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Digital Transformation: It’s All About Culture

Leading Learning

The main challenge associations face in digital transformation initiatives is that digital transformation is an iterative process that includes both technologies and culture. And that means we need to be on the lookout for the tools and technologies that will enable us to change. Which sounds if not easy then at least simple.

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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.