Reid All About it

JANUARY 19, 2024

They also describe how your association can strengthen relationships with and between participants. Dean West of Association Laboratory explores what dating apps can teach us about membership strategy. Another funny, personal post with life and association lessons along the way. Marketing to Gen Z and millennials.

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Reid All About it

MAY 21, 2021

For some associations this past year, volunteers didn’t lose steam at first. Hear about strategies from associations (and a few non-profits) that have weathered this and how these strategies can ultimately help us engage more members – a greater diversity of members – in the work of the association going forward.

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AvidXchange: Association Management

AUGUST 17, 2023

In this episode, our Jarett Tran, senior account executive, Community Association Management, interviewed Maegan Woytek, a senior account executive at Vantaca. Both Tran and Woytek have worked as community association managers, bringing decades of experience to their current roles. I’ve just about seen it all.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 16, 2023

In the Global Millennial and Gen Z Survey , 40% of Gen Z respondents volunteered or have been a member of a community organization, non-profit, or charity. Because 76% of young professionals join associations within the first five years of employment, you’ll want to prioritize career insights as a member benefit. Download now

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Reid All About it

MARCH 9, 2018

Hear about strategies and tactics to meet the requirements of one of the most modern and stringent personal data legislations. – Adapt to Attract Millennial and Gen Z Talent . Millennials make up the largest segment of the workforce. Presenter: Terrance Barkan, CAE, international association management consultant.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 11, 2011

Association Innovation as Brand Strategy. In it, he advocates an approach to innovation that focuses not on meeting the expressed needs of customers, but on pushing customers to become something theyre not. All authentic innovations ask you — want you — to become a different dimension of yourself.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Learn how 4A’s, an association for advertising agencies, combined data from their AMS, eCommerce, Learning Management System, business intelligence and other platforms to provide members with a Return on Investment Dashboard, and enhance your understanding of data analytics. Host: ASAE Association Management Company Section Council.

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Reid All About it

MAY 14, 2021

Some of the highlighted trends are alarming: leaders are out of touch with employees and need a wake-up call, high productivity is masking an exhausted workforce, Gen Z is at risk and will need to be re-energized, and shrinking networks are endangering innovation. Issues Management for Government Affairs – How to do More with Less.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 27, 2021

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community…. If virtual or in-person conferences are part of your organization’s strategy—whether you’re a non- or for-profit, large or small organization—please participate in the Tagoras 2021 Virtual Conferences survey. Virtual conferences survey.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 25, 2017

Here’s the gist: With gen Z—a generation only slightly smaller than millennials—quickly reaching adulthood, interactivity is going to quickly become a requirement, in no small part because younger generations have spent their entire lives surrounded by the kind of technology older generations only picked up on later in life.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

– Driving an Innovation Strategy. Associations must innovate or become obsolete. Why is it then that associations seem to be stuck doing things “the way we have always done it?” Presenter: Dan Stark, Director of Product Strategy, NimbleUser and former Executive Director of American Public Gardens Association.

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Reid All About it

MAY 5, 2017

Tue 5/9 at 12 p.m.* – Spark Your Innovation Engine. Is your association starting to focus more on innovation? How can you foster a culture of innovation? Hear unique perspectives from a researcher, technology partner and an association on the role of innovation in associations today. Host: ASAE.

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Reid All About it

JULY 15, 2016

Innovation today is moving at light speed and to deliver a world class member experience your association needs to be able to leverage a strong platform to take you there. Discover other apps and tools that can make travel and meeting management more manageable. Amanda Myers, Director of Member Strategy, Abila.

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Nimble AMS

MAY 7, 2020

What technology will your association invest in? Technology and strategy go hand in hand. That’s why it’s so important to ensure your executive director, in addition to your CIO, understands some of the key facts surrounding your association’s technology. Take your association management software (AMS), for example.

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GrowthZone

MAY 31, 2017

Association executives know that the Millennial generation, which will soon be the majority of our workforce and membership base, is the most diverse generation we’ve ever had in the US. And many associations have adopted strong statements that claim a commitment to D+I among their leadership and membership.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

The Innovation Hub for Associations. Ive been blogging about my work with the Innovation Task Force of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives for a while now. Its called the Innovation Hub for Associations , and can be accessed here. Creating a culture of innovation in your association.

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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Innovation = Creativity x Execution. This is a fantastic post on innovation from Vijay Govindarajan , co-author of the new book, The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge. Companies tend to focus far more attention on improving the front end of the innovation process, the creativity. Its excellent.

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 21, 2011

Learning Innovation from the Mayo Clinic. Heres another great HBR post describing another set of "principles of innovation." I say "another," of course, because of my work with the WSAE Innovation Task Force, where we helped define four key principles of innovation from the case studies we examined in the for-profit sector.

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The Hourglass Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

The Clinic of Innovation. Heres another fascinating post about innovation from the HBR blog. It describes the first-of-its-kind "Clinic of Innovation" at Oslo University Hospital--an internal unit within the hospital that is set-up to work like an outpatient health clinic.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 17, 2010

Principles of Innovation. The fourth meeting of the WSAE Innovation Task Force was held on July 16, 2010. For those of you new to this conversation, Im heading up an effort for my state society to define an evidence-based model of innovation for the association community. Im also blogging about it here.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Whats Your Innovation Readiness? The Innovation Task Force of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives (which I chair), is trying to develop an assessment tool for association executives to use in determining the "innovation readiness" of their associations. Precise strategy. Eclectic teams.

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Leading Learning

JULY 12, 2021

It also requires re-thinking significantly how the stakeholders in your learning business interact, the assumptions they bring to the table, and how new perspectives translate into new strategies. Your association may claim values like collaboration and innovation. But is that really true? Find Maddie at propelnow.co.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Why Innovation is Hard. A little over a month ago I attended WSAEs National Summit on Innovation for Associations. As chair of WSAEs Innovation Task Force, I was instrumental in helping to frame WSAEs annual conference around the subject of innovation, and was even recognized as the chair of the conference itself.

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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

Next Steps for Association Innovation. This is an exciting time for the WSAE Innovation Task Force. First of all, our white paper on association innovation is nearly finished. Second, we are currently working on a new online community dedicated to innovation for associations.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Whats Your Innovation Readiness? The Innovation Task Force of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives (which I chair), is trying to develop an assessment tool for association executives to use in determining the "innovation readiness" of their associations. Labels: Innovation , WSAE.

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Reid All About it

APRIL 5, 2019

The weekly list of free educational events and resources for the association community… When I was in charge of getting a new AMS back at my old association, I had no idea how to approach selection and implementation. If only I had read a post like this one from the DelCor team about buying association management software.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 28, 2010

Association Advantages for Innovation. Heres part three of the "innovation for associations" white paper Im helping to write while chairing the Innovation Task Force for the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives. Saturday, August 28, 2010. These advantages include: 1.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 21, 2011

The Innovation Problem for Associations. Jeff De Cagna had another great article in the April 2011 issue of Associations Now that I just got around to reading on one of my recent plane rides. The innovation problem for associations is not about process. Labels: Innovation , Jeff De Cagna , WSAE. Start there.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Whats Your Innovation Readiness? Regular readers of The Hourglass Blog know that Im chairing the Innovation Task Force for the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives. The "innovation readiness" tool will also provide a framework for this discussion, and will help us organize the strategies we hope to develop.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

There is No Recipe for Innovation. Or so seems the conclusion of this fascinating blog post from Tim Leberecht of the the frog design and innovation firm, in which he reviews and connects several established and not-so-established kinds of innovation. His larger point seems to be that there is no magic pill for innovation.

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Reid All About it

JUNE 10, 2016

What does it take to access, anticipate, and adapt your association to the future through the work of foresight? Find out with Jeff De Cagna, Chief Strategist and Founder of Principled Innovation. Presenter: Shelly Alcorn, CAE, principal, Alcorn Associates Management Consulting. Participate live or view the recording.

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WBT Systems

JANUARY 10, 2017

With so many blog posts and articles, how do you wade through all the predictions to uncover what trends will directly impact your association’s learning technology strategy this year? You don’t have to! We have known the importance of integration between systems for some time here at WBT Systems.

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Association Adviser

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Scott Wiley, CAE, head of the Ohio Society of CPAs , and newly elected Chair of the ASAE board, shares his thoughts about advocacy, millennials, member engagement and the importance of financial literacy in an exclusive Association Adviser interview. . AA : OSCPA has a reputation for being very innovative. SW : We do.

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.orgCommunity

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Set Strategy. At the wide end of this funnel, your decisions will determine the overall campaign strategy. Mine the invaluable data in your association management system. Hiring a consultant to help you create these profiles is another strategy. You start with broad assumptions. The goal might seem obvious.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

MemberSuite describes how to proactively create the conditions for more member renewals , including laying a sound foundation with your value proposition, renewal tactics, and a strategy for lapsed members. Organizer: ASAE Black Association Executives *All events are online at Eastern Standard Time unless otherwise noted. 1 CAE credit.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 16, 2011

Normally I would just retweet something of his I find especially compelling, but given my last blog post of approaching innovation as an exercise in brand strategy, I thought Id expound a little more on something I read on Seths blog this week. And thats exactly what associations must do when it comes to innovation.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 3, 2023

They describe strategies for applying game mechanics to influence attendee behavior, including the incentives and technology that will help you achieve event goals. How can associations provide corporate partners with valuable access to their member communities ? Our topic this month is association finance innovation.

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