Reid All About it

MAY 21, 2021

Get answers to your questions on nonprofit cybersecurity balancing best practices, including ways to build a cybersecurity budget into your technology roadmap, and create a sound process for managing risks and managing staff training, before you consider the specific cybersecurity technologies available to meet your organizational needs.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

– Advocacy in a Social Media World. Explore how associations have become catalysts for change by using social media platforms—and members—to promote key issues to legislators, regulators, and the public. Presenters: Rebecca Flick, Associate Vice President, and Chris Williams, Senior Associate, MCI USA.

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APRIL 30, 2015

In looking at how to attract younger members, it’s useful to take a look at what drives millennials (who are primarily in their mid- to late 20’s and 30’s) and how that might affect their participation. In general, millennials are not “joiners” in the same way that baby boomers have been, either socially or for business purposes.

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Reid All About it

MAY 14, 2021

Check it out before you get too deep into your planning process. Hear about the process of establishing digital Covid records and the implications for the meetings and events industry. Presenters: Terrell Jones, Managing Principal of ON Inc. Marketing Channels for the Largest Generation in the Workforce: The Millennials.

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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. – Preparing Yourself and Your Association for the Looming Staff Leadership Deficit. The association staffing landscape is undergoing a significant transition.

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Reid All About it

MAY 5, 2017

Is your association starting to focus more on innovation? What processes should be in place? Hear unique perspectives from a researcher, technology partner and an association on the role of innovation in associations today. AIIM, the information management association, has been vocal on this subject for years.

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APRIL 26, 2022

When you pitch sponsorship opportunities to companies, you can promote the chance they’ll have to connect with Millennials and Gen Z. This little trick shows you’re organized, reputable, and dedicated to making the process easier. You might also highlight them more through your social media channels and email marketing.

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MAY 20, 2014

Gen Y or Millennials. Grew up with all media (including cable, VCR, video). Be straightforward and focus on results rather than process; avoid “back in my day…” Emphasize reasons for change and let them know you’re there to help; act on that promise. appeared first on Association Adviser. Baby Boomers.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Possible opportunities for adaptation to association management, maybe? Close collaboration of designers and engineers, and deep involvement by designers in working with materials and manufacturing processes. Obsessive attention to detail, supported by relatively long gestation cycles and an iterative, prototype-driven process.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

If you can confidently answer "yes" to that question, you get to move onto the second question, discussed in Part 2 , which is "Do you have a defined process for how innovation will function in your association?" Like all successful business processes, innovation does not happen without the appropriate resources to support it.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

If you can confidently answer "yes" to that question, then ask yourself the next question: Do you have a defined process for how innovation will function in your association? Its important to note that there is probably not one universal innovation process that will work for every association. Precise strategy.

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JANUARY 30, 2012

For many associations, our websites still struggle to be 2005 much less 2012 - here are 5 quick tips to use when evaluating if your association website is ready for today before moving to tomorrow. How to Manage Social Employees, Social Media at Events, and Car Talk. Association Subculture.

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The Hourglass Blog

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

What follows is a guest post from the first such professional to take me up on that offer-- Je nnifer Alluisi , Director of Educational Programs at Custom Management Group , an accredited association management company in Charlotteville, Virginia. Please share your thoughts with Jennifer by adding your comment to her post below.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

Adopting something similar to Googles 20% time policy in your association probably wont by itself result in the kind of execution Trimble talks about and which, I believe, you need to do innovation right. If youre lucky, maybe your contribution to the process can represent less than 20% of your time. Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 16, 2011

Im pushing for more connection and transparency with the members throughout the development process, but as the project moves forward Im discovering something very similar to brand exceptionalism infiltrating our thinking. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Companies tend to focus far more attention on improving the front end of the innovation process, the creativity. Its also something Ive realized as part of my work with the Innovation Task Force of the Wisconsin Society of Association Executives. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management.

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Reid All About it

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

It’s not just Millennials. A majority of Gen Xers and Boomers are also regular users of social media and smartphones. Hear about a step-by-step guide for managing the strategic meeting process—everything from discovery meetings to real ROI measurements. 8 Ways to Get Gen Z and Millennials to Give.

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The Hourglass Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

Its an interesting approach and the post contains a lot of thoughtful suggestions for designing a successful innovation process. But I want to focus in on the underlying concept--that for an innovation process to succeed, it must align with the organizations culture and way of thinking. Association Management. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

.” So “the silent, sullen boy at the mall’s game store may be next in line for an underemployed, lonely adulthood if we don’t teach him how to maintain effective social contacts with others.” Labels: Millennial Perspectives , Social Media. Association Management. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

I couldnt help but notice the similarities between this list and the Principles of Innovation recently drafted by the WSAE Innovation Task Force, including "an innovation culture led from the top of the organization" and "the commitment of resources to a process of innovation." Association Management. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 21, 2011

This is about as clear as any statement I’ve read about the fundamental challenge facing associations when it comes to embracing innovation. The innovation problem for associations is not about process. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 25, 2011

In my experience, people who go into the intersection with that kind of clarity just wind up crashing into other people, hurting themselves or others in the process. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management. Millennials. Social Media. We're All Millennials Now.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

Creating a culture of innovation in your association. Designing a process by which innovation will occur in your association. Providing the necessary resources (time, talent and money) for your innovation process to function effectively. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 5, 2011

The Board has recently culminated a process in which a new organizational mission and vision have been identified, and are now contemplating a name change in order to better reflect the changes in their environment and how the association is repositioning itself to expand and better serve its membership base. Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 21, 2011

But as Mayos CFI illustrates, it was also very much a process and resource issue for your organization. It seems that more and more of the typical associations products and services are being outsourced these days. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

MARCH 22, 2011

The idea is to embrace "rapid-prototyping" for new association products and services. Dont go through the usual committee development, project approval, budget allocation process that bogs down so many associations. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management. Millennials.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 17, 2010

Inspired by the dedicated, defined and resourced “innovation function” that exists in many for-profit companies, we are examining a series of case studies that profile these processes. The problem to be addressed by the innovation process was clearly defined. Im also blogging about it here. Precise strategy. Nimbleness.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 10, 2010

A working innovation process is going to generate more ideas that can be acted upon. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management. Millennials. Social Media. --isn’t going to succeed in building a culture of innovation. That’s unavoidable. About This Blog.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 8, 2011

The same problem plagues many associations. He talks at length about how innovators at IBM created a revolution in computer processing power by implementing this simple formula, and I think the ideas and methods described are directly transferrable to the association environment. Association Management. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 10, 2011

And like a lot of manufacturing companies, they operate very close to the margin, using a variety of human and mechanical systems to strip inefficiencies and wasteful practices out of the process of making the product and shipping it to the customer. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 16, 2011

One thing we discovered early on was that everyone in our self-selected group of volunteers that make up the WSAE Innovation Task Force—all association execs and staffers of one stripe or another—had a slightly different perspective on what innovation was and what it should be doing inside their associations. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 20, 2011

“For HD and Blue Ray DVD HDMI audio I do not understand if any post processing is done on the 5.1 Project managers are particularly accustomed to using process maps, but as you note, we aren't doing it enough in associations. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 26, 2011

The methods these companies used for attaining this understanding varied, but the knowledge, once attained, was used continually throughout their innovation processes and served as a constant guide for their successful decision‐making. Associations should be really good at this. Association Management. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

If your leadership--however leadership is defined in your association--isnt on board with innovation, no innovation process you try to implement will succeed. If not, give your association a "readiness score" of "1". Please comment if youd like to get plugged into our process. Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 29, 2010

Furthermore, the perceived “price of failure,” in terms of the potential loss of power and influence within an association hierarchy, is also often too high to attract the necessary champions for innovation. Limited resources Innovative organizations commit resources to the process of innovation. Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 28, 2010

Boards of Directors, committees, task forces—even supplier networks and, sometimes, staff departments—they all provide associations with a direct connection to their community that for-profit corporations committed to innovation would envy. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management.

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Association Subculture

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

As you know from my last blog post, I recently experienced the Groundhog Day Effect when reading about different topics in association management published in books back in 1985 but which could have been written yesterday. They will expect early in their careers to take part in the decision making process. management. (3).

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