Reid All About it

MAY 14, 2021

This series of 15- to 20-minute videos cover hot topics and issues related to 501c organization management. Hear three examples of how our customers have addressed this very challenge using practical, cost-effective strategies. Issues Management for Government Affairs – How to do More with Less. Mon 5/17 at 1 p.m.

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Blue Sky eLearn

OCTOBER 28, 2019

In today’s world, associations are growing and evolving at a rapid pace. With advances in association management systems (AMS), associations are attracting millennials , as well as other high-priority groups of professionals. Are you ready to take a closer look at these strategies? Let’s get started.

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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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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

JUNE 10, 2016

Presenter: Shelly Alcorn, CAE, principal, Alcorn Associates Management Consulting. Learn what other associations are doing to address the opportunities and challenges that new technologies and the rise of Millennials have brought to chapters. Hoffman, CAE and Peter Houstle of Mariner Management. . 1 CAE credit.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 11, 2011

Association Innovation as Brand Strategy. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management. Millennials. TED Talk Videos. The Innovation Problem for Associations. Association Innovation as Brand Strategy. skip to main | skip to sidebar. About This Blog.

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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? Predictions for the next big trends in eLearning solutions started appearing before 2017 had even begun. You don’t have to!

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The Hourglass Blog

FEBRUARY 20, 2011

A couple of posts ago I mention a post from HBRs Andrew McAfee about how the connected habits of Millennials are benefting organizations. Well, a week after that one, McAfee posted another , this one about what goes wrong when Millennials take their connected habits too far. Millennials want truth and equality in the workplace.

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SCD Group

JULY 4, 2012

Build for the Future: Expand the reach of your associations convention content. This Tweet grabbed my attention: SHRM Atlanta 2: Malcolm Gladwell on Why Millennials Are So Very Different. Second, because it is a great example of the power of content marketing for association conferences. Strategy | Content | Discovery.

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Associations Now

MARCH 11, 2014

Check out the video here to get an idea of what they did to the space. Think Local, Reach Millennials. A key part of its strategy? We should welcome the exploration and spread the word,” Heidi Parker, CT, wrote on the association’s website. Be sure to check the handout [PDF] to get a full taste.

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SCD Group

OCTOBER 2, 2012

A 15-minute $50,000 “Patton video” was one highlighted expense. While some see these as examples of out-of-control federal spending during the Obama Administration, I see them as a threat to association meetings. Strategy | Content | Discovery. Association Member Recruitment: New Opportunities. Newer Post.

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The Hourglass Blog

AUGUST 8, 2011

Good and Bad Lessons for Association Innovation. Heres a link to a 15-minute HBR video with Vijay Govindarajan, coauthor of The Other Side of Innovation: Solving the Execution Challenge. Unfortunately, from my point of view, only some of those lessons are good for the association community. Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 23, 2010

Read this April 1 blog post from Umair Haque on social media and social strategies. Read his take on social media strategy, which he boils down very well to: 1. Social media fits inside your business strategy, and is shaped by it. Social strategy fits outside your business strategy, and shapes it. Management.

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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. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management.

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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 ? . Event gamification. Sponsorships. CMP credit. 1 CMP credit.

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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 : Does OSCPA have any special strategies for connecting with NextGen?

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 17, 2010

Let’s talk strategy. Staff does operations and Board does strategy. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management. Millennials. TED Talk Videos. Don’t waste the Boards time on operations. Like Sands Through the Hourglass. About This Blog. Why Another Blog?

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The Hourglass Blog

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

First dates are all about strategies that both parties can agree to but which wont help them learn if the date was effective. Thats practically a mission statement for some associations. Dan calls this "bad equilibrium"--a strategy that doesnt result in a positive outcome for anyone. Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

As part of our effort to develop an evidence-based model of innovation for the association community, we want to provide a way for associations to determine where they are on the continuum of innovative practice, and plug them into a set of proven strategies tailored for their own position. Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

As part of our effort to develop an evidence-based model of innovation for the association community, we want to provide a way for associations to determine where they are on the continuum of innovative practice, and plug them into a set of proven strategies tailored for their own position. Precise strategy. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

JUNE 11, 2010

The blogger, Michael Beer , thinks Ludwigs strategy of openness and transparency is rare among senior executives, but will necessarily characterize the leaders of the future. Ed Ludwig.allows people to speak truth to power, which is difficult — lower levels are hesitant to tell the truth and upper management are threatened by it.

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The Hourglass Blog

JANUARY 31, 2011

Part of what wed like to do is learn about the key strategic and tactical challenges associated with bringing innovation to your association and the hundreds of other associations in our community. By aggregating this information together, well be better positioned to develop successful strategies for overcoming them.

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Association Adviser

DECEMBER 17, 2013

“Associations also need to do a better job of reaching out to Millennials with an updated, more non-traditional membership experience,” she said. DeBarr said some associations are thinking about reducing their dues. ” What’s flying under the association radar? ” DeBarr agreed.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

Remember that our long term goal here is to create an evidence-based model for innovation in the association community, one replete with tested and practical strategies for how to "do" innovation in an association. Heres the first: Does your leadership embrace innovation as one of the strategies necessary to achieve your goals?

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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Theres more work ahead for the Task Force as we begin to flesh out the details of these three levels, looking to work with organizations that have developed successful strategies for each objective. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management. Millennials. TED Talk Videos.

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 21, 2011

The HBR post describes several strategies employed by the very famous and very innovative Mayo Clinic. Its worth a full read, but here are two that resonate the most with me and our effort to better define innovation for the association space. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 16, 2011

In my current world of trade associations I see the same dynamic, and my strategy with these businesses is simply to put them on a watch list, waiting for a change in leadership at the top that may signal a willingness to take another look. Labels: Association Management , Membership. Association Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

APRIL 26, 2011

I thought it was an awesome perspective--and an important push-back against the de facto data-driven strategies that seem to overwhelm so many association experiments. Labels: Association Management , Innovation. I learn a lot at the association receptions, nearly as much as from studying economic statistics.

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The Hourglass Blog

NOVEMBER 26, 2010

In addition to being a great networking site, we will be using the levels of innovation readiness described in our white paper (and here , here and here on Hourglass) to structure and conduct facilitated conversations in this community, with the hope that they will help us identify and validate practical strategies for innovative practice.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 1, 2011

My Commanders Intent when it comes to our conferences is to make sure our members are interacting with each other and with the association. Labels: Association Management , Leadership. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management. Millennials. TED Talk Videos.

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The Hourglass Blog

MARCH 27, 2011

With that as his context, in this post he rips into traditional mechanisms of marketing, espousing a new strategy for engaging with customers, something he calls "listening up." And throughout, by simply substituting "members" for "customers" he provides a recipe for how association professionals can address the Catch-22 of innovation.

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The Hourglass Blog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2010

The boards dont ensure that the organization has a sound strategy, they tolerate mediocrity in management, they dont hold the organization accountable for results, and they dont ensure that resources are adequate to accomplish goals. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management.

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The Hourglass Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2010

If your top leadership does NOT embrace innovation, then the long and sometimes painful process of culture change is the prescription you need to take in order to bring innovation to your association. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management. Millennials. TED Talk Videos.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 26, 2011

Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management. Millennials. TED Talk Videos. The Innovation Problem for Associations. Association Innovation as Brand Strategy. Like Sands Through the Hourglass. About This Blog. Why Another Blog? Meet Your Bloggers. Guest Bloggers.

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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. About a thousand similar statements are regularly promulgated to describe Gen Y/Millennials. Sarah Sladek.

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The Hourglass Blog

OCTOBER 24, 2011

At the end of it, we made the following commitment: Each of us will commit to a specific objective in our own organization that increases our use of co-creation or participatory decision-making in program development of strategy setting. Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management. Governance.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 21, 2011

Association Management. Developing Millennial Leaders. Management. Millennials. TED Talk Videos. The Innovation Problem for Associations. Association Innovation as Brand Strategy. Like Sands Through the Hourglass. About This Blog. Why Another Blog? Meet Your Bloggers. Guest Bloggers.

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