Idea Architects

JUNE 22, 2012

Facilitation Friday #25: Five Keys to Strategy Discussions. When was the last time you were in a session intended to produce good strategy that actually did so? Too often strategy conversations are anything but strategic. Participants bring their past experiences and present expectations to the strategy effort.

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SCD Group

JULY 23, 2012

Association Strategy: Hire Slower, Fire Faster. Be very clear on communicating the consequences of failing to meet established goals. Prior to opening his own consulting practice he was an executive with Aon Consulting and Spherion and held HR management positions with Union Pacific and SBC Communications. Blog Archive.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Overall, cities in the Midwest did particularly well, with five Rust Belt cities—Chicago; Lansing, Michigan ; Rockford, Illinois ; Fort Wayne, Indiana ; and Detroit —sitting in the top 10. That’s why your association should take a good hard look at hiring a community manager. Read his tips on his LinkedIn blog. Disagree?

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Idea Architects

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Every Monday, I offer a leadership limerick, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. As Harvard economist Ed Glaeser notes, "Communications technology and face-to-face interactions are complements like salt and pepper rather than substitutes like butter and margarine.” Blog Archive.

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Idea Architects

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Every Monday, I offer a leadership limerick, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. Sometimes its a matter of different communication styles (think Myers-Briggs or DiSC); sometimes it is assuming people connect the dots on their own more than might be the case. Blog Archive. Blog Archive.

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Idea Architects

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Every Monday, I offer a leadership limerick, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. So we need to be even more intentional when trying to communicate with the masses. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Blog Archive. Blog Archive. Search This Blog. Jul 2012 (11).

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Beth Kanter

JULY 30, 2012

It means communicating through a network model, rather than a broadcast model—finding where the conversations are happening and taking part. This subtle shift was applied to their social media and communications strategy. At SF Goodwill they created a Blog Squad to kick things off. It means sharing by default.

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