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Innovation for Association Executives

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This summer I discovered a book about innovation strategy for corporate product launches and I can’t stop thinking about applying these concepts to associations. The book is The Wide Lens , by Ron Adner. I saw this book on a friend’s home office desk this summer in Connecticut.

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Take a Vacation From Email

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The Hickory Stick Bookshop, Washington Depo, Connecticut. Peter Bregman’s book 18 Minutes is an excellent examination of the importance of focus for getting anything meaningful accomplished. Shephaug River, Connecticut. Books read on vacation 2012: Learned Optimism , Martin E. A good family vacation requires focus too.

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Create a Container: Storytelling Strategies to Engage the Next Generation

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When kids are deciding to learn an instrument, the accordion is probably not their first choice—creating an industry challenge the Connecticut Accordion Association is trying to overcome. One expert instructs associations to get these individuals to tell their stories, instead of simply pushing out their own.

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Conference Circuit: Getting Dog Trainers to Sit and Shake Hands

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Along with a full slate of speakers and workshops , the APDT conference, which will be held October 15-18 in Hartford, Connecticut, features special events like book signings and a 5K run/walk to raise money for the APDT Foundation.

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Groups Focus on Health and Safety as Students Go Back to School

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As students throughout the country dive back into the books, several school-related associations are hard at work promoting health and safety initiatives. After Newtown.

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My favorite comments on my 2012 blog posts

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I would like permission to reprint this in the Connecticut Society of Association Executives newsletter minus the Thanksgiving lead in. One thing is clear… Avengers and cobwebs motivated readers to comment (and at times, comment extensively) like nothing else in 2012! Thanks, Lorna. I’m honored at this request.

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The Civil Servant at the Top

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Think of former Connecticut senator Chris Dodd, now head of the Motion Picture Association of America ; general Wesley Clark, co-chair of Growth Energy , an ethanol industry trade group; or former South Carolina senator Jim DeMint, now head of the Heritage Foundation. There have been numerous examples of this in the past five years.