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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

.orgSource

Sharon Rice ,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, is our expert for guiding associations through tough markets. At.orgCommunity’s recent Innovation Summit, Sharon explored how Blue Ocean Strategy can help you bypass the sharks and find your way to offering unique and powerful member value.

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Strategy Innovation

Jamie Notter

For a project I’m working on, I dug out my old copy of Blue Ocean Strategy. Picking up the book this week reminded me of a specific technique that I like a lot. Take a look at your strategy and see if there are any opportunities for innovation. Examples are Southwest Airlines and Cirque du Soleil. premium seating).

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Five Smart Strategies for Post Pandemic Success

Velvet Chainsaw

Below I’ve highlighted five strategies NSA implemented that resulted in achieving pre-pandemic attendance, record high sponsorship and highly valued education and networking experiences. This strategy worked. Know what goals your annual meeting best amplifies and use it as a filter for your content strategy decisions.

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Top Educational Resources for Nonprofit Professionals

NXUnite

These resources provide nonprofit professionals, such as yourself, with a lower-cost way to develop their skills and grow professionally. Cost-effective. For the most part, access to blog posts is free, making this option extremely cost-effective. That’s where educational resources come in. Wide range of topics.

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Three Budget-Friendly Strategies for Staff Professional Development

Associations Now

It can be as simple as purchasing relevant books for a few employees, and then having them share what they learned with coworkers. It’s cost-effective and time effective.” Internal transfers and promotions help employees grow and help employers cut down on external recruitment costs.”

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Association Brain Food: 1.19.24

Reid All About it

Dean West of Association Laboratory explores what dating apps can teach us about membership strategy. Representatives from as many as all 50 states (and possibly US territories and other countries as well) will get up to 1 minute each to highlight a trend, resource, book, webinar series, podcast, or new product or conference.

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Association Brain Food: 4.19.24

Reid All About it

In Nimble AMS’ AI success kit, you get four resources: two 30-minute webinar recordings about AI for associations and two white papers, one an introduction to AI for associations and one on developing an AI strategy. Consultant/founder wisdom. Dean West shares lessons from his 25 years of leading Association Laboratory. More info/register.