Reid All About it

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Jamie Notter of Propel says it right up front so no spoilers here: “to make your strategic plan a living document , you re-write it every three months, and you let everyone in the organization edit it.” Innovative events. Why and how to transform yourself when you can’t get on a plane. Strategic plan. Who can argue with that?

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Fionta explains how you can use technology to make your organization seem a whole lot more human during Giving Tuesday season, but their advice applies to any time of the year and with any audience. Annie Neimand describes how to build a transformative narrative that will rally people to a cause, make them care and inspire them to act.

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Association Success

JULY 18, 2019

Creating an innovative organization all starts with a vision. When it comes to becoming a more innovative organization and leveraging today’s technological advancements for the overall betterment of the association and its operations, it all starts with the vision. I definitely think it’s worth taking a page out of their book.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 20, 2021

While reviewing their website traffic reports, they discovered a common theme in their five most popular blog posts: how to increase online learner and virtual attendee engagement. Tim Hopkins, senior consultant at McKinley Advisors, describes a new model for the product development process that prevents volunteers from hindering innovation.

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Reid All About it

AUGUST 27, 2021

Ashley Neal at Sidecar wonders if innovation has slowed down at associations or become business as usual. Learn how to manage an organization or team successfully while honoring those differences and advancing ethical understandings. Some people enter a profession at 21 and some at 41; some have kids at 19 and some at 39. Quick hits.

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Associations Now

MARCH 10, 2015

The result is that the notes become something of a living document—the way Twitter has become essential for conferences, except on a single page. When you’re thinking about how to change your organization’s fortunes, you won’t come up with the really good stuff if you’re focused on your limitations.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 29, 2021

6% have no formal, documented strategy for their virtual conference. Achurch Consulting explains how to convince your board (or CEO) to adopt a flexible (remote or hybrid) work model. Fri 10/29 at 12 p.m.* – DC Book Club – Diversity & Inclusion: Process and Policies. Host: DC Association Professional Book Club.

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Associations Now

MAY 27, 2014

Martin, the guy behind the books that became the HBO megahit Game of Thrones. Earlier this month, The New York Times drew a similar to-do over a document that had been leaked to the media which suggested that, despite the outward image of the newspaper as an online standout, it was struggling to keep up with innovation. (By

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Beth Kanter

APRIL 1, 2014

The co-facilitator was Amy Hedrick who works in Product and Design Innovation at Intuit. The curriculum was based on their “ Innovating for People ” design methods recipe book and “ taxonomy for innovation.” Here’s a some of what I learned about facilitating innovation and train the trainers design.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Billhighway explains how to identify bright spots —chapters that are achieving success by doing something different, something others chapters can replicate. Innovation and membership growth. MGI’s 2020 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report found a correlation between innovative associations and membership growth.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The survey explores how association executives are managing member engagement and retention, achieving operational goals, crafting digital transformation strategies and coping with the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. WBT Systems describes how to establish a high-performing professional development committee. Ann Handley ).

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Become of innovative teachers like Al and technology like Coursera, online education is so much better than what it used to be. I heard him this week on the Diane Rehm show talking about Khan Academy and his new book, The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined. Lifehacker tells you how to get things moving again.

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Eric Lanke

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Innovation. Books Read. Ive talked about Race for Relevance once before on this blog, the recent book by Harrison Coerver and Mary Byers calling for "Five Radical Changes for Associations." There are a few other points from the book that didn’t make it into that post, but which I would like to highlight.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

This guy must read a book a day. Understand the critical components of high-ranking websites, how to conduct organic search keyword research, and how to build a portfolio of back links that can improve search rankings. Chapter Dashboards, Part 3, Data Utilization: How to Share & Leverage Your Data. More info/register.

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Eric Lanke

MARCH 5, 2012

Innovation. Books Read. Thats the other big lesson I got out of the "How to Be Open" chapter in Humanize by Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant. Ultimately, I think he wanted me to serve on the schools governing board, but I begged off because of my busy schedule and my uncertainty over how much time I would be able to commit.

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Delcor

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Ask someone how they met their partner. We buy our clothes, supplies, groceries, books, and movies online. In my experience working with various associations on staff and in a consulting role, I’ve found that digitally-innovative organizations don’t follow the traditional departmental model. And increasingly so.

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MemberClicks

JANUARY 26, 2023

Having an event app means that you need to document and communicate important event details once – not over and over again. The app also allows attendees to share documents, take notes, access a real-time agenda and access the app offline. You can just update the app. They do this primarily via robust polling and Q&A tools.

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Thanks For Playing

JULY 4, 2012

Independence Day seems like a great time to refresh ones memory on our founding documents. Book Review: The Back of the Napkin. How to Manage Social Employees, Social Media at Events, and Car Talk. The Grassroots Innovation Leader. Thanks For Playing. Seeking community in associations since 2008. 04 July 2012. Eric Lanke.

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Associations Now

JUNE 7, 2017

Toolkits are one of the best ways to deliver value to your members by showing them how to make good use of the programs, products, and services your association offers—whether the purpose is to raise awareness of a new campaign, describe a benefit, or teach an important skill or process. Brainstorm the mission and vision for the toolkit.

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Idea Architects

JULY 28, 2011

And while technology now allows us to track changes in Word documents and do online discussions and collaboration boards, I think there is much to be said for gathering input low tech every now and then. In those days, you routed a paper draft of your project plan through everyone in the office to get their input.

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Jamie Notter

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Books: Jamie Notter. In the book we ask you to take a close look at who really steps up and makes decisions, speaks, and takes action. In the book, we actually have a mini-primer on what systems thinking is–ideas that were developed in popular business books 20 years ago but still not adopted widely. Buy the Book.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 4, 2017

Published Book Three: In 2016, I published “ The Happy Healthy Nonprofit: Strategies for Impact without Burnout ,” with co-author Aliza Sherman. The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times throughout October-December as we presented dozens online webinars and guest posts and articles.

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Beth Kanter

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

Allison Fine and I have been actively researching and writing about AI for Social Good and Nonprofits with an eye towards our next book. Here’s an overview of the book from the authors blog. Charity Digital News published this interview with Rob Leyland, Innovation Manager, about their recent efforts.

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Jamie Notter

JUNE 7, 2012

Books: Jamie Notter. We write about this in the book in the chapter on being Courageous. Failure is when you are trying something new, and you don’t know ahead of time how to make it successful. It’s not like you didn’t know how to spell the word correctly. Moneyball and Management Innovation.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 23, 2018

Connect with your Naylor content strategist to discuss if your publication might be award-ready, or how to make it so. How Does My Association Enter an Awards Competition? Book/Manual/Catalog. The Power to Innovate (open to all). Budget some time for preparing the entry forms and some dollars for the entry fees.

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Tom Morrison

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

I discovered this planning route years ago, it is one that leaves no detail unturned and drives innovation in the process. It leaves out the process of innovation because a checklist makes you think you should follow it to a tee. Once onsite, we do a review of the book one last time, and then it's just a matter of execution.

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Nimble AMS

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Learn more about how to understand, prepare for, and see how easy using AI can be for your association. Read the e-book: What Every Association Should Know About Artificial Intelligence. Use data about past behaviors to predict if a member is unlikely to renew, and then intervene before losing the membership. Security and trust.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 5, 2018

The book was well received and was #1 on Amazon’s Nonprofit Books many times. In early 2017, we completed a two week book tour. I wrote guest posts for many nonprofit publications, including the Stanford Innovation Review, Asian NGO, NPEngage, Guidestar, Giving Compass and others.

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Association Adviser

MARCH 19, 2013

AA: Speaking of your research, you had a role in one of ASAE’s all-time best selling books. documenting how you do your job) and 3) systems. The C-suite wants to know how to bring in a culture of quality since that has to start from the top. AA: So, it’s safe to assume ASQ is big on innovation? MM : Relevancy.

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Reid All About it

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Many of us are eagerly awaiting the release of Amanda Kaiser’s book, Elevating Engagement: Uncommon Strategies for Creating a Thriving Member Community , on February 14. If you pre-order the book by the 13th , you can sign up for a free companion workbook. John Bedor, The Trade Show Manager ) How to work with a workaholic colleague.

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Beth Kanter

AUGUST 20, 2014

Innovation / Generating New Ideas. The book is an extremely practical resource whether you are working on improving your skills or teaching others. Facilitated listening is made up of a number of techniques described in more detail in the book. That’s why I love looking and testing different methods. Reflective Practice.

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Guilt by Association

DECEMBER 15, 2008

It was demonstration of what Seth Godin meant when he wrote in his new book, Tribes , that the cost of innovating too early is small, compared to the cost of acting too late. We’re updating a document that outlines today’s core competencies in communications. The others were still learning. They seemed frustrated and fearful.

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Beth Kanter

MARCH 21, 2017

A quick glance at your calendar shows that you spent hours in meetings, answering emails, or working on shared documents but you can’t remember why. Here’s some tips on how to say no without burning bridges. Priorities is about intentionally deciding how to spend your time as a team. Sound familiar? PRIORITIES.

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Reid All About it

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

MemberSuite describes how to meet the unique needs of student and recent graduates , particularly when it comes to membership models, career resources, events, and networking. WBT Systems provides ideas on how to market and arrange an annual event that will help your members develop a year-round learning habit. More info/register.

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Eric Lanke

JANUARY 23, 2012

Innovation. Books Read. This will probably be the first of several posts describing the thoughts it provokes for how I am and should be running my association. Reply Delete Amy Sample Ward January 24, 2012 7:19 PM Hi Eric- Thanks for taking the time to document the guidelines you use! Eric Lanke. Leadership. Generations.

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Reid All About it

MARCH 13, 2020

Abby Levene at Dropbox explains how businesses can benefit from age diversity , especially from the wisdom and life experience of older employees. Quick hits before we get to the list of this week’s free education: Why your organic traffic might be dropping… and how to fix it. Levi Wardell, Association Chat ). More info/register.

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Beth Kanter

JANUARY 4, 2016

Innovation Lab Facilitation : For the past few years, I’ve trained in and designed and facilitated innovation labs using the Luma Institute Methods. This is the theme of my next book, The Happy Healthy Nonprofit , with Aliza Sherman. My Theme for the Year: Happy, Healthy.

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