The Hourglass Blog

JULY 17, 2010

Principles of Innovation. The fourth meeting of the WSAE Innovation Task Force was held on July 16, 2010. For those of you new to this conversation, Im heading up an effort for my state society to define an evidence-based model of innovation for the association community. Im also blogging about it here.

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Leading Learning

JULY 12, 2021

Your association may claim values like collaboration and innovation. Maybe your commitment to innovation is a little more talk than walk—you say you’re forward-thinking, but people get punished for taking a risk, at least if it doesn’t pan out. For more on how to do all that, download the full white paper for free at [link].

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The Hourglass Blog

JULY 29, 2010

Barriers to Innovation in the Association World. In one of my last posts I shared the principles of innovation weve drafted as part of the "innovation for associations" white paper being written by the WSAE Innovation Task Force. But many associations approach risk from a decidedly conservative perspective.

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Aaron Wolowiec

APRIL 9, 2012

The first is characterized as highly innovative, collaborative and experimental, and could easily be classified as an early adopter. Coupled with cutting-edge educational opportunities, case studies and white papers, these individuals are thought leaders in their field and light years ahead of their time.

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Membership Marketing

MARCH 8, 2012

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. And give your remarks on email marketing book. Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. Know the Numbers on Membership Marketing.

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Membership Marketing

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. Participate in the 2011 Membership Marketing Benchmarking Survey. Membership Marketing Benchmarking Report. Speaking Engagements.

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Membership Marketing

SEPTEMBER 29, 2011

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. Another key opportunity to improve membership Sladek says “comes down to marketing.” Innovation is a must:” 5.

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SCD Group

AUGUST 12, 2012

In fact, from a marketing communications perspective, investment in quality content is better than gold because, unlike gold, the value of quality content to your communications efforts rarely fluctuates or goes down. Quality content offers the same draw power to a marketer’s communications efforts.

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Associations Now

JUNE 8, 2016

Higher Logic highlights several case studies of associations driving nondues revenue via their online communities in a white paper titled “ Community ROI: Generating New Revenue Streams ” [PDF]. it becomes far easier to prove the ROI of your community efforts,” he writes.

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The Hourglass Blog

MAY 26, 2011

This is part two of my reaction to Jeff De Cagnas excellent article on business model innovation for associations in the April 2011 issue of Associations Now. The WSAE white paper on innovation calls this understanding the mind of your community. Labels: Innovation , Jeff De Cagna , WSAE. Image source. at 9:10 PM.

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Association Adviser

OCTOBER 13, 2016

If you don’t keep growing, you’ll just wither away and die—or the market will take you out.” Finding new and innovative ways to replace these dollars is becoming a priority, rather than a side project for many associations.”. Treading water and just trying to survive is a recipe for disaster. That needs to change fast, she added.

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High Context

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Thoughts On Strategy: If you can’t innovate now… If you are unable to innovate your web presence now you never will. Innovators are inherently optimistic people, which will really make you stand out from the crowd these days! Case Study: Subscriptions vs. Sales. market in a significant way.

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Membership Marketing

APRIL 10, 2012

Membership Marketing Blog. Membership marketing – acquiring, engaging, upgrading, and renewing members – is the cornerstone for associations and relationship driven organizations. The bottom line is that association business models are broken and in need of radical innovation right away. Speaking Engagements.

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