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What to Do When Membership Is Booming?

Associations Now

For decades, RIA focused mainly on the auto industry in Detroit. But more recently, Doyle says, companies in other sectors and cities have come on board, diversifying the association’s member community. That includes new member content and automated emails that check in with members and ask how things are going.”.

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Friday Buzz: The City With the Best Wireless (Hint: It’s Windy)

Associations Now

Also: why your association should prioritize community managers in the hiring process. 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. Disagree? (ht ht @ maggielmcg ). Other good reads.

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SCD Group: Association Strategy: Hire Slower, Fire Faster

SCD Group

But they do take time and do slow down the hiring process by a few hours to a few days. It could be that they did not understand how or what to do, that the performance goal was too difficult, or that the cause of poor performance was a result of someone else’s poor work or another part of the business process. Newer Post.

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Facilitation Friday #25: Five Keys to Strategy Discussions

Idea Architects

While the debate rages on about whether or not strategic planning as a process is alive, dead, or on life support (see here , here , and here ), organizations must still craft strategy. People are used to planning processes with a designated end goal in mind: "Were planning for the next three years." Create iterative feedback loops.

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Flipped Volunteering: The Better Way to Invite and Engage

Idea Architects

Moreover, lets make this a standard part of the membership application process (or the confirmation of joining) instead of treating volunteer recruitment as a separate effort done at a different time. How can we best communicate/connect with you? Who else do you think might value getting involved with our community?

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Facilitation Friday #2: Behavior is.

Idea Architects

How do they learn, process information, engage in group settings? What are the communication norms in their organization? 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Visualize the conversation you hope to help create as if it was happening in front of you and you are viewing it in slow motion. How do they like to do their work?