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Three Reasons Your AMC’s Culture is Important

SBI

Culture drives innovation. For example, if an AMC hasn’t embraced technological innovation for itself, the odds it will embrace technology for a client are lower. How can a board better determine if an AMC prioritizes innovation? Of course, there is a caveat: an AMC can only drive innovation within an association so far.

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Onboarding the Board—Your Opportunity to Promote Peak Performance

.orgSource

These are a few of the documents that can be included in online welcome handbooks: Bylaws. The MBTI provides an opportunity for people to discuss communications and behavior preferences. The chances that people are reading and absorbing this material are slim. You can, and should, also provide written guidance. Financial statements.

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8 Award-Winning Success Stories from Super Forum 2018

Higher Logic

Included dynamic text, based on country, to include different messaging on how the ASHRAE handbook would be delivered. Best Community Manager: Jamie Chapman, The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Most Innovative Way of Using the Higher Logic MA Platform: American Association of Airport Executives. Say congrats on Twitter!

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Navigating Board Member Recruitment: A Complete Guide

MemberClicks

Boards need innovators and people comfortable leading change. Able to communicate effectively : Board meetings involve learning and engaging with a lot of complex issues and questions. It requires board members to be effective at understanding other people speaking and effectively communicating their thoughts.

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Association Brain Food Weekly: 11.10.17

Reid All About it

Understand the board’s purpose, know the difference between staff and board roles and responsibilities, learn what to put in your board handbook, know how to talk about the board’s legal and fiduciary responsibilities, understand how to use different distribution channels (podcasts, videos, social media, etc.) 1 CAE credit.

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Book Review: Connecting to Change the World

Beth Kanter

Almost tend years ago, they co-wrote “Net Gains,” one of the first practical handbooks on building and working in networks for social change. Whether it is a network of organizations or individuals, the handbook provides a wealth of theory and practice on build, manage, and fine tune a network.

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Learning is the Work

Beth Kanter

Dave Gray : Dave Gray is a guru on the topics of design, innovation, culture and change. She’s written a book about this, “ The Social Learning Handbook.” Diversity correlates with innovation? He asked us to list them. Then asked us to do analysis based on: Age. Organization. Hierarchical Position.