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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

.orgSource

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. The Ann Arbor, Michigan-based team was motivated by the desire to find solutions for struggling businesses like the Detroit automobile producers.

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What’s in store for 2014?

Aaron Wolowiec

Everyone’s hot to visit Detroit; Grand Rapids is topping national lists of places to live; and Traverse City keeps crushing it as a vacation destination, somehow figuring out how to lead about every trend – from craft brew making to farm-to-table cuisine – that comes down the pike. Suddenly, though, that seems to be changing.

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Vote for us for best meeting planning company!

Aaron Wolowiec

Some of the topics: learning/how the brain learns; how to improve conferences and events; and membership. Best Convention and Visitors Bureau – Detroit Metro CVB. Best Hotel with Meeting/Event Space (more than 200 guest rooms) – The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit. But don’t just take our word for it.

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Why Cultural Fluency Leads To Stronger Teams

Associations Now

By embracing the diversity of the modern workforce as an asset and improving cultural fluency, associations can build stronger, more innovative teams, says global leadership strategist Jane Hyun, opening ASAE’s Associations @ Work Conference on Monday. She said this is a key skill required the modern workforce.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Facilitation Friday #21: How to.

Idea Architects

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Facilitation Friday #21: How to Wind Down. As a result, long-term group capability and capacity is not increased, nor is the sense of community among the groups members or their satisfaction with how time was spent.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Leadership Limerick: Time for.

Idea Architects

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Any virtual event might also benefit from an in-person option, and any face-to-face meeting should explore how to incorporate virtual participation. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Monday, November 14, 2011.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Seen Elsewhere: Crowdsourcing.

Idea Architects

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Engaging Members to Crowdsource Solutions and Innovations. Companies increasingly look to customer-generated innovations, co-creating products and services with the input and effort of end users. Blog Archive.