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Top Auto Groups Combine in Major Industry Merger

Associations Now

The members of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and Global Automakers will join forces as the Alliance for Automotive Innovation. The auto industry is shifting into a new gear this week in a move that brings the global sector together in a single trade group. operations of automakers based in other countries.

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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. Blue Ocean Strategy has the ring of a concept shaped by technology. Technology has opened protected space. That idea might seem a little miraculous.

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What’s in store for 2014?

Aaron Wolowiec

I asked her to speculate on what 2014 might bring for the meetings and events industry. The meeting and event industry is much the same way. At Michigan Meetings and Events, we’ve taken a few educated guesses at what will matter in our industry this year: A little dirt is a good thing. Technology is a supplementary tool.

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Obsessive Innovation: Why Associations Must Constantly Turn to What’s Next

Associations Now

At the ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition in Detroit Sunday, opening general session speaker Josh Linkner explained to association leaders the five “obsessions” of innovative thinkers and showed them how they can be adopted back at the office. The best of the best are always focused on reinventing. Get curious.

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What to Do When Membership Is Booming?

Associations Now

When your industry is red hot and your membership numbers are, too, how do you sustain your momentum? The Robotic Industries Association takes a three-pronged approach. That’s what the Robotic Industries Association is starting to see. For decades, RIA focused mainly on the auto industry in Detroit.

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Jeffrey Cufaude, Idea Architects: Five Lessons from the Road

Idea Architects

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Presenters and conference planners nowadays almost need to plan for the likelihood of travel challenges and have a backup plan for using virtual technologies to ensure some sort of learning experience can occur.

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Facilitation Friday #25: Five Keys to Strategy Discussions

Idea Architects

custom-designing keynotes, workshops, and leadership conferences that promote innovation, learning, and community. Technologies such as IdeaScale enable us to more easily crowdsource such input and manage advance discussions and obtain feedback as suggested next. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Friday, June 22, 2012.