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Rule Your Market—Blue Ocean Strategy Sidesteps the Sharks

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Sharon Rice ,orgSource Managing Director of Business Strategy, is our expert for guiding associations through tough markets. This methodology was used to evaluate expanding the American Board of Medical Specialties, ABMS CertLink®, platform into new markets. The organization wanted to create a user-friendly certification process.

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JPMorgan Chase Gives Major Boost to Detroit Nonprofits

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Meet In Motor City The association community will get a glimpse of just how far Detroit has come in the last few years when members of the industry gather for ASAE’s 2015 Annual Meeting and Exposition, taking place August 8 to11. JPMorgan Chase is going all in on helping Detroit make a full comeback.

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Motor City, ASAE 2015 and a Remarkable Year at YM

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I am excited about making my way to Detroit, except for the 4:00 AM wakeup call to make my flight – reminds me too much of my days as a kid delivering newspapers. If you’re in Detroit for ASAE please take a minute and stop by the YM booth (#539) for a visit. A lot has happened at YM since we were in Nashville last year for ASAE.

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New report: Association marketing has a ways to go

Aaron Wolowiec

Marketing is much more difficult than most people think. Marketers have a vast skill set, and that’s why they should have a seat at the decision-making table. That’s according to a new benchmarking study on association marketing by Demand Metric and HighRoad Solution. “ Print, however, ranks eighth in terms of effectiveness.

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Motown magic continues to attract business

Aaron Wolowiec

Detroit’s Cobo Center. I’m sure I can speak for my fellow Michiganders: We’ve watched with heartbreak as Detroit, once the most prosperous city in the country, has struggled to financially support its declining population. A recent Detroit Free Press column by Tom Walsh piqued my interest for this blog. It’s not pretty.

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Leveraging strategy to amplify education initiatives

Aaron Wolowiec

Aerial of downtown Detroit Riverfront Photo Credit: Vito Palmissano. Hosted by the Greektown Casino-Hotel in Detroit, the theme is “What’s Working?” Despite bad press, Detroit offers countless examples of what’s working. Likewise, Detroit is not the ‘black eye’ of America and Motown magic continues to attract business.

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Insects for Dinner? New Trade Group Hopes to Make the Case

Associations Now

The group, launched at an event in Detroit, highlights the fact that some startups see the Motor City as ripe for edible-bug manufacturing. This weekend, the North American Edible Insects Coalition (NAEIC) is holding its first-ever meeting as part of the Eating Insects Detroit conference, taking place at Wayne State University.

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