Associations Now

JUNE 20, 2017

But it did present an interesting way to think about how organizations can draw awareness to fundraising needs. Mark Horvath, the founder of Invisible People, an organization focused on telling the stories of homeless adults, used his tweets to Bezos to raise interest in the mission of ending homelessness.

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Association Subculture

MARCH 25, 2013

Narcissism is not a business strategy. And now, Detroit. Our beloved Detroit is in danger of losing its soul. Am I against choosing talented people to lead our organizations? Our values can transcend these moments of chaos and a better world is within our grasp. It's spreading to Indiana, Wisconsin and New York.

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SCD Group

JULY 23, 2012

Association Strategy: Hire Slower, Fire Faster. Carl Greenberg is the founder of Pragmatic HR Consulting, which provides talent management and organizational effectiveness solutions to organizations throughout the world. in Social and Organizational Psychology from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Causeaholic.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 31, 2015

Silvercar , which has a presence at 10 airports nationwide, has taken an app-first strategy to car booking, allowing customers to pick up a car—in all cases, an Audi A4—without even speaking with an attendant. The Detroit News highlights data from consulting firm Frost & Sullivan showing that in 2014, 1.3

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Associations Now

AUGUST 24, 2015

Struggling to develop a strategy to get your organization’s voice heard amid the din of online conversations? Nonprofit communications pros reveal the wisdom behind their craft. Plus: How to breathe new life into your event giveaways! Is it possible for publishers to monetize mobile?

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SCD Group

APRIL 6, 2015

In their book When Millennials Take Over , Jamie Notter and Maddie Grant devote a chapter on the importance of organizations to have a digital mindset. Going digital is not just a strategy to reach millennials, it is a strategy to connect with all age groups. What are your digital strategies?

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

In “ When Culture Doesn’t Translate ,” an article in the latest Harvard Business Review, author and global business scholar Erin Meyer explores some of the less obvious cultural differences that can stymie North American organizations doing work abroad. Five years. Make a note of that.

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SCD Group

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

Randy Siegel, president for local digital strategy for Newhouse’s Advance Publications: "If you just ride out a decline, that's not a path to survival. Have you considered acquisitions or consolidations with other similar organizations that might be a dynamic combination better serving your members? It will hardly be the last.

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SCD Group

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Back in October 2012, I posted Are You Using Identity as Association Marketing Strategy. Several years ago, I was on a panel with a marketing person from Missouri Kids First (prevent, intervene and treat child abuse) who told a fascinating story about her efforts to build a Go Blue branding to expand awareness of the organization.

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Associations Now

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

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. Swag as a business strategy? Jullien Gordon is one of them, but he’s got it figured out. Read his tips on his LinkedIn blog. It can be done.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 10, 2015

Instead, Connelly aims to stimulate conversation around what trends may mean for people and organizations. But every organization knows that you have to plan.”. Strategy takes you from point A to point B, but often, when you can’t get to where you’re trying to go, it’s because you’ve encountered something you didn’t expect.

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Idea Architects

JUNE 13, 2012

It used to be that you had to pay to play: join an organization and then you can get involved. How would you adjust your recruitment and involvement strategies to capitalize on this potential shift? community that people value and that our organizations market. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Blog Archive.

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Idea Architects

MARCH 4, 2012

Without looking at the poster on the wall or the wallet card you are probably carrying, what’s the mission and vision of your organization or company? Are you passionate about the mission/purpose of your organization and the work you do? Mission, Vision, Values: Catalysts for Action. This model holds valuable lessons.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 11, 2015

In a Sunday panel at the ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition in Detroit, Geary noted that he respects the value of technology but said he has become less knowledgeable about tech as he gets older, relying on his younger staffers to keep him abreast of important trends and stepping in when he needs to get a stronger handle on a given issue.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 12, 2015

In my five days in Detroit, I heard a litany of ideas, questions, and discussions about association membership, both in Learning Labs and in informal conversation. Content strategy is more important than ever. Trade associations and individual membership organizations can learn a lot from each other.

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Idea Architects

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Every Monday, I offer a leadership limerick, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Participative decision-making forms like quality circles have become mainstays in many organizations. Monday, December 19, 2011. How can you expect me to start?

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Idea Architects

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Every Monday, I offer a leadership limerick, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. ” Smart conference designers are thinking about the virtual and face-to-face components that complement their overall strategy and that their participants will compliment. Monday, November 14, 2011.

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Idea Architects

DECEMBER 26, 2011

Every Monday in 2011, I offer a leadership limerick, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. Smart individuals and organizations disrupt their own routines before others determine they have devolved into a rut. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Monday, December 26, 2011. Blog Archive.

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Idea Architects

MARCH 11, 2012

The autonomy granted to chapters to foster innovation at the local level yield some components disconnected from the (inter)national organization and the direction of the profession or industry? 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Participative decision-making forms like quality circles have become mainstays in many organizations.

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Reid All About it

OCTOBER 15, 2010

TEDx Raleigh is an independently organized TED-like event. By engaging their own passions, his company created an experience for those visiting the Michelin exhibit at the Detroit Auto Show. Arouse people’s passion and tie it to something your organization provides. I’ll be posting notes as each speaker finishes.

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Idea Architects

JANUARY 11, 2012

Most organizations can probably identify a handful (say 6-12) of what I call perma questions. Over the years, Ive developed a dozen questions to draw on during strategy conversations, ones that while timeless in nature almost always can generate new and timely responses. Labels: facilitation , questions , strategy. Newer Post.

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Idea Architects

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Every Monday, I offer a leadership limerick, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Participative decision-making forms like quality circles have become mainstays in many organizations. Monday, December 05, 2011. Many people each play a role.

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Idea Architects

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Every Monday, I offer a leadership limerick, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Participative decision-making forms like quality circles have become mainstays in many organizations. Monday, November 28, 2011. 2, Columbus, PIA-Ohio Board Workshop.

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Idea Architects

JUNE 23, 2012

Organizations too often arent a part of those moments. Leadership Residencies: contributing compelling content across multiple platforms and events (face-to-face, “flipped” webinars, blog posts and comment engagement) to help deepen an organization’s capacity around a specific leadership issue or question.

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Idea Architects

DECEMBER 12, 2011

Every Monday, I offer a leadership limerick, highlighting an idea or strategy about effective leadership in limerick form. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Participative decision-making forms like quality circles have become mainstays in many organizations. Monday, December 12, 2011. 2, Columbus, PIA-Ohio Board Workshop.

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Idea Architects

JULY 20, 2012

Participative decision-making forms like quality circles have become mainstays in many organizations. What knowledge or expertise could help us make the best decision, who has that knowledge (both inside and outside the group involved in the discussions and the organization itself), and how can we access their potential contributions?

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Idea Architects

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Use of any new technology should be considered in light of the character of the relationship an organization (or individual) wants to have with their members, customers, and stakeholders and how to reflect that and their core values and personality in doing so with the new technology. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference.

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Idea Architects

FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Invite “wild cards,” to participate in your meetings and strategy sessions. Wild cards are people not tied to your organization who are good thinkers with contributions that could benefit you and your organization. Let’s say you are trying to increase the community among members of your organization.

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Idea Architects

JUNE 1, 2012

You also can probe if individuals have ever experienced "it" being done another way in another organization, and if so, invite them to talk a bit about it. The time period individuals describe as always usually relates only to their time in the organization. Strategy sessions are about the future. Blog Archive. Blog Archive.

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Beth Kanter

JULY 30, 2012

Regardless of your budget, this session will leave you in a better position to secure leadership buy-in by getting inside the head of a seasoned nonprofit leader, as well as offer concrete insights on how an established organization is able to use technology to better meet their mission. Social Media 4 NPOs (@SM4Nonprofits) July 26, 2012.

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Idea Architects

JULY 9, 2012

Embracing community more than individualism becomes more evident in our neighborhoods and organizations, and we seek more opportunities to connect with others. Organizations would be wise to copy this strategy, building in a commitment to more thoughtful reflection on an ongoing basis. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference.

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Idea Architects

JULY 23, 2012

And that has become a very real problem for organizations that. Sure, some organizations aren’t. So organizations used to a sponsorship gravy train are really. Perhaps even more egregious is how organizations have conditioned their members and customers to get great products or programs at a. They offer dollars.

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Idea Architects

JULY 27, 2012

Instead of thinking of a workshop as an isolated learning experience, a committee meeting as a freestanding discussion, or a strategy session as a distinct and separate event, we need to design and facilitate them as a part of a longer chain of events, conversations, and meaning. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Blog Archive.

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Idea Architects

MAY 11, 2012

A strategy session with only staff feels different than one including both staff members and board members or other volunteers. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Participative decision-making forms like quality circles have become mainstays in many organizations. 28, Columbia, CAI-SC Annual Conference. Blog Archive.

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ChatterBachs

JANUARY 4, 2011

8of12 - August Jackson; Sterling, Virginia; Competitive Intelligence and Strategy Professional, Tech Pundit and Bad Speller at Verizon. BrettRelander - Brett Relander; Dallas, Texas; I work with small to medium sized businesses & corporate brands to develop measurable digital & social media strategies. We teach it. We coach it.

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