Associations Now

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Launching a chapter network has helped PEN America, a literary organization with almost 100 years of history, recruit new members and reinvent opportunities for member engagement at the local level. The decision comes at a critical time for the organization, which represents writers. In a nutshell, they went where the action was.

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Associations Now

JUNE 7, 2016

Our team in Detroit and NBA players throughout the league have really been stepping up to support Flint, and this is another program that will make a big difference.”. If the backpack program is successful, the organization would consider repeating it in the fall, according to Crain’s Detroit Business.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 9, 2015

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. Defy tradition.

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Aaron Wolowiec

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

ASAE The Center for Association Leadership , which supports the interests of more than 22,000 association executives and industry partners representing 10,000 organizations worldwide, sat down with President John Graham about new membership models and game changers he sees happening for associations during the coming year.

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Associations Now

APRIL 15, 2014

Also: how the Detroit Pistons let go of a legend the right way. But for organizations looking to pull their legends out of retirement, there’s much to respect about Phelps’ approach. And though the team has struggled in recent years, Dumars is responsible for much of its success—a point made by owner Tom Gores.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

And last month, the Buffalo Bills announced the hiring of Kathryn Smith as the team’s special teams quality control coach, making her the first female full-time coach in NFL history. The rule is named for Dan Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, who has had a long history of hiring minorities within his organization.).

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Fonteva

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Your association is now competing against similar organizations and off-the-shelf solutions such as LinkedIn Learning and Pryor Learning Solutions. What does professional development look like for your team in 2020? She was our Production Manager for four years and helped the team to double its capacity. Look around you.

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SCD Group

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Sitting in the airport last Saturday, I noticed a huge number of people wearing logoed clothing that identified themselves with their team, cause, city, company. Rather than a team or cause, some were unpaid walking billboards for “cool” apparel companies.”. Create a tag line for your organization and/or your cause.

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Associations Now

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

On Thursday, the organization called on the U.S. The national arm of the civil rights group has hired a legal team to assist in its contact with the Justice Department and said that it is also working closely with NAACP chapters at the state and local levels. But it emphasized that a federal investigation is necessary.

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Idea Architects

DECEMBER 5, 2011

When it comes to innovation, too many people think of the lone genius who invents some breakthrough product, instead of a diverse team with each member contributing different perspectives and roles to create new value. At minimum, when forming project teams consider what strengths the work requires and what individuals possess them.

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Idea Architects

DECEMBER 19, 2011

To help contribute to the success of a team, project, or organization, individuals must possess a clear understanding of their specific roles and how their efforts connect with others efforts, as well as contribute to the overall results. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. When I don’t yet understand my part.

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Idea Architects

MARCH 2, 2012

Its definition of success also includes helping a group or team learn together so they might be more productive in the future. Such leaders frequently ask group members,“Given the results we are trying to produce and the current environment, are we best organized to do so?” 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference.

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Idea Architects

APRIL 16, 2012

I am a huge believer in the value of record-keeping in volunteer organizations and regularly preach the power of checklists as a vital tool in project management (you have read The Checklist Manifesto , right?). Remember that culture embodies everything people have learned they need to do in order to be successful in the organization.

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SCD Group

JUNE 29, 2015

Yet, I discovered Clarke did not have a basketball team. I convinced the Clarke administrators to start a women’s basketball team so we could get on the sports pages. TIP 8: Find the uniqueness within your organization and use it in your strategic public relations. Yes,” I said. and 3) do you want to move to St.

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Idea Architects

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

“The team exists to accomplish a result. When partnerships, management teams, and organizations build communities, they tap into a greater and deeper reservoir of courage, wisdom, and productivity.” 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. ” —Peter Gibb. ” —Max DePree. Blog Archive.

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Idea Architects

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Finally, when a group reaches higher stages of performance, the facilitative leader contributes from behind, offering insights and observations that add to the team’s evolving momentum. What are ways you provide leadership to groups and teams you facilitate without completely taking the reins? Blog Archive. Blog Archive.

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Idea Architects

JANUARY 6, 2012

So think about the groups and teams that you are a part of: (1) What are the consequences you want to help create? (2) 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Participative decision-making forms like quality circles have become mainstays in many organizations. 2) What would be required for that to occur in each group? (3)What

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Idea Architects

JULY 13, 2012

Organizations must ensure that everyone who facilitates has the skills to do so. This applies to both staff members and volunteers leading committee, team, or board, meetings, as well as individuals leading workshops at conventions. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Lets take the latter first. think something is amiss.

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Idea Architects

APRIL 11, 2012

While Tulgan and Peters are both talking about paid staff in the new economy, associations and other organizations would be wise to note the relevance of their thinking for recruiting, developing, and rewarding volunteers. When competing for volunteer time and talent, organizations need to have compelling value propositions to offer.

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Idea Architects

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Organizations would be well served to inventory all of the work that is done and to systematically identify the pieces volunteers are best or uniquely positioned to do and the pieces where it would be easy and/or desirable to tap into volunteer contributions. These tips will be helpful to anyone running a volunteer organization.

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Idea Architects

DECEMBER 12, 2011

In our increasingly collaborative workspaces, everyone (Particularly association volunteers) must be capable of facilitating project teams, group meetings, conference calls, strategy conversations, and other interactions with colleagues. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. 28, Columbia, CAI-SC Annual Conference. Blog Archive.

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Idea Architects

JUNE 15, 2012

language that seemed to be getting in the way of the relationships among team members. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Participative decision-making forms like quality circles have become mainstays in many organizations. During the first break I overheard a few participants speaking. 2, Columbus, PIA-Ohio Board Workshop.

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Idea Architects

MARCH 9, 2012

Defining norms for a conversation, community, or organization helps people understand "this is who we are and how we will do things here." As Margaret Wheatley has said, “To create learning organizations, we must understand the underlying agreements we have made about how we will be together.” Blog Archive. Blog Archive.

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Idea Architects

JANUARY 9, 2012

How much time do you or does your organization spend dealing with half-truths, rumors, and misstatements simply because people were unwilling to be honest? When kids volunteer in class or try to get picked for a team, they swing their arms wildly, make loud noises, and jump up and down. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference.

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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

MAY 25, 2012

If you are facilitating an ongoing group such as an internal staff team, a committee, or a learning community, your efforts fall somewhere between these two extremes I just described. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Participative decision-making forms like quality circles have become mainstays in many organizations.

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Idea Architects

JUNE 8, 2012

Whether it is an internal team meeting or a small group conversation as part of a convention workshop, sometimes people arent clear on the purpose or the instructions for why they are there and what is supposed to happen. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. Lack of clarity on the reason for the conversation. Why are we here?

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Associations Now

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Founded in 1952, ICA has played a key role in supporting artistic preservation in the Midwest and inspired other regional organizations supported by the National Endowment for the Arts. ICA works in a particularly notable place in Cleveland, in a facility near downtown on Detroit Avenue.

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Associations Now

AUGUST 15, 2016

But that was the case with Veronika Scott, the 24-year-old founder and CEO of Detroit-based The Empowerment Plan, who shared her path from student to leader at a Game Changer session at the ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition in Salt Lake City on Monday. Carhartt and Patagonia send their discontinued materials to Scott and her team.

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Achieve

JANUARY 20, 2016

An individual buys clothes from the website; the company then provides a similar item to someone in need in another country chosen by the consumer, and then Mallory and her team personally deliver the clothes in person. To help, Mallory and her team created the 86,402 Campaign. The concept of World Clothes Line is fairly simple.

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Idea Architects

MARCH 6, 2012

These notes echo the way eighth graders had flown to each NFL team’s city and hand-delivered Indy’s Super Bowl bid to owners. Organizations and communities are comprised exist of individuals, and each individual has a story to share. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. These kids got to be part of it all.

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Idea Architects

JULY 27, 2012

If our facilitation doesnt design for the smooth handoff from one component of the process to another instead of running a smooth relay team, we end up with a mere collection of individual performances that dont get us to the finish line. 15, Detroit, OACS-MACS Fall Conference. The leg (workshop, meeting, etc.) Blog Archive.

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ChatterBachs

JANUARY 4, 2011

CharlieCurve - Charlie Wollborg; Detroit; Chief Troublemaker at Curve. drdigipol - Alan Rosenblatt; Washington, DC; Digital political strategist, organizer, & professor. gloriabell - Gloria Bell; Philadelphia; People Connector, Social Media Enthusiast, Life Lover, Friend, Hugger, Organizer, Thoughts/Musings at [link].

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Associations Now

JUNE 20, 2017

But it did present an interesting way to think about how organizations can draw awareness to fundraising needs. The Skoll Foundation, launched by eBay cofounder Jeffrey Skoll, has experimented with this approach in the past, teaming with The Huffington Post and CrowdRise on multiple occasions. — Madonna (@Madonna) June 17, 2017.

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Association Subculture

MARCH 25, 2013

We can't moan about members who can't pay dues and then send legislative teams out to kill bills to increase the minimum wage. And now, Detroit. Our beloved Detroit is in danger of losing its soul. Am I against choosing talented people to lead our organizations? It's spreading to Indiana, Wisconsin and New York.

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